Thread by @susanamet

'You no longer rule our world': The message from Pell accuser's sister ("swimmer's trial") to powerful Cardinal supporters
theage.com.au/national/victo…
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Karen Monument: "The impact of child sexual abuse inflicted by members of the Catholic Church began reverberating in my family home almost 40 years ago and culminated in the loss of a brother to suicide just over 10 years ago"
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Karen Monument: "The decision to come forward with allegations against George Pell, almost four years ago, set my brother, myself and my family on a journey that has had equally dark times and inflicted stress that I did not, at times, think we would survive"
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Karen Monument: "The words spoken by Robert Richter in court on Wednesday... have gone round and round in my mind since I first read them. The impact those words had on survivors is well documented... they will impact survivors for days, weeks and for some months"
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Karen monument: "What I also observe is the impact those words had on ‘us’ who are not victims. Why? Because they gave us an incomprehensible taste of what survivors face and endure through the various systems they navigate for both justice and compensation"
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Karen Monument: "Social media has facilitated an overwhelming negative public response to the decision by John Howard for providing a character reference."
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Karen Monument: "Andrew Bolt's continued tirades depict the victims as unreliable and worse, always with his trademark air of arrogance and judgement"
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Karen Monument: "Father Frank Brennan used his position and the media, to demonstrate the ‘innocence’ of his friend because it ‘simply wasn’t possible’, providing details about time here and there as well as garments supposedly secured"
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"Thousands of victims who told their stories to the royal commission recounted how acts of abuse could occur in the most brazen & ‘impossible’ ways – predators strike when you least expect it, with speed & precision & if well-practised in the slightest of opportune moments"
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Karen Monument: "What dampens my rage and instead restores my faith in being human is how the public has sent the strongest of messages to these men of white privilege and power"

"You no longer rule our world"
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Karen Monument: "As they scramble to hold on to their perceived entitlement, they continue to personify what enabled a system of abuse against children for all to see"
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Karen Monument: "The well-deserved public backlash that has been directed at these men has been both eloquent and raw and completely united in its message – you are no longer of much interest to us"
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Karen Monument: "For they have been conquered by 12 ordinary people, installed on a jury and tasked with listening to ‘all’ the evidence and to return a verdict beyond reasonable doubt – they were unanimous – guilty"
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Karen Monument: "It can’t have been easy, will have taken courage and conviction, caused sleepless nights and returned them to their families changed from their experience"
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Karen Monument: "In all of this noise, their message comes through quietly, powerfully and is directed to those who have not yet come forward and sadly to those who are yet to have their experience – you are safe, we believe you"
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Karen Monument: "Thank you, to the 12, for inspiring me to use my voice and my right to free speech"
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read the full statement here:
theage.com.au/national/victo…
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