They request this immediately be rectified. #politas 1/5
They also request this apology is made outside Parliament. This is not an opportunity to score points by putting it on the record.
This is an opportunity to speak to the broken hearts of the most courageous individuals in the State (certainly not limited to the above named) 2/5
To whom, you owe a debt of gratitude. THEY have fought to expose this cesspit of pedophilia. THEY have retraumatised themselves for the greater good and to protect others. THEY have not stopped fighting for the truth even when it's nearly killed them. THEY cannot take this. 3/5
These Victim Survivors respectfully request an apology to them, and all others, outside Parliament. This is not for Hansard, it is for them. They are available on the 24th of October, allowing a week to reground from the trauma the 18th will bring up.
They wish to be there. 4/5
This, is the ANTITHESIS of being Trauma Informed. Intention aside, this was not hard to check - assuming you remember he died in October.
It has been a horrendous week. I’d like to share what I’m feeling & thinking.
Please note that I have worked with AYDC survivors, I am a survivor & the woman at the heart of this conversation is a dear friend of mine who I have watched be broken, repeatedly, this week. 🧵👇
I am inherently biased in this moment. However, I hope to balance this with my professional views as a reform & best practice consultant who is specialised in Trauma Informed Practices.
She is young. Hopeful. Courageous. She reached out, in the hope of answers & healing👇
Her question was read in parliament. It was met with the Minister for Children & Youth, the Attorney General & others groaning & saying “Oh Come on”.
I felt her deflate, she apologised tearily for ever trying to bring this up to have leaders, show survivors how little they care.