The Informer

23 Aug 2019

How do victims of abuse react and why are their stories sometimes inconsistent?

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Content warning – this episode contains discussion of sexual abuse.

After Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal against his conviction for sexual offenses this week.  The Informer spoke to Tarja Malone of the Blue Knot Foundation about how victims of abuse react to trauma and why we might see inconsistenies in truthful recounts of abuse. 

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