Sylvester’s story of Child Sexual Abuse within Jehovah’s Witnesses in Australia
FOREWORD: Sylvester’s story is part of the de-identified private session narratives and written accounts published by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on 15 December 2017 as an online appendix to the ‘Final Report Volume 5 Private sessions’.
The Say Sorry article ‘Private session narratives’, published on 20 December 2019, discusses in detail the processes undertaken by the Royal Commission in publishing these stories.
Sylvester | UPDATE :- According to information provided to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sylvester is “pursuing his [abuser] through the police” and “wants to pursue the Jehovah’s Witnesses for not involving the police when he reported being sexually abused. The police have interviewed the elder from the Jehovah’s Witnesses”.
Based on this information Say Sorry has decided to remove Sylvester’s story, which was originally published and released by the Royal Commission with Sylvester’s permission and consent. Refer to Say Sorry article ‘Private session narratives’ for further information.
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