Don’t Tell

Toowoomba Prep: the case that broke the silence on child sex abuse in Australia

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Social Science
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Author: Stephen Roche ISBN: 9780648091417
Publisher: Stephen Roche Publication: May 12, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Stephen Roche
ISBN: 9780648091417
Publisher: Stephen Roche
Publication: May 12, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English
Told through the eyes of a lawyer, Stephen Roche, this is a compelling account of the most important sexual abuse civil trial in Australian history. It begins when a young girl’s life is torn apart while attending a prestigious Anglican preparatory school, suffering repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her boarding master. After a complaint by a fellow classmate, the man is charged. On the day he is to appear in court, he commits suicide. For the next eleven years the school and Church deny the abuse ever occurred and it seems as if Lyndal’s life will remain in ruins her cries for help forever falling on deaf ears. It is not until she is twenty-one that her story is finally told in court, exposing the dark face of the Church and a shocking history of institutionalised denial and neglect. Lyndal’s story evokes a feeling of anger, outrage and contempt for the powers that be and the landmark legal decision brings the highest office in the country to its knees and forever changes Australian attitudes towards abuse.
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Told through the eyes of a lawyer, Stephen Roche, this is a compelling account of the most important sexual abuse civil trial in Australian history. It begins when a young girl’s life is torn apart while attending a prestigious Anglican preparatory school, suffering repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her boarding master. After a complaint by a fellow classmate, the man is charged. On the day he is to appear in court, he commits suicide. For the next eleven years the school and Church deny the abuse ever occurred and it seems as if Lyndal’s life will remain in ruins her cries for help forever falling on deaf ears. It is not until she is twenty-one that her story is finally told in court, exposing the dark face of the Church and a shocking history of institutionalised denial and neglect. Lyndal’s story evokes a feeling of anger, outrage and contempt for the powers that be and the landmark legal decision brings the highest office in the country to its knees and forever changes Australian attitudes towards abuse.

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