Jayby,
Possibly because the abuse was so wide spread and common knowledge among Catholics. The Catholic kids used to socialize and play sport with others after school and weekends and they informed us about it. they openly talked about the brothers, nuns and priests.

It has been going on for many generations and what gets me is that the parents knew about it from their own schooling and yet they sent their own kids to the same schools and put them to the same risks. Many kids must have told their parents and yet were not believed or ignored.

So the parents have to share some of the blame. Dolly Everett's parents regret not taking her home when they found the school was not doing anything about the bullying. One wonders how many kids died because of the sex abuse at other schools.

Jayb.,

We've had a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse.
We've had an apology from our PM to the victims of
child sexual abuse - yet you claim that this problem
has not been openly discussed. Perhaps you should
get out more often or at the very least stay better
informed on the subject before posting.

For your information:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/22/why-was-their-trust-betrayed-australia-apologies-to-child-sex-abuse-victims

And -

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-16/australia-facing-an-epidemic-of-child-abuse-and-neglect/10233898

cont'd ...

Jayb.,

Sorry for the typo - here's the link again:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/22/why-was-thri-trust-betrayed-australia-apologises-to-child-sex-abuse-victims

Jayb.,

Final attempt:

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/22/why-was-their-trust-betrayed-australia-apologises-to-child-sex-abuse-victims

Jayb,
I have found that our media have generalized and not given graphic detail of individual cases. whether this is an attempt to cover up or play down how the perpetrators operated, I do not know. Maybe they think they are protecting us.

However some US sites and Irish reporting gives explicit details if you want to know. But it may turn your stomach. I found it difficult to sleep after.

One day someone may put the Australian details of individual stories in a book as i think it should be exposed widely. On needs details to appreciate what the victims went through and how the perpetrators operated and got away with it. Today the media will not use the word suicide to describe how someone died, you have to imagine it.

Foxy: We've had a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. We've had an apology from our PM to the victims of child sexual abuse - yet you claim that this problem has not been openly discussed.

Yes, we've had a Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse & I'm grateful for that. It's the Media & talk from the General Public (usually anti-Catholic) that all pedophilia was committed by Catholic Priests.

There is very little reporting on Pedophilia committed by the Anglican Church, Protestant Churches, Jewish Temples, Boy/Girl Cub & Scouts, (Personal Knowledge) Gymnastics, (Personal Knowledge) Dance (Personal knowledge), Caddying for Golfers (Personal knowledge) Various Orphanages. (Added; Lawyers, Barristers & Judges.)

These other Groups were found to be just as involves in Pedophilia as the Catholics. All except the Law Fraternity were not questioned before the Commission. (I wonder why that was?)

None of these other Groups have been vilified to the extent the Catholic were. Do you have an answer for that fact? Does this hark back to the Catholic Verses the C of E/Protestant divide of old?

I still support Sonia Kruger.