Child sexual abuse study finds 9.4% of Australian men report having offended against a child

UNSW findings include sexual contact with anyone under 18, as well as online offences and consuming child sexual abuse images

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Francene Reo’s step-dad told her it was therapy. In 1976, the Newcastle supreme court found it was child sexual abuse.

At that time, charging someone for incest was so unusual “they didn’t even know how to word the charges”, she said. Reo’s step-dad spent five years behind bars for his years of severe offending, which took place for 10 years when she was aged six to 16. She didn’t speak about it for decades.

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