The Christchurch Civic Creche Case

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2003  Aug 16-31



The Press
August 22, 2003

Ellis case
Letter to the Editor
by Kurt Burrows  (Waltham, Aug 20)


For months supporters of Peter Ellis have attacked innocent children and spread rumour and doubt upon their ability to tell it like it is.

Finally, in frustration, these very same children and their supportive families have been forced to revisit their torrid past in an attempt to prove what has already been proven time and time again. In doing so they are forced to face their own personal fears and relive things best forgotten.

Rather than a statement of compassion Lynley Hood launches an attack based on her own weird -- in my opinion -- sense of justice.

I think the time has come to reaffirm our support for the true victims of this case and realise after all that paedophilia is a truly ugly crime worthy of all the contempt we can muster.