Peter Ellis
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Dr Patrick Kelly,
esteemed paediatrician and head of the Child Abuse Team at The answer is pretty
obvious to the rest of us, at the risk of popping Patrick's bubble, may I
suggest that he in his spare time read A City Possessed by Lynley Hood, about
the Christchurch Civic Creche case and Peter Ellis. He then may appreciate
that it is no coincidence that the rate of reported sexual abuse dropped when
ACC stopped paying people $10,000 for each case that fertile imaginations
could dream up. The sexual abuse
industry laws had a field day inflicting "recovered memories" on
vulnerable individuals. ACC saw the light, turned off the gravy tap and
presto the reporting rate dropped. In April ACC will once
again begin paying lump sums. I hope they will require the same burden of
proof that they demand for other physical injuries. Child sexual abuse is
repugnant to all of us, but so is financially rewarding wrongful or unproven
accusations. Dr Kelly and his team
are doing a fine job, let's not spoil it by creating a system for fringe
operators to abuse. |