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NZ Herald
February 6, 2002
Unravelling Secrets of Abuse
Letter to the Editor
by Gordon Waugh, Whenuapai
The article
"Unravelling secrets of abuse" (Feb 2) by Simon Collins was
courageous. It showed up anomalies in the vexed area of sexual abuse
allegations and ACC.
ACC says it requires "satisfactory, verified information to confirm
abuse and mental injury". Clients relate allegations of abuse to
counsellors. Counsellors believe the clients. ACC believes the counsellors.
Use of taxpayer funds and public resources demands an evidential base, not
untested hearsay.
Collins mentioned my own case. I want to make clear that the allegations of
incest, rape, and the many others from infancy to adulthood were created by
the counselling process. They were allegations, not facts.
The ACC claim by the "victim" was not based on anything I, or a
dozen other men, were alleged to have done during her infancy and childhood,
but on claimed abuse by yet other men during her adulthood. She got lump-sum
compensation.
Her complaint to police involved only claims of indecent assault during her
childhood, by me alone. But her serious allegations of rape, incest and many
other events during infancy, childhood and adulthood, were not reported.
Clear evidence shows all the allegations are false. A similar fate has
befallen many other men.
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