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Child sex
abuse hysteria and the Ellis case |
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The wisdom of
Gordon Waugh - Index |
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Three hearty cheers for
Bruce Slane, the Privacy Commissioner. The police are challenging his
decision allowing the release of information from an alleged sexual abuse
"victim" to her alleged abuser (December 24). ACC has similar
requests from other alleged abusers. The Commissioner for Children
"thinks it is really important people can report to state agencies and
their identities can be protected". Men falsely accused of
sexual abuse have a right to clear their names of these scabrous allegations,
a right to have any relevant information to defend themselves and to know the
identity of their accusers. Many such allegations
arise after adult women have counselling and "recover memories" of
alleged sexual abuse years, decades, earlier. They claim compensation from
ACC. No evidence or corroboration of the alleged abuse is required. On this
basis ACC has paid out more than $600 million to more than 50,000 women in
the last three years or so. Few of these alleged abusers have been charged,
because no evidence of actual abuse exists. It is high time ACC and
the police demanded real evidence and corroboration in these cases, or
charged the accusers and their counsellors with making false statements,
wasting police time, and fraud where ACC compensation has been awarded. |
