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SCMP: Power, secrecy: Hong Kong advocates on why church sex abuse cases take time to surface

“Child sexual abuse often takes place persistently over an extended period, but victims still have to recall and describe them all one by one,” she said. “It is not only challenging but also unreasonable to victims … if they are subject to the same set of requirements as others.”

Chong called on authorities to consider following the example of Australia, which only requires prosecutors to prove the defendant committed an unlawful sexual act more than three times, or twice in some states, within a specified period.

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星期日明報:性暴力「幸」存者 以物說故事充權

(輔導員)Florence解釋,在敘事治療中除了讓幸存者訴說當刻的創傷經驗,還有很重要的部分是發掘他們在壓迫狀况下如何幫助自己、找出自己的長處。「因為在發生性暴力事件的同時,還有很多事情在發生。校裙很能夠表達她那時在考慮要不要和別人訴說被剪爛校裙的事,但是又想到被老師發現就會被訓話、說一些她不需要的人生大道理,所以她在這個環境下選擇自己修補校裙。而在她發現這些是她叻的地方、是她保護自己方法的一部分,之後她再回看自己曾經面對(性暴力)創傷的經驗、她的想法和演繹經驗的方式都會不同。」

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