Survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their families rallied in Melbourne, calling call on the federal government to change the national redress scheme
Although I have survived, I have been worn into a hollow shell."
He was among 100 people gathered on the steps of Victorian parliament on Sunday chanting"make them pay", and calling for an overhaul to the $3.8 billion redress scheme. Chrissie Foster, a mother of two girls abused by a Catholic priest, told AAP at the rally the Catholic Church and the government had"changed the royal commission recommendations to save themselves money and screw the victims".
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