Reposted from Movingon re: Paul Hartington aka Abel

From Joey
Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 02:22
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I lived with Paul Hartington in India for a number of years and when my parents decided to leave TF and where in a hotel waiting to leave India to return to Australia he and his wife 'Maria' (at the time) came to try and talk them out of it.


When I spoke to Steve Rice from 60 mins Australia I was in Ireland on holiday and was so dissapointed I couldn't be a part of the story he produced. You don't know what it means to me to hear that that sort of question was posed to that man and that it floored him. He was one of those authoritarian types that took great pleasure in dreaming up new ways to punish kids. Let's just say he was good at it!


As he has been presented to us as the 'Australian' leader he becomes the prime target for attack from justice seekers. Steve Rice asked me if I saw with my own eyes 'Paul' sexually abusing minors. My reply was that if there was a girl in any home he lived in that was over age 12 then it was not a question but a certainty.


I don't get how TF says they stopped the abuse in '86! Where did they come up with this date from? That is the time they started the read and burn letters but that was it.


There are too many of us. the question I'm asked the most is, "Why when there are so many of you that speak against it, do they still survive the test of time?" What answer do I have beside, "We are too scattered and hurt, shy and guilt ridden to stand up on mass"!


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