A Sense of Duty

This story is a tale of love, betrayal, and a secret.

2011 / Heather Stewart / 360documentaries, Australia

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This story is a tale of love, betrayal, and a secret.

The secret is about sexual abuse committed by an Anglican Priest in Queensland, Australia. The victim was a teenager at the time. Now grown and married, a curious juxtaposition of events leads him to tell his wife, and then to confront his church, his mother, and eventually his abuser.

And a warning, the program contains confronting material that could be disturbing for some listeners.

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Heather Stewart

Heather Stewart has been a journalist for 20 years, including almost a decade with the ABC in news and current affairs and then started covering content for ABC Radio National in 2006.

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