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Podcast: McBlog by Bob McCoskrie
Episode: Paedophiles portrayed as ‘victims’ by Victoria Uni
Description: Just over a month ago, the Royal Commission’s final report, Whanaketia – through pain and trauma, from darkness to light, was presented to Parliament and published on the Royal Commission’s website. It was a disturbing read as we learnt about the extent of sexual abuse – especially of minors – in both state care and religious institutions. It is therefore especially galling and sickening that coming so soon after this, one of NZ’s major universities – Victoria University in Wellington – appeared to be rebranding paedophiles as ‘victims’ of stigma whose only guilt was having a sexual ‘preference’ or ‘orientation’.