Woman abused by Anglican minister hopes her 15-year battle for redress is finally over
Brya Ingram/Stuff Jacinda Thompson, supported by her husband Aaron, gave evidence to the Royal Commission’s Abuse in Care Inquiry this week. A Blenheim woman who was told the sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of a minister was “pretty low” has called for an independent body to handle abuse claims in New Zealand. Jacinda Thompson told the Royal Commission, in Auckland, this week about her 15-year battle for redress after being abused by Anglican minister Reverend Michael Van Wijk. Thompson had turned to Van Wijk, and the Church of the Nativity in Blenheim, in 2005 for support...
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