Sex abuse victim tells royal commission the NSW government legal strategy seemed 'like they wanted to drag out our hurt'

By Paul Bibby
Updated October 23 2014 - 12:08am, first published October 22 2014 - 6:30pm
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been told that NSW government lawyers refused to mediate with victims who were sexually abused at a state-funded foster home. Photo: Jeremy Piper
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been told that NSW government lawyers refused to mediate with victims who were sexually abused at a state-funded foster home. Photo: Jeremy Piper

The NSW government's tough, drawn-out legal response to a damages claim brought by 15 victims of child sexual abuse felt like an attempt to "drag out our hurt", one victim has told a royal commission.

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