The victim-survivor of alleged Launceston General Hospital paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin says other victims have reached out for support after government MPs groaned at a question asked on her behalf on Thursday.
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Education, Children and Youth Minister Roger Jaensch was recorded on Hansard as saying "oh, come on" to the question asked via Labor leader Rebecca White, while others were heard to audibly groan.
He has since apologised.
"To the person who was hurt by my behaviour in the Parliament yesterday I am deeply sorry for that and I apologise without reservation. I have reflected deeply on it overnight," Mr Jaensch said.
Premier Peter Gutwein provided an apology on Thursday evening, but said he would have brought ministers into Parliament with him if he believed there was malicious intent. It remained unclear which other ministers were involved.
"If I truly believed that there was any intent to maliciously damage or hurt the person involved then I would have dragged them into the Parliament myself yesterday and forced them to respond," he said.
Mr Gutwein then outlined his own personal story as being a victim of child sexual abuse when he was aged 16.
The victim-survivor of Griffin - whose question involved whether the Premier had shown true empathy the previous day - said she "empathised" with him over his own abuse, but it should not be used to avoid questioning on the Commission of Inquiry.
"It does not remove his responsibility to the people. He cannot use it as a distraction to avoid answering my questions," she said.
"Today, I felt sick. He put me in a position where I had other victims reaching out for support because they felt minimised and disregarded by him.
"I expect Mr Gutwein to respond to my questions. He has so far deflected and attempted to distract the public.
"The government must be held to account."
Mr Gutwein has emailed the victim-survivor, and she said should would respond in due course.
"I thank him for reaching out. I will be responding to him and would appreciate meeting him in person," she said.
She said she still had "zero confidence" in the government's commitment to implementing all recommendations from the Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating government responses to abuse in the Tasmanian health system, education system and at Ashley Youth Detention Centre.
Mr Gutwein said he would not have launched the commission unless he intended to implement the recommendations.
For support:
- National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800RESPECT, 1800 737 732
- Blue Knot Helpline: 1300 657 380
- Lifeline: 13 11 14
- Headspace: 1800 650 890