If you have been sexually abused or sexually assaulted in the distant past, you may need historical sex abuse counselling. You are entitled to free counselling, support, justice and redress. Survivors of sexual assault or abuse often feel too overwhelmed by the memory to talk about it. So, many survivors who experienced sexual violence as a child close off, compartmentalising …

Many survivors of child abuse or sexual assault ask the question, “can you report historical abuse?” And until a few years ago, victims of child sexual abuse had to report the crime within three years of the event, even though it can take survivors around 20 years to process what occurred and to even tell someone, let alone endure a …