Teenage perpetrators of child sex abuse often victims of family violence, inquiry hears

By Paul Bibby
Updated July 1 2015 - 8:13pm, first published 6:53pm
Counsellors told the Royal Commission that family violence was the most prominent prior experience in relation to boys who sexually harm.
Counsellors told the Royal Commission that family violence was the most prominent prior experience in relation to boys who sexually harm.

Teenage boys who sexually abuse other children are often victims of family violence seeking "to have power or control over something", a royal commission has heard.

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