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Fri 11 Nov 2009'It's the end of a very long fight and a very hard road'
VICTIM'S REACTION:TWENTY-FIVE years after she first reported being sexually abused as a 12-year-old girl, Marie Collins finally feels vindicated.
“It’s the end of a very long fight and a very hard road,” she said. “I’ve always known I was telling the truth. To have an independent commission come out and validate what we went through is very important. It confirms what happened to me and other children.”
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