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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amanda Meade Media correspondent

Woman who was sexually abused by her parents for 14 years says she was devastated by The Australian’s podcast

Artwork for The Australian's Shadow of a Doubt podcast
A sexual abuse victim told news.com.au that her world fell apart after The Australian’s Shadow of a Doubt podcast gave a platform to the parents who abused her. Illustration: The Australian

A woman who suffered sexual and physical abuse at the hands of her parents for 14 years has broken her silence to say how devastated she was when The Australian interviewed the jailed couple for a podcast called Shadow of Doubt and described her evidence in an editorial as “manifestly implausible”.

Her parents were jailed in 2016 but it was not until this week she chose to speak publicly after suppression orders were lifted in a separate, historical case against her father, William “Rob” Gilfillan.

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