efore. Victims, once seen as not credible, are now believed. Perhaps for offenders the opposite is true, they are now 'guilty until proven innocent'.
             Other issues raised in media - such as abuse in state run institutions - has been said to have initiated the 1996 New South Wales Woods Royal Commission into Corruption in the Police Service, which became the Royal Commission into Pedophilia. Repercussions are still being felt in the Courts and in the Police Service. The then NSW Minister for Community Services, The Hon Ron Dyer, called for information from the public on any abuses. He treated all reports with confidentiality and as a result, instigated a far-reaching review. Victims report
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