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Man who had penis cut off prompts call for investigation
REVELATIONS a man had his penis severed by a male nurse at a boys' home in the 1970s have prompted renewed calls for authorities to investigate a high-profile paedophile ring believed to have been operating at the time.
The Royal Commission into Insitutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard in July the brutal account of 50-year-old Gordon Myers (no longer his real name), who had complained to police of horrific abuse at a number of NSW boys' homes in the 1970s.
Mr Myers alleged that a male nurse at Daruk Training School had "cut off" his penis during a botched circumcision, and that he was trafficked as a sex slave between boys' homes by wardens.
His testimony has prompted renewed calls from
prominent advocate Nicky Davis (formerly of Survivors Network of those
Abused by Priests) for police to investigate "government corruption that
had allowed these crimes to continue and no one to be held
unaccountable".
"We had an underclass of vulnerable and defenseless children that were considered fair game for any atrocity, and were denied access to the normal protections," Ms Davis said.
"There were lawyers, judges, police and all these people involved and there was a criminal conspiracy and we need to investigate it.
"The fact that no one has been held accountable is truly shocking."
Ms Davis said she was aware of "dozens" of victims exploited at brothels and "call-out services" operating from boys' homes and cited Mr Myers' case as a shocking example of extended abuse over many years.
Mr Myers' ordeal began when, aged just 12 years, he was apprehended by an off-duty police officer for riding as a passenger in a stolen vehicle at Surry Hills, Sydney.
A 2005 report prepared for legal proceedings described the Aboriginal boy as one of six children of a single mother, who allowed authorities to take her son into care at Charlton Anglican Home at Ashfield.
Man who had penis cut off prompts call for investigation