Walking to the light

By Melissa Cunningham
Updated February 11 2016 - 12:22am, first published February 10 2016 - 7:31pm
ONE STEP AT A TIME:  Brett Matthews was sexually assaulted by his primary school teacher as a five-year-old and plans to walk around Australia to raise awareness of the plight of survivors. Picture: Lachlan Bence
ONE STEP AT A TIME: Brett Matthews was sexually assaulted by his primary school teacher as a five-year-old and plans to walk around Australia to raise awareness of the plight of survivors. Picture: Lachlan Bence

Child sexual abuse survivor, Brett Matthews has spent decades of his life searching for a “lost boy” whose innocence was stolen after he was raped by a primary school teacher at five years-old.

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