After 50 years of torment, suppressing a secret of terrifying proportions, Barry Wilson finally got the chance to tell his story of the abuse he suffered at the hands of the Christian Brothers at St Augustine’s Orphanage in Highton, Geelong.
On his deathbed at Kerang Hospital, Barry summoned every ounce of fight he had left to deliver evidence and record a statement for the Royal Commission. He celebrated with a fist pump beside his brother and sister-in-law. Five days later he passed on, with a sense of unsurpassed freedom.
The ABC’s Alyssa Allen shares Barry’s incredibly emotional story.
