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news.com.au : ‘I have fully co-operated’: Church leader’s wild apology letter to victim
The harm to the victim is underreported compared to the harm to the perpetrator and his family
[moral_framing]: The article emphasizes the perpetrator’s emotional and financial burdens—legal fees, wife’s health, shame—more than the trauma experienced by the victim.
“I have also watched the stress, shame and anxiety of her reliving my actions and her dealing with the public shame of my actions coming to light which has had a devastating impact on her and upon both of our health which has rapidly declined during these proceedings”
Daily Mail : Van driver who killed grandmother, 68, after her car had broken down on 'defective' smart …
The victim and her family are framed as emotionally abandoned by the justice outcome
[appeal_to_emotion] — The victim’s son’s statement expresses unresolved grief and a desire for accountability, framing the family as excluded from closure due to the lack of admission of fault, subtly questioning the adequacy of the legal resolution.
“How could we ever forget this and move on?”