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AFL chief Gillon McLachlan says the league is taking the abuse case of former St Kilda player Rod Owen very seriously
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says the league is taking former St Kilda footballer Rod Owen’s disclosure of childhood sexual abuse very seriously and will work with police if and when other victims come forward.
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AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan says the league will help provide support or counselling to any other victims who come forward after the revelation of the abuse case of former St Kilda footballer Rod Owen
Owen has detailed childhood sexual abuse at the hands of his Saints Little League coach Darrell Ray, and Saints Little League team manager Albert Briggs
McLachlan said the league’s integrity unit had been in contact with St Kilda since the original story of his abuse was revealed
In an ABC story published on April 3,…
