The West Australian
A Perth religious group that housed rapist Jarryd Hayne without warning female members has been accused of failing to report a sex assault, blaming victims and utilising a series of troubling rituals. Award-winning reporter Annabel Hennessy investigates
A Perth-based Christian missionary group is facing serious allegations of misconduct including that leaders failed to report a sexual assault to police and blamed alleged victims for their attacks.
A special investigation from The Sunday Times into Youth With A Mission Perth can also reveal how the registered charity admits to encouraging sexual abuse victims to forgive their abusers and “repent” for any ill-will they held towards them.
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Hayne was found guilty in March year and sentenced to five years and nine months in prison.
In one of the more disturbing claims, a woman from overseas who attended the organisation s six-month training program aged 20 two decades ago alleges she was sexually assaulted by a fellow member during a trip.
While asleep in a bus, she claims she woke to one her fellow missionaries assaulting her. At 2 or 3am, while everyone else was sleeping on the bus, I woke up to (the other student’s) hand on my throat. He squeezed enough to let me know, I could kill you’,” she said.
Jarryd Lee Hayne, 33, was jailed for three years and eight months on Thursday
He was convicted a raping a 26-year-old woman at her Newcastle home in 2018
The NRL star has begun his sentence at Parklea prison in north-western Sydney
Hayne was strip searched on Thursday night and given a set of green clothing
Placed in protection at Parklea jail in Sydney s north-west amid safety fears