Child sex abuse survivor speaks out after former South Australian police officer and stepfather is jailed – ABC News

A child sex abuse survivor has urged other victims to come forward after her abuser — a former police officer and her then-stepfather — was jailed for four years.

The teenager, who has granted permission for the identity of Simon Gorzechowski to be revealed knowing it may identify her, said it was a “huge relief” that he would be behind bars for another two years.

A jury last year found Gorzechowski, 41, guilty of two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse.

In sentencing, Auxiliary Judge Gordon Barrett said Gorzechowski’s offending was a “breach of trust”, and that he had been a stepfather for about a decade at the time of the offending.

“Although the offending had nothing to do with your job, you were a policeman at the time and your stepdaughter was, for that reason apart from any other, entitled to trust you not to do anything improper to her,” he said.

He said Gorzechowski had a tendency to be verbally abusive toward his stepdaughter, which had made it “more difficult for her to tell anyone about what you were doing to her”.

He said Gorzechowski’s lawyer had told the court the charges were isolated, having occurred on the same occasion after he had been drinking.

However, Auxiliary Judge Barrett said Gorzechowski’s actions after the incident, when he was sober, included saying and doing things that indicated he “had a sexual interest” in his stepdaughter.

[Ed: How many others like this are in the police, making decisions not to charge other sexual offenders? Will anyone now review the cases in which he had an involvement?]

Source: Child sex abuse survivor speaks out after former South Australian police officer and stepfather is jailed – ABC News

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