A WOMAN, victim of a “VIP paedophile ring”, which involved three former prime ministers, said she was prostituted to “paedophile parties” at Parliament House in Canberra.
Speaking to media in Sydney, Fiona Barnett detailed her abuse by the elite paedophile ring 40 years ago.
The 45-year-old said she was abused by the ring, which included high-ranking politicians, police and members of the judiciary, at the age of five and claimed there were thousands of other victims.
“My experiences were horrific beyond words,” she said. “But the way I’ve been treated for reporting the crimes I witnessed and experienced has been far worse than my original abuse experiences.”
The northern NSW woman went on to detail hundreds of crimes she had witnessed, including child abduction, torture, rape and murder.
Ms Barnett described the operation as a “very well-coordinated international paedophile ring”, and said there was a strict hierarchy.
“I was only saved for the VIP paedophiles,” she said.
“It’s a hierarchy, what I witnessed was the very top of the hierarchy.”
Fiona Barnett says authorities have not taken her abuse claims seriously.
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Ms Barnett said she “lives in absolute fear” and only decided to speak out because she “has nothing left to lose”.
She maintains the network is still in operation, and urged then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to make it a priority to “make the kids safe”.
Ms Barnett said she had taken the cases to multiple health professionals in the 1980s, NSW Police in 2008 and approached the Royal Commission in 2013. She said she and other victims of “VIP” perpetrators were “stonewalled” by authorities.
Leader of child sex abuse advocacy group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Nicky Davis said Ms Barnett’s experience was not unique.
“SNAP has heard from a number of survivors of very similar stories who have been raped, who have been tortured, whose perpetrators include the most senior people in Australia.”
SNAP says allegations have been ignored by the Royal Commission and government officials.
The group said many survivors have spoken to police, the Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse, politicians and government officials and had produced considerable evidence.
“There are a large number who want to speak out,” Ms Davis said.
“These are some of the worst crime committed by the most powerful against the most vulnerable.”
