Thursday, 14 July 2005, 3:44 pm Press Release: Stop Demand
14 July 2005
Capill apologises to New Zealand but not to
his victims
The disgraced former Christian Heritage party
leader and police prosecutor was today sentenced to nine
years prison for multiple child sex offences including rape.
In a press release read out after his sentencing, Capill
acknowledged that his offending had let down his family and
the people of New Zealand, to whom he apologised. Yet in
his 8-line statement no apologies were directed to his
victims or acknowledgement made of the harm caused to them.
Denise Ritchie of Stop Demand Foundation, a group working
to end sexual violence against children, says “One would
expect apologies to be directed first to his victims, well
before his family and ‘the people of New Zealand’. Capill’s
attempt to appease his family, the wider community and God
suggests that this is still all about Graham Capill.
A
truly remorseful and humble stance would have been to start
with an outright apology to his victims and demonstrate some
insight into the long-term harm he has done to
them.”
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