60 Minutes Australia: Don't tell, part 1

As a 12 year old Lyndal was sexually abused while she was a boarder at Toowoomba Prep; one of the Anglican Church's elite private schools in Queensland. Her attacker always told her, ‘Don't tell, no one will believe you,’ and as it turned out, he was right. The abuse went on for eight harrowing months before the predator’s evil was discovered. But that wasn’t the end of Lyndal’s suffering. Her attempts to get the help she desperately needed were ignored by the school and the church. Even approaches to the then Archbishop, Peter Hollingworth, led nowhere. He went on to become Australia's Governor General, while Lyndal's life spiralled out of control. After years of misery, one day she decided she’d had enough and what she did next saw the beginning of the end for the Governor-General. Lyndal's inspirational battle has now been turned into a movie called Don't Tell, but she’s never spoken publicly about her ordeal. Until now.
Reporter: Liz Hayes
Producer: Laura Sparkes