Report of the Cornwall Inquiry : Rapport de la Commission d'enqut̊e sur Cornwall

However, the Order-in-Council establishing the Cornwall Public Inquiry also created discretion to find ways for people to talk about their life journey, including incidents of abuse, the impact of abuse on individuals, and the effect of allegations of abuse for those in the community of Cornwall: The Commissioner may provide … other opportunities apart from formal evidentiary hearings for individu [...] We ask you to guide us through this day as we do the things that we are going to do here and to hear the things we are going to hear, and to help us to provide support for our sister who has come to do this for herself and to be able to put it away and keep on with her journey. [...] The specific goals for informal testimony in Phase 2 of the Cornwall Public Inquiry were: • to ensure that the public was aware of the opportunity for informal testimony—we hoped that people who had not testified in Phase 1 would come forward; • to create a positive experience in informal testimony that contributes to personal healing, greater understanding, and personal growth; and • to produce a [...] The first time he went to this older man’s house, the man testifying was drunk and high, and he recalled that the older man allowed him to stay in the attic of his house. [...] Although it was not the fault of THE VOICES OF INFORMAL TESTIMONY 17 the woman giving testimony, she worried that she could have contributed to the death of the kind man.