Shortcut: Childhood Abuse Recovery - It Takes A Village
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
Craig Hughes-Cashmore is the CEO and co-founder of SAMSN—Survivors and Mates Support Network.
Founded in 2011 by a group of male survivors, SAMSN is now Australia’s leading organisation supporting men who’ve experienced child sexual abuse.
In this episode of Australian True Crime, Craig shares his powerful lived experience and the crucial role peer support plays in healing for survivors and their families.
Click here to visit the SAMSN website and listen to their podcast, "Stronger"
For Support:
Lifeline on 13 11 14
13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
Blue Knot Helpline: 1300 657 380
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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on instagram.
Guest: Craig Hughes-Cashmore
Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
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| 0:00.0 | Today we're talking about an organisation called Sampson, S-A-M-S-N, that stands for Survivors and Mates Support Network. |
| 0:13.7 | It's Australia's leading organisation for male survivors of child sexual abuse. |
| 0:19.2 | Samson was founded in 2011 by a small group of survivors, |
| 0:23.1 | one of whom, CEO Craig Hughes Cashmore, |
| 0:26.2 | joins us on Australian True Crime |
| 0:27.8 | to talk about his lived experience |
| 0:30.0 | and the importance of peer support for survivors and their loved ones. |
| 0:35.3 | This is Australian True Crime. |
| 0:37.2 | We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created. and their loved ones. This is Australian true crime. |
| 0:41.4 | We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created, |
| 0:44.8 | the Wurundri Woi Wurang people of the Koolan Nation. |
| 0:50.1 | And a warning, the following podcast contains accounts of child sexual assault. |
| 0:52.4 | Listener discretion is advised. |
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