A retired doctor who opened up about being raped as a child by men 30 and 40 years older than him committed suicide months after revealing his story on a TV show.
Orthopedic surgeon Stuart Kidd detailed his horrific child sexual abuse story on ABC's You Can't Ask That, which was broadcast on Wednesday evening.
The retired doctor from the lower Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, took his own life in May - six months after the episode was filmed and two months before it aired.
His wife, Janet, told the Dr Kidd, 60, was 'pleased' with the episode when he viewed it before his death.
During his candid interview, Dr Kidd revealed he was raped as a child and a teenager.
'[It was] always a case of people being in a place of responsibility, abusing their power,' Dr Kidd revealed.
'I was raped both ends by men 30, 40, years older than myself, and then by an older boy who I thought was a friend, and then by older men when I was a teenager,' he said.
'I was a child, and I was being cared for, supposedly being cared for, from the ages of three to six. I was just being myself, being a boy, paying the consequences for it,' he said as he fought back tears.
Dr Kidd also spoke about the devastation the abuse had wrought on his life.
'I usually have to medicate myself with medicine that's been prescribed to me to be able to survive a day...without hurting myself seriously, he said.
Janet told Fairfax media her husband had devoted his energy to being 'the very best doctor husband, father and grandfather' before he passed away on May 30.
'I watched the episode of You Can't Ask That with Stuart in February and he was pleased with it,' she said in a statement.
'It was tough, but we are all proud of him for putting the story out there and we all think it's well done and powerful,' she told the publication.
'He never stopped trying to find help and healing.'
In memory of her husband, Janet and her family called for donations to be made to the Survivors & Mates Support Network - a group in Western Sydney Dr Kidd worked closely with before passing away.