This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative .

A father of four took the witness stand Wednesday and testified under a protected identity that his wounds were raw once again.

For John Doe 334, recent changes to the state’s settlement fund for survivors of abuse — survivors like him — stripped the process of its trauma-informed and victim-centered mission.

In a black suit and white sneakers, he shared his feeling that these changes are retraumatizing him and the thousands of others who have filed claims for childhood physical and sexual abuse at the state’s hands.

“It makes me feel like they never cared in the first place. So that’s why they’re doing it to us all over again,” he sa

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