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The YMCA Gets Another Chance (Or: But Only In Secret)

Posted on January 21, 2014 by lewisblayse

Image: Opening of the HIA enquiry in Northern Ireland 13th January 2014 (Source: http://www.news.com.au) The Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse was due to resume a hearing today on the YMCA abuses. However, Chief Commissioner Peter … Continue reading →

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Algate Boys’ Home (Or: Do As You’re Told)

Posted on January 8, 2014 by lewisblayse

While the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s next hearings (beginning 28th January) will cover two Queensland and two NSW Boys’ Home, operated by the Salvation Army, there are many others not being covered. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Algate House Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bindoon, Care Leavers of Australia Network (CLAN), Catholic Church, child migrants, Christian Brothers, Irish child migrants, Irish inquiry child abuse, Kevin Stace, Leonie Sheedy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Malta child migrants, Peter McClellan, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvos, UK child migrants | Comments Off

Northern Ireland’s Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (Or: Ireland Calling)

Posted on June 21, 2013 by lewisblayse

The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry in Northern Ireland is the latest of five child abuse enquiries there. It is particularly relevant to Australia in that it will include Irish children sent here as “child migrants” (see previous posting). It … Continue reading →

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Riverview Salvation Army Boys’ Home (Or: Unfinished Business)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image source: CLAN The Riverview Home run by the Salvation Army, until its license was revoked by the Queensland Government in 1977, is another of the institutions requiring a second look by the Royal Commission. All records were claimed to … Continue reading →

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Brother Kearney, the Perfect (Or: Once Upon a Time…)

Posted on April 28, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image source: http://www.elitetours.net.au (Bindoon, main administration building) Bindoon Boys’ Town head, Fr. Paul Francis Kearney was a Christian Brother who died in 1954. As previous postings have noted, he was an alleged sadist and paedophile. To his Order, the Catholic … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Murray, Bindoon, Bindoon Boys' Town, Brother Kearney, Brother Nick Bilich, Brother Paul Francis Kearney, Brother Sebastian Quilligan, C-BERS, Catholic Agricultural College Bindoon, child migrants, child migration, Christian Brothers, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse | Comments Off

Brother Francis Paul Keaney, the Abuser (Or: Spare the Rod? No Way!)

Posted on April 27, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image above: Construction of the administration building at Bindoon, 1952. Brother Kearney, of Bindoon notoriety, was a saint to the Catholic Church and a monster to the boys placed in his “care”. The Catholic Church erected a huge statue of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Murray, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “Lost Innocents: Righting the Record – Report on Child Migration”, Bindoon, Bindoon Boys' Town, Brother Edward Bryan, Brother Kearney, Brother Kearney statue, Brother Paul Francis Kearney, Catholic Church child sexual abuse, child migrants, child migration, Christian Brothers, Christian Brothers child sexual abuse, Edmund House, John Hennessy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse | Comments Off

The Horror That Was Bindoon (Or: The Orphans’ Fiend)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by lewisblayse

Image source: http://ukpaedos-exposed.com/cover-ups/uk-child-migrants/ Bindoon Boys’ Town was a Christian Brothers’ facility in Western Australia. It was run by Br. Kearney, known in his circles as “The Orphans’ Friend” but as a “Christian Bugger” monster by the boys who passed through … Continue reading →

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Commissioner Murray (Or: Barnardos Boy Made Good)

Posted on January 21, 2013 by lewisblayse

Andrew Murray is a former WA Democrats senator. His academic qualifications are impressive – BA (Hons) (Rhodes) MA (Oxf.). He lends great credibility to the royal commission because he is a former child migrant (Barnardos Boy) to Rhodesia, sat on the Forgotten … Continue reading →

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