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- Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress) March 20, 2015
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Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress)
WHAT THIS POST IS ABOUT The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will hold a public hearing in Sydney (Level 17, Governor Macquarie Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney) next week, from Wednesday 25 March 2015 until Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, children's homes, Cold Case, economic arguments, Forgotten Australians, Formerly in Children's Homes, foster system, Gold Card, good works defence, good works defense, Lewis Blayse, moral arguments, redress, social contract
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CLAN Submission (Or: Who Will Listen?)
The Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) represents hundreds of people who were in State and Church Children’s Homes. Its submission to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, for the up-coming Catholic Church’s “Towards Healing” redress … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican professional standards unit, apology, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Care Leavers of Australia Network, Catholic Church, children's homes, CLAN, compensation, Health and Other Services Act 1996, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Medicare, Professional Standards Office, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army’s Professional Standards Unit, Towards Healing
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What CD, CN and CM Said (Or: O’Neill’s Whip)
Image: New Anglican bishop of Grafton, Macneil The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse third “case study” hearing has received witness statements from three more victims of the North Coast Children’s Home in New South Wales … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Kitchingman, Anglican bishop of Grafton, Anglican Church, Anglican Church North Coast Children’s Home, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bishop Keith Slater, Bishop Sarah Macneil, children's homes, Church of England, Episcopalian Church, Jean O’Neill, Keith Slater, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Matron Jean O’Neill, North Coast Children's Home, Pat Comben, Phillip Aspinall, Rev. Winston Morgan, Sarah Macneil, Tommy Campion
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What CA and CK Said (Or: Ritual Abuse)
Image: Pat Comben, when he was a politician (Source: Queensland Department of Education) Phillip Aspinall, head of the Australian Anglican Church (known elsewhere as the Episcopalian Church or the Church of England), knew the details of the horrific abuse at … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Church, Anglican Church North Coast Children’s Home, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bishop Keith Slater, Bishop of Grafton, children's homes, Church of England, cleansing process, Episcopalian Church, Grafton bishop, Keith Slater, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, North Coast Children's Home, Pat Comben, Phillip Aspinall, ritual abuse, Rod McLary, Simeon Beckett, Simon Harrison, Statute of Limitations, Tommy Campion, Tony Abbott
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What Tommy Said (Or: Saving The Furniture)
Image: The main sign for the North Coast Children’s Home (Source: CLAN) Abuses at the North Coast Children’s Home have been detailed to the third “case study” hearing of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Church, Anglican Church North Coast Children’s Home, Anne Hywood, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bishop Keith Slater, children's homes, Church of England, Ellis defence, Episcopalian Church, Grafton Diocese, Keith Slater, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, North Coast Children's Home, Pat Comben, Peter Roland, Phillip Aspinall, Rev Comben, Richard “Tommy” Campion, Simon Harrison, Tommy Campion
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Some Victorian Victims’ Comments (Or: Real Voices)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will resume hearings tomorrow. It will be the third “case study”, and will focus on Allan Kitchingman (see previous posting) against the background of events at the North Coast … Continue reading
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Tagged Adults Surviving Child Abuse, Allan Kitchingman, Andrea Coote, Andrea Lockhart, Anglican Church North Coast Children’s Home, Anthony Foster, Australian (Victorian State Government) Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault, Broken Rites, Bryan Keon-Cohen, Cardinal George Pell, cassock of silence, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic Church’s PR Unit, children's homes, Chrissie Foster, Christian Brother Robert Best, Christian Brothers, Clare Leaney, Commission of Inquiry Now (COIN), Dr Cathy Kezelman, Emma Foster, Father Kevin O’Donnell, Francis Sullivan, George Pell, In Good Faith and Associates, John McNally, Justice and Healing Council, Katie Foster, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Manny Waks, Mick Serch, North Coast Children's Home, Olivia Monaghan, Ombudsman, Peter Blenkiron, Queen Street Primary School, Salvation Army, St Leo’s College Box Hill, Stephen Woods, tax exemptions, Tony Abbott, Truth, Victorian Inquiry, Yeshiva College
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First Day (Or: As It Happened)
[Note: Today’s posting was delayed due to a power outage following a thunderstorm.] Image: Chief Scout of Australia, Governor-General Quentin Bryce (Australia’s Head of State) with Scouts officials (Image source: http://www.scouts.com.au/newsletter.asp?BulletinStory=21301594) Image: Gail “Snow White” Furness addresses the six … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican, Anglican Church North Coast Children’s Home, Anglican Diocese of Grafton, Armand Hoitink, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bill Metcalfe, boarding schools, Boy Scouts, Catholic Church, Chief Scout of Australia, children's homes, Children’s Court, Department of Public Prosecutions, Depression, Des Hocking, Emily Bourke, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Girl Guides, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Greg James, Greg James QC, Guides Australia, Jonathan Lord, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, North Coast Children's Home, NSW police, Peter McClellan, Quentin Bryce, Scouts, Scouts Australia, Senior Constable Amloh, Senior Constable Turney, Steven "Skip" Larkins, Steven Larkins, Stockton cub scouts, Towards Healing, YMCA
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Discussion Paper Four (Or: Speak Up Please)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has issued its fourth discussion paper. It concerns procedures to minimize abuse in the out-of-home care sector. This mostly covers children who previously would have been placed in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bravehearts, children's homes, discussion paper 4, Governor Macquarie Tower, Hunter Aboriginal Children’s Services, Janette Dines, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, NSW State Department of Community Services, Scouts, Scouts Australia, Steve Larkins
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Federal Government Grants to Organisations for their Royal Commission Responses (Or: Who’s In)
The following list of some of the organisations receiving federal funding related to the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse is given for the purposes of recording the on-going history of the Royal Commission itself. Relationships Australia is the largest … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Church, Anglicare, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Berry St. Victoria, Bravehearts, Brisbane Catholic Church archdiocese, Care Leavers of Australia Network, Child Migrant Trust, children's homes, CLAN, Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions, Drummond St. Services Inc., Forde Enquiry, government grants, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Micah Projects Inc., Queensland Government, Relationships Australia, Victim Support Services Inc.
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Who to Contact First? (Or: Choose Wisely)
Most people who report or seek help with the effects of, child sexual abuse take many years to reach that point. It is a very painful, difficult process and the outcomes can depend a lot on just who is first … Continue reading
