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- Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress) March 20, 2015
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The Catholic Church’s Submission On “Towards Healing” (Or: No Lawyers Please, Except Ours!)
The Catholic Church’s grandiosely-named Truth, Justice and Healing Council (otherwise known as the PR Unit set up by the church to deal with the fall-out from the Royal Commission) has made a submission on the subject of the fourth hearing … Continue reading
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Tagged (Australian New South Wales Government) Special Commission of Inquiry into Matters Relating to the Police Investigation of Certain Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Ne, Anxiety, 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, “Ann Free-Spirit”, Billy Connolly, bishops, Canon Law, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, civil action, compensation, confidentiality agreements, confidentiality clauses, court proceedings, courts, cross-examination, Denis Hart, Depression, dioceses, Ellis defence, Jeff Kennett, Jesuits, Justice and Healing Council, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, Melbourne Archdiocese, Melbourne Response, New South Wales Inquiry, police, Pope, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, releases, reparation, restorative justice, Roman Catholic Church Trust Property Act 1936, Roman Catholic Trusts Act 1907, Say Sorry: A Harrowing Childhood in Catholic Orphanages, Statute of Limitations, statutes of limitation, The Man Who Sued God, Truth, Victorian Inquiry
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The Courts As An Institution In The Royal Commission Context (Or: You Poor Man)
Image: Judge Peters (Source: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385766/Attorney-General-set-examine-case-paedophile-spared-jail-prosecutor-said-13-year-old-victim-predatory.html The Australian Royal Commission is specifically charged with, and limited to, institutional responses to child sexual abuse. As has been noted in a previous posting, there may be questions regarding just what constitutes … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls’ Home, Court Licensed Abuse: Patriarchal Lore and the Legal Response to Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse of Children, courts, Everyday Victim Blaming, Judge Nigel Peters, judicial abuse, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Neil Wilson, Rape Crisis, Robert Colover, S. Caroline Taylor, Sue Berelowitz, terms of reference, U.K. Deputy Children’s Commissioner
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Making a Submission (Or: Unaccustomed As I Am To Public Submissions…)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been calling for submissions on various topics in advance of the public hearings which are due to begin reasonably shortly. There will be many detailed submissions by the … Continue reading
Terms of Reference – Apportioning Responsibilities (Or: Robin Hood Had it Right)
Shortly after the announcement of the Royal Commission, on-line media polls were taken concerning whether or not the government should pay reparations to the victims of abuse. The split was essentially 1/3rd each for government paying, government not paying, and … Continue reading
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Tagged apportioning responsibility, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Christian Brothers, class actions, compensation, courts, Forgotten Australians, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, paedophiles, reparations, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
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Some Laws that Need to be Changed (Or: The Spirit is Willing but the Law is Weak)
Bit of a diatribe today about the need for several changes to existing laws. This is a real-time account. Since some people will not read this entry until the royal commission is concluded, they will have the benefit of reading … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, compensation claims, confessional, courts, David Shoebridge, Ellis defence, extradition treaty, fines, Forgotten Australians, John Ellis, Judy Courtin, legal aid, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Ombudsman, paedophiles, rogue organisations, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Statute of Limitations, United Nations, Vatican State, willing participant argument
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