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Recent Posts
- Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress) March 20, 2015
- David Shoebridge’s 3-Point Reform Package for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Or: Tear Down Those Walls) March 19, 2015
- Australian Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson Charged (Or: Touchdown!) March 17, 2015
- Bilgrimage Article on a US Inquiry into Child Abuse November 4, 2014
- Victims and Lawyers (Or: He Who Pays the Piper …) September 9, 2014
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David Shoebridge’s 3-Point Reform Package for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Or: Tear Down Those Walls)
New South Wales parliamentarian (right): “I’m thinking of voting against the NSW Greens’ 3 point reform package for victims of child sexual abuse. What do you think?” Political adviser (left): “I think that would be a most … courageous … decision.” A … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Catholic Church, child sexual abuse, David Shoebridge, Ellis defence, John Ellis, Limitation Amendment (Child Abuse) Bill 2014, NSW Greens, property trusts, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Salvation Army, sentencing, The Roman Catholic Church Trust Property Amendment (Justice for Victims) Bill 2014, trusts, Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister
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The Catholic Church’s Submission on “Towards Healing” (Or: Top Spinner)
The Catholic Church’s PR unit, set up to deal with fall-out from the Royal Commission, has managed to get in first with its arguments, before the commission holds hearings on the discredited “Towards Healing” program at the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, Chris Wilding, David Shoebridge, Domus Australia, Francis Sullivan, George Pell, John Ellis, Judy Courtin, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, NSW police Memorandum of Understanding, Scouts, Section 316 of the Crimes Act, Towards Healing, Truth Justice and Healing Council
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More on the New South Wales Enquiry Proceedings (Or: Silence is Platinum)
Adelaide Catholic Archbishop, Philip Wilson (pictured above) was director of Religious Education for the Newcastle-Maitland diocese and a teacher at the St. Pius X High School in Newcastle at the time of serious abuses there (see previous posting). Peter Gogarty … 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, Adelaide Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson, Commissioner Cunneen, David Shoebridge, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, Inspector Beth Cullen, Joanne McCarthy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Margaret Cunneen, New South Wales government, New South Wales Inquiry, New South Wales parliament, NSW Inquiry, Peter Fox, Peter Gogarty, St. Pius X High School Newcastle
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Shreddergate 2: (Or Will You Be Wanting That Shredded?)
Proceedings at the New South Wales Government enquiry into clerical child sexual abuse should be rather lively when it resumes public hearings next week. Local Greens upper-house politician, David Shoebridge MLC, has obtained documents under the Freedom of Information laws, … 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, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Child Abuse and Child Sex Offenders: An Assessment of Risks in the NSW Policing Environment, Child Protection and Sex Crimes Squad, David Shoebridge, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, document shredding, Freedom of Information laws, George Pell, Greens, Inspector Beth Cullen, Lateline, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Michael Salmon, New South Wales Inquiry, Nicholas Cowdrey, NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, NSW government, NSW Inquiry, NSW police, NSW Police minister, Peter Fox, Professional Standards Office (PSO) of the Catholic Church, Professional Standards Resource Group, PSO Catholic Church, PSRG, Sergeant Beth Cullen, Sex Crimes Unit, Sri Lanka, Wagga Wagga Local Area Command, Wood Royal Commission
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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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The Ellis Defence (Or: You Can’t Catch Me I’m the Gingerbread Man)
John Ellis, a Sydney lawyer who has represented child abuse victims and who is himself a victim of clerical abuse, noted that, “the hush money deals are no longer church policy.” This reflects the position of the Catholic Church’s chief … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, David Shoebridge, Ellis defence, Forgotten Australians, George Pell, High Court of Australia, John Ellis, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, paedophiles, property trust, religion franchise, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Statute of Limitations, Sydney Archdiocese, The Man Who Sued God
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