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Recent Posts
- Changes to this Blog February 24, 2023
- Salvation Army Hearings Continue (Or: Still Taking Taxpayers’ Money) January 30, 2014
- Salvation Army Abuse Witnesses’ Accounts (Or: And You Thought The Convict Days Were Long Past) January 29, 2014
- Who Cares (Or: War Crimes) January 28, 2014
- The Author’s Rebuttal To Mr. McClellan’s Reasons For Non-Permission To Appear At The Salvation Army Boys’ Homes Hearings And Present A Submission (Or: McClellan Rules, O.K.?) January 27, 2014
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Salvation Army Hearings Continue (Or: Still Taking Taxpayers’ Money)
SPECIAL NOTE: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation television (ABC 2 / Ch. 24 digital) will be re-screening the “Four Corners” program from 2003, detailing abuses by the Salvation Army at its Children’s Homes – titled “The Homies”. The program will run … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “The Homies”, bear pit mentality, Bexley Boys Home, Bexley Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Captain Laurie Wilson, Chief Commissioner, compensation, EK, Emily Bourke, ET, Four Corners, FT, FV, GA, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home, government funding, homeless youth, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, James Condom, John McIver, Laurence Wilson, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, medical examinations, nightmares, pedophile ring, Peter McClellan, pimped, public hearings, Quentin McDermott, rape, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army officers, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Salvos, Simeon Beckett, submission, taxpayers’ money, Tony Abbott, Wally McLeod, Wood Royal Commission
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Salvation Army Abuse Witnesses’ Accounts (Or: And You Thought The Convict Days Were Long Past)
Image: Convict flogging c.1800 Australia The hearings of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse has entered its second day, covering the Salvation Army Boys’ Homes of Bexley, Gill, Riverview, and Alkira. Some “Not Directions Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australian Salvation Army, ‘Captain Cowling’, “The Homies”, Bexley Boys Home, Captain Victor Bennett, Cliff Randall, Directions Not to Publish, Emily Bourke, Four Corners, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, John McIver, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lieutenant Spratt, Marina Randall, Peter Cosgrove, Peter McClellan, Queensland Children's Department, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Tony Abbott, Wally McLeod
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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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