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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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Tag Archives: Ireland
Mandatory Reporting Laws (Or: Less Best?)
Image: Child abuse reporting rates – New South Wales One of the great battlegrounds of the Royal Commission will revolve around the issue of mandatory reporting. At present there is great variability across the states on both who must report, … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, economic impact of abuse, George Pell, Ireland, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, mandatory reporting laws, sanctity of the confessional, Truth Justice and Healing Council
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Northern Ireland’s Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (Or: Ireland Calling)
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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Tagged Amnesty International, Bindoon, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, child migrants, Christian Brothers, Domus Australia, Forde Inquiry, George Pell, HIA, HIA inquiry, Ireland, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Magdalene Laundry, Northern Ireland Historical Institutional Abuse Enquiry, Queensland Government Forde Enquiry, United Nations Committee Against Torture
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Global Relevance (Or: The World is Watching)
Just a short piece today. The Australian royal commission is only the second of its kind in the world, the first being that conducted by Ireland. Those here have the benefit of experiences gained during the Irish experiment. One of … Continue reading
