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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: James Condon
Australian Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson Charged (Or: Touchdown!)
Image: Archbishop Philip Wilson being chauffeur-driven away from the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide yesterday (Source: Herald Sun, 17 March, 2015). [Author’s note: Is that a Rolex, Phil? Might wanna pawn it, babe; Ian Temby QC don’t come cheap, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide Archbishop, Aletha Blayse, Archbishop Denis Hart, Archbishop of Adelaide, Archbishop of Melbourne, Archbishop Philip Wilson, Australian (Catholic) Bishops’ Conference, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, cask wine, Catholic Church, Colin Haggar, Easter Eggs, George Pell, Ian Temby QC, James Condon, Jim Fletcher, Melbourne Archbishop, paedophiles, pedophiles, Pope Francis, Saint Patrick’s Day, Salvation Army, Tony Abbott, Vatican Bank
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The Salvos and Moving On (Or: Nothing to See Here, Folks)
I don’t know about you, but when someone who’s hurt me or a loved one tells me to “move on,” or “move forward,” and hasn’t made amends, I get a little tetchy. But I get a little curious too, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Background Briefing, Bruce Harmer, Colin Haggar, David Godkin, James Condon, John Ellis, Kate Eastman, Lawrence Wilson, Lewis Blayse, Luke Geary, NSW police, paedophiles, Peter Farthing, procedural fairness, Ralph Doughty, restorative justice, Royal Commission Responses Coordinator, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Children’s Homes, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvos, Salvos Legal, Sarah Dingle, Secretary for Personnel, the matrix, transparency, Victor Bennett, White Shield Appeal
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White Shield Appeal, 24-25 May, 2014: Tell the Salvos: Clean Up Your Act!
Dear all, As readers of this blog would know, this blog was started by my father, Lewis Blayse, who was a survivor of the notorious Salvation Army Alkira / Indooroopilly Boys’ Home. Readers would also be aware that I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, baby trafficking, Case Study 10, Case Study 5, child abuse apologists, child prostitution rings, child rape, child torture, confidentiality agreements, cover ups, disbelief of victims, endemic abuse, failures to report offenders to police, families destroyed, inadequate complaints processes, James Condon, Lewis Blayse, lives destroyed, Luke Geary, missing children, missing records, moving offenders around, paedophile rings, pathetic compensation for victims, persecution of whistleblowers, Peter Farthing, procedural re-abuse, PTSD, Red Shield Appeal, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Royal Commission Response Coordinator, shattered lives, trust destroyed, White Shield Appeal, witness intimidation
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Salvation Army Fails in Response to Lewis Blayse’s Family (Or: I Hear Sunbury Court’s Lovely This Time of Year)
On 11 April, I wrote to several high-ranking members of the Salvation Army Australia and elsewhere explaining how it could respond appropriately to the matter of compensation for the family of Lewis Blayse, my father. In this, I indicated a willingness … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Cox, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australian Salvation Army Media and Communications Office, Bindoon Farm School, Bruce Redman, Case Study 10 hearings, Case Study 11, Castledare Junior Orphanage, child abuser, Christian Brothers, Colin Haggar, Congregation of Christian Brothers, David Godkin, employment discrimination, James Condon, Lewis Blayse, Luke Geary, paedophiles, Peter Farthing, Richard Munn, Salvation Army, Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Chief Secretary and Territorial Secretary for Women's Ministries, Salvation Army Children’s Homes, Salvation Army homeless shelter, Salvos Legal, Secretary for Personnel, St Mary’s Agricultural School Tardun, St Vincent’s Orphanage Clontarf, Sunbury Court, Western Australia
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James Condon and Salvation Army Organisational Culture (Or: A Fish Rots from the Head Down)
Image: James Condon and Peter Farthing at the Royal Commission (Image Source: ABC). Management experts know that organisational culture is a key determinant of how an organisation engages with stakeholders and comports itself in its day-to-day operations. Organisational leaders are … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Andre Cox, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Case Study 10, class actions, Colin Haggar, Deeds of Release, James Condon, Jan Condon, John Agius QC, Karen McGlinchey, Luke Geary, mandatory reporting, Michelle White, NSW Ombudsman, organisational culture, organisational leaders, Parramatta police station, Peter Farthing, Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), Salvos Legal, Statute of Limitations, Vicarious Liability, whistleblowers
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Salvation Army: “Nothing has changed”
Proceedings continued yesterday on the Case Study 10 hearings by the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse into the Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), with a focus mainly on how the Salvation Army responded to abuse allegations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Alkira, Andre Cox, Australian royal commission into institutional response to child sexual abuse, ‘Commissioner’ Condon, Case Study 10, Commissioner’ James Condon, FE, Gestapo, James Condon, Jim Luthy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Ralph Doughty, Royal Commission Case Study 10, Salvation Army, Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal 2014, Salvos, Sir William Booth, The Brisbane Times, The Reluctant Cannibal
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Email to Peter Farthing and James Condon, Salvation Army Australia
A while ago, when I sent out an email about the availability of my father’s memorial film, including to representatives from the Salvation Army, I received a reply from Peter Farthing, of the Salvation Army, in which he said, “Thank … Continue reading
MEDIA RELEASE: Stop Giving Money to the Salvos!!
MEDIA RELEASE: STOP GIVING MONEY TO THE SALVOS!! 26 March, 2014 THE SALVATION ARMY IS NOT A NICE ORGANISATION. The Salvation Army paid just $44,000 to Salvation Army Alkira/Indooroopilly Boys’ Home victim Lewis Blayse and his family ($14,000 being towards … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, AMP Foundation, Andre Cox, Australian Executor Trustees, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Carols in the Domain, Flaming Rhino Design, Goldman Sachs, IGA, James Condon, Jones Lang LaSalle, Kleenheat Gas, Kmart, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Mary Kay, McConnell Dowell, Medibank Community Fund, Melbourne Airport, Myer Corporation, Peter Farthing, Ritchies, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army corporate sponsors, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, Salvos, Seven Network, Sharegift, Sylvia Blayse, Tonnex International, ToyRun, Village Roadshow, Westpac Banking
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“Support from the Salvation Army” (Or: Still ‘Salvos First’)
The email below, just received from James Condon of the Salvation Army, is not a surprise. Oddly, it doesn’t even hurt. Did I bring this on myself with my adversarial stance? Yeah, probably. Was I right to be angry? I … Continue reading
