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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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Tag Archives: Joanne McCarthy
Aspinall’s Final Say (Or: The Rubicon Was Too Cold To Cross)
The head of the Anglican Church was given the last word at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s third hearing, into Allan Kitchingman (see previous posting) and the Anglican Church’s North Coast Children’s Home. That … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Kitchingman, Anglican church child abuse, Anglican Grafton diocese, Anglican North Coast Children's Home, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Gold Walkley, Joanne McCarthy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, North Coast Children's Home, Phillip Aspinall, Tommy Campion
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Week Two Begins (Or: Need To Hear From You)
The Royal Commission has now finished the first hearings, so there is not a second week to report on. The enquiry will go into recess until at least Monday 21st October, when it is expected to have two weeks on … 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, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, Joanne McCarthy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, New South Wales Inquiry, Newcastle Herald, NSW Inquiry, NSW Police Chief Scipione, Peter Fox, Scouts, YMCA, Young Men’s Christian Association
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NSW Enquiry – Week’s Wrap-Up (Or: Master of Law and Letters)
The first week of the second session of the NSW government enquiry into clerical child sexual abuse in the Newcastle-Maitland diocese heard further evidence from Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, more local police officials and the current Bishop of Newcastle-Maitland, … Continue reading
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The NSW Enquiry Pushes On (Or: Anatomy of a Cover-Up)
Father Denis McAlinden came to Australia in 1949 and died here in 2005. In between, he abused an unknown number of little girls. What is known now, is that the Catholic Church was aware of his offending from as far … Continue reading
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More from the NSW Enquiry – Second Session (Or: Nothing To See Here)
Image source http://www.cagle.com Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws recently revealed that NSW police officer Beth Cullen shredded documents from liaison meetings with Catholic Church officials from the Newcastle-Maitland diocese (see previous posting). The matter has been referred to … Continue reading
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McCarthy’s Evidence (Or: When Silence is Abhorrent)
The case of Cardinal Bernard Law, in the U.S., came to light through investigative journalism. Similarly, the Newcastle-Maitland problems saw the light of day ultimately through the investigative efforts of Fairfax journalist, Joanne McCarthy, of the Newcastle Herald. For this … Continue reading
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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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The NSW Government Inquiry Resumes (Or: But Wait – There’s Even More!)
They’re at it again. The people who like to add information after the event. The “but wait – there’s more” people. Police gave their evidence to the New South Wales government enquiry into clerical child sexual abuse last month. This … 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, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, Detective Sergeant Jeffery Little, Joanne McCarthy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Mark Cohen SC, New South Wales government, New South Wales Inquiry, Newcastle Herald, NSW Inquiry, Peter Fox, Strike Force Lantle
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Eden Park Salvation Army Boys’ Home: (Or: The Coward)
Eden Park Salvation Army Boys’ Home (pictured above) was run in the 1960s by Salvo Officer, William Ellis. He was a large man who beat, raped and otherwise abused boys over a long period of time. This cowardly man showed … Continue reading
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Tagged Eden Park Boys’ Home, Jay Weatherill, Joanne McCarthy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Salvation Army child sexual abuse, Salvation Army Eden Park Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Officer, Salvation Army officer William Ellis, Stolen generation, William Ellis
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