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Human Rights Commission Submission (Or: The Rights of the Child)
The submission of the Australian Human Rights Commission to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse indicates it has limited experience of both child sexual abuse complaints, and of the Catholic Church’s “Towards Healing” process which is … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, Towards Healing, U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
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The Catholic Church’s Submission On “Towards Healing” (Or: No Lawyers Please, Except Ours!)
The Catholic Church’s grandiosely-named Truth, Justice and Healing Council (otherwise known as the PR Unit set up by the church to deal with the fall-out from the Royal Commission) has made a submission on the subject of the fourth hearing … 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, Anxiety, Australian (Victorian State Government) Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “Ann Free-Spirit”, Billy Connolly, bishops, Canon Law, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, civil action, compensation, confidentiality agreements, confidentiality clauses, court proceedings, courts, cross-examination, Denis Hart, Depression, dioceses, Ellis defence, Jeff Kennett, Jesuits, Justice and Healing Council, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, Melbourne Archdiocese, Melbourne Response, New South Wales Inquiry, police, Pope, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, releases, reparation, restorative justice, Roman Catholic Church Trust Property Act 1936, Roman Catholic Trusts Act 1907, Say Sorry: A Harrowing Childhood in Catholic Orphanages, Statute of Limitations, statutes of limitation, The Man Who Sued God, Truth, Victorian Inquiry
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The Compensation Issue (Or: Placing A Value On A Life)
The Victorian state Parliamentary enquiry into clerical child sexual abuse will release its report tomorrow. It had originally been due for release by 30th September. While it is expected to recommend mandatory reporting laws for clergy, with a custodial sentence … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Collins, Anthony Foster, Australian (Victorian State Government) Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Care Leavers Australia Network, Catholic Church, CLAN, compensation, Depression, disability pension, Dr Vivian Waller, Ellis defence, Father Kevin Dillon, Felicity Hampel, Judge Felicity Hampel, Judy Courtin, Kevin Andrews, Kevin Dillon, Leonie Sheedy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, Melbourne Response, Nikki Hartman, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Relationships Australia, Russell Robert Walker, Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews, Statute of Limitations, Stephen Woods, Towards Healing, Victorian Inquiry, Vivian Waller
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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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St Catherine’s Children’s Home (Or: In-House Paedophile)
Image: St. Catherine’s Girls Orphanage The St. Catherine’s Girls Home, at Geelong in Victoria, is yet another of the old Children’s Homes worthy of new look by the Australian Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. There are two main reasons … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, Christian Brothers, Fr. Bernard Maxwell Day, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, mandatory reporting laws, Melbourne Response, Mother Aquin, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of St Joseph, St. Catherine’s Girls Home, St. Catherine’s Girls Home Geelong, St. Catherine’s Girls Orphanage, Towards Healing, Victorian Professional Standards Office
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More on Bali (Or: Bad Neighbour)
Australian paedophiles traveling to Indonesia, and Bali in particular, was partly covered in yesterday’s posting, along with a case for Australian authorities to take the situation more seriously, at least from the viewpoint of international relations. It is a worthy … 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, Action Pour Les Enfants, AFP, Australian Federal Police, Australian government, Australian National Child Offender Register, Australian paedophiles, Bali, Cambodia, Carl Francis Walker, Carmody Inquiry, Donald John Storen, Indonesia, Indonesian government, Justice Radhakrishnan, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Luciana Ferrero, mandatory reporting, mandatory reporting laws, Muhamad Farouk Grandfield, New South Wales Inquiry, NSW Inquiry, PDW, Philip Robert Grandfield, Queensland State Government Carmody Inquiry, Seila Samleang, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tommy Watiliu, Uganda, UNICEF, William Stuart Brown
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