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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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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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Scouts Australia Case Study 1 Findings (Or: Advice for Parents? Be Prepared, Be Very Prepared)
Image: Steven Larkins (Image source: SMH) The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recently released its findings for Case Study 1. This looked into Scouts Australia’s handling of child abuse allegations, focusing on the case of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Armand Hoitink, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, be prepared, Boy Scouts of America, Case Study 1, Commission for Children and Young People, James Allen Wilson, Kelly Clark, Lewis Blayse, NSW Attorney General, NSW Department of Community Services, NSW police, paedophiles, parole, Paul 'Grizzly' Hayes, Paul Hayes, Prineville Boy Scouts, Scouts Australia, Scouts perversion files, Steven "Skip" Larkins, Steven Larkins, zero tolerance
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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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The Commission’s Long Week-End (Or: Mis-Speaking For Fun And Profit)
You’ve got to hand it to Mr. McClellan (see previous postings) and Gail “Snow White” Furness (see previous postings) of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse. They certainly give the Catholic Church every opportunity to … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Catholic University, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bill Shorten, Brother Gerald Burns, Catholic Church, Catholic Church's NSW/ACT Professional Standards Office, Directions Not to Publish, Domus Australia, Gail “Snow White” Furness, George Pell, Gilbert and Tobin, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Jeffrey Crowe, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Marist Brothers Australia, Michael Salmon, Opposition leader, paedophiles, Peter Cosgrove, Peter McClellan, privacy reasons, Ross Murrin, Salvation Army, Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army’s Boys’ Homes, St Augustine's Marist College, Towards Healing, Treasurer Joe Hockey
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Terms of Reference – Apportioning Responsibilities (Or: Robin Hood Had it Right)
Shortly after the announcement of the Royal Commission, on-line media polls were taken concerning whether or not the government should pay reparations to the victims of abuse. The split was essentially 1/3rd each for government paying, government not paying, and … Continue reading
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Tagged apportioning responsibility, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Christian Brothers, class actions, compensation, courts, Forgotten Australians, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, paedophiles, reparations, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
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Terms of Reference – Compensation (Or: Here’s Your Brass Watch, Now Get Lost)
Image source: http://www.irishecho.com.au/tag/royal-commission-into-child-abuse Noted law academic, Judy Courtin, remarked in an article in The Conversation that, “the elephant in the room is the issue of compensation.” While the royal commission’s terms of reference do not allow it to award compensation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Lawyers Alliance, Brian Hayes (Fine Gael), Catholic Church, Christian Brothers, David vs. Goliath, Forgotten Australians, Irish enquiry, Judy Courtin, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, paedophiles, Queensland Government Redress Scheme, Redress Review Committee, Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002, Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Seán Ryan, The Education Finance Board, The States of Fear
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Other Abuse (Or: Setting the Scene)
Psychological, spiritual, and systems abuse do not directly fall under the terms of reference of the Royal Commission. As was detailed in yesterday’s posting, organisations will be happy to have these issues excluded in order to suffer less damage to … Continue reading
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Tagged Forgotten Australians, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, multiple forms of abuse, paedophiles, physical abuse, psychological abuse, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, systems abuse, terms of reference
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Terms of Reference – Types of Abuse – Physical Abuse (Or: Things Aren’t Always Overt)
Nuns or others engaging in physical abuse constitute one of the least reported aspects of church abuse. Those who were in their children’s homes know this very well. At present, it seems that the issue will continue to be under-reported … Continue reading
