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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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Sydney Salvos Protest: It’s the Beginning, Not the End
Dear readers, This post is to announce that unfortunately Stephanie Calabornes will not be able to continue her Protests due to ill health brought on in part by the intensity of her activities and in part by the additional level of … Continue reading
Sydney Salvos Protest: Salvos Object to Protest Placard, Call Police
As readers of this blog would know (see previous posting), there is currently a protest underway by social justice campaigner, Stephanie Calabornes. Until yesterday, things were going very well, with a commendable level of cooperation from the Salvation Army, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bruce Harmer, Case Study 10, Colin Haggar, Peter Farthing, police, protest, Salvation Army, Salvos, Stephanie Calabornes, We're about people finding freedom, White Shield Appeal, Working With Children Check
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The Ellis Submission (Or: Final Vindication?)
Image: John Ellis (Source: http://www.clinchlongletherbarrow.com.au) One of the submissions to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse which is worthy of close study is that by John and Nicola Ellis, both of whom are lawyers who … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, church authority, compensation, John Ellis, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, Nicola Ellis, police, power imbalance, Professional Standards Office, Professional Standards Offices, Psychological impacts assessments, redress, reparation, Statute of Limitations, Towards Healing, victim support
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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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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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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 Journalist of the Year, Bishop Malone, Bishop Michael Malone, Cardinal Bernard Law, Catholic Church, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, Fairfax, Joanne McCarthy, journalists, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Max Mitchell, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner, New South Wales Inquiry, Newcastle Herald, NSW Inquiry, NSW police, Peter Fox, police, Shaun McLeod, Stephen Ray
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