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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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Towards Healing Hearings Resume (Or: Priests Don’t Gossip)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse today continued its hearings concerning the Catholic Church’s scheme for dealings with victims, the “Towards Healing” process. It is concentrating on four victims, in two dioceses (Brisbane in Queensland … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Brother Celestine, Catholic Church child sexual abuse, Finian Egan, Geoffrey Hilton, Geoffrey Jarrett, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Marist Brothers, Michael Hill, Pope Francis, Raymond Foster
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Why Won’t George Pell Speak? (Or: I Hear They Need A Missionary In Antarctica)
Australia’s only Catholic Cardinal, George Pell has become something of a recluse, especially when it comes to Royal Commissions on his priests’ child sexual abuse, and his bishops’ covering-up of them. He has spent much of the year out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Domus Australia, footsteps of Saint Paul, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, Pope Francis, royal commission, Towards Healing, Vatican child sexual abuse
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Ms. Ingham, Fr. Brown And The Lismore Bishop (Or: Even Jesus Wept)
Image: Catholic Church lawyer, Stephen Keim The actions of the Lismore diocese of the Catholic Church came under scrutiny at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse today. The case study used was the abuse of … Continue reading
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Tagged Archbishop Coleridge, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Brisbane Archdiocese, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, Chief Commissioner, Colin Riches, Ellis defence, Francis Mulcahy, Jennifer Ingham, Justice and Healing Council, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lismore diocese, Mark Coleridge, Patrick Mullins, Paul Rex Brown, Pope Francis, Stephen Keim, Time Magazine, Towards Healing, Truth, Vatican
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The “Towards Healing” Hearings Begin (Or: Gray’s Gaffe)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse began its fourth hearing today. The lawyer representing the Catholic Church was afforded the courtesy of giving the opening statements – and he totally blew it. Peter Gray (gray@blackstone.com.au), … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal Pell, Frank Derriman, George Pell, Joan Isaacs, Judy Courtin, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter Gray, Pope Francis, Towards Healing, Trish Charter
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Judy Courtin’s Submission (Or: Not Mincing Words)
Image: Researcher Judy Courtin (Source: The Herald) The formal submission by Judy Courtin (see previous posting), a Monash University researcher, to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, is based on interviews with many victims, lawyers … Continue reading
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Tagged (Victorian State Government) Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations, archbishop of Boston, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “Sexual Assaults and the Catholic Church: Are Victims Finding Justice?”, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic clergy child sexual assault, compensation, counseling, Domus Australia, Ellis defence, Frank Little, John Ellis, Judy Courtin, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, Monash University, Nicola Ellis, Pope Francis, Sean O'Malley, Towards Healing, Vicarious Liability, Victorian Inquiry
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Fr. James Robinson (Or: Global Cover-Up)
Image: Fr. Robinson The case of Fr. Richard John James Robinson, although occurring in the U.K., gives a clear indication of just how the Catholic Church has adopted the same strategy for its paedophile priests world-wide. Robinson was shifted from … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Wheeler, Archbishop Hart, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, Fr. Richard John James Robinson, Judge Patrick Thomas QC, Kinchela (Aboriginal) Boys Home, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Pope Francis, Vatican
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Where To Now? (Or: Keeping Up The Momentum)
Pope Francis collects the Brazilian “bad priest files” Both the NSW government enquiry and the Victoria Parliamentary enquiry were primarily concerned with the Catholic Church. Cardinal George Pell is of the opinion that child sexual abuse enquiries are part of … 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 (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, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, George Pell, internet paedophiles, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, New South Wales Inquiry, NSW Inquiry, paedotourism, Pope Francis, public hearings, t-shirts, Victorian Inquiry
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NSW Enquiry Concludes (Or: Good Priest – Bad Priest)
The Newcastle-Maitland diocese kept “good priest files” and “bad priest files”, according to Elizabeth Doyle, who was secretary to Bishops Clarke, Malone and Wright over the past 20 years. A quirk of the English language means that the reference could … 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, bad priest files, Bishop Clarke, Bishop Malone, Bishop Wright, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic Church Professional Standards Office, Elizabeth Doyle, Fr. Burston, George Pell, good priest files, John Davoren, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, New South Wales Inquiry, Newcastle-Maitland diocese, NSW Inquiry, Pope Francis
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Papal Positions on Paedophilia (Or: Over To You, Mate)
Image: Pope Benedict hands over the Vatican’s “Paedo-files” to Pope Francis All three of the last Popes have proclaimed they are against the crimes of their paedophile priests, even if they have tended to see their actions as more of … Continue reading
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