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The Role of Expert Witnesses in the Royal Commission (Or: Asymmetric Warfare)
The royal commission will see a parade of “expert” witnesses, trotted out by hot-shot church lawyers. Many of these will be psychologists who will provide a “caring” image, as noted in yesterday’s posting. Other specialists will undoubtedly include the odd … Continue reading
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Tagged asymmetric warfare, child development academics, commitment, energy, expert witnesses, Forgotten Australians, lawyers, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Mao Zedong, money, paedophiles, physics, power, psychiatrists, psychologists, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, weapons
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The Psychologists (Or: I Really, Really, Really, Really … Really Care)
Psychologists have played a central role in the response of all churches to their problem of damaged abuse victims. Paying for counseling, at first, was a good public relations tactic generally accepted by the public as evidence of a caring … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Bishop of Tasmania, Anglican Church, Archbishop of Melbourne, Carelink, Catholic Church, David Gould, Dr Michael Crowley, Encompass Australia, Forgotten Australians, Gerardine Taylor, John Harrower, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, paedophiles, Peter O'Callaghan, priests, psychologists, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, secondary abuse, Susan Sharkey, Tasmanian Psychologists Association, Tonia Kohl, Tony Robinson, University of Tasmania, Vitality Psych, Wesley Hospital (Sydney)
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