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- Activist Safety (Or: Starting to Think About Safety) February 2, 2016
- 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
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Tag Archives: restorative justice
Daddy’s Day (Or: The Suffering Must End Now)
It’s Father’s Day today. In our family, we’ve always called it Daddy’s Day. There’s a fridge magnet on my father’s fridge that says, “Anyone can be a father. It takes someone special to be a Daddy.” My brother, sister and … Continue reading
Protest Against the Salvation Army: 17-31 July, 2014, Sydney
Hi there, In my last post, I talked about a couple of things that I’m yet to follow through on by writing on this blog. One was the quest for the Salvation Army’s new restorative justice principles, and the other … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Blayse family, Colin Haggar, Eden Park Boys’ Home, Employment Plus, Forty-Four: A Tale of Survival, freedom of religious expression, Graham Rundle, homeless youth, homelessness, Justice for Lewis Blayse, paedophilia, restorative justice, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Children’s Homes, Salvation Army Eden Park Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Oasis program, Salvos, Samaritan House Shelter, separation of church and state, slave labour, Stephanie Calabornes, White Shield Appeal, youth services
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Forcing Transparency (& Maybe Even Accountability) from the Salvos (Or: One Small Step …)
Something of a hastily written post today due to time limitations, sheer exhaustion, and the need to grab some sleep before an important meeting again with the Salvos tomorrow, for which I have to get up early. This follows on from … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Bruce Harmer, Kate Eastman, restorative justice, Salvation Army, Sarah Dingle, the matrix
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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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“Support from the Salvation Army” (Or: Still ‘Salvos First’)
The email below, just received from James Condon of the Salvation Army, is not a surprise. Oddly, it doesn’t even hurt. Did I bring this on myself with my adversarial stance? Yeah, probably. Was I right to be angry? I … Continue reading
Salvation Army’s Royal Commission Appearance Hypocrisy (Or: Shut This Guy Up Somehow)
Image: Civilized kangaroo (Source: http://www.alef.net) The Australian Salvation Army officials (Eastern Territory – Queensland and New South Wales States and the Australian Capital Territory) are due to appear before the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira, Australian Salvation Army, “major” Bruce Harmer, “major” Pete Condon, “major” Peter Farthing, Bexley Boys Home, Dr. Matthew Collins, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Gill Memorial Home, Judge McClellan, Kate Burke, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Luke Geary, Peter McClellan, restorative justice, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Centre, Riverview Training Farm, Robert Fitzgerald, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army’s Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvos Legal, Star Casino, The Law of Defamation and the Internet
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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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