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Tag Archives: Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home
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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White Shield Appeal, 24-25 May, 2014: Tell the Salvos: Clean Up Your Act!
Dear all, As readers of this blog would know, this blog was started by my father, Lewis Blayse, who was a survivor of the notorious Salvation Army Alkira / Indooroopilly Boys’ Home. Readers would also be aware that I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, baby trafficking, Case Study 10, Case Study 5, child abuse apologists, child prostitution rings, child rape, child torture, confidentiality agreements, cover ups, disbelief of victims, endemic abuse, failures to report offenders to police, families destroyed, inadequate complaints processes, James Condon, Lewis Blayse, lives destroyed, Luke Geary, missing children, missing records, moving offenders around, paedophile rings, pathetic compensation for victims, persecution of whistleblowers, Peter Farthing, procedural re-abuse, PTSD, Red Shield Appeal, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Royal Commission Response Coordinator, shattered lives, trust destroyed, White Shield Appeal, witness intimidation
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MEDIA RELEASE: Stop Giving Money to the Salvos!!
MEDIA RELEASE: STOP GIVING MONEY TO THE SALVOS!! 26 March, 2014 THE SALVATION ARMY IS NOT A NICE ORGANISATION. The Salvation Army paid just $44,000 to Salvation Army Alkira/Indooroopilly Boys’ Home victim Lewis Blayse and his family ($14,000 being towards … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, AMP Foundation, Andre Cox, Australian Executor Trustees, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Carols in the Domain, Flaming Rhino Design, Goldman Sachs, IGA, James Condon, Jones Lang LaSalle, Kleenheat Gas, Kmart, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Mary Kay, McConnell Dowell, Medibank Community Fund, Melbourne Airport, Myer Corporation, Peter Farthing, Ritchies, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army corporate sponsors, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, Salvos, Seven Network, Sharegift, Sylvia Blayse, Tonnex International, ToyRun, Village Roadshow, Westpac Banking
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Salvation Army Hearings Continue (Or: Still Taking Taxpayers’ Money)
SPECIAL NOTE: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation television (ABC 2 / Ch. 24 digital) will be re-screening the “Four Corners” program from 2003, detailing abuses by the Salvation Army at its Children’s Homes – titled “The Homies”. The program will run … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “The Homies”, bear pit mentality, Bexley Boys Home, Bexley Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Captain Laurie Wilson, Chief Commissioner, compensation, EK, Emily Bourke, ET, Four Corners, FT, FV, GA, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home, government funding, homeless youth, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, James Condom, John McIver, Laurence Wilson, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, medical examinations, nightmares, pedophile ring, Peter McClellan, pimped, public hearings, Quentin McDermott, rape, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army officers, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Salvos, Simeon Beckett, submission, taxpayers’ money, Tony Abbott, Wally McLeod, Wood Royal Commission
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Salvation Army Abuse Witnesses’ Accounts (Or: And You Thought The Convict Days Were Long Past)
Image: Convict flogging c.1800 Australia The hearings of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse has entered its second day, covering the Salvation Army Boys’ Homes of Bexley, Gill, Riverview, and Alkira. Some “Not Directions Not … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australian Salvation Army, ‘Captain Cowling’, “The Homies”, Bexley Boys Home, Captain Victor Bennett, Cliff Randall, Directions Not to Publish, Emily Bourke, Four Corners, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, John McIver, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lieutenant Spratt, Marina Randall, Peter Cosgrove, Peter McClellan, Queensland Children's Department, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Tony Abbott, Wally McLeod
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Who Cares (Or: War Crimes)
Image: “The Homies” Promo photo – the author is the boy in the top right hand corner of the picture (Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation: “Four Corners” 2003) The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse began its … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Away With Rum, “Away, “The Gill”, “The Homies”, Bexley Boys Home, by Gum, Diamantina Receiving Depot, Donald Shultz, Four Corners, Gill Memorial Home, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, John Dalziel, John McIver, Lawrence Wilson, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Pete Seeger, Peter McClellan, Raymond Carlile, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Russell Walker, sadistic arousal, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, the Song of the Salvation Army”, Victor Bennett, Wally McLeod
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