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- Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress) March 20, 2015
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- Bilgrimage Article on a US Inquiry into Child Abuse November 4, 2014
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Tag Archives: Salvos
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
Sydney Salvos Protest Resumes: 8-15 August, 2014
Hi there, She’s back! Stephanie Calabornes has made a good recovery, and is coming back for another round with the Salvos, again in Sydney, outside their headquarters at 140 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. This time, Stephanie’s protest will go for a … Continue reading
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Tagged protest, Salvation Army, Salvos, Stephanie Calabornes, White Shield Appeal
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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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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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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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Settlement of Lewis Blayse Matter (OR: An Opportunity for the Salvation Army and a New Beginning)
Image: ‘Major’ Peter Farthing, Salvation Army (Image source: ABC) From: Aletha Blayse <aletha.blayse@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:57 PM Subject: Settlement of Lewis Blayse Matter (OR: An Opportunity for the Salvation Army and a New Beginning) To: “peterfarthing2 .” <peter.farthing@aue.salvationarmy.org>, james.condon@aue.salvationarmy.org, … Continue reading
Salvos and Child Slave Labour (Or: Why Child Protection Advocates Should Worry about Work for the Dole)
In the UK, there is a currently a vigorous and growing protest movement against the Workfare program. It’s been led by the Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty. The name of the campaign is Boycott Workfare (www.boycottworkfare.org). Australians would use the phrase … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “major” Bruce Harmer, Boycott Workfare, Captain Michelle White, Case Study 10, Case Study 5, child sexual abuse, Colin Haggar, Commissioner’ James Condon, Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty, London Evening Standard, Ombudsman, Oxfam, Red Cross, Richard Godwin, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Children’s Homes, Salvation Army Professional Standards Office, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal 2014, Salvos, Slavenation Army, slavery, Tony Abbott, work for the dole, Workfare, YMCA
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Salvos’ Treatment of Victim Ralph Doughty (Or: Cow Shit)
Yesterday, spry octogenarian Ralph Doughty (pictured above) gave evidence at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Dr Doughty, a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court NSW and High Court of Australia, suffered unimaginable abuses … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “ex-gratia” payments, “The Gill”, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Deed of Settlement and Release, Doughty Defence, Ellis defence, Luke Geary, Peter Farthing, Ralph Doughty, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvos, Statute of Limitations, unincorporated association
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Salvation Army: “Nothing has changed”
Proceedings continued yesterday on the Case Study 10 hearings by the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse into the Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), with a focus mainly on how the Salvation Army responded to abuse allegations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Alkira, Andre Cox, Australian royal commission into institutional response to child sexual abuse, ‘Commissioner’ Condon, Case Study 10, Commissioner’ James Condon, FE, Gestapo, James Condon, Jim Luthy, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Ralph Doughty, Royal Commission Case Study 10, Salvation Army, Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal, Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal 2014, Salvos, Sir William Booth, The Brisbane Times, The Reluctant Cannibal
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