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- Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress) March 20, 2015
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Tag Archives: Statute of Limitations
James Condon and Salvation Army Organisational Culture (Or: A Fish Rots from the Head Down)
Image: James Condon and Peter Farthing at the Royal Commission (Image Source: ABC). Management experts know that organisational culture is a key determinant of how an organisation engages with stakeholders and comports itself in its day-to-day operations. Organisational leaders are … Continue reading
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Tagged Aletha Blayse, Andre Cox, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Case Study 10, class actions, Colin Haggar, Deeds of Release, James Condon, Jan Condon, John Agius QC, Karen McGlinchey, Luke Geary, mandatory reporting, Michelle White, NSW Ombudsman, organisational culture, organisational leaders, Parramatta police station, Peter Farthing, Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), Salvos Legal, Statute of Limitations, Vicarious Liability, whistleblowers
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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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The Ellis Submission (Or: Final Vindication?)
Image: John Ellis (Source: http://www.clinchlongletherbarrow.com.au) One of the submissions to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse which is worthy of close study is that by John and Nicola Ellis, both of whom are lawyers who … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, church authority, compensation, John Ellis, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, Nicola Ellis, police, power imbalance, Professional Standards Office, Professional Standards Offices, Psychological impacts assessments, redress, reparation, Statute of Limitations, Towards Healing, victim support
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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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Slater and Ezzy (Or: All Too Easy)
Image: Gregory Ezzy Martin Drevikovsky, the General Secretary of the Anglican Church (known elsewhere as the Episcopalian Church or the Church of England) told the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse third “case study” hearings that … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Kitchingman, Anglican church child abuse, Anglican Grafton diocese, Anglican North Coast Children's Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, church of England child abuse, Episcopalian church child abuse, Gregory Ezzy, Hywood, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Martin Drevikovsky, Melbourne Response, Michael Elliot, Ms, North Coast Children's Home, Pat Comben, Peter McClellan, Statute of Limitations, Tommy Campion, Towards Healing
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Money Matters (Or: Scarier Than Hell)
Image: Clarence Valley Anglican School Image: North Coast Children’s Home The finances of the Grafton diocese of the Anglican Church (known elsewhere as the Episcopalian Church or the Church of England) came under the spotlight last week at the third … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Kitchingman, Anglican Church, Anglican Church North Coast Children’s Home, Anthony Newby, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bishop Keith Slater, Church of England, Clarence Valley Anglican School, Episcopalian Church, Grafton Diocese, Grafton Diocese Investment Fund, Jennifer Woodhouse, Keith Slater, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, North Coast Children's Home, North Coast Church of England Children’s Home, Pat Comben, Peter Roland, Phillip Aspinall, Richard “Tommy” Campion, Simon Harrison, Statute of Limitations, Tommy Campion
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What CA and CK Said (Or: Ritual Abuse)
Image: Pat Comben, when he was a politician (Source: Queensland Department of Education) Phillip Aspinall, head of the Australian Anglican Church (known elsewhere as the Episcopalian Church or the Church of England), knew the details of the horrific abuse at … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Church, Anglican Church North Coast Children’s Home, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bishop Keith Slater, Bishop of Grafton, children's homes, Church of England, cleansing process, Episcopalian Church, Grafton bishop, Keith Slater, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, North Coast Children's Home, Pat Comben, Phillip Aspinall, ritual abuse, Rod McLary, Simeon Beckett, Simon Harrison, Statute of Limitations, Tommy Campion, Tony Abbott
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