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Tag Archives: Towards Healing
The Commission’s Long Week-End (Or: Mis-Speaking For Fun And Profit)
You’ve got to hand it to Mr. McClellan (see previous postings) and Gail “Snow White” Furness (see previous postings) of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse. They certainly give the Catholic Church every opportunity to … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Catholic University, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bill Shorten, Brother Gerald Burns, Catholic Church, Catholic Church's NSW/ACT Professional Standards Office, Directions Not to Publish, Domus Australia, Gail “Snow White” Furness, George Pell, Gilbert and Tobin, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Jeffrey Crowe, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Marist Brothers Australia, Michael Salmon, Opposition leader, paedophiles, Peter Cosgrove, Peter McClellan, privacy reasons, Ross Murrin, Salvation Army, Salvation Army (Eastern Territory), Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army’s Boys’ Homes, St Augustine's Marist College, Towards Healing, Treasurer Joe Hockey
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Commission Revisits “Towards Healing” (Or: Re-Writing History For Fun And Profit)
Image based on: http://www.fruitycuties.com The chief commissioner of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, Peter McClellan, and his counsel assisting, Gail “Snow White” Furness, have been very kind to the Catholic Church. They have given … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, Catholic Church Professional Standards Office, Catholic Church Truth Justice and Healing Council, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Michael Salmon, Peter McClellan, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army’s Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Towards Healing, YMCA
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Why the Delay? (Or: We’ll Let You Know – Sometime)
The next hearings of the Australian royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, focusing on four Salvation Army Boys’ Homes (Riverview, Bexley, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home and Alkira), is due to start in a week. In fact there … Continue reading
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Tagged Alkira Boys’ Home, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bexley Boys Home, Catholic Church, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Gill Memorial Boys’ Home, Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter McClellan, Riverview Boys’ Home, Riverview Training Farm, Salvation Army Alkira Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army Bexley Boys’ Home, Salvation Army child abuse, Salvation Army Children’s Homes, Salvation Army Gill Memorial Boys' Home, Salvation Army Indooroopilly Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Boys’ Home, Salvation Army Riverview Training Farm, Towards Healing, Wally McLeod, YMCA
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Week 2, Day 2 (Or: It’s Okay, He Said He’d Never Do It Again)
Image: Alexis Turton, Marist Brother (Source: Sydney Morning Herald) The Marist Brothers, a Catholic Church teaching order, allowed a paedophile member to continue teaching, even at a prestigious Sydney boarding school, despite knowing of his past abusive behaviour dating back … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Br. Alexis Turton, Br. Michael Hill, Catholic Church child abuse, Fr. Brown, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Marist Brothers, paedophile, St. Augustine School, St. Joseph’s School, Towards Healing
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Why Won’t George Pell Speak? (Or: I Hear They Need A Missionary In Antarctica)
Australia’s only Catholic Cardinal, George Pell has become something of a recluse, especially when it comes to Royal Commissions on his priests’ child sexual abuse, and his bishops’ covering-up of them. He has spent much of the year out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Domus Australia, footsteps of Saint Paul, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, Pope Francis, royal commission, Towards Healing, Vatican child sexual abuse
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Indigenous Leaders Criticize Commission: (Or: It’s Hard To Be Heard Sometimes)
Image: Sam Watson (Source: http://www.greenleft.org.au) The web-site of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse states that “If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and have been sexually abused as a child in an Australian … Continue reading
Who Knew What When? (Or: Your Conscience Is Showing)
Image: Lismore Deacon Christopher Wallace (Image source: http://www.stcarthages.org.au/parish-clergy.html) The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has completed its first week of a hearing into the controversial “Towards Healing” process, used by the Catholic Church to deal … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church child abuse, Catholic Church Insurance, Christopher Wallace, Father Brown, Jennifer Ingham, Joan Isaacs, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lismore, Peter Kelso, royal commission, Towards Healing
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Ms. Ingham, Fr. Brown And The Lismore Bishop (Or: Even Jesus Wept)
Image: Catholic Church lawyer, Stephen Keim The actions of the Lismore diocese of the Catholic Church came under scrutiny at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse today. The case study used was the abuse of … Continue reading
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Tagged Archbishop Coleridge, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Brisbane Archdiocese, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, Chief Commissioner, Colin Riches, Ellis defence, Francis Mulcahy, Jennifer Ingham, Justice and Healing Council, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lismore diocese, Mark Coleridge, Patrick Mullins, Paul Rex Brown, Pope Francis, Stephen Keim, Time Magazine, Towards Healing, Truth, Vatican
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More “Towards Healing” Officials (Or: Jesus Had No Lawyer)
Image: James Spence (Source: News Ltd.) The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is continuing its hearings, into the discredited “Towards Healing” process – the Catholic Church’s mechanism for dealing with claims of abuse throughout Australia … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bernadette Rogers, Bishop Gerry, Catholic Church Insurance, confidentiality clauses, James Spence, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Mark Coleridge, royal commission, Towards Healing
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