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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
