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Tag Archives: Towards Healing
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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“No Show” Pell (Or: Don’t Admit Anything)
Image: Adrian Farrelly (right) outside the enquiry (Source: The Guardian – Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP) The Catholic Church’s program for dealing with claims of child sexual abuse, “Towards Healing”, continued to be the focus of the fourth hearings of the Australian … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Farrelly, Archbishop Coleridge, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church Insurance, Frank Derriman, George Pell, Joan Isaacs, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter Gray, Peter McClellan, royal commission, Towards Healing
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The “Towards Healing” Hearings Begin (Or: Gray’s Gaffe)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse began its fourth hearing today. The lawyer representing the Catholic Church was afforded the courtesy of giving the opening statements – and he totally blew it. Peter Gray (gray@blackstone.com.au), … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal Pell, Frank Derriman, George Pell, Joan Isaacs, Judy Courtin, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Peter Gray, Pope Francis, Towards Healing, Trish Charter
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CLAN Submission (Or: Who Will Listen?)
The Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) represents hundreds of people who were in State and Church Children’s Homes. Its submission to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, for the up-coming Catholic Church’s “Towards Healing” redress … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican professional standards unit, apology, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Care Leavers of Australia Network, Catholic Church, children's homes, CLAN, compensation, Health and Other Services Act 1996, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Medicare, Professional Standards Office, Salvation Army Australia, Salvation Army’s Professional Standards Unit, Towards Healing
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NSW Ombudsman’s Submission (Or: Treading Softly)
Image Source: http://www.inkcinct.com.au The submission from the New South Wales Ombudsman to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse is somewhat disappointing. It says more positive things about the Catholic Church’s “Towards Healing” process (to deal … 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, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, civil claims, Ellis defence, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, New South Wales Ombudsman, NSW Inquiry, reparation payments, Towards Healing
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