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Recent Posts
- Child Abuse Royal Commission Case Study 25 (Or: A Few Thoughts About Redress) March 20, 2015
- David Shoebridge’s 3-Point Reform Package for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Or: Tear Down Those Walls) March 19, 2015
- Australian Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson Charged (Or: Touchdown!) March 17, 2015
- Bilgrimage Article on a US Inquiry into Child Abuse November 4, 2014
- Victims and Lawyers (Or: He Who Pays the Piper …) September 9, 2014
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Tag Archives: Towards Healing
“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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Judy Courtin’s Submission (Or: Not Mincing Words)
Image: Researcher Judy Courtin (Source: The Herald) The formal submission by Judy Courtin (see previous posting), a Monash University researcher, to the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, is based on interviews with many victims, lawyers … Continue reading
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Tagged (Victorian State Government) Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations, archbishop of Boston, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, “Sexual Assaults and the Catholic Church: Are Victims Finding Justice?”, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic clergy child sexual assault, compensation, counseling, Domus Australia, Ellis defence, Frank Little, John Ellis, Judy Courtin, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, Monash University, Nicola Ellis, Pope Francis, Sean O'Malley, Towards Healing, Vicarious Liability, Victorian Inquiry
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Human Rights Commission Submission (Or: The Rights of the Child)
The submission of the Australian Human Rights Commission to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse indicates it has limited experience of both child sexual abuse complaints, and of the Catholic Church’s “Towards Healing” process which is … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Catholic Church, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, Towards Healing, U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
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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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What Is The Next Hearing About? (Or: Towards Reeling)
Image: (with apologies to Tandberg) The next hearings of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will begin on 9th December, in Sydney. More than a year after the announcement of the Royal Commission by former … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican child abuse, Archbishop Aspinall, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, George Pell, Janette Dines, John Ellis, Judy Courtin, Julia Gillard, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Marist Brothers child abuse, Melbourne Response, Phillip Aspinall, Sarah Macneil, Towards Healing
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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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The Victorian State Parliamentary Enquiry Report (Or: Better Than We Thought Possible)
The Victorian state Parliamentary Enquiry into child sexual abuse by clergy has presented its 800 page report to the Victorian Parliament. It is entitled “Betrayal of Trust”. It contains recommendations hoped for, but not necessarily expected, to control the excesses … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Coote, Anglican Church, Archbishop Denise Hart, Australian (Victorian State Government) Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations, Ballarat diocese, Betrayal of Trust, Bronwyn Halfpenny, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, cemetery maintenance trusts, civil claims, Denis Napthine, Denise Hart, Dr. Denis Napthine, Ellis defence, George Pell, Georgie Crozier, grooming laws, inviolability of the confessional, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Archbishop Denise Hart, Melbourne Response, Nick Wakeling, Ronald Mulkearns, Salvation Army, Sano Taskforce, Scouts Australia, Sharon Knight, Sir Frank Little, sliding morality, Statute of Limitations, Tim Bull, Towards Healing, Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal, Victoria Police, Victorian Inquiry, Working with Children Act, YMCA
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