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Tag Archives: Truth Justice and Healing Council
The Catholic Church’s Submission on “Towards Healing” (Or: Top Spinner)
The Catholic Church’s PR unit, set up to deal with fall-out from the Royal Commission, has managed to get in first with its arguments, before the commission holds hearings on the discredited “Towards Healing” program at the end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, Chris Wilding, David Shoebridge, Domus Australia, Francis Sullivan, George Pell, John Ellis, Judy Courtin, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melbourne Response, NSW police Memorandum of Understanding, Scouts, Section 316 of the Crimes Act, Towards Healing, Truth Justice and Healing Council
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The First Week’s Overview (Or: Nothing To Report Today, Boss)
Caption Coverage of the Royal Commission at the end of the week The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has been much-anticipated. After almost a year, it finally began public hearings at the beginning of last week. To the surprise … 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 (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, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, Hunter Aboriginal Children’s Services organization, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Lutheran Church, New South Wales education department, New South Wales government, New South Wales Inquiry, NSW Inquiry, public hearings, Scouts, St. John of God Catholic Church religious order, Steven Larkins, Truth Justice and Healing Council, Victorian Inquiry, working with children checks
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On the Eve of Battle (Or: It’s ON!)
At almost 12 months since the Royal Commission was announced by former Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, public hearings will commence tomorrow. The battle will begin. As churches sharpen their financial swords, others sharpen their pens. There will be much comment, … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bravehearts, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, Francis Sullivan, Gail “Snow White” Furness, Gail Furness, Governor-General, Julia Gillard, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, NSW Department of Community Services, NSW government, Peter McClellan, Quentin Bryce, Scouts Australia, Steven Larkins, Truth Justice and Healing Council
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The Commissioners Revisited (Or: Don’t Go By PR Releases)
When the Royal Commissioners were appointed, the government put out a short PR release on the backgrounds of the commissioners, which said very little in fact about the people other than about their current positions. At the time, this site … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Murray, Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Bob Atkinson, Catholic PR unit, Chief Commissioner, Commissioner Atkinson, Commissioner Coate, Commissioner Fitzgerald, Commissioner Milroy, Commissioner Murray, Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, Gail Furness, Helen Milroy, Jennifer Coate, Junior Counsel Assisting, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, Melinda Richards, Peter McClellan, Robert Fitzgerald, The Star Enquiry, Truth Justice and Healing Council
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Mandatory Reporting Laws (Or: Less Best?)
Image: Child abuse reporting rates – New South Wales One of the great battlegrounds of the Royal Commission will revolve around the issue of mandatory reporting. At present there is great variability across the states on both who must report, … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Church, Catholic PR unit, economic impact of abuse, George Pell, Ireland, Lewin Blazevich, Lewis Blayse, mandatory reporting, mandatory reporting laws, sanctity of the confessional, Truth Justice and Healing Council
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The Catholic Church’s PR Unit Speaks (Or: Take Out the Garbage)
Catholic Church Insurance’s Abuse Files Storage Facility – Melbourne At a meeting of the Catholic Church’s discredited “Towards Healing” protocol for dealing with clerical sexual abuses, a member proudly announced he had personally destroyed over 40 boxes of evidence that … Continue reading
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The NSW Enquiry Continues (Or: Bias or Lazy Journalism?)
Image: Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox at the NSW enquiry this week (Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/01/nsw-church-child-abuse-inquiry) In her opening address to the second session of the NSW government enquiry into clerical child sexual abuse in the Newcastle-Maitland diocese, Commissioner Ms Cunneen said: … Continue reading
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