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The Victorian State Parliamentary Enquiry Report (Or: Better Than We Thought...
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...
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Some Victorian Victims’ Comments (Or: Real Voices)
The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will resume hearings tomorrow. It will be the third “case study”, and will focus on Allan Kitchingman (see previous...
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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...
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The Catholic Church’s Submission On “Towards Healing” (Or: No Lawyers Please,...
The Catholic Church’s grandiosely-named Truth, Justice and Healing Council (otherwise known as the PR Unit set up by the church to deal with the fall-out from the Royal Commission) has made a...
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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...
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Some Pre-Hearing Thoughts (Or: Criminal Justice?)
Image Source: www.toonpool.com Tomorrow will see the first mention of the Catholic Church at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, more than a year after...
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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...
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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...
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Still Running Children’s Homes Worldwide (Or: The Buck Must Stop Somewhere)
Image: Protestor outside the U.N. committee hearing into the Vatican Ah! If only we here in Australia had the benefit of the members of the United Nations (U.N.) committee who have just given the...
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Salvos’ Treatment of Victim Ralph Doughty (Or: Cow Shit)
Yesterday, spry octogenarian Ralph Doughty (pictured above) gave evidence at the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Dr Doughty, a solicitor and barrister...
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