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Calling all VIC Clannies - Cardinal George Pell will be presenting evidence at the Victorian Inquiry on Monday 27th May at the Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House - Spring St at 1:30pm. We hope to see as many Clannies as possible!
Changes to the NSW Statute of Limitations NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has introduced a bill to Parliament House placing a statute of limitations for people claiming compensation for violence including child abuse or sexual assault. An application must be made within 10 years of the act or, if the victim was a child when it occurred, within 10 years after they turn 18. These changes to NSW law also means that the maximum payout will be slashed from $50,000 to $15,000. We are encouraging you to contact Premier Barry O’Farrell’s office and let his office know how you feel about this. Phone: (02) 9228 5239 Click HERE to read the article from the Sydney Morning Herald (9/5) about these changes - Article about NSW Care Leavers. Updated 9th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from the Daily Telegraph (10/5) about Premier Barry O'Farrell defending the bill- Article about NSW Care Leavers. Updated 9th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from Eureka Street (12/5) where victims of church sexual abuse have suffered a setback, with reports that the NSW Victims Rights and Support Bill proposes a statute of limitations for people claiming compensation for violence including child abuse or sexual assault. - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 20th May 2013 Click HERE to view an article from the Sydney Morning Herald (22/5) about calls for fairer measures of compensation. - Updated 22nd May 2013 ************** At long last Care Leavers have got a Royal Commission! Thank you to everyone who sent Royal Commission postcards, came to protests, wrote letters & never, ever gave up on our dream of a Royal Commission. The Committee of CLAN thanks each & every one of our members for their continuous support! Thank you to Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard for listening to our voices and for receiving our 10,000 postcards.
Face to face private sessions for people to tell their stories to the Royal Commission begins this week. Click HERE to view the media release from the Royal Commission about face to face private sessions. Updated 13th May 2013 Click HERE to view an article from the Sunshine Coast Daily (6/5) about the Commissioners planing to travel around Australia conducting private sessions in capital cities and regional locations. - Updated 13th May 2013 The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse held its first sitting at 10.00 am on Wednesday 3rd April 2013 at the County Court of Victoria, 250 William Street, Melbourne. All Commissioners were present and The Chair, Justice McClellan AM, provided information on the work of the Royal Commission including the future conduct of public and private hearings. Senior Counsel assisting will also deliver an opening statement. There will be no evidence taken at this first sitting and there will be no appearances for the purpose of seeking leave to appear. Click HERE to view information on the Royal Commission Legal Advisory Service The Royal Commission Hotline is 1800 099 340. You can also contact the Royal Commission via: Mail: GPO Box 5283, Sydney NSW 2001 Email: registerinterest@childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au
Click HERE to view the video and the transcript of the first sitting of the Royal Commission Click HERE to view articles/interviews about the first sitting of the Royal Commission Click HERE to view photos from the first sitting of the Royal Commission Click HERE to view the latest information on the Royal Commission into Sexual Abuse
The next dates for the hearings into the Victorian Inquiry are: Monday 20th May at the Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House - HALF DAY HEARINGS Monday 27th May at the Legislative Council Committee Room, Parliament House - Cardinal George Pell will be appearing at 1:30pm
Click HERE to view an article from The Age (21/5) where Archbishop Hart said that paedophile priests in Melbourne were moved from parish to parish in a culture of secrecy and cover-up in which the Catholic Church was slow to act. - Article about VIC Care Leavers - Updated 22nd May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from SBS World News (9/5) about Cardinal Pell appearing at the Inquiry- Article about VIC Care Leavers- Updated 10th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from Nine News (9/5) about Cardinal Pell and Archbishop Denis Hart set to appear at the Victorian Inquiry- Article about VIC Care Leavers - Updated 10th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from ABC News (9/5) Cardinal Pell set to appear at the Victorian Inquiry - Article about VIC Care Leavers- Updated 10th May 2013 Click HERE to view articles from the hearings. Click HERE to view articles about the Victorian SANO Police Taskforce ************** CLAN is looking for anyone who was in Burnside Children's Home, Parramatta, NSW in the years 1973 - 1981. If you have any information please contact CLAN on 1800 008 774 ************** Clergy sex abuse inquiry in the NSW Hunter region Click HERE to read an article from The Australian (21/5) where Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, personally intervened days before the shock resignation of the Grafton bishop over his mishandling of abuse claims at a notorious children's home - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 22nd May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from Sydney Morning Herald (17/5) where the head of the Anglican Diocese in Grafton has resigned over the way allegations of abuse at a NSW north coast childrens home were handled. - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 20th May 2013 Click HERE to view an article from the Northern Star (18/5) about the resignation of Grafton's Anglican Bishop - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 20th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from ABC News (6/5) about the importance of the Church and State - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 16th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from The Australian (8/5) about most child abuse victims who emerge during the course of ongoing national and state inquiries won't be able to claim compensation in NSW, despite finally mustering the courage to come forward. - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 16th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from The Daily Telegraph (14/5) about the lack of police resources was why reports of child sex abuse by senior clergy in the Hunter were not dealt with quicker, an inquiry has heard. - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 16th May 2013 ************** Click HERE to read an article from the Central Coast News (22/09/04) about Liz Vicha's childhood in Phillip House, Mt Penang - Updated 20th May 2013 Click HERE to read an article from the Central Coast News (22/09/04) state wards speaking out to the Senate Inquiry into Institutional Care - Updated 20th May 2013 ************** Stephen Crittenden of The Global Mail has written 3 articles about the Royal Commission and its effectiveness. We encourage you to read this article and comment on it with the links below: Click HERE to read The Dark Records of Broken Lives - 17th April 2013. Click HERE to comment on the article **** Click HERE to read Healing Be Damned - 12th April 2013 Click HERE to comment on the article *** Click HERE to read Restoring The Faith - 15th November 2012 Click HERE to comment on the article *********** Australian Story on ABC 2 aired an episode called "Call of Duty" which is about the untold personal story of whistle-blowing Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, the man credited with sparking the Royal Commission into institutional sexual abuse of children. Click HERE to view the program. *********** Click HERE to view an article from Nine News (6/5) about the protest held outside Wesley Uniting Church on 6th May where Clannies are calling for a national compensation scheme and urging the Uniting Church to lead the way with a contribution. - Updated 7th May 2013 *********** Thank you to all the NSW Clannies that attended the protest on 15th April at St Marys Cathedral, Sydney.
(Photo Above) A photo of NSW Clannies standing in front of the Mary MacKillop statue who ran the Josephite nuns which ran many orphanages and children's Homes. Click HERE to view photos from the day. ************** Learning from the Past: Making Records work for children in care today Hearing about the experiences of Care Leavers from Care Leavers themselves is a great way to understand the importance of records. Researchers from the Who am I? project studied how records are kept for children in care today. Starting with a video interview with a Forgotten Australian and a younger Care Leaver, they have written an online guide about record-keeping which helps people in care have a positive sense of self. The guide - Who am I? Making Records Meaningful - helps carers and workers understand records from the point of view of Care Leavers themselves. It includes a number of tip sheets, including one about helping people to access their records. To see Who am I? Making Records Meaningful, go to www.cfecfw.asn.au and click on the words Who Am I Training Resources ************** CLAN held a protest on Monday 25th March 2013 in front of the Office of Public Prosecutions (OPP) office - 565 Lonsdale St, Melbourne as CLAN member Debra Wooby has had her case discontinued by the OPP due to the state of limitations. CLAN and Debra are angry and devastated that the perpetrator will not stand trial and she will not be able to receive justice for the horrific crimes committed against her as a 13 year old girl. Click HERE to read articles about this case and protest. Click HERE to read the transcript from ABC's AM Radio (13/5) about the derailing of justice because of the statute of limitations - Updated 20th May 2013 Click HERE to view photos from the protest. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported this protest and the need for Justice and Redress for ALL Australian Care Leavers. CLAN is looking for anyone who at St Cuthbert's Home, Colac, VIC who knew CLAN member Debra Wooby or Frank Oakley ************** Charlton Boys Home Paedophile Sentenced CLAN has appealed to the Director of Public Prosecutions regarding the lenient sentence Click HERE to read CLAN's media release about the sentencing Click HERE to read CLAN's media release of the outcome of the sentencing Click HERE to view photos from the protest CLAN held on the 18th March and photos from when Clannies attended the sentencing of Abels. Click HERE to read an article from ABC News (22/2) about the inadequate sentencing - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 22nd February 2013 Click HERE to read an article from The Australian (26/2) about CLAN lodging an appeal to the Director of Public Prosecution as CLAN believes the sentence is inadequate for such a heinous crime. - Article about NSW Care Leavers - Updated 26th February 2013 CLAN is looking for men who were in the Church of England Charlton Boys Home, Glebe, NSW from 1961-1962 CLAN is looking for men who were in the United Protestant Association, Lillimur Boys Home, Dubbo, NSW in 1967 CLAN is looking for anyone who knew of Albert Abels and if you know if he worked in an orphanage or children's Home besides the Church of England Charlton Boys Home, Glebe, NSW or Lillimur Boys Home, Dubbo, NSW? Please contact CLAN on 1800 008 774. The Victorian Police would like to contact anyone who was in the Lady Dugan Children's Home, Hamilton Rd, Malvern, VIC. We are also looking for Beverley Ball who worked at this Home in the 1970s. If you have any information please contact CLAN on 1800 008 774 ******************* If you have any information please contact CLAN on 1800 008 774 ************** CLAN's Memorial To People Who Died In 'Care' Did you know that CLAN is collating a memorial of people who died in 'care'? Click HERE to view the memorial of children who died in 'care' CLAN has also made a memorial to members who have since died. Click HERE to view the memorial. CLAN is also making a tribute to our ANZACS.
CLAN would like to honour and pay our respects to the men and women who were wards of the State and raised in orphanages, children’s Homes, boarded out (an earlier term for fostering), in training ships/hulks/reformatories and in foster care who fought for our country in WWI. At this stage we are only looking for people who were in WWI, and with more resources we will include other wars. If you have a relative who was in ‘care’ and fought in WWI we invite you to place your relative’s name on CLAN’s honour board on our website. It would be helpful if you could provide us with their service number, date of birth and the orphanage(s) they were raised in. Please contact CLAN on 1800 008 774 if you would like to discuss adding names or information to our memorial pages. ******************* If you were brought up in 'care' as a state ward, a foster child or in a Children's Home or other institution anytime during 1920 – 1989 or are a former Child Migrant you are invited to be part of a study looking at how well current government services are meeting your needs. In particular, we would like to ask you about the Find and Connect Services. Click HERE to view information on how you can participate in this survey **************
************** Congratulations to CLAN member Gwen for winning "Best Of Breed" for her Bengal Cats at the 2013 Sydney Royal Easter Show
************** Click HERE to read an article from the Herald Sun (23/2) where Sweden has begun paying out 250,000 kronor ($A37,400) in compensation to Swedes who suffered abuse as foster children between 1920 and 1980, after rampant physical and sexual abuse was revealed. - Updated 25th March 2013 **************
CLAN recently had a meeting in our Melbourne office with the Salvation Army - South Eastern Territory Division which covers, VIC, TAS, SA and WA. CLAN lobbied for the removal of the requirement of the 100 points of identity that the Salvation Army required in order to gain access to your records of your time in the Salvation Army orphanages and boys and girls Homes. We are happy to announce that the Salvation Army South Eastern Territory Division has removed this requirement and made the process of getting your records much easier by removing the 100 points of identity required. We thank the Salvation Army for meeting with CLAN and for agreeing to these important changes. If you would like more information please contact CLAN on 1800 008 774.
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A very big thank you to Fr. Kevin Dillon of St Mary's, Geelong for giving a voice to the voiceless by speaking at the scheduled hearing at the Victorian Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations. Thanks also to CLAN's Patron Richard Marles MP for attending and supporting the Clannies at the Victorian Inquiry. Click HERE to read articles about Fr. Kevin Dillon speaking at the Victorian Inquiry
Prime Minister apologises to forced adoption victims On the 21st March 2013 Prime Minister Julia Gillard apologised to victims of forced adoption in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra at 11am.
*********************************** CLAN completed its submission to the VIC Inquiry into Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Non-Government Organisations. Click HERE to view CLAN's Press Release Click HERE to view the submission CLAN's submission is also on the Parliament of Victoria's website and can be viewed HERE Click HERE to view a list of 117 orphanages, children’s Homes and other institutions run by Churches and Charities that may be covered by the inquiry. If you were in any of these Homes you MAYBE covered by the inquiry. Click HERE to view a list of 17 orphanages, children’s Homes and other institutions run by the Victorian State Government and people who were in these Homes will NOT be covered by the inquiry. Click HERE to view CLAN's letter to Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu about the discrimination of Care Leavers in Victoria and Andrea Coote MLC on the inquiry committee. Click HERE to view the response from the office of Ted Baillieu The Queensland Child Protection Commission of Inquiry was established on 1 July 2012 by Order in Council to review Queensland’s child protection system. The Hon Tim Carmody SC has been appointed as Commissioner and must provide a written report with recommendations to the Premier by 30 April 2013. The inquiry has been established by the Queensland Government to review progress of outcomes related to the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions (the Forde Inquiry) and the Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry to chart a new road map for child protection for the next decade. Click HERE to view the terms of reference
Special thank you to Damien Morgan of Junee Correctional Facility for the respect he showed CLAN when CLAN was invited to do a training session with the officers of the prison. Damien also showed great respect and care to the Homies in that prison.
CAN YOU HELP FIND OUR FAMILIES? CLAN has added a new section to its website called Can You Help Find Families - on the menu bar. In this section any CLAN member or any members of the police, or any lawyer/solicitor can request to have information put up on this section so CLAN members and their general public can help find information about from various orphanages, children's Homes or institutions.
************** Since ABC's Lateline interview with Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox there have been many reports about the call and support for a Federal Royal Commission into child abuse and the following are the article about this issue. Click HERE to view an article from the Global Mail (17/4) about the role of record-keeping within the Royal Commission. - Updated 17th April 2013 Click HERE to view the transcript from ABC's The World Today (15/4) where the Federal Government has defended a commissioner appointed to the Royal Commission as some victims of sexual abuse claim he is too close to the Catholic Church and are calling for his resignation - Updated 16th April 2013 Click HERE to view an article from ABC News (15/4) where a support group for victims of child sexual abuse is calling for one of the six people on the royal commission to resign or be removed from the panel. - Updated 16th April 2013 Click HERE to view an article from the Sydney Morning Herald (15/4) the federal government has rejected a call for the removal of one of six royal commissioners investigating child sexual abuse. - Updated 16th April 2013 Click HERE to read an article from The Australian (12/2) where Freda Briggs, emeritus professor in child development from the University of South Australia, noted that child abuse is being over-reported - Updated 12th April 2013 Click HERE to read an article from ABC News (18/1) where a 73-year-old man who sexually abused six children, including CLAN member, Cheryle will be sentenced next month. Sincere thank you to CLAN member Cheryle Warner for having the courage to go forward to the WA police about her abuse. Click HERE to read the article from the West Australian (1/2) about the sentencing and click HERE to read another article about the sentencing and when the judge stated that the paedophile did a “horrendous litany” of perverted and forceful crimes that corrupted and harmed children. - Updated 11th February 2013 ************** In 2012 the Victorian Ombudsman investigated the storage and management of ward records by the Department of Human Services. In accordance with recommendation 1 of the Ombudsman’s report, DHS has developed a plan relating to the records of former state wards of Victoria. This plan relates to strategies for the identification, indexing, conservation, storage, management and provision of ready digital access to ward records. Click HERE to read more about the wards records plan *********************************** Click HERE to view the DHS Response to CLANS Freedom of Information Request dated 17/8/12 Click HERE to read FOI Request to Premier Baillieu regarding the Public Records Act CLAN's complaint to the VIC Ombudsman
CLAN met with the former Federal Attorney General - Nicola Roxon to discuss Care Leaver issues.
Leonie handing over CLAN's UN Submission on the Convention on the Rights of the Child ******************************************* CLAN decided to send NSW, SA, VIC and Federal politicians a card for their birthday as these are the states where there are no Redress schemes. Inside the card we write that "Australian children in orphanages, children's Homes and foster care did not receive a card or have their birthday celebrated" We have sent 446 birthday cards to NSW, SA, VIC and Federal politicians for the months of January-December!! Click HERE to view the 446 politicians we sent birthday cards to. Only 5 politicians acknowledged our birthday cards and thanked us for it. Click HERE to view the thank you list.
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Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) is a support, advocacy, research and training group for people brought up in care away from their family as state wards or Home children raised in Children's Homes, orphanages or other institutions, or in foster care. CLAN is also for anyone who has a close family member who was placed in "care".
Many of these people are now middle-aged or older but still carry the burden of unresolved issues from this past. Our aim is to raise community awareness of these issues, and to campaign for government assistance to redress them. CLAN welcomes everyone who has been affected by the "care" system, regardless of your background or heritage - we are here to help.
Contact CLAN on 1800 008 774 or 0425-204-747 or email us at support@clan.org.au
CLAN is located at 463 Chapel Road, Bankstown, NSW, 2200 and all mail can be directed to CLAN PO Box 164, Georges Hall, NSW, 2198
CLAN welcomes and needs donations, and all money received helps us to continue providing this essential service to all care leavers. All donations over $2 are tax-deductible. If you would like to make a donation, please send a cheque or money order to CLAN Inc, PO Box 164 Georges Hall, NSW, 2198. We are also very happy to receive gifts of stamps.
CLAN News Flash!
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Tackling justice and compensation for abuse victims must not be delayed Sydney Morning Herald 22nd May 2013 Updated 22nd May 2013 The three concurrent inquiries into institutional child abuse are uncovering terrible suffering and will soon enough prompt calls for fairer measures of compensation. The federal royal commission does not tackle issues of reparations. But admissions by institutions such as the Catholic Church need to be dealt with beyond the inquiries. more ... |
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Letters to The Age about the Archbishop Hart appearing at the Victorian Inquiry into Child Abuse The Age 22nd May 2013 Updated 22nd May 2013 more ... |
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Hart admits 'awful blight' Barney Zwartz, The Age 21st May 2013 Updated 21st May 2013 Paedophile priests in Melbourne were moved from parish to parish in a culture of secrecy and cover-up in which the Catholic Church was slow to act, Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart said on Thursday. more ... |
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Ex-elite sportsman jailed over child sex Loukas Founten, ABC News 20th May 2013 Updated 22nd May 2013 A former elite sportsman and youth worker has been jailed over child sex offences committed nearly three decades ago. more ... |
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Archbishops intervention led to fall of Bishop Janet Fife-Yeomans, The Australian 21st May 2013 Updated 22nd May 2013 THE countrys top Anglican, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, personally intervened days before the shock resignation of the Grafton bishop over his mishandling of abuse claims at a notorious children's home. more ... |
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Sex abuse justice cannot be fast tracked Michael Mullins, Eureka Street 12th May 2013 Updated 20th May 2013 Victims of church sexual abuse have suffered a setback, with reports that the NSW Victims Rights and Support Bill proposes a statute of limitations for people claiming compensation for violence including child abuse or sexual assault. Under the legislation, applications must be made within ten years of the act or, if the victim was a child when it occurred, within ten years after they turn 18. more ... |
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NSW bishop resigns over sex abuse failings Sydney Morning Herald 17th May 2013 Updated 20th May 2013 The head of the Anglican Diocese in Grafton has resigned over the way allegations of abuse at a NSW north coast childrens home were handled. more ... |
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Traumatic, costly, complex, shocking: bring it on Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 4th April 2013 20th May 2013 THE task we have is large, the issues are complex, royal commissioner Peter McClellan said, after setting out the magnitude of the inquiry into child sex abuse. more ... |
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Too late, says victim Peter Weekes, Northern Star 18th May 2013 Updated 20th May 2013 THE resignation of Graftons Anglican Bishop yesterday over mishandling allegations of physical and sexual abuse at a Lismore childrens home has come too late for victims, one said last night. more ... |
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Home of broken trust Caroline Overington, The Australian 13th March 2009 Updated 20th May 2013 THERE was a time when Richard Tommy Campion was the most gregarious guy in the room. He liked a drink. He liked a laugh. He kept his hair long and favoured bold-coloured shirts. more ... |
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Victim one of lucky fewCathy Stubbs, Central Coast News 22nd September 2004 20th May 2013 LIZ Vicha considers herself one of the lucky ones but there was nothing lucky about her terrible childhood. more ... |
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Wards to speak out Cathy Stubbs, Central Coast News 22nd September 2004 20th May 2013 Liz Vicha outside Phillip House where she stayed as a state ward. more ... |
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QC urges Royal Commission to address Victoria's statute of limitations Simon Lauder, ABC AM Radio 13th May 2013 Updated 20th May 2013 A statute of limitations was in place in Victoria for decades giving young girls only one year to report sexual abuse against them or the case could not be prosecuted. more ... |
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Belgian Church reveals 300 new child sex abuse complaints Asia One 16th May 2013 20th May 2013 The Belgian Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday it had received more than 300 complaints of sexual abuse of minors in 2012. more ... |
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Commission urged to address statute of limitations on rape cases Simon Lauder, ABC News 13th May 2013 Updated 16th May 2013 Law experts are calling on the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse to remedy an "unjust" statute of limitations which is still being applied retrospectively. more ... |
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NSW church abuse victims may miss compo Tara Ravens, The Australian 8th May 2013 Updated 16th May 2013 MOST child abuse victims who emerge during the course of ongoing national and state inquiries won't be able to claim compensation in NSW, despite finally mustering the courage to come forward. more ... |
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Child abuse action on the one hand, apathy on the other David Hill, Sydney Morning Herald 16th May 2013 Updated 16th May 2013 Most of us warmly welcomed the federal government's decision to establish a royal commission on the abuse of children while in institutional care. more ... |
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Cultural blindness in church abuse investigations Suzanne Smith, ABC News 6th May 2013 Updated 16th May 2013 The Special Commission into sexual abuse in the Hunter is about the importance of a fundamental principle - the separation of church and state, writes Suzanne Smith. more ... |
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Child sex charges for key figure in National Youth Week celebrations Nigel Hunt, The Advertiser 13th May 2013 Updated 14th May 2013 A KEY figure in National Youth Week celebrations in South Australia has been charged with child sex offences. more ... |
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No police resources for clergy sex inquiry in the Hunter, inquiry hears Neil Keene, The Daily Telegraph 14th May 2013 Updated 14th May 2013 A LACK of resources - not an intent to protect the Catholic church - was why reports of child sex abuse by senior clergy in the Hunter were not dealt with quicker, an inquiry has heard. more ... |
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Migrants stories sought Duncan Abey, The Mercury 13th May 2013 Updated 14th May 2013 THE Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery wants to hear from any British child migrants living in the state, ahead of a national touring exhibition detailing a controversial mass relocation scheme that ran for a century from the 1860s. more ... |
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Private Royal Commission sessions begin in Sydney on Tuesday Sunshine Coast Daily 6th May 2013 13th May 2013 SURVIVORS of child sexual abuse will get the chance to tell their stories in face to face private sessions when the next phase of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse begins on Tuesday. more ... |
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Graham Rundles Story Frances Jones, Story courtesy of Frances Jones' blog 2nd August 2012 Updated 13th May 2013 I have a family friend who was sexually abused as a child at Eden Park Boys Home, run by the Salvation Army. more ... |
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Media Release: Private sessions to tell your story to the Royal Commission 6th May 2013 Updated 13th May 2013 The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will commence an important phase of its operations next week with survivors of child sexual abuse in institutions being given the opportunity to relate their experiences directly to Commissioners in face to face private sessions. Click on the PDF link to view the media release. more ... |
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Time limit on child abuse victims defended The Daily Telegraph 10th May 2013 Updated 10th May 2013 PREMIER Barry OFarrell has defended a 10 year time limit on child abuse claims, saying it brings NSW into line with other Australian states. more ... |
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Pell to appear before Vic abuse inquiry SBS World News 9th May 2013 Updated 10th May 2013 The Catholic Churchs Sydney and Melbourne archbishops will give evidence before a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child abuse. more ... |
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Pell to appear before Vic abuse inquiry Nine News 9th May 2013 Updated 10th May 2013 Australias most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, will appear before a Victorian child abuse inquiry. more ... |
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Pell to front Victorian abuse inquiry ABC News 9th May 2013 Updated 10th May 2013 Australias most senior Catholic will come before Victorias parliamentary inquiry into child sexual abuse later this month. more ... |
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Police slam Catholic Church Jane Lee with Barney Zwartz, The Age 11th October 2012 Updated 10th May 2013 VICTORIA Police has launched a scathing attack on the Catholic Church, accusing it of deliberately impeding its investigations into child abuse. more ... |
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Grieving mother Beverly Whymans tale of two sons Padraic Murphy, Herald Sun 23rd September 2012 Updated 10th May 2013 BEVERLY Whyman is a grieving mother of two sons taken from her twice. The older boy dodged the death penalty over a US killing after becoming a cause celebre as a Stolen Generation victim. But now another of her sons is in legal trouble of his own. more ... |
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Finally, the child victims can speak at the royal commission Peter Fox, Herald Sun 4th April 2013 Updated 10th May 2013 OVER decades I have investigated and witnessed the terrible lifelong effect of child sexual abuse on victims and their families. more ... |
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No forgiveness in silence Andrew Purcell, The Saturday Age 23rd March 2013 Updated 10th May 2013 As Catholics around the world celebrate the election of Pope Francis, a new film exposes the extent of the Vaticans complicity in covering up sex crimes against children. more ... |
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Bishops admit tragic mistake over pedophile Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 30th April 2013 Updated 10th May 2013 MOVING one of the worst pedophiles in Australian history to new parishes for years after he was identified as an abuser was a tragic mistake, Catholic bishops have admitted. more ... |
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Child sex abuse victims set to lose compensation Anna Patty and Harriet Alexander, The Sydney Morning Herald 9th May 2013 Updated 9th May 2013 Victims of child sex abuse may no longer be able to claim compensation under changes to NSW laws that will also slash maximum payouts to victims of crime from $50,000 to $15,000. more ... |
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Ex-state wards tell of abuse Nick Toscano, The Age 28th April 2013 8th May 2013 Sometimes he would summon her to his office. Other times hed creep into her room while she was doing homework. more ... |
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Bayswater boys home a jail Dan Moss, Maroondah and Yarra Range Weekly 23rd April 2013 Updated 8th May 2013 MORE than 660 boys fled the Salvation Armys Bayswater Boys Home over its history, the state inquiry into child abuse heard this month. more ... |
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Vic Catholic abuse complaints number 400 Ninemsn 3rd May 2013 7th May 2013 The Catholic Churchs national system for dealing with child abuse has received about 400 complaints in Victoria, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. more ... |
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Vic pedophile cluster just an accident Patrick Caruana and Daniel Fogarty, Sydney Morning Herald 3rd May 2013 7th May 2013 The Christian Brothers say it was an accident of history that four pedophiles taught at a small Victorian school at the same time. more ... |
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Mistakes, failures in church abuse scandal Weekly Times Now 3rd May 2013 7th May 2013 THE Catholic Church had the chance to stop Gerald Ridsdales sex crimes in 1975, but instead the priest was moved on. more ... |
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Church doesnt buy sex abuse silence, inquiry told Nine News 4th May 2013 Updated 7th May 2013 The organisations in charge of compensating Victorian Catholics abused by clergy have denied trying to buy the silence of victims and say they have nothing to hide. more ... |
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Catholic Church officials take the stand at child abuse inquiry Danny Morgan, ABC News 29th April 2013 Updated 7th May 2013 The Catholic Church admits more than 100 children across Western Victoria have been abused. more ... |
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Catholic Church paid $30m to child abuse victims Farming Ahead Online 30th April 2013 Updated 7th May 2013 The insurers of the Catholic Church say they have paid out $30 million to about 600 victims of child sexual abuse in Victoria. more ... |
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Abused orphans want national compo scheme Nine News 6th May 2013 Updated 7th May 2013 Survivors of abuse and neglect in orphanages are calling for a national compensation scheme and urging the Uniting Church to lead the way with a contribution. more ... |
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Child sex abuse inquiry hears from Christian Brothers ABC News 3rd May 2013 Updated 7th May 2013 The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has been told the first alleged instance of abuse by a Christian Brother in Victoria was in 1934, but it wasn't reported until 65 years later. more ... |
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No police in most Uniting abuse complaints Ninemsn 22nd April 2013 Updated 6th May 2013 Most child sex abuse complaints brought to the Uniting Church have not been referred to police by the church, a Victorian inquiry has heard. more ... |
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Catholic investigators deny abuse cover up Patrick Caruana and Daniel Fogarty, Sydney Morning Herald 30th April 2013 Updated 6th May 2013 The commissioners in charge of investigating claims of child abuse in the Catholic Church in Melbourne deny they have helped cover up crimes. more ... |
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Churchs dirty linen will never lose its stench Alan Howe, Herald Sun 5th May 2013 Updated 6th May 2013 LAST week, the Catholic Church came clean. Sort of. more ... |
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Christian Brothers spent $1million to defend paedophile Barney Zwartz, The Age 3rd May 2013 Updated 3rd May 2013 The Christian Brothers Catholic order spent more than $1 million defending serial paedophile Robert Best, the order has told the Victorian inquiry into how the churches handled child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Christian Brothers handling of abuse complaints indefensible The Australian 3rd May 2013 Updated 3rd May 2013 THE Christian Brothers admit they were aware of abuse complaints against two brothers at Ballarat in Victoria but failed to tell police. more ... |
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Abuse victim won $450,000 payout Barney Zwartz, The Age 30th April 2013 Updated 1st May 2013 Child rape victim Emma Foster received $450,000 compensation from the Catholic Church when the church limit was $50,000 because she took the church to court, the Victorian inquiry into how the churches handled child sex abuse heard on Tuesday. more ... |
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Catholic Church facilitated abuse Barney Zwartz, WA Today 30th April 2013 Updated 1st May 2013 The Catholic Church in Ballarat effectively facilitated child sexual abuse by leaving known paedophiles in ministry and was ''unChristlike'', former Ballarat Bishop Peter Connors conceded on Monday. more ... |
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Church commissioners deny covering up claims of sex abuse The Australian 30th April 2013 Updated 1st May 2013 THE commissioners in charge of handling Melbourne abuse complaints against the Catholic Church deny they helped conceal crimes from police. more ... |
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Exposed: The clause that contradicts Pell Frank Walker, The sun Herald 9th June 2002 Updated 1st May 2013 A disabled woman who said she became pregnant after being raped by a Catholic priest had to sign a secrecy clause before the Church would pay her $15,000 compensation. more ... |
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Church admits moving known paedophile priest Rachel Carbonell, ABC News 29th April 2013 Updated 30th April 2013 A Victorian Inquiry into child sexual abuse has heard the former Bishop of Ballarat made a terrible mistake by allowing a known paedophile priest to continue working. more ... |
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Salvos failed to report abuse Danny Morgan, ABC Lateline 11th April 2013 Updated 30th April 2013 Victorias child abuse inquiry has heard that nearly five hundred children complained they were sexually abused in the Salvation Armys orphanages around Victoria but the Salvos havent reported a single complaint to police. Click on the link to view the program more ... |
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Safe venues for abuse hearings Janet Fife-Yeomans, The Mercury 4th April 2013 Updated 30th April 2013 MOTEL function rooms in regional towns will be used for child sex abuse victims to reveal their darkest and most painful secrets. more ... |
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Pell to give evidence, Church to bring change Carly Crawford, Herald Sun 2nd April 2013 29th April 2013 CARDINAL George Pell will appear at the Victorian inquiry into child abuse within weeks, as the Catholic Church proposes a new system for handling abuse complaints. more ... |
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Church used blackmail, secrecy Barney Zwartz, The Sydney Morning Herald 27th March 2013 Updated 29th April 2013 Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church gets covered up through a system of blackmail and sacred silence, according to the founder of the Broken Rites advocacy group, Chris Wilding. more ... |
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Salvos pay $15m in sex claims The Mercury 12th April 2013 29th April 2013 The Salvation Army did not go to police with almost 500 child sex abuse complaints against its officers, paying out $15 million as it dealt with claims privately, an inquiry has been told. more ... |
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100,000 abused wanting to tell Janet Fife-Yeomans, The Mercury 11th April 2013 29th April 2013 There are up to 100,000 victims of child sex abuse who will be making claims for compensation in the wake of the royal commission into institutionalised abused, says a leading lawyer. more ... |
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Funding sought to help abused Michelle Paine, The Sunday Tasmanian 7th April 2013 29th April 2013 CHILD protection campaigner Hetty Johnston has called for extra funding for Tasmanian survivors of abuse as the royal commission into child sex abuse begins its work. more ... |
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Couldnt leave hospital until signed away The Torch 10th April 2013 29th April 2013 At just 16, Pananias Christine Cole still lives with the consequences of the forced adoption of her baby daughter. more ... |
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Healing Broken Souls Barney Zwartz, The Age 3rd April 2013 Updated 26th April 2013 The stakes, and the expectations, are high for the royal commission into child sexual abuse, which begins today. more ... |
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Families Wounded by War CLAN member Frank (VIC), , Updated 23rd April 2013 My family was mortally wounded by war. And so were many other Australian families. more ... |
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Abusers may be at large, says church Barney Zwartz, The Age 23rd April 2013 Updated 23rd April 2013 Some child sex abusers might still be among Uniting Church clergy because of poor record keeping and failure to investigate cases, the church conceded on Monday. more ... |
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Uniting Church paid $2m to sex abuse victims Stuart Rintoul and Pia Akerman, The Australian 23rd April 2013 Updated 23rd April 2013 THE Uniting Church has told a Victorian child abuse inquiry that it has paid about $2 million in compensation to abuse victims arising from 63 complaints in Victoria and Tasmania dating back to the 1940s. more ... |
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Healing Be Damned Stephen Crittenden, The Global Mail 12th February 2013 Updated 23rd April 2013 The next pope will need to come to grips with the generations of systemic sexual abuse within the Catholic church. But in Australia, the spotlight is now on the credibility of protocols set up by the church to handle such claims. more ... |
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Restoring The Faith Stephen Crittenden, The Global Mail 15th November 2012 Updated 23rd April 2013 A royal commission into child sexual abuse could go a long way to acknowledging the pain of victims, and allowing Christians to once more have faith in their institutions. But how should the terms of inquiry be framed, and how long might the cleansing take? more ... |
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NZ court to rule on extradition case next month Dominique Schwartz, Australia Network News 12th April 2013 Updated 18th April 2013 A former Catholic brother wanted in Australia on 252 charges of child sexual abuse won't know until next month whether he will be extradited from New Zealand. more ... |
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The Dark Records of Broken Lives Stephen Crittenden, The Global Mail 17th April 2013 Updated 17th April 2013 The role of record-keeping is close to the centre of what the royal commission into abuse is all about: the battle between the Closed and the Open Society. But at least in some cases documents have been subpoenaed only as far back as 1970. more ... |
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Royal Commission can overcome perceptions of conflict of interest Expert Alison Caldwell, ABCs The World Today 15th April 2013 16th April 2013 The Federal Government has defended a commissioner appointed to the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse despite some of those Australians planning to give evidence to the commission calling on him to resign because hes too close to the Catholic Church. more ... |
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Call for royal commissioner to be dropped Alison Caldwell, ABC News 15th April 2013 Updated 16th April 2013 A support group for victims of child sexual abuse is calling for one of the six people on the royal commission to resign or be removed from the panel. more ... |
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Call to remove sex abuse commissioner The Sydney Morning Herald 15th April 2013 Updated 16th April 2013 The federal government has rejected a call for the removal of one of six royal commissioners investigating child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Royal commission counselling pledge Catherine Armitage, Brisbane Times 13th April 2013 Updated 15th April 2013 The federal government is to spend an unprecedented $44 million on counselling for people who relive traumatic childhood experiences for the royal commission into child sex abuse. more ... |
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Salvo abuse claims dealt with privately SBS World News 11th April 2013 Updated 12th April 2013 The Salvation Army dealt with 500 child sex abuse complaints privately to avoid further distress to victims, a Victorian inquiry has been told. more ... |
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Salvos deny endemic child sex abuse ABC News 11th April 2013 Updated 12th April 2013 The Salvation Army has admitted it has received close to 500 complaints from children who were sexually abused in its orphanages around Victoria. more ... |
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Salvos paid up but did not investigate abuse Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 12th April 2013 Updated 12th April 2013 VICTIMS of abuse in Salvation Army childrens homes have condemned the organisation for not investigating allegations of abuse, after it revealed it had paid out more than $15 million in compensation and received 470 complaints, and that 50 officers had been named as abusers. more ... |
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Abuse concerns The Australian 12th April 2013 Updated 12th April 2013 CHILD abuse is being over-reported, according to Australian Institute of Family Studies director Alan Hayes after finding a gulf between notifications of abuse and abuse being substantiated (Reports of abuse fall short of reality, 11/4). more ... |
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Ashamed Salvation Army paid $15m to child sex abuse victims, inquiry told Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 11th April 2013 Updated 11th April 2013 THE Salvation Army has told a Victorian sex abuse inquiry it is ashamed of the treatment of children that occurred in its homes, as it revealed it has paid out more than $15 million to victims and that 50 Salvation Army officers had been named as abusers. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 11/04/2013 |
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Salvation Army forced to defend handling of child sex complaints Barney Zwartz, The Age 11th April 2013 Updated 11th April 2013 The Salvation Army has had 473 complaints about abuse in its Victorian childrens home and has spent nearly $20 million settling them. more ... |
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Multiple deaths at boys Home were no accident Robert Chesal, Radio Netherlands Worldwide 28th June 2012 Updated 9th April 2013 more ... |
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Inquiry told of risk posed by school aged sex offenders Peta Carlyon, ABC News 5th April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 Victorias parliamentary inquiry into child abuse has heard confronting evidence about child sex offenders. more ... |
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Church heads ostracised victims Barney Zwartz, The Age 5th April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 Catholic Church leaders in Australia were contributing to the ostracism and scapegoating of child sex abuse victims, showing little leadership and very little will to know, the Victorian inquiry into how the churches handled sex abuse was told on Thursday. more ... |
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Royal Commission into Catholic Church child abuse should run as long as needed, says cop Tory Shepherd, The Courier Mail 3rd April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 THE police officer whose revelations sparked the Royal Commission that began today says he has no problem that the deadlines are already likely to blow out. more ... |
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Poor records hide truth from state wards Nine News 5th April 2013 8th April 2013 A state ward trying to piece together their identity was told by the Victorian Department of Human Services their file had been found but there was nothing in it. more ... |
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Poor record keeping holds back pursuits of justice Barney Zwartz, The Age 6th April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 Incompetent record keeping is depriving thousands of Victorians of life changing information, but the Department of Human Services has a profound conflict of interest because fixing the problem would allow a rush of lawsuits, a parliamentary inquiry was told on Friday. more ... |
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Church must end the silence on child abuse Peter Rolfe, Herald Sun 5th April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 CHILD safety commissioner Bernie Geary has called for changes to Victorian law to force priests to report sex offenders to police, even if they learn of crimes at confession. more ... |
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Australia launches massive child abuse inquiry Michael Madigan, Winnipeg Free Press 5th April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 Australias grubbiest little secret was dragged out of the shadows and into the spotlight this week. more ... |
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Probe into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse NTDTV 4th April 2013 8th April 2013 Australias royal commission into institutional child sex abuse started on Wednesday, and said it would take years to hear from more than 5000 people who want to testify. more ... |
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At least 5000 will want to appear at commission Jason Murphy, Australian Financial Review 3rd April 2013 8th April 2013 The Royal Commission into Child Abuse would probably hear from thousands of people, take several years and cost many millions of dollars, its chair, Peter McClellan, said on Wednesday. more ... |
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CLAN welcomes Royal Commission K Rock FM 4th April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 Victims rights groups have described the opening of the Royal Commission into institutional child sex abuse as a momentous day. more ... |
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Gillard launches sex abuse inquiry UK Morning Star 3rd April 2013 Updated 8th April 2013 Australia began a national inquiry into child sex abuse today. more ... |
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Bracks apologises for state wards treatment ABC News 9th August 2006 8th April 2013 Victorias Premier Steve Bracks has made a formal apology in Parliament to those Victorians who suffered abuse or neglect while in institutional care. more ... |
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Some deaths in SA care suspicious: commissioner ABC News 7th November 2005 Updated 8th April 2013 Commissioner Ted Mullighan, who is investigating deaths in state care in South Australia, has revealed that foul play may been involved in the deaths of eight wards of the state. more ... |
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Royal commission: victims to speak, for as long as it takes Amber Jamieson, Crikey 3rd April 2013 Updated 4th April 2013 Over 5000 victims of child sexual abuse in institutions or those who bore witness or knew of cover-ups of said abuse are expected to give evidence to the royal commission over the next year, according to the opening remarks by chair Justice Peter McClellan. They will speak, many told Crikey this morning, for as long as it takes. more ... |
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Royal Commission a time to tell the truth Celine Foenander, ABC Gippsland 3rd April 2013 Updated 4th April 2013 A group which represents children who grew up in orphanages, childrens homes and foster care is calling on its members to be brave enough to tell their story to a Royal Commission. more ... |
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Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Banners said You have the records of our abuse Erin Marie, Herald Sun 3rd April 2013 Updated 4th April 2013 VICTIMS of child sex abuse wept openly in the street as the Royal Commission commenced its long awaited hearing this morning. more ... |
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Abuse royal commission begins work Patrick Caruana and Genevieve Gannon, 7 News 3rd April 2013 Updated 4th April 2013 Finally, the powerful people are here to help. more ... |
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All abusers must be punished: victims The Australian 3rd April 2013 4th April 2013 AN abuse victims advocate says nobody should be spared punishment for crimes against children, be they a charity, church, government or a 99-year-old individual. more ... |
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Silence is not golden, these terrible stories must be told Patrick Carlyon, Herald Sun 3rd April 2013 Updated 4th April 2013 IT was the start of the end of the silence, and wasnt it a racket? more ... |
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Children betrayed: now for the healing Barney Zwartz, Canberra Times 4th April 2013 Updated 4th April 2013 The royal commission into child sex abuse is now operating. It expects more than 5000 people to share their experiences, has already spent more than $22 million, and is unlikely to complete its task by the end of 2015 as requested. more ... |
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Royal commission has to name and shame Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 2nd April 2013 Updated 3rd April 2013 VICTIM advocates have urged the child sexual abuse royal commission to use its powers aggressively to go to the heart of institutional cover up, while also expressing the hope the inquiry does not become adversarial. more ... |
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Call for royal commission into abused wards of state Paul Heinrichs, The Age 29th August 2004 Updated 3rd April 2013 A national child advocacy group has called for a royal commission on former wards of state abused in institutional care. more ... |
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Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Banners said You have the records of our abuse Erin Marie Herald, The Daily Telegraph 3rd April 2013 Updated 3rd April 2013 VICTIMS of child sex abuse wept openly in the street as the Royal Commission commenced its long awaited hearing this morning. more ... |
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Former priest publishes explosive confession Robert Ovadia, 7 News 28th March 2013 Updated 2nd April 2013 On the eve of Easter, and a week out from a Royal Commission, a former priest has published explosive allegations about cover-ups, sexuality and hypocrisy in Australia's Catholic Church. more ... |
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Flood of tales for abuse inquiry Judith Ireland, Canberra Times 31st March 2013 2nd April 2013 Victims groups are bracing for a flood of people wanting to give evidence about child sexual abuse, as the royal commission holds its first sitting in Melbourne this week. more ... |
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Inquiry feels weight of great expectations Janet Fife-Yeomans, The Daily Telegraph 2nd April 2013 Updated 2nd April 2013 NEVER has the burden on any group of people been greater. Victims of institutionalised sex abuse when they were at their most vulnerable - young, usually alone and unable to even talk about what happened never mind find someone to believe them - finally have something, someone, to pin their hopes on. more ... |
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Media Release from Attorney General Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC 22nd March 2013 Measures passed by Parliament this week will give the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse flexibility to receive information and evidence in private sessions from those affected by child abuse in institutions. more ... |
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Protesters rally together to fight sex abuse lawsJennifer Chiu, The Colac Herald 27th March 2013 Updated 27th March 2013 Campaigners have started a petition to remove a statute of limitations rule after state prosecutors dropped a Colac sexual abuse case from the 1970s. more ... |
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Protesters angry at dropping of caseJane Lee, The Age 26th March 2013 Updated 26th March 2013 Child abuse victims have protested outside the Office of Public Prosecutions over the discontinuation of a case against an alleged attacker. more ... |
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Abuse victim wants Vic govt to sue church Patrick Caruana, The Australian 25th March 2013 Updated 26th March 2013 A VICTIM of clerical sexual abuse has urged the Victorian government to launch legal action against the Catholic Church. more ... |
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Abused foster kids compensated in Sweden Herald Sun 23rd March 2013 Updated 25th March 2013 SWEDEN has begun paying out 250,000 kronor ($A37,400) in compensation to Swedes who suffered abuse as foster children between 1920 and 1980, after rampant physical and sexual abuse was revealed. more ... |
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Royal Commission into child sexual abuse first hearing on April 3 The Australian 22nd March 2013 Updated 25th March 2013 THE Royal Commission into child sexual abuse will hold its first hearing in Melbourne next month. more ... |
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A speech by CLAN Patron Steve Irons MP on Forgotten Australians Presented at the House Debates 19th March 2012 Updated 22nd March 2013 Members in this place would be aware of the work I have done for the forgotten Australians. Following my recent newsletter to my electorate, I would like to update the House on the forgotten Australians and on a personal experience. I have a particular affinity and empathy for the forgotten Australians as a result of my own family history. Tonight, with the indulgence of the House, I would like to talk about a positive event that has recently happened in my life. more ... |
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Gillards sorry ovation Jessica Marszalek, Geelong Advertiser 22nd March 2013 22nd March 2013 MOTHERS, fathers, daughters and sons sat and sobbed yesterday as their plights as the victims of forced adoptions was revealed to Australia and they got their long awaited apology. more ... |
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Sad, sorry day brings closure Danny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser 21st March 2013 22nd March 2013 GEELONGS Thelma Adams hopes todays Federal Government apology to people affected by forced adoptions will deliver closure while breaking down barriers many mothers have endured. more ... |
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Sorry wont ease pain Danny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser 20th December 2012 22nd March 2013 NEWTOWNS Karen Field doesn't expect much healing to come from an Australian Government apology for her daughter's forced adoption but will welcome further easing of the stigma and shame. more ... |
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NSW hotline to help abused seniors The Daily Telegraph 21st March 2013 Updated 21st March 2013 ELDERLY people in NSW who have suffered abuse now have access to a telephone helpline. more ... |
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PM to apologise to forced adoption victims The Daily Telegraph 21st March 2013 Updated 21st March 2013 PRIME Minister Julia Gillard will offer a national apology to victims of past forced adoption practices on Thursday. more ... |
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Calls for paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale to face child sex abuse royal commissionCarly Crawford, Herald Sun 18th March 2013 Updated 19th March 2013 ONE of Australias worst paedophiles - Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale - could be freed in months. more ... |
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No justice for alleged rape victim Jennifer Chiu, Colac Herald 13th March 2013 Updated 13th March 2013 A FORMER Colac woman fears she will never get justice against the man she says raped her in an Elliminyt orphanage four decades ago. more ... |
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Dumped child sexual assault case raises concerns about effectiveness of Royal Commission Simon Lauder, ABC News AM Radio 11th March 2013 Updated 11th March 2013 Click on the link to listen to CLAN member Debra Woobys story where her sexual assault case has been thrown out of court because of Statute of Limitations and is concerned about the effectiveness of Royal Commission. more ... |
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We will never forget those who not only let down our son Scott but also let down Debbie Adams Jonathan Swan, The Age 25th January 2012 Updated 11th March 2013 We have had 12 years to imagine what would happen the day Debbie Adams, the girl who killed our son Scott, would be released from prison, Richard Bremner said. more ... |
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Former Colac man on orphanage sex charges Alex White, Colac Herald 30th November 2012 11th March 2013 A FORMER Colac man will stand trial on sexual assault and rape charges alleged to have happened at a Colac orphanage in the 1970s. more ... |
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Parliamentary inquiry witness says Salvos flogged boys Mitchell Toy, Herald Sun 5th February 2013 Updated 11th March 2013 BOYS were beaten with barbed wire whips and nail studded sticks at Salvation Army homes in the 1960s, a former resident told a parliamentary inquiry yesterday. more ... |
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VIC OPP urged to explain discontinued sex abuse case ABC World Today 11th March 2013 Updated 11th March 2013 Click on the link to listen to the case of CLAN member Debra Wooby where the VIC OPP needs to explain her discontinued sexual abuse case. more ... |
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Letters to the editor: Convent of the Good Shepherd (Albert Park). The Age 26th February 2013 Updated 4th March 2013 The following are letters to the editor about the treatment of girls in the Convent of the Good Shepherd (Albert Park). more ... |
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Brothers cant accept pedophiles guilt Patrick Caruana, Herald Sun 1st March 2013 4th March 2013 Many Christian brothers refuse to accept that one of their ranks is guilty of the child sex crimes for which he was convicted, a Victorian inquiry has been told. more ... |
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Regret over Nazareth House abuse compensation Mark Daly, BBC News Scotland 2nd March 2013 Updated 4th March 2013 The former Scottish First Minister Lord McConnell has told of his regret that almost ten years on since he made a landmark apology to historic child abuse victims in Scotland, they have yet to see redress. more ... |
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Wolston Park - Barbara & Dr Adele Chynoweth Amanda Dell, 612 ABC Brisbane 20th September 2012 Updated 13th March 2013 Did you know that Queensland children were sent to adult psychiatric institutions from the 1950's right through until the 1980's? Those who are still alive after this experience claim they were subject to abuse and neglect, yet their suffering has never been acknowledged, and compensation has never been paid. more ... |
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New pope could learn lessons from Aust Julian Drape, The Telegraph 28th February 2013 Updated 28th February 2013 ONE of the harshest critics of outgoing Pope Benedict XVI says his replacement could learn valuable lessons from Australia's royal commission into child sexual abuse. more ... |
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An unforgettable time: Gill Home boy reflects on experience Goulburn Post 18th January 2013 Updated 27th January 2013 Clem Apted spent four years from 1958 at the Gill Home for Boys in Goulburn with his brother after his mother died. He feels the Salvation Armys national apology to children in their care was a poor effort and today tells his story. more ... |
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Churches protected by trust laws Hamish Fitzsimmons, ABC News 26th February 2013 26th February 2013 The Victorian inquiry into sexual abuse in religious organisations is likely to recommend a reform of property trust laws which allow churches to avoid being sued. more ... |
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Appeal lenient child abuse sentence, DPP urged Pia Akerman, The Australian 26th February 2013 26th February 2013 THE NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has been urged to take a stand against lenient sentences for child abusers and appeal a sentence handed down for attacks against a young boy more than 50 years ago. more ... |
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Ireland apologises for slave labour at Magdalene LaundriesHarry McDonald, The Guardian UK 19th February 2013 Updated 25th February 2013 Taoiseach Enda Kenny forced into finally saying sorry for the hurt and trauma caused to up to 10,000 Magdalene women more ... |
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Irish PM apologises to women incarcerated in Magdalene laundriesThe Australian 20th February 2013 Updated 25th February 2013 IRELAND ignored the mistreatment of thousands of women who were incarcerated within Catholic nun operated laundries and must pay the survivors compensation, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said in an emotional state apology for the decades of abuses in the so called Magdalene Laundries. more ... |
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The truth about sex abuse Barney Zwartz, The Age 31st January 2013 Updated 25th February 2013 Australia now has two inquiries into the sexual abuse of children by clergy. Will they be the circuit breaker that triggers the changes so many Catholics want or will the church retreat behind a wall of obstruction and concealment? more ... |
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A very Irish sort of hell The Age 5th April 2003 Mary Norris lived in one of the barbaric Magdalene laundries, a place for immoral Irish girls, and now the subject of a film. She tells Angela Lambert reality was a thousand times worse than the film. more ... |
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Historical Articles - Posted 25/02/2013 |
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Insight into child migrant experience Allison Jess, ABC Goulburn Murray 22nd February 2013 Updated 25th February 2013 So many were sold the same stories of Australia; that it was oranges and sunshine, kangaroos, riding horses and picking fruit off trees... And then that shock of arriving and realising that none of that was going to happen and that you were sent off to a remote institution to become a farmer or a farmers wife. more ... |
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Man jailed for orphanage child sex crimes ABC News 22nd February 2013 22nd February 2013 A 73 year old Sydney man has been jailed over a series of child sex offences, with the first dating back more than 50 years. more ... |
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A plaything for the priests Barney Zwartz, The Age 16th February 2013 Updated 18th February 2013 MAX Johnson spent his childhood moving from orphanage to orphanage, but the worst was the last, Morning Star in Mount Eliza, where he was raped repeatedly as a plaything - one of many - for some of the Franciscans who ran it. more ... |
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Priest blasts church's response to child abuse Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 16th February 2013 Updated 18th February 2013 THE first practising priest to address Victorias child abuse inquiry has accused the Catholic church of a culture of denial that betrayed the institution as well as victims. more ... |
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Church has culture of abuse denial: priest SBS World News 15th February 2013 Updated 18th February 2013 A priest has told a Victorian inquiry there is extraordinary denial within the Catholic Church hierarchy about sexual abuse. more ... |
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Church has culture of abuse denial: priest Patrick Caruana, Herald Sun 15th February 2013 Updated 15th February 2013 A CATHOLIC priest says the church has a culture of denial and asset protection in dealing with victims of sexual abuse. more ... |
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Church's abuse response heartless, says priest Barney Zwartz, The Age 15th February 2013 Updated 15th February 2013 One of Victorias most senior Catholic priests says the churchs abuse procedures have failed and must be closed down. more ... |
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Priest tells abuse inquiry that church needs to change Danny Lannen, The Geelong Advertiser 15th February 2013 Updated 15th February 2013 GEELONG parish priest Fr Kevin Dillon has told a parliamentary inquiry into institutional abuse the Catholic Church needs to lose its arrogance dealing with victims. more ... |
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Victorian sex abuse inquiry granted extension Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 15th February 2013 Updated 15th February 2013 VICTORIAS sex abuse inquiry has been extended to September, despite the looming federal royal commission, with inquiry head Georgie Crozier saying the probe is making significant progress. more ... |
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Sex abuse inquiry gets deadline extension ABC News 15th February 2013 Updated 15th February 2013 A Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sexual abuse has been granted an extension due to the number of victims who have come forward. more ... |
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Clergy sex abuse survivors to give evidence, priest to speak at inquiry Tom McIlroy, The Ballarat Courier 15th February 2013 Updated 15th February 2013 REPRESENTATIVES of more than 30 survivors of clergy sexual abuse will give evidence to a Victorian inquiry when it returns to Ballarat on February 28. more ... |
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Senior church figures ordered to attend sex abuse inquiry Paul Dibby, The Sydney Morning Herald 13th February 2013 Updated 14th February 2013 The Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, is among a number of senior church figures who have been ordered to appear at the NSW Commission of Inquiry into the alleged cover up of child sex abuse by the Catholic Church in the Maitland Newcastle region. more ... |
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Sex abuse victims giving evidence at Royal Commission can remain anonymous Jessica Marszalek, The Daily Telegraph 13th February 2013 Updated 13th February 2013 THOSE giving personal stories of child sex abuse to the Royal Commission will be allowed to remain anonymous in private sessions. more ... |
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Historical article about a notorious pedophile transferred to other states First published in August 2005 The following are articles from various sources about a notorious pedophile who was transferred from WA to VIC under a parole transfer scheme. more ... |
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Former priests front court of child sex counts Mark Russell, The Age 8th February 2013 Updated 11th February 2013 Two former priests - the first people to be charged by a new police taskforce investigating allegations raised at the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse - have appeared in court. more ... |
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Abbott gave reference for priest later struck off The Financial Review 8th February 2013 11th February 2013 Tony Abbott first met John Nestor at the St Patricks seminary in Manly in 1984, when they were training for the Catholic priesthood. more ... |
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16 years jail for worst paedophile Christiana Jones, The Weekend West Australian 2nd February 2013 Updated 11th February 2013 Almost 50 years after committing some of the worst sex crimes against children in WA, a 73 year old self-confessed paedophile was finally jailed yesterday 0 for 16 years amid tears and cheers from his victims. more ... |
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Taskforce Sano makes another arrest ABC News 7th February 2013 Updated 8th February 2013 A Burwood man has been charged with sexual abuse dating back to the 1970s. more ... |
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First arrests in church sex probe Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 7th February 2013 8th February 2013 A VICTORIAN police taskforce set up to deal with allegations of child sexual abuse by clergy has made its first arrests. more ... |
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Tony Abbott vouched for Catholic priest later struck off by Vatican The Daily Telegraph 6th February 2013 Updated 7th February 2013 OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott vouched in court for the good character of a Catholic priest later struck off the clergy list by the Vatican following a child abuse case. more ... |
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Survivor claims boys disappearedDanny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser 6th February 2013 Updated 6th February 2013 AN abuse survivor who lives in Geelong remains haunted by the mystery disappearances of fellow state wards in his time at the former Bayswater Boys Home in eastern Melbourne. more ... |
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First arrests by sex crime taskforce Nino Bucci, The Age 6th February 2013 6th February 2013 Two elderly men have been charged with child sex offences after an investigation by a newly-established Victoria Police taskforce. more ... |
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Two arrested by Taskforce Sano Natalie Webster, Victoria Police 6th February 2013 Updated 6th February 2013 Detectives from Taskforce Sano and Fawkner Sex Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team today arrested two men in relation to an ongoing investigation into the sexual abuse of children. more ... |
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Claims that children killed at Salvo home Melissa Iaria, The Australian 4th February 2013 5th February 2013 POLICE should reopen an investigation to look for the bodies of children who allegedly disappeared after being badly beaten at a Salvation Army childrens home in Melbourne decades ago, an abuse survivor says. more ... |
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Search boys' homes for corpses: ex ward Barney Zwartz, The Age 5th Februrary 2013 5th February 2013 POLICE should revisit the grounds of Salvation Army orphanages with ground-thermal imaging and cadaver dogs to look for corpses of boys beaten to death, a former ward of state told the Victorian inquiry into clergy sex abuse on Monday. more ... |
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Parliamentary inquiry witness says Salvos flogged boysMitchell Toy, Herald Sun 5th February 2013 5th Februrary 2013 BOYS were beaten with barbed wire whips and nail studded sticks at Salvation Army homes in the 1960s, a former resident told a parliamentary inquiry yesterday. more ... |
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Paedophile jailed 50 years after crimes Christiana Jones, The West Australian 1st February 2013 4th February 2013 Fifty years after preying on young children, including his own, a 73 year old man has been jailed for 16 years, prompting tears and jubilation from his victims. more ... |
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Institutional child abuse: Brightons house of horrors Save Teresa Murphy, Bayside Review Local 29th January 2013 4th February 2013 AMELIA SMITH endured 10 years of sexual abuse and incomprehensible brutality at the Melbourne Orphanage in Brighton ... then her baby was stolen. more ... |
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Stories sought about child abuse victimsAlex McConachie, The Daily Advertiser 25th January 2013 Updated 25th January 2013 CARE Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) co-founder Leonie Sheedy has visited the Riverina this week searching for stories of those affected by child abuse in orphanages and foster homes. more ... |
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PM: We want your voice to be heard - Abuse victims get day in court Margaret Linley, Geelong Advertiser 12th January 2013 Updated 12th January 2013 Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday announced the appointment of NSW Supreme Court judge Peter McClellan to lead the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse. more ... |
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Man pleads guilty to decades old child sexual abuseABC News 18th January 2013 Updated 21st January 2013 A 73-year-old man will be sentenced next month for sexually abusing six children, including four of his own. Sincere thank you to CLAN member Cheryle Warner for having the courage to go forward to the WA police about her abuse. more ... |
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Huge task facing Royal Commission: McClellan Harriet Alexander, Sydney Morning Herald 16th January 2013 Updated 17th January 2013 The head of the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has described the task facing the body as huge after the six commissioners met for the first time in Sydney on Wednesday. more ... |
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No hiding behind payouts for abuse: inquiry chiefMilanda Rout and Rick Morton, The Australian 17th January 2013 Updated 17th January 2013 THE head of Julia Gillards royal commission into child sex abuse has issued a fiery opening warning to churches, state governments and other institutions that he will not let them hide behind confidentiality agreements with their victims. more ... |
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Sex abuse inquiry facing huge task Harriet Alexander, The Age 17th January 2013 Updated 17th January 2013 THE head of the royal commission into child sexual abuse has described the task facing the body as huge after the six commissioners met for the first time in Sydney on Wednesday. more ... |
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Child abuse inquiry criticised Bianca Hall and Jane Lee, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald/Canberra Times 16th January 2013 Updated 16th January 2013 Churches and charities should pay compensation directly to survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and the terms of reference should be broadened, says the chief executive of the group of those formerly in child institutions. more ... |
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Compo for abuse to end soon Dinah Arndt, The Examiner 5th January 2013 16th January 2013 A landmark compensation scheme set up for Tasmanians who were abused while in state care will close next month. more ... |
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Calling for a Royal Commission Leonie Sheedy, ABC 4 Corners 18th August 2003 15th January 2013 CLAN co-founder and Executive Officer called for a Royal Commission several years and wrote a letter to ABCs 4 Corners back in August 2003. Click on to read the comments. more ... |
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Letters to Newspapers - Posted 15/01/2013 |
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Sweeping powers for abuse inquiry David Crowe, The Australian 12th January 2013 15th January 2013 SWEEPING legal powers have been granted to the royal commission into child sexual abuse, in a move to hear from as many victims as possible, despite victims' concerns about waiving confidentiality deeds on events dating back decades. more ... |
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Abuse inquiry prepares for a mammoth challenge The Australian 12th January 2013 15th January 2013 ON paper, the Gillard government appears to have set down sensible terms of reference for its royal commission into child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Churches and victims give inquiry support Milanda Rout, The Australian 12th January 2013 15th January 2013 SIX days after Julia Gillard announced her sweeping - and rather ill-defined - royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse last November, law firms started circling victims for potential clients. more ... |
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Catholic commission set up to advise on sex abuse Barney Zwartz, The Age 13th December 2012 Updated 13th December 2012 THE Catholic Church has set up a new Truth, Justice and Healing Commission to advise its bishops and run its dealings with the forthcoming royal commission on child sex abuse. more ... |
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Victims may need support to testify at child sex abuse inquiry Milanda Rout and David Crowe, The Australian 15th January 2013 Updated 15th January 2013 AUSTRALIAS peak legal body says it is not clea whether the royal commission into child sexual abuse has the power to override confidentiality agreements, despite assurances from the Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, that all survivors can be heard. more ... |
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Gillard meets with child sex abuse victims ABC News 13th January 2013 13th January 2013 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hosted a morning tea for victims of child sexual abuse, a day after announcing the terms of reference for the royal commission into the issue. more ... |
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The hell houseMark Russell and Jared Lynch, The Age 13th January 2013 Updated 13th January 2013 This country mansion seemingly offered an idyllic setting to educate Catholic boys, but behind closed doors, Rupertswood was anything but peaceful. more ... |
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Victims groups embrace framework Lauren Wilson and Rick Morton, The Australian 12th January 2013 Updated 12th January 2013 Click on the link to view a PDF copy with information of the Royal Commission regarding what it will investigate and cover and the 6 commissioners. |
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PM Julia Gillard announces terms of reference for royal commission on child abuse AAP 11th January 2013 Updated 11th January 2013 NSW Supreme Court judge Peter McClellan has been appointed to head a royal commission into child sexual abuse more ... |
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Unit to target child sex abusers Bianca Hall, The Age 11th January 2013 Updated 11th January 2013 An investigative unit designed to prosecute sex offenders will be established as part of the royal commission on the sexual abuse of children due to begin later this year. more ... |
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Priest allegedly indecently assaulted two boys on eight separate occasions Rick Morton, The Australian 11th January 2013 Updated 11th January 2013 A RETIRED Catholic priest has been charged with eight counts of indecently assaulting two boys in the 1960s in a police investigation that has already charged six other priests with child sexual offences in the Hunter Valley region of NSW. more ... |
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Royal Commission to get special abuse unit Anna Henderson, ABC News 11th January 2013 11th January 2013 The Federal Government has announced plans for a special unit to investigate child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Too many blind to vile crime of child sex abuse: PM Judith Ireland and Bianca Hall, The Age 11th January 2013 Updated 11th January 2013 Prime Minister Julia Gillard said too many people have turned a blind eye to the shocking crime of child sexual abuse, as she announced the terms of reference for the royal commission in Sydney on Friday. more ... |
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Wide-ranging powers for sex abuse commission Steve Lewis, The Advertiser 11th January 2013 Updated 11th January 2013 THE most comprehensive investigation ever into child abuse in Australia will be headed by a NSW Supreme Court judge and is expected to take evidence from overseas witnesses. more ... |
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Retired priest on charge of hiding sex crimes Joanne McCarthy, Sydney Morning Herald 5th January 2013 Updated 5th January 2013 A PRIEST from the Hunter Valley who retired more than 15 years ago has become the second Catholic priest in Australia charged with concealing child sex crimes. more ... |
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Priest wants families probed in child sexual abuse inquiry Toni Mcrae, Fraser Coast Chronicle 29th December 2012 Updated 29th December 2012 THE head of the largest Catholic congregation on the Fraser Coast has cautioned people against believing the Royal Commission into child sex abuse was going to end the brutalisation of minors. more ... |
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Gag orders could hamper abuse royal commission Tom Nightingale, ABC 29th December 2012 Updated 29th December 2012 Support groups have warned that the upcoming Royal Commission into child sexual abuse could be held back by legal gag orders. more ... |
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Cardinal says sorry to victims of abuse Sky News 24th December 2012 Updated 24th December 2012 Australias most senior Catholic has apologised to those who have suffered at the hands of priests and religious teachers. more ... |
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Submissions made for child sex abuse royal commission terms News Mail 21st December 2012 Updated 21st December 2012 MORE than 800 individuals and groups have made submissions as the Federal Government continues work on the make up and terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. more ... |
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Royal commission: A lifetimes wait for redressMelissa Cunningham, Brimbank Weekly 20th November 2012 20th November 2012 A ST ALBANS resident who endured years of abuse in children's homes in the 1950s has welcomed the royal commission into institutional abuse. more ... |
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Long History of suffering at Ballarat Orphanage Tom McIlroy, The Courier 16th December 2012 Updated 18th December 2012 MORE than 25 children aged between two and 15 died as a result of abuse or neglect at the former Ballarat Orphanage, an inquiry will hear today. more ... |
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Cash must be part of abuse compo: inquiry Genevieve Gannon, The Australian 17th December 2012 Updated 18th December 2012 VICTIMS of institutional abuse must be financially compensated as part of a broader acknowledgment of wrongdoing, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. more ... |
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Reports of rape will air Danny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser 17th December 2012 Updated 18th December 2012 ACCOUNTS of beatings and sexual assaults from Geelong orphanages will be part of a submission to the Victorian Government's inquiry on handling of institutional child abuse today. more ... |
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Prison better than homes: abused boys Barney Zwartz, The Age 17th December 2012 Updated 18th December 2012 Boys from Victorian orphanages who later ended in up prison said that was not nearly as bad as the boys' homes, the state inquiry into how the churches handled sex abuse heard on Monday. more ... |
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Paedophile ring 'lent out boys' Barney Zwartz, The Age 18th December 2012 Updated 18th December 2012 BAYSWATER Boys' Home was a paedophiles' paradise, with several unexplained deaths and missing boys, and others lent to outside paedophiles, a leading abuse lawyer said on Monday. more ... |
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Salvos showed overt hostility to victims Pia Akerman, The Australian 18th December 2012 18th December 2012 THE Salvation Army has been accused of responding with overt hostility to people who were sexually abused as children within its care. more ... |
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'Strong messages' sent by 720 responses to royal commission APN Newsdesk, Fraser Coast Chronicle 28th November 2012 Updated 17th December 2012 THE royal commission into child sex abuse needs as much time as necessary to get it right, the Federal Government has been told. more ... |
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Call for Royal Commission scope to widen, to consider plight of orphaned children Simon Lauder, ABC Radio 17th December 2012 Updated 17th December 2012 The Care Leavers of Australia Network says the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse wont be good enough unless its widened to investigate all forms of child abuse. more ... |
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Australian commission to investigate child sex abuse allegations Stephen Crittenden, National Catholic Reporter 5th December 2012 Updated 14th December Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Nov. 12 that a national royal commission would investigate institutional responses to allegations of child sexual abuse in Australia. more ... |
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Response to abuse has been slow, stymied by Vatican Chris McGillion, National Catholic Reporter 5th December 2012 Updated 14th December 2012 The Catholic church in Australia is about to be put under the spotlight of the most sweeping inquiry into child sexual abuse ever conducted in this country. more ... |
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Ballarat Diocese prepares its records ahead of sex abuse inquiry Tom McIlroy, The Courier 5th December 2012 Updated 14th December 2012 BALLARATS Catholic Bishop Paul Bird has welcomed tomorrow’s sitting of a Victorian parliamentary inquiry into institutional child sexual abuse and said he was committed to improved safety standards. more ... |
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Don't bar offenders' stories of abuse Meg Perkins, the Courier Mail 30th November 2012 Updated 14th December 2012 THE royal commission into child sexual abuse will miss very important evidence if it does not include a mechanism for convicted offenders, especially those in prison, to tell their stories. more ... |
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Child Migrants Trust UK Office Relocation Child Migrants Trust, www.childmigrantstrust.com 6th December 2012 Updated 12th December 2012 The UK office of the Child Migrants Trust is moving to larger premises. more ... |
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Sex abuse inquiry could cost Govt $2b: PremierABC News, ABC News 8th December 2012 Updated 12th December 2012 The West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the Royal Commission into child sex abuse could cost the Federal Government more than $2billion. more ... |
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Can the Trauma of Child Sexual Abuse Ever be Healed? Elizabeth Tucker, Pedestrian 6th December 2012 Updated 12th December 2012 Last month the Prime Minister announced that she would be recommending a Royal Commission to the Governor-General that will be investigating institutional responses to instances and allegations of child sexual abuse. more ... |
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First regional hearings into child sex abuse Tom McIlroy, Great Lakes Advocate 7th December 2012 Updated 12th December 2012 More than seven months after it was established, Victoria’s parliamentary inquiry into child sexual abuse by members of religious organisations will hold its first regional hearings in Ballarat today. more ... |
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Catholic commission to advise on child sex abuse Barney Zwartz, The Age 12th December 2012 12th December 2012 The Catholic Church has set up a new Truth, Justice and Healing Commission to advise its bishops and run its dealings with the forthcoming royal commission on child sex abuse. more ... |
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Submissions to abuse inquiry call for multiple commissioners Judith Ireland, The Age 28th November 2012 Updated 10th December 2012 The federal government says there has been an overwhelming response to its call for feedback about the arrangements for the royal commission on child abuse. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and Families Minister Jenny Macklin said on Wednesday that more than 720 individuals and organisations had been in contact about the terms of reference. more ... |
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Biggest moments of 2012 #12. Fox rocks churchAnthony Sharwood, News.com.au 5th December 2012 Updated 10th December 2012 WHAT HAPPENED He'd had enough. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox of the NSW Police had investigated too many cases of child sex abuse over the length of his career to keep silent any longer. more ... |
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Abuse inquiries prompt spike in counsellor calls ABC News, ABC News 7th December 2012 Updated 10th December 2012 Hunter Valley telephone counsellors are dealing with an increase in people disclosing child sex abuse, stemming from the announcement of State and Federal inquiries. more ... |
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Scrap time limits on child sex abuse cases, urges head of bishops Peter Munro, Sydney Morning Herald 27th November 2012 Updated 6th December 2012 THE head of Australia's Catholic bishops says alleged child sexual abuse offenders, including members of the clergy, should be barred from using statutory limitation restrictions to escape justice for their victims. more ... |
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The fight goes on for Forgotten Australians Admin, The West Australian 12th November 2012 Updated 6th December 2012 On the third anniversary of the national apology to the Forgotten Australians, justice is still being pursued by many of them and the organisations that support them. more ... |
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Australias own Oranges and Sunshine victims remain forgottenWoolly Days, Woolly Days 1st September 2011 Updated 3rd December 2012 I saw the Jim Loach film Oranges and Sunshine last week. The film tells the moving story of the forced migration of children from the UK, a paternalistic government program from the 1940s to the 1960s that saw 130,000 children removed to Commonwealth countries, mostly to Australia. more ... |
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Police launch sex abuse taskforce Rachel Wells, The Age 30th November 2012 Updated 3rd December 2012 Victoria Police announced on Friday it has launched a new taskforce to investigate new and historical allegations of child sexual abuse that have emanated from the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into child sex abuse. more ... |
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CLAN's response to the Royal Commission Consultation Paper CLAN, CLAN 28th November 2012 Updated 29th November 2012 |
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720 Public consultation contributions received Joint Media Release from Minister for Families and Community Hon. Jenny Macklin and Attorney General Nicola Roxon MP, 28th November 2012 More than 720 individuals and organisations have provided input to the Government to assist with the establishment of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses of Child Sexual Abuse. more ... |
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For victim of abuse, moment of truth arrives Stephanie Zevenbergen, Sunbury & Macedon Ranges Weekly 20th November 2012 Updated 28th November 2012 A HUME resident who endured 15 years in state care has welcomed the federal governments announcement of a royal commission into child abuse more ... |
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Abuse survivors flood helplines Jill Stark, Sydney Morning Herald 24th November 2012 Updated 27th November 2012 Suicide helplines, psychologists and victim support groups are struggling to keep up with a surge in demand for counselling, as the royal commission into child sexual abuse triggers renewed trauma for survivors. more ... |
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Speech from CLAN Patron Former Sen. Andrew Murray 19th June 2002 Parliament House, Canberra more ... |
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Ward records in rat-infested storage Belinda Merhab, The Courier Mail 02 March 2012 Updated 27th November 2012 HUNDREDS of thousands of boxes containing historical records about former wards of the state, including sex assault allegations, are being held in rat-infested, flooded storage facilities, the Victorian Ombudsman has found. more ... |
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Royal Commission: Inquiry spells end to fairytales Andrea Cozza and Melissa Cunningham, The Melton Weekly 20th November 2012 Updated 27th November 2012 A ROCKBANK woman who suffered years of abuse in an orphanage has welcomed the federal royal commission into institutional abuse. more ... |
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Trial on child sex charges Karen Matthews, The Geelong Advertisers , 27th November 2012 A FORMER Colac man has been committed to stand trial on child sex charges alleged to have occurred at the former St Cuthberts Childrens Home, Colac, in the 1970s. more ... |
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The impact of the sex abuse Royal Commission on rural Australia Jessica Swann, ABC Rural 21st November 2012 Updated 26th November 2012 In rural Australia the Church still plays an important role in bringing the community together, but when the Church is under intense scrutiny, rural parishioners question their faith in God and in the Catholic Church. more ... |
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A Message from Jenny Macklin - Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse Press Release from Hon. Jenny Macklin 21st November 2012 Updated 26th November 2012 The Hon. Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, sent out the following e-mail on 17th November: more ... |
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Help lines swamped by calls from abuse victims Margaret Paul, ABC News 24th November 2012 Updated 26th November 2012 Support groups say they have been overwhelmed with phone calls from sexual assault victims since a royal commission into institutional abuse was announced more than a week ago. more ... |
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Having lived through hell I hope true light is now about to shine Tommy Campion, The Telegraph 15th November 2012 updated 26 November 2012 WHEN I saw Prime Minister Julia Gillard on TV announcing there would be a royal commission into child abuse in churches and other institutions I was overwhelmed. more ... |
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Cracking the vows of silenceRick Feneley, Paul Bibby, Barney Zwartz and Jane Lee, Sydney Morning Herald 17th November 2012 Updated 26th November 2012 Members of the small parish were furious. Word had gone around that money from the Christmas collection had been used to help pay the legal costs of a local priest accused of repeatedly raping an altar boy. It was December 2004. more ... |
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Orphange cruelty: Where smiling was bannedHoward Jones, The Border Mail 17th November 2012 Updated 26th November 2012 MAUREEN Cuskelly remembers being forbidden to smile when she was in an orphanage in her teens. more ... |
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CLAN volunteer get special reward for effortThe Torch 21st November 2012 Updated 26th November 2012 Every week Geoff Meyers drives the 75km from his Wollongong home to do odd jobs around the Bankstown office of Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN). more ... |
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Records to be kept Herald Sun 25th November 2012 Updated 25th November 2012 The nations record keeper will prevent the disposal of the government agency records that might be relevant to the royal commission into sex abuse. more ... |
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Joy at abuse probe - No hiding for guilty Mick Roberts, The Torch Bankstown 21st November 2012 Updated 21st November 2012 Bankstowns community leaders have welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillards announcement of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to instances of child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Victims to be able to sue church Phillip Coorey and Jacqueline Maley, Sydney Morning Herald 20th November 2012 Updated 20th November 2012 VICTIMS of sexual abuse would be able to sue the Catholic Church for compensation as a result of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Child Sexual Abuse, legal experts say. more ... |
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Stories of lost childhoods permanently recorded on third anniversary of Apology Joint media release - Brendan O Connor MP - Acting Minister for Families, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs with Sen. Claire Moore - QLD, 16th November 2012 Updated 20th November 2012 From today, a comprehensive record of personal stories from more than 200 Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants will have a permanent place in the National Library of Australia. more ... |
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Church welcomes abuse inquiry Antony Dubber, Goulburn Post 16th November 2012 Updated 20th November 2012 THE Administrator of the Canberra/Goulburn Catholic Archdiocese has come out in support of a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Archbishop: I wont breach confession Andrew Tillett, The West Australian 17th November 2012 Updated 20th November 2012 The head of the Catholic Church in Perth warns that forcing priests to report sex offenders could be counterproductive and still put children at risk. more ... |
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Victims must come forward to give evidence says ABC broadcaster Andrew O Connor, 7.30 WA 16th November 2012 Updated 20th November 2012 ABC broadcaster Eoin Cameron, a victim of abuse at a Catholic institution, says its crucial others should come forward to reveal the true extent of child abuse. more ... |
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Multi Media - Posted 20/11/2012 |
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In the shadow of evil Catherine Masters and Greg Ansley, New Zealand Herald 17th November 2012 Updated 19th November 2012 The Catholic church in Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, is like many in small-town New Zealand - a picture of safety and innocence. more ... |
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Our fight for truth to set them free Mandy Squires, Geelong Advertiser 17th November 2012 THESE are the words of Geelongs outspoken Catholic priest, Father Kevin Dillon, in response to news this week of a royal commission into institutional abuse. more ... |
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Commission should review all forms of abuse ABC News 14th November 2012 Updated 14th November 2012 The ACT Public Advocate says the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into sexual abuse should be broadened to include emotional abuse. more ... |
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Baillieu earns some credit over the child sex scandal Opinion piece from Josh Gordon, Brisbane Times 15th November 2012 Updated 16th November 2012 It was the Victorian decision that finally got the ball rolling. more ... |
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Priests should report abuse confessions: O Farrell Lexi Metherell, ABC News 14th November 2012 Updated 16th November 2012 The New South Wales Premier Barry O Farrell says priests need to be subject to mandatory reporting laws just like doctors and teachers and they must be made to disclose crimes revealed to them in the confessional. more ... |
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Royal commission to consider confessional seal Simon Cullen, ABC News 14th November 2012 Updated 16th November 2012 The royal commission into child sex abuse is likely to consider whether Catholic priests should be forced to tell police about crimes against children told to them in the confessional. more ... |
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A Royal Commission into child abuse: how do we measure its effectiveness or success? Jane Wangmann, The Conversation 15th November 2012 Updated 16th November 2012 Since Mondays announcement of the creation of a Royal Commission into institutional child abuse there has been some discussion about what this might achieve. more ... |
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Abuse victims from orphanages and foster care to seek compensation through Timothy McDonald, ABC News ABC AM Radio 15th November 2012 Updated 16th November 2012 The Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse may have been sparked by incidents within the Catholic Church, but theyre not the only organisation that will be subject to scrutiny. more ... |
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Commission will take years, regular reporting and many commissioners: Roxon Sabra Lane, ABC AM 14th November 2012 Updated 15th November 2012 The Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon is consulting with her state counterparts, deciding the scope and scale of the Royal Commission into child abuse. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 15/11/2012 |
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A chance to clear the air Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 14th November 2012 14th November 2012 WHEN Leonie Sheedys phone rang, it was a staff member in the office of federal Families and Community Services Minister Jenny Macklin. more ... |
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State-care victims to come forwardJane Lee, The Age 14th November 2012 14th November 2012 THE royal commission on child abuse will expose hundreds more victims who have been attacked in state care to the present day, victims advocates say. more ... |
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PM announces child abuse royal commission Katina Curtis, The Australian 12th November 2012 Updated 13th November 2012 PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has made the call for a royal commission to uncover the truth into child sexual abuse but its scope will move beyond the Catholic church and target all institutions. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 13/11/2012 |
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Unreported deaths linked to paedophile brotherhood Rory Callinan, Sydney Morning Herald 9th November 2012 12th November 2012 A GROUP of religious brothers led by an alpha paedophile are suspected of the unreported bashing deaths of two boys and the sexual abuse of more than 40 wards of the state and others at homes for the mentally impaired over three decades in Victoria, an inquiry into child abuse is expected to be told on Friday. more ... |
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Premier orders inquiry into church child sex cover-upJosephine Tovey and Sean Nicholls, Sydney Morning Herald 9th November 2012 12th November 2012 The senior police officer alleging widespread cover-ups by the Catholic church over child sexual abuse has labelled the response by the state government as a slap in the face for victims. more ... |
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Cops own sex abuse case delayed: priest The Daily Telegraph 10th November 2012 12th November 2012 A SENIOR NSW police officer who reported being sexually abused by clergy has been waiting more than a year for police to take action, a former Catholic priest says. more ... |
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Chair defends legal powers amid calls for a royal commission Thom Mcilroy, The Courier 9th November 2012 12th November 2012 The chair of the Victorian parliamentary inquiry yesterday defended its terms of reference and legal powers amid growing calls for a national royal commission into child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Ballarats forgotten war orphans remembered with new avenueJordan Oliver, The Courier 9th November 2012 12th November 2012 A forgotten war memorial for Ballarats orphan soliders has finally received the recognition it deserves. Read on for CLANs letter to this article more ... |
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Victorian inquiry seeks access to Catholic abuse files Simon Lauder, ABC News - PM with Mark Colvin 9th November 2012 12th November 2012 A Victorian parliamentary inquiry is seeking access to the Catholic Churchs own files on hundreds of cases of sexual abuse. The inquiry can compel the church to produce the documents if it doesnt comply. Today the inquiry heard more shocking allegations about the extent of abuse. more ... |
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Foster care adults call for royal commission into orphan abuse 4ZZZFM 22nd October 2012 12th November 2012 The Federal Government is reportedly considering holding a royal commission into orphans who were abused in state care, after an advocacy group for adults raised in foster care petitioned the Prime Minister for an inquiry into the matter. more ... |
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Police attack churchs handling of abuse complaints Peta Carlyon, ABC Ballarat 30th October 2012 12th November 2012 A senior Victorian police officer has given damning evidence about the Catholic Churchs handling of alleged cases of child abuse within its ranks. more ... |
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Catholic order had pedophile ring in VIC Belinda Merhab, Brisbane Times 9th November 2012 12th November 2012 A pedophile ring within a Catholic religious order in Victoria subjected boys as young as seven to pack rapes and severe beatings and covered up two killings, a victims advocate claims. more ... |
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Calls to widen clergy inquiry across stateSean Nicholls and Josephine Tovey, Sydney Morning Herald 10th November 2012 12th November 2012 A SPECIAL commission of inquiry with the powers of a royal commission will examine claims of interference in police investigations of alleged paedophile priests in the Hunter region and could lead to a state-wide examination of clergy child sex abuse. more ... |
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Inquiry to see list of paedophile priests The Telegraph 12th November 2012 12th November 2012 A VICTIMS group will present to the Victorian government inquiry into sex abuse by priests a list of 18 convicted paedophile priests who were moved from parish to parish or further away, where they continued offending. more ... |
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Greens back national church child sex abuse inquiry The Telegraph 11th November 2012 12th November 2012 THE Australian Greens have joined a growing chorus demanding a royal commission be set up to investigate claims of child abuse in the Catholic Church. more ... |
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Psychologist feared pedophiles held power Channel Nine News 12th November 2012 Updated 12th November 2012 A psychologist who met dozens of child abuse victims claims three quarters of the Brothers from the St John of God order were suspected to be involved in the scandal. more ... |
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Church sex victims want investigation Ian Kirkwood, Newcastle Herald 12th November 2012 Updated 12th November 2012 A PLANE flying over Lower Hunter skies yesterday towing a banner saying Royal Commission now spoke volumes for victims of Catholic paedophile priests. more ... |
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Greens back national church sex inquiry SBS World News 11th November 2012 12th November 2012 The Australian Greens have backed calls for a national royal commission into allegations of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. more ... |
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Group says Australian priests abused boys UPI.com 8th November 2012 12th November 2012 Australian police are investigating a group of priests who ran an orphanage for young boys and are suspected of alleged sexual abuse of the children. more ... |
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Letter to the Editor: Put research online The Age 10th November 2012 Updated 12th November 2012 CARE Leavers Australia Network, the national support and advocacy network for people who were in orphanages and children's homes, recently provided research to the Victorian inquiry into the Catholic Church. The research, from the Victoria Police Gazettes, shows children who absconded from Victorian institutions. Over a nine-year period, 1528 Victorian children ran away from church, charity and government homes. Most were in government-run orphanages like Turana, Royal Park Depot and Winlaton. more ... |
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Letters to Newspapers - Posted 12/11/2012 |
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Forced Adoption Apology Information Read on for information on how to obtain a copy of the forced adoption apology DVD from the different states. more ... |
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Multi Media - Posted 12/11/2012 |
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The fight goes on for Forgotten Australians CLAN Patron Steve Irons MP, 12th November 2012 Updated 12th November 2012 On the third anniversary of the national apology to the Forgotten Australians, justice is still being pursued by many of them and the organisations that support them. more ... |
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CLAN News Flash - Posted 12/11/2012 |
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Pressure mounts for Royal Commission into sex abuse within the Catholic Church Ken McGregor, The Telegraph 12th November 2012 12th November 2012 FEDERAL Labor backbenchers have joined independent MPs and the Greens to call on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to establish a royal commission into child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. more ... |
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Brothers pack raped boys Rory Callinan, The Age 9th November 2012 Updated 9th November 2012 A GROUP of 15 religious brothers led by an alpha paedophile is suspected of the unreported deaths of two boys and the sexual abuse of more than 40 others. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 09/11/2012 |
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NSW Premier pressed for abuse inquiry Sky News 9th November 2012 9th November 2012 A senior police investigator has publicly challenged NSW Premier Barry to launch a royal commission into child sex abuse by clergy, saying the premier is lucky his own children havent become victims too. more ... |
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Detective challenges O'Farrell over Catholic abuse claims Suzanne Smith, ABC News 9th November 2012 Updated 9th November 2012 A senior serving police officer has challenged New South Wales Premier Barry O Farrell to set up a Royal Commission into sex abuse in the Catholic Church, alleging the Church hierarchy covers up for paedophile priests, silences investigations, and destroys crucial evidence to avoid prosecutions. more ... |
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Abuse inquiry effectiveness queried Jane Lee, The Age 6th November 2012 Updated 6th November 2012 MOST of the evidence given to a state inquiry into child abuse has not been published more than a month after the deadline for submissions closed. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 07/11/2012 |
OPINION: Clergy abuse inquiry shockingly shallowBarney Zwartz, The Age 7th November 2012 7th November 2012 IT SEEMS the parliamentary inquiry into the churches handling of clergy sex abuse has learnt at least one thing from submissions about the Catholic Church: how to operate in as much secrecy as it can manage while apparently doing the minimum it can get away with. more ... |
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Tears and relief after adoption apology Danielle McKay, ABC News 19th October 2012 Updated 6th November 2012 Tasmanian women who suffered under forced adoption policies say a formal apology will allow more healing. more ... |
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Govt considers Royal Commission into abuseSally McGlew, Hills Gazette 5th November 2012 Updated 6th November 2012 more ... |
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Child protection inquiry's examination of Heiner Affair likely to call Kevin Rudd, Wayne Goss as witnesses Michael Madigan, Courier Mail 1st November 2012 2nd November 2012 FORMER Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may join old colleagues from the Goss Government on the witness stand over the summer break as one of Queenslands most enduring conspiracy theories - the Heiner Affair - gets another examination. more ... |
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Orphanage disgrace Sally McGlew, Canning Times 30th October 2012 31st October 2012 PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has given hope to orphans abused in state care in Western Australia. more ... |
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Ex police investigators could hinder healing process Jane Lee, The Age 12th October 2012 31st October 2012 THE Catholic church has employed former police officers to investigate child abuse claims, prompting concerns that victims with criminal records may be dissuaded from speaking out. more ... |
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Hope for victims in church abuse inquiry Paul Mulvey, Herald Sun 26th October 2012 Updated 30th October 2012 AS Victorias assistant police commissioner gave condemning evidence against the Catholic Church, sexual abuse victims and their families were brought to tears. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 30/10/2012 |
Support for church sex child abuse royal commissionJoanne McCarthy, Newcastle Herald 30th October 2012 30th October 2012 A VICTORIAN lawyer specialising in child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy has slammed the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse in churches and supported the Heralds Shine the Light campaign for a royal commission. Read on for a comment from CLAN more ... |
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Opinion: Punishment, penance should come via a royal commission Michael Short, The Age 27th October 2012 Updated 29th October 2012 ONE of the most fundamental responsibilities of government is to protect the communitys most vulnerable citizens. Children are achingly vulnerable. They have a right to be able to trust adults who exercise direct institutional power over them. Schools and the church are two of the most powerful institutions. Children are at their mercy. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 29/10/2012 |
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Catholic Churchs claims on child abuse dismissed as laughable Stuart Rintoul, The Australian 19th October 2012 Updated 29th October 2012 LAWYERS at the centre of a class action against the Christian Brothers and Sisters of Mercy religious orders say claims by the Catholic Church that it is committed to facing up to child abuse are laughable. more ... |
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Call for a Royal Commission: Police slam church at abuse inquiry Channel Ten News 19th October 2012 29th October 2012 State inquiry into sexual abuse hears Victoria Police evidence the Catholic Church has been focused on internal church issues such as legal liability and public relations. Click on the link to view the video. more ... |
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One in 20 priests an abuser, inquiry toldBarney Zwartz, The Age 23rd October 2012 Updated 23rd October 2012 AT LEAST one in 20 Catholic priests in Melbourne is a child sex abuser, although the real figure is probably one in 15, the state inquiry into the churches' handling of sex abuse was told yesterday. more ... |
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Orphans heartened by PM vow Pia Akerman, The Australian 22nd October 2012 23rd October 2012 CLAN has bombarded the Prime Minister's office with Royal Commission postcards and the Hon. Jenny Macklin- Families Minister has responded to CLAN. ORPHANS who were abused in state care in Australia have taken heart from a fresh pledge by the Gillard government to consider their calls for a royal commission. more ... |
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CLAN News Flash - Posted 23/10/2012 |
Questions demand royal commissionBarney Zwartz, The Age 20th October 2012 22nd October 2012 AS GEORGIE Crozier MLC stood yesterday to open public proceedings in the state inquiry into church sex abuse, eyes turned to a dignified man in a grey suit in the third row of the gallery - legal adviser Frank Vincent - who many think should have been the one doing the talking. more ... |
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Inquiry into Catholic Church abuse begins Danny Morgan, ABC News 19th October 2012 Updated 19th October 2012 A Victorian parliamentary committee will today hold the first public hearings in a landmark inquiry into child sex abuse within religious organisations. more ... |
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Police scathing of Church's handling of abuse Jane Lee, The Age 19th October 2012 Updated 19th October 2012 Victoria Police says the Catholic Church has exacerbated the scourge of sexual abuse in the community by protecting clergy accused of abuse and not referring victims reports to police. more ... |
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Victoria Police slam Catholic Church over child sex abuse Pia Akerman, The Australian 19th October 2012 Updated 19th October 2012 VICTORIAS deputy police commissioner has accused the Catholic Church of impeding criminal investigation of child sex offences through its lack of cooperation with police. more ... |
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Ex-Catholic priest faces sex crimes charge The Australian 18th October 2012 Updated 18th October 2012 A FORMER priest who the Catholic church sacked in 2005 has been arrested in northern NSW over a number of historic sex offences against young girls. more ... |
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Orphanage museum brings Australian to OwatonnaAshley Stewart, Owatonna Peoples Press 25th August 2012 10th October 2012 For 58 year old Australian Leonie Sheedy, stepping on the grounds of the Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum in Owatonna last weekend provided peace, serenity and a sense of familiarity. This story made the front page of the Owatonna Peoples Press newspaper. There will be a report about this visit in the next newsletter more ... |
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More support for Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants Hon. Jenny Macklin - Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 17th August 2012 A new national network of support services will help Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants access counselling, trace their past and reconnect with family where possible. more ... |
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Is Australian Child Abuse Different? Joanna Penglase and Richard Hil, New Matilda 13th July 2009 Updated 5th October 2012 Australian churches and governments systematically abused the children in their care for decades. Now the time has come to take responsibility, write Richard Hil and Joanna Penglase more ... |
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Abuse inquiry not enough Danny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser 28th September 2012 Updated 2nd October 2012 CARE Leavers Australia Network wants a state inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations to become a prelude to a Royal Commission. more ... |
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Media Release: Time for a conscience vote on a Royal CommissionDavid Shoebridge MLC - A Greens Members of the NSW Upper House, The Greens are calling on all MPs in the NSW Parliament to be given a conscience vote on a motion tabled in the NSW Upper House calling for a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in religious and non religious organisations in NSW. more ... |
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Department goes in pursuit of whistleblowers Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie, The Age 20th September 2012 Updated 24th September 2012 THE Victorian government is spending thousands of dollars hunting whistleblowers behind leaks about the abuse of disabled people in state care, and the alleged cover ups. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 24/09/2012 |
History that cannot be ignoredAntony Dubber, Goulburn Post 21st September 2012 24th September 2012 FORGIVENESS is sometimes a hard thing to do. But this is what had to be done when a museum dedicated to the former Gill Boys Home (belonging to the Salvation Army) was opened on Saturday at the McDermott Centre. more ... |
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Parliament apologises for forced adoptions Josephine Tovey, Sydney Morning Herald 20th September 2012 Updated 20th September 2012 The State Government has this morning said sorry for the trauma, grief and pain caused by so called forced adoptions in this state, in which thousands of babies were removed from women who did not want to give them up, to a mixed reaction from those affected. more ... |
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Australian man searches for Albany rootsEmily Gruenke, Albany Enterprise 29th August 2012 Updated 19th September 2012 Many families in Albany have deep roots here. Generations live within blocks of each other and many work with each other. For one Australian man, his Albany roots exist, but are loosely tied to him by his name. more ... |
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Hundreds attend forum calling for Royal Commission Ian Kirkwood, Newcastle Herald 16th September 2012 Updated 17th September 2012 OVER 400 people attended a forum in Newcastle today calling for a Royal Commission into the Catholic churchs handling of child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Sexual Abuse: The Response of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney , Updated 10th September 2012 The following letter and booklet was sent to all NSW Members of Parliament from the Archdiocese of Sydney summarising the practices and procedures that the Archdiocese of Sydney follows in responding to sexual abuse. Click on the PDF link to view the letter and first page of the booklet |
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Hostel child abuse report to be releasedPerth Now 7th September 2012 Updated 11th September 2012 A REPORT on child abuse at state-run hostels in Western Australia will be released to the public in coming weeks, Premier Colin Barnett says. more ... |
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NSW Government Apology for Forced Adoption 4th September 2012 Updated 10th September 2012 The Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward, today announced that the NSW Government will issue an official apology for past forced adoption practices. Click on the PDF link to view the press release |
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Church receives 1500 complaints of abuse Dan Box, The Australian 3rd September 2012 Updated 4th September 2012 THE Catholic Church has received at least 1500 complaints of abuse by priests across Australia, about a third of which are thought to relate to alleged child abuse. more ... |
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The Forgotten OnesChristine Kenneally, The Monthly August 2012 Half a million Australians lost their childhoods to institutions. Many still dont know why there were there, or who they are. more ... |
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Fight for sexual abuse inquest Priyal Dadhania, Sydney City News 23rd August 2012 23rd August 2012 Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) is fighting for an inquest into sexual abuse inflicted on Care Leavers while in orphanages. more ... |
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Victorian Catholic Church says sorry over child sex abuse Daniel Fogarty, AAP 21st August 2012 Updated 21st August 2012 VICTORIAS most senior Catholics have apologised for the sexual abuse of children under the church's care. more ... |
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Sandras story one of pain, despair and hopeAmy Remeikis, Brisbane Times 19th August 2012 20th August 2012 At 15 years old, Sandra Robinson had escaped from every institution and home the state government had placed her. more ... |
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Wish to see birth parentsEugene Boisvert, Sunraysia Daily 11th August 2012 Updated 14th August 2012 A WOMAN whose birth parents gave her up for adoption in Merbein in the 1950s is keen to get a photograph of them before she dies of cancer. more ... |
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Former judge Frank Vincent joins sex abuse probe Ashley Gardiner, Herald Sun 13th August 2012 Updated 13th August 2012 FORMER Supreme Court judge Frank Vincent has joined the parliamentary investigation into sex abuse as a legal adviser. more ... |
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Abused orphans take fight for justice to UN Reid Sexton and Barney Zwartz, The Age 6th August 2012 6th August 2012 ORPHANS abused in state care in Australia are taking their complaints to the United Nations Committee against Torture, hoping it will recommend better compensation and understanding. more ... |
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CLAN takes its case to the UN Prue Bentley, ABC Radio Ballarat 6th August 2012 Updated 7th August 2012 Orphans abused in state care in Australia have fought hard for recognition. Click on the link to listen to the interview with CLAN Executive Officer Leonie Sheedy and Prue Bentley. more ... |
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Media Release from The Greens NSW - Royal Commission Required into Church Sexual Abuse 31st July 2012 Updated 6th August 2012 Following further credible evidence released today suggesting senior members of the Catholic Church have failed to report child sexual assault to police, a Royal Commission is now required, according to Greens NSW MP and Justice spokesperson David Shoebridge. more ... |
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Australian Orphans Take Concerns to UN Canadian Orphan Charity News 6th August 2012 8th August 2012 Soon after a significant transformation of New South Wales foster care system was announced, a group of Australian orphans are bringing the abuse they suffered to light at the United Nations. more ... |
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Children were abused in Australian orphanages for over 80 years Banished babies in Australia 17th August 2010 Updated 6th August 2012 Orphanages and juvenile detention centres in Queensland, Australia, have subjected children to serious physical, sexual and emotional abuse for more than 80 years. more ... |
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QLD inquiry calls in police after uncovering decades of institutional child abuse 7:30 Report 8th June 1999 Updated 23rd July 2012 A former State governor handed out a message of shame for all Australians today when she detailed a litany of horror -- many decades of institutionalised child abuse involving both church and State. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 23/07/2012 |
Chopper- My first stint behind barsMark Read, Herald Sun 2nd October 2011 Updated 11th July 2012 SENT to Turana Boys Home in 1970, violence became second nature to Mark Chopper Read. He writes about his first experience of detention. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 11/07/2012 |
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CLANs Response to ABCs Four Corners Investigation CLAN an advocacy and support group for those who spent some or all of their time in church, charity or state institutional homes is also a strong advocate for the establishment of a Royal Commission into not only sexual abuse by the Catholic Church but also by the Salvation Army, Anglicans, Brethern, Methodists, Presbyterians, Sydney City Mission and others who under the guise of religion and trust raped, digitally raped, and committed all types of sexual perversions upon children who were entrusted to their care. more ... |
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Unholy silence, a royal commission is needed Paul Kennedy, ABC News 4th July 2012 6th July 2012 The ABC Four Corners report Unholy Silence exposed yet again terrible ways the Catholic Church covers up clergy sex crimes. more ... |
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Calls for Royal Commission over alleged cover up of Catholic abuse Tom Allard, Sydney Morning Herald 4th July 2012 Updated 4th July 2012 THREE of Australias most senior Catholic clergy failed to tell authorities of evidence they received that a priest had repeatedly sexually abused boys as young as 10 in NSW. more ... |
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Feedback to ABCs Four Corners 4th July 2012 4th July 2012 (CLAN), an advocacy and support group for those who spent some or all of their time in church, charity or state institutional homes is also a strong advocate for the establishment of a Royal Commission into not only sexual abuse by the Catholic Church but also by the Salvation Army, Anglicans, Brethern, Methodists, Presbyterians, Sydney City Mission and others who under the guise of religion and trust raped, digitally raped, and committed all types of sexual perversions upon children who were entrusted to their care. Priests, nuns, Salvation Army officers, and workers of all denominations have a sad and sorry history of abusive practices. more ... |
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Helping Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants trace their past The Hon. Jenny Macklin Minister for Family, Communities and Indigenous Affairs 28th June 2012 Updated 2nd July 2012 Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants will get more help to access their personal records and reconnect with family where possible, with more than $380,000 in additional funding from the Gillard Government. more ... |
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Press Releases - Posted 02/07/2012 |
Breaking SilenceTrent Dalton, Q Weekend June 9 Updated 2nd July 2012 The sign rests on the carpet of Richard Tommy Campions bedroom. Bold block letters, ANGLICAN CHURCH DUTY OF CARE CHILD ABUSE COVER UP. more ... |
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Forced adoption apology a significant step for healing Dan Harrison, The Age 23rd June 2012 Updated 26th June 2012 THE federal government will make a formal apology to parents and children separated by forced adoption. more ... |
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Government to apologise for forced adoptions Misha Schubert, Sydney Morning Herald 24th June 2012 Updated 25th June 2012 AUSTRALIANS who suffered the trauma of forced adoptions will get a formal apology from the federal government, after a heart rending Senate report exposed the depth of the personal tragedy earlier this year. more ... |
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Lawyer Judy Courtin speaks on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. The Age 25th June 2012 Updated 25th June 2012 Judy Courtin is currently doing a PHD on sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy and whether victims are finding justice and the effectiveness of the Victorian Inquiry. Click to read the transcript of the interview and click on the link to view a short video. Read on for CLAN member Frank Goldings response. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 25/06/2012 |
Victim recounts life of hellTom Davis, Geraldton Newspaper 18th June 2012 Updated 22nd June 2012 November 30, 1939, is a date that will forever be ingrained in the mind of former Tardun Farm School orphan John Walsh. Thank you to CLAN member John for doing this interview more ... |
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Bob breaks silence on sad Bindoon pastIn My Community 2nd June 2012 Updated 18th June 2012 THE cheerful, charismatic and sharp witted 71 year old man in front of me breaks down. more ... |
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Sins of the Brothers Lateline 24th November 1998 Updated 18th June 2012 Maxine McKew speaks to three people deeply involved in the debate on the migration of thousands of British children and their fate in Australia. Our guests are Bruce Blyth, from the Voices support group in WA, Brother Barry Coldrey, Christian Brothers historian and David Hinchliffe, House of Commons health committee member in the UK. more ... |
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Multi Media - Posted 18/06/2012 |
Ordeal of Australias child migrantsNick Bryant, BBC News Asia Pacific 15th November 2009 Updated 18th June 2012 The story of the British child migrants sent to Australia has been described as a history of lies, deceit, cruelty and official disinterest and neglect. more ... |
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Maltese Australian in Queens listTimes of Malta 13th June 2012 Updated 18th June 2012 Malta born David Henry Plowman was among the 762 Australians included in this years Queens birthday honours list. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 18/06/2012 |
Child abuse spectre over 26 institutionsJoseph Catanzaro and Kate Bastians, The West Australian 11th June 2012 Updated 12th June 2012 More than 20 WA institutions have been implicated in cases of child abuse and neglect, The West Australian can reveal. Click on the PDF link to view a list of WA institutions involved. more ... |
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State wards call for action Brendan Donohoe, Channel Seven News 4th June 2012 Updated 6th June 2012 Click on the link to view a story from Channel 7 news about the protest outside Andrea Cootes MLC office. more ... |
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Royal Commission Statement June 2012 The Senate Inquiry into Institutional Care in 2004 outlined in Recommendation 11 the need for a Royal Commission to be conducted into the abuse and neglect of children raised in orphanages, childrens Homes and other institutions run by Churches, Charities and the State Government. Click on the PDF link to read the entire statement |
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Release of Report on Justice for Victims of Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church David Shoebridge MLC, 28th May 2012 Updated 31st May 2012 A report was released today into proposed legislation granting victims of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church new remedies to sue the Churchs property trusts to overcome defences the Church has used to deny victims the right to just compensation. more ... |
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Press Releases - Posted 31/05/2012 |
Greens campaign to help abuse victims get church assetsAnna Patty, Sydney Morning Herald 29th May 2012 Updated 29th May 2012 VICTIMS of alleged sex abuse at the hands of Catholic priests claim they have been denied adequate compensation because the church has its assets locked up in property trusts. Read on for CLAN's reply to the article more ... |
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Forgotten Aussies to get access to records Ninemsn 29th May 2012 The so called Forgotten Australians will soon have access to 140,000 new records, a Senate hearing has been told. more ... |
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Claims meeting over state ward abuse John Dagge, Sunday Herald Sun 27th May 2012 Updated 28th May 2012 , 27th May 2012 THE State Government has agreed to meet lawyers representing more than 30 former state wards who suffered abuse in an attempt to resolve compensation claims. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 28/05/2012 |
Child migrant abuse revealedJoseph Catanzaro, The West Australian 28th May 2012 Updated 28th May 2012 The full extent of sexual, physical and psychological abuse suffered by hundreds of child migrants sent forcibly to Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra can be revealed for the first time. more ... |
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Greens urge reconsideration of child migrant case ABC South West WA 29th April 2011 The West Australian Government has been accused of lacking compassion in its failure to compensate a 91 year old child migrant. more ... |
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Story behind the charadeIn My Community 19th February 2010 THE spirit of survival and camaraderie among orphaned migrant students at Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra in his graduate teaching year in 1958, has never left Colin Marsh. more ... |
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Switzerlands Stolen Generation David Brill, SBS Dateline 15th May 2012 Updated 15th May 2012 A story recently aired by SBS Dateline outlines the shocking tale of children deemed to be at risk being forcibly removed from their homes in societys best interest. Hundreds of thousands of Verdingkinder, or contract children, were taken by the government and exploited as cheap labour. They endured years of physical and mental abuse, and some even committed suicide. more ... |
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Responding to Forgotten Australians Shurlee Swain, Leonie Sheedy & Cate ONeill, Journal of Australian Studies 16th March 2012 In the last fifteen years the experiences of children in out of home care in Australia have been the subject of three national enquiries. Each of the reports engage explicitly with history, affirming its importance to personal and national identity and make recommendations in relation to archives, record keeping and memorials, in order that the history not be forgotten. more ... |
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100 years ago in 1912 Geelong Advertiser 14th May 2012 Incorrigible orphan boy James Stuart Carey, 13, was taken into custody on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on St Augustines Orphanages Brother Kelly, who came to the watchhouse to take the young boy back to the orphanage. more ... |
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Historical Articles - Posted 14/05/2012 |
Cast abuse net wider, victim pleadsBenjamin Millar, Brimbank Weekly 24th April 2012 Updated 24th April 2012 A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry into sexual abuse by churches and other non government organisations doesn't go nearly far enough, according to a St Albans man who spent six years in childrens homes in the 1950s. more ... |
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Let our histories be visible Adele Chynoweth, National Museum of Australia April 2012 Updated 24th April 2012 In 2004, at the official hearings of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee as part of the Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, Leonie Sheedy, cofounder of the Care Leavers of Australia Network, demanded that there be space made available for an exhibition about the experiences of children who grew up in orphanages, Get the dinosaurs out of the Australian museum, for once, and dedicate it to orphanages and children. Let our histories be visible more ... |
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Push to widen sex abuse inquiry Jane Lee, The Age 23rd April 2012 Updated 23rd April 2012 THE state government has been urged to widen the inquiry into sex abuse by priests to consider how to make it easier for victims to sue the Catholic Church. more ... |
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Media Statement, Inquiry into handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations Hon. Ted Baillieu and Attorney General Hon. Robert Clark, 17th April 2012 The Victorian Coalition Government today announced the establishment of a Parliamentary inquiry into matters relating to the handling of alleged criminal abuse of children by religious and other organisations. Click on the link to view the PDF version of the media release. more ... |
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Why are we not holding the government accountable for sex abuse? Angela Sdrinis, The Age 19th April 2011 While much has been written and said about the Victorian Governments parliamentary inquiry, little has been said of the failure to include in the current terms of reference an investigation of the Governments role in the handling of child sex abuse allegations. more ... |
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Opinons from the public about the sex abuse inquiry The Age 19th April 2011 Six MPs with no legal knowledge or expertise in cross examination. No incentive to go outside Spring Street and hear real stories not good enough. They will progressively close down the whole scandal. A government far too nervous, responding half heartedly and only when pushed. Perhaps needing the church's support for reelection? Not good enough. more ... |
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Greens support Royal Commission into child abuse Senator Christine Milne, 8th November 2005 The Greens unreservedly support the creation of a royal commission into child sexual assault in Australia. Anecdotal evidence suggests that up to one in 10 Australian children are the victims of child sexual assault and that most of these occur in the home. That is the shocking reality of child sexual abuse. more ... |
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Baillieu bows to pressure on church sex-abuse probe Josh Gordon with Barney Zwartz and Megan Levy, The Age 17th April 2012 The Catholic Church and religious organisations are to be subjected to a year long parliamentary inquiry into the handling of criminal abuse of children. more ... |
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Church inquiry not enough Josh Gordon with Barney Zwartz, The Age 18th April 2012 THE historic decision by the Baillieu government to launch an inquiry into the handling by churches of clergy sex abuse allegations was undermined last night when a key member of the committee appointed to run the inquiry said it was the wrong body for the task. more ... |
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Media Articles - Posted 18/04/2012 |
Grandmother tells of overcoming orphanage abuseAnthea Cannon, Geelong Advertiser 18th April 2012 Updated 18th April 2012 EIGHTY eight. For a year that was all an eight year old Saundra Chapman knew herself as. Thank you to CLAN member Saundra for doing this interview. more ... |
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Baillieu announces inquiry into church sexual abuse Tom McIlroy, The Ballarat Courier 17th April 2012 VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu and Attorney General Robert Clark this afternoon announced a parliamentary inquiry into sexual abuse by religious clergy and other organisations in Victoria. more ... |
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Inquiry into Catholic Church in Victoria St Mary of the Angels, Geelong 1st April 2012 Senior Melbourne Catholic clergy have broken ranks by backing a call for an independent inquiry into the handling of abuse complaints. Please click on the PDF link to view the article more ... |
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Past residents fight for orphanage Ryan Sheales, ABC News 2nd April 2012 A number of former residents from the Ballarat orphanage are fighting to stop developers from demolishing their old home. more ... |
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Multi Media - Posted 02/04/2012 |
Can do spirit sees orphans pool make way for a flash facilityDanny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser 27th March 2012 ABOUT three years ago Charlie The Ratbag Orphan Walker rang St Augustines orphanage old boys association president Dennis Fogarty hotly indignant. more ... |
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Vals hopes for her lost yearsDanny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser 9th March 2012 WHEN Val Noble arrived at Geelongs St Catherines orphanage in 1937, seven formative years of her life had already been consigned to a blank. more ... |
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Seeking information about fatherGippsland Times AN 84 year old Melbourne woman is seeking information about her father. more ... |
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Orphan searches for mystery yearsDanny Lannen, Geelong Advertiser WHEN Val Noble arrived at Geelongs St Catherines orphanage in 1937, seven formative years of her life had already been consigned to a blank. Please note a correction in the article, Val was fostered out before she was sent to St. Catherines. CLAN encourages all members and supporters to add their comments to the story. more ... |
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Wards Deserve Better Letter from VIC CLAN member Frank Golding, to the Age CLAN member Frank Golding recently wrote a letter The Age about the findings that DHS are withholding personal records and files. THE state Ombudsman has reported that the records on state wards held by the Department of Human Services are shambolic. more ... |
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Ombudsman criticises Victoria's poor storage of records relating to wards of the state ABC Radio National 1st March 2012 Victorias Ombudsman has handed down a scathing report into the management and maintenance of records relating to former wards of the state. Click on the link below to listen to the interview from Victorian CLAN members Frank and Valma. more ... |
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Wards of the state hit by piecemeal record keepingFreya Mieche, ABC News 1st March 2012 The Victorian Ombudsman has found that the Department of Human Services has failed to come to grips with a vast archive of documents relating to former wards of the state. more ... |
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Rays long search for Fields familyWendy Lavender, Kalgoorlie Miner 25th November 2011 When Ray Prosser arrives in Kalgoorlie Boulder on Monday, it be the end of a very long search, but may also be a new beginning. more ... |
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$26.5 million for a National Find and Connect Service for all Care Leavers 12th May 2010 The Federal Government has announced $26.5 million for Care Leavers in the Federal Budget. Read on for Jenny Macklin MP annoucement media release and CLANs media release in response to the great news. more ... |
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Latest CLAN News - Posted 26/10/2009 |
Recent or Upcoming Protests
NSW Silent Protest - Monday 20th May Time: 10.30am -12.30pm
Where: St. Andrews Cathedral
Address: Cnr of George and Bathurst Streets, Sydney
They ran these Homes: Church of England Children’s Home Burwood, Church of England Boys & Girls Home Carlingford. Havilah Children’s Home, Carlingford, NSW Protestant Federation Children’s Home, Dulwich Hill, Cooinoo Children’s Home, Enfield, Charlton Boys Home, Glebe, St. Alban’s Boys’ Home, Cessnock, St. Elizabeth’s Girls Home, Singleton, St. Christopher’s Home for Little Children, Taree, North Coast Children’s Home, Lismore, St. Saviours Girls Home in Goulburn, Bungarimbil Boys Home , ACT.
Please wear your CLAN badges to show your support!
Victoria Silent Protest - Monday 6th May Time: 10.30am -12.30pm
Where: Wesley Uniting Church
Address: Between Exhibition & Russell St - 148 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC
They ran the Tally Ho Boys Home, Burwood
Please wear your CLAN badges to show your support!
NSW Silent Protest - Monday 15th April 2013 Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Where: St Marys Cathedral, Sydney
Address: St Marys Rd Sydney
Hope to see lots of NSW Clannies there with your CLAN badges
****Victoria Silent Protest - Monday 8th April 2013 Time: 10.30-am12.30pm
Where: St. Francis Church
Address: Cnr. Lonsdale & Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne
Due to Easter Monday on 1st April, we will be holding the protest 2nd week of April
Please wear your CLAN badges to show your support
Click here to view photos from the day
Victoria Silent Protest - 25th March 2013 Time: 12:00pm-2:30pm
Where: In front of the Office of Public Prosecutions (OPP) office
Address: 565 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
We have decided to hold a protest outside the OPP offices as CLAN member Debra Wooby has had her case discontinued by the OPP due to the state of limitations.
CLAN and Debra are angry and devastated that the perpetrator will not stand trial and she will not be able to receive justice for the horrific crimes committed against her as a 13 year old girl.
Please show your support and wear your CLAN badges. You can follow Debra's story on the links below.
NSW Silent Protest - Monday 18th March 2013 Time: 10.30am-12.30pm
Where: NSW Parliament House
Address: Parliament Rd, Sydney (near Botanical Gardens)
A number of Clannies attended the recent Court case in Sydney in order to support the men from Charlton Boys Home. After the lenient sentence given to Abels—many of those present voiced their support for protests in NSW.
Please wear your CLAN badges to show your support
Victoria Silent Protest - Monday 4th March 2013 Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Where: St Paul's Cathedral
Address: Corner Flinders and Swanston Streets. Opposite Flinders Street station.
Please note a change to the venue for the next protest.
The VIC CLAN members have voted to move the protest to a site of the Churches and Charities.
Please wear your CLAN badges and show your support.
Victoria Silent Protest - Monday 4th February 2013 Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Where: Outside Attorney General Robert Clarks office
Address: 121 Exhibition St Melbourne
There are 6 other Victorian Ministers that have their offices at the same place.
- Hon. Robert Clark - Attorney General
- Hon. Louise Asher- Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
- Hon. Richard Dalla-Riva - Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations and Manufacturing, Exports and Trade
- Hon. Andrew McIntosh - Minister for Corrections and Minister for Crime Prevention
- Hon. Terry Mulder - Minister for Public Transport
- Hon. Denis Napthine - Minister for Ports, Minister for Major Projects, Minister for Regional Cities and Minister for Racing
Hope to see you there with your CLAN badges to show the Victorian Government that we are not going away until we get Justice and Redress.
VICTORIAN CARE LEAVERS ARE NOT GOING AWAY!
Events
Good Shepherd Reunion Afternoon Tea - Friday 21st June 2013 Time: 2pm-4pm
Where: Rosina Room (old Sacred Heart Class dining room) Abbotsford Convent, St Heliers St, Abbotsford, VIC
In 2013, Good Shepherd Sisters are celebrating 150 years in Australia. As part of the celebrations, Care Leavers from Good Shepherd institutions are warmly invited to the Good Shepherd Reunion Afternoon Tea
Please RSVP to (03) 9270 9700 by 14th June (Essential for catering)
For more information, please contact Fran Jenkins on 0438 948 680 or fran.jenkins@goodshep.com.au
Other events for the 150 celebrations include a Concert in the Chapel at 8pm on 21st June ($50) and a Good Shepherd Festival (Free) at Abbotsford Convent on Saturday 22nd June
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Please note that this event is run and organised by the Good Shepherd Sisters.
The Maritime Museum of Tasmania - On Their Own Time - 8th June - 25th August 2013 Where: 5 Argyle St, Hobart, TAS
The Maritme Museum of Tasmania has agreed to host the Australian National Maritime Museum exhibition “On Their Own Time” in May and when considering ways they could include more Tasmanian stories, they arrived at the idea of a series of short films in collaboration with ABC Open, with former child migrants telling their stories.
Further information will be made available shortly.
The exhibition is On Their Own: Britain's Child Migrants showing at - The exhibition will now be held at the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery from June 8 until August 25.
First Sitting of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Wednesday 3rd April 2013 Time: 10am
Where: e County Court of Victoria, 250 William Street, Melbourne
All Commissioners were present and The Chair, Justice McClellan AM, provided information on the work of the Royal Commission including the future conduct of public and private hearings. Senior Counsel assisting will also deliver an opening statement. There will be no evidence taken at this first sitting and there will be no appearances for the purpose of seeking leave to appear.
Public Forum and Rally in Newcastle - The Need for a Royal Commission into Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church and other institutions - Sunday 16th September 2012 Time: 11:00am-1:00pm
Where: Newcastle Panthers (Auditorium 2) 309 King St, Newcastle West
Come join: Survivors of abuse and their families, journalist and author Peter Fitzsimmons, Newcastle Herald journalist Joanne McCarthy, Greens NSW MP David Shoebridge, Lake Macquarie MP Greg Piper, Member for Swansea Garry Edwards, and Andrew Morrison SC.
Bill Wright, Bishop for Maitland/Newcastle has been invited to address the meeting.
CLAN's Australian Orphanage Museum comes to Goulburn - Saturday 15th September 2012 Time: 10:30am
Where: McDermott Centre - 163 Auburn St, Goulburn NSW
The Hon. Pru Goward MP – NSW Minister for Family and Community Services, and Minister for Women opened a display of the Australian Orphanage Museum.
Items from Australia’s Orphanage Museum from all around Australia was on display.
Exhibition of items from CLAN's National Orphanage Museum at Geelong Historical Week - 22nd April 2012 Time: 10:00am
Where: McCurdy Road, Herne Hill
Click here to view photos from the day
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