dinsdag, november 13, 2012
Victorian child abuse inquiry could be wound back
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13-11-2012
The Age
Josh Gordon
Victoria's parliamentary inquiry into the sexual abuse of children by members of the clergy could be wound back once a Commonwealth royal commission is established.
Premier Ted Baillieu said he did not believe the sweeping royal commission into the abuse of children announced on Monday by Prime Minister Julia Gillard would have gone ahead if his government had not announced its own inquiry.
"Without the Victorian parliamentary inquiry, there would not have been, I don't believe, the national focus on these issues which have been there in the last few months," Mr Baillieu said. "I think that has been critical to ensuring we do have a national inquiry, a nationally based royal commission."
But he did not rule out the possibility that Victoria's parliamentary inquiry could be subsumed by the royal commission, which will be a broad national inquiry covering a range of institutions.
Mr Baillieu said the parliamentary inquiry, announced in April this year following a recommendation by the Cummins review into child welfare, would continue working until the terms of reference, commissioners and reporting timetable had been established for the royal commission, so that there was no vacuum left.
"That's obviously going to take some time, so I would expect that the parliamentary inquiry in Victoria would continue its work until such time as the royal commission and a timetable is established," he said.
"But it will be very much a matter for the parliamentary inquiry, and in saying that I think it is important that the parliamentary inquiry in considering what work it continues obviously gives some consideration to those who have made submissions, those who have been witnesses and those who are seeking to be witnesses at hearings, as to how they would wish to proceed."
Liberal MP and inquiry committee chairwoman Georgie Crozier said the inquiry's work had brought to light important revelations that were key to the federal government’s decision to call a royal commission.
"From our part, a significant amount of work has already been undertaken and there is more we can achieve but we obviously need further detail of the federal inquiry including its terms of reference before making any changes to our work ,'' she said.
Chief Inspector Peter Fox, thanks so much for coming in again. We really appreciate it.
Don’t block your ears to abuse, Mr Premier
I HAVE investigated so many sexual assaults in my 35 years of policing I’ve lost count.
Having spent most of those years at the coal face, I have seen the worst society can dredge up, particularly the evil of paedophilia within the Catholic Church.
I am not in an executive position or relying on statistics or reports being shielded from reality, I speak from first-hand experience with victims and their abusers.
It is not an easy story to hear and the reason so many cover their ears and turn away. I’ve visited victims in mental hospitals and listened to families tell of suicides. I have looked into their faces, seen their tears of pain, anguish and despair, listened to the hurt of betrayal and felt their isolation from not being believed.
We all hear the words ‘‘paedophile’’ or ‘‘child molester’’ but what do they really mean? The term ‘‘child abuse’’ sweeps over the acts sanitising images of this appalling crime. It’s our inbuilt defence to protect us from those horrific images.
Listening to their stories, typing their statements, I relived their pain. I haven’t blocked those images and they still haunt me. I visited them in psychiatric wards and saw the damage to their families. A solicitor from the DPP broke down reading one of my statements. The abuse was so abhorrent she asked to be relieved of the case. Is it any wonder people don’t want to hear and turn away?
Victims are coming forward in ever-increasing numbers but they need our support. They need your support, Mr Premier. Police are making arrests but still the abuse goes on. It is not enough to say, ‘‘I welcome the police decision to arrest another person [priest] accused of paedophilia’’, when on average it takes 21 years to report these crimes and the priest continues to prey on more little children.
Often the church knows but does nothing other than protect the paedophile and its own reputation. It certainly doesn’t report abuse as revealed by the current Victorian inquiry.
I can testify from my own experience that the church covers up, silences victims, hinders police investigations, alerts offenders, destroys evidence and moves priests to protect the good name of the church. None of that stops at the Victorian border.
Convicted priest Vincent Ryan was sent to Victoria when the church learned of his abuse, returning the following year after things cooled down to pick up where he left off.
Many police are frustrated by this sinister behaviour, which will continue until someone stops it. You have the power to do that, Mr Premier. The whole system needs to be exposed; the clergy covering up these crimes must to be brought to justice and the network protecting paedophile priests dismantled. There should be no place for evil or its guardians to hide. Then and only then will the arrests begin to slow, signalling fewer children are being raped.
It is no longer enough to just arrest the wrongdoer 21 years after the crime.
Removing the support that harbours these criminals is like cutting the head from the beast. It tears down the veil of secrecy behind which these vile animals operate with the self-assurance of immunity.
A priest once gave evidence that the church’s handling of child sex allegations was under control. That priest was named by victims as having allegedly helped to cover up the rape of children.
His name continues to appear in other matters. Clearly everything is not under control. Alarm bells are ringing.
I have many family and friends who are Catholic. My children attend Catholic schools so I am not anti-Catholic. I voted for you, Mr O’Farrell, at the last election so my call for a royal commission is not politically motivated. My reason is from the suffering I have witnessed and a desire to make it stop.
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There are more than just the victims and their families who want to see a royal commission. I have spoken to teachers who no longer
want to be intimidated and silenced. I have sat with a priest and nun who were so distraught they felt forced to leave the church when they couldn’t remain silent. I have taken reports of ostracism and reprisals against victims’ families for giving evidence against priests at trial. If this doesn’t warrant a royal commission something is very wrong.
Apologising is not enough. Compensating victims for treatment is not enough. Mr O’Farrell, please don’t block your ears. Many priests don’t want a royal commission nor does the hierarchy of the church, but God knows we need one.
The independent
NATIONAL ROYAL COMMISSION INTO CHILD ABUSE ANNOUNCED
Interview with Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox
12-11-2012
Lateline
There was no abuse in the system. Abuse was the system. Establishment of Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
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We look back with shame that many these little ones who were entrusted to institutions and foster homes instead, were abused physically, humiliated cruelly, violated sexually.
And we look back with shame at how those with power were allowed to abuse those who had none.
We reflect too today on the families who were ripped apart simply because they had fallen on hard times.
Hard times brought about by illness, by death and by poverty.
Some simply left destitute when fathers damaged by war could no longer cope.
We acknowledge the particular pain of children shipped to Australia as child migrants - robbed of your families, robbed of your homeland, regarded not as innocent children but regarded instead as a source of child labour.
To those of you who were told you were orphans, brought here without your parents' knowledge or consent, we acknowledge the lies you were told, the lies told to your mothers and fathers, and the pain these lies have caused for a lifetime.
To those of you separated on the dockside from your brothers and sisters; taken alone and unprotected to the most remote parts of a foreign land – we acknowledge today that the laws of our nation failed you.
And for this we are deeply sorry.
We think also today of all the families of these Forgotten Australians and former child migrants who are still grieving, families who were never reunited, families who were never reconciled, families who were lost to one another forever.
We reflect too on the burden that is still carried by our own children, your own children, your grandchildren, your husbands, your wives, your partners and your friends – and we thank them for the faith, the love and the depth of commitment that has helped see you through the valley of tears that was not of your own making.
And we reflect with you as well, in sad remembrance, on those who simply could not cope and who took their own lives in absolute despair.
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Mon 12 november 2012
Prime Minister
Canberra
Today I have announced that I will be recommending to the Governor-General the establishment of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to instances and allegations of child sexual abuse in Australia.
The allegations that have come to light recently about child sexual abuse have been heartbreaking.
These are insidious, evil acts to which no child should be subject.
The individuals concerned deserve the most thorough of investigations into the wrongs that have been committed against them.
They deserve to have their voices heard and their claims investigated.
I believe a Royal Commission is the best way to do this.
The proposed terms of reference and proposed Commissioner will be submitted to the Governor‑General in due course, pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902.
I will speak with relevant Premiers and Chief Ministers in coming days to discuss how the Royal Commission should relate to any current inquiries into similar matters currently proposed or underway in their jurisdictions. Discussions will also take place with victims’ groups, religious leaders, and community organisations.
The Attorney-General and the Minister for Families will co-ordinate this work on behalf of the Government in coming weeks.
Further announcements, including the proposed Commissioner and detailed terms of reference, will be made in coming weeks.
I commend the victims involved for having the courage to speak out.
I believe we must do everything we can to make sure that what has happened in the past is never allowed to happen again.
maandag, november 12, 2012
zondag, november 11, 2012
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"Organized in 1867 by the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis, for the care of homeless and wayward boys. The institution was first located on Lock street, and afterwards at Third and Plum streets, Cincinnati. In 1870 it was removed to the present location, where it has in addition to its many new and commodious buildings, a farm of 100 acres. There are present in the institution 156 boys. They attend schol and work upon the farm. At a certain age, they are given the choice of following trades, which are taught them by the Brothers: shoemaking, tailoring, carpentering and baking. The institution is purely charitable, and depends altogether upon the kindness of a generous public for its support. In 1893 the handsome brick and stone chapel was erected and dedicated to St. Joseph. Rev. Jerome Kilgenstein, O.S.F. is the chaplain. Brotehr Amadeus is the Provincial Superior. There are 30 Brothers connected with the institution."
zaterdag, november 10, 2012
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Pieter Kalbfleisch nieuwe schoonmaker bisdom Haarlem ?
NRC
gejokt over het aantal etentjes samen
Het OM eist een voorwaardelijke celstraf van vier maanden tegen de oud-rechter Hans Westenberg en twee maanden tegen Pieter Kalbfleisch met een proeftijd van twee jaar, plus een maximale werkstraf van 240 uur
gejokt over het aantal etentjes samen
Het OM eist een voorwaardelijke celstraf van vier maanden tegen de oud-rechter Hans Westenberg en twee maanden tegen Pieter Kalbfleisch met een proeftijd van twee jaar, plus een maximale werkstraf van 240 uur
vrijdag, november 09, 2012
donderdag, november 08, 2012
‘…like a weaver who severs the last thread…’
Julian Lane of The Franciscan Brothers, 6-9- 2000
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