Cornelia Rau received almost $3 million from the federal government
in 2005 because she had been unlawfully locked up in a detention centre
for 10 months.
That payout has abuse survivors support group Care
Leavers Australia Network wondering about equity in any system backed by
governments and institutions, which may recommend maximum payments
between $100,000 and $200,000.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/01/30/16/50/big-gaps-in-redress-schemes
Words
have opened the eyes of a blind beggar and welcomed a rejected tax
collector. They have also sent millions to death camps and taught
children to be terrorists. Perhaps Scripture communicates the power of
words best when the Apostle James writes, “With it we bless our Lord and
Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of
God.
http://boz.religionnews.com/2015/01/30/words-matter/
How can I learn more about the Survivors’ Movement and SNAP,
that organization with whom you do so much work? Is there anywhere I
can hear the best and brightest speakers on the topic and meet people
who are working for justice for adult victims of child sexual abuse (as
well as stopping the cycle and preventing abuse)? - See more at:
http://theworthyadversary.com/3307-ask-a-question-friday-how-can-i-learn-more-about-the-survivors-movement#sthash.aJVIEmSj.dpuf
http://theworthyadversary.com/3307-ask-a-question-friday-how-can-i-learn-more-about-the-survivors-movement
Common sense, and accumulated experience, tell us that organizational
problems can only be fixed, long term, by changing the organizational
structure that caused the problems. The Catholic Church has had
escalating and scandalous problems that have resulted, since the 1870
First Vatican Council “proclamation on infallibility”, largely from the
Vatican’s top down and unaccountable monarchical structure, regardless
of which Church officials handled, or more likely mishandled, specific
problems.
http://christiancatholicism.com/why-is-pope-francis-still-so-afraid-of-oversight-by-the-catholic-99-99/
OSLO: A former Norwegian priest admitted to
embezzling about 15 million kroner (RM6.8 million) from a welfare
foundation to spend on lavish parties with prostitutes in Spain. "It was totally out of control, the size of the sum shows that," Are Blomhoff told the district court in Drammen, Norway.
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1310144
ALBION – The Rev. Roy D. Harriger Sr., 71, was taken into custody at
the Orleans County Jail here Tuesday afternoon after his $250,000
pre-sentencing bail was revoked. Harriger, who was convicted
Monday by an Orleans County Court jury of two counts of first-degree
course of sexual conduct (sodomy) for molesting a girl and a boy between
2000 and 2002 faces up to 50 years in jail when he is sentenced by
Orleans County Judge James P. Punch April 6.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/bail-revoked-for-pastor-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse-20150127
St. Paul, MN) – Ramsey County District Court Judge John H.
Guthmann Tuesday ordered the Defendants in the Doe 30 lawsuit to produce
all records pertaining to sexual abuse reported to have been committed
by any priest before 1978. The secret documents will be produced to Doe
30 under seal as a result of a protective order previously obtained by
the Defendants.
The Diocese of New Ulm, the Diocese of Duluth, and the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate were ordered to produce all records regarding reported sexual
abuse committed by any priest before 1978. It’s the first time the documents will be turned over. A Ramsey County
judge made the ruling as part of a lawsuit filed by “Doe 30,” who
claimed to be sexually abused by the Rev. J. Vincent Fitzgerald, an
Oblate priest.
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/stories/S3690284.shtml?cat=10151
Once again, Cardinal Tim Dolan refuses to tell the public about a
credibly accused predator priest. Shame on him. And shame on the rest of
the US Catholic hierarchy for refusing to blast him for breaking church
abuse policy.
We
know about the credible child sex allegations against Fr. Peter Kihm
only because one Catholic shared a letter he got from church officials
about those serious accusations.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/ny_dolan_acts_secretively
Summary of Case: William Andrew Christensen was
ordained a priest of the Society of Mary (Marianists) in 1973. He taught
for a few years at Chaminade Prep in Creve Coeur MO. At some point in
the late 1970s Christensen left the US, doing economic development
work in Nepal and India before settling in Bangladesh in 1986. In a 2002
lawsuit Christensen was accused of sexually abusing a male Chaminade
student from 1973 to 1975. The former student died of cancer in 2008,
before the suit could be resolved.
http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Christensen_William_Andrew_sm.htm
