Special investigation: New Zealand'™s shameful record of child abuse

 And this is why New Zealand should be looking into... A Royal Commission Inquiry into rape and child abuse. in catholic homes and orphanages... state home and state family home across the board...  Ann

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These children have died as a result of neglect, abuse, or maltreatment in New Zealand.  New Zealand remains one of the most dangerous countries in the developed world in which to grow up, despite efforts from successive governments.
Thirteen Kiwi kids have died in suspicious circumstances so far this year – one of the worst years on record and much higher than the annual average of nine.  Every second day, a child is admitted to hospital suffering from inflicted injuries, including burns, broken bones and head wounds – with Starship children's hospital in Auckland seeing more cases of serious abuse than ever before.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/73717177/special-investigation-new-zealands-shameful-record-of-child-abuse 

Ex-priest alleges Mexican cardinal didn’t report abuse

In this February 5, 2014 file photo, former Catholic priest Alberto Athie holds up a book he coauthored about the founder of the Legionnaires of Christ, Marcial Maciel, during a news conference in Mexico City. In a press conference on Friday, June 2, 2017, Athie said that Mexico City’s Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera violated the law by not informing authorities outside the church about at least 15 cases of abusive priests. 

Former priest, Alberto Athie, alleges that Cardinal Norberto Rivera, archbishop of Mexico City covered up at least 15 cases of priest sex abuse. Athie brought allegations of abuse in the late 90s against Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, the founder of the Legionaries of Christ who was eventually removed.

https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2017/06/04/ex-priest-alleges-mexican-cardinal-didnt-report-abuse/ 

There are 33 boys in this Grade 4 photo. Twelve of them took their own lives.

Trigger warning: This post includes graphic details of child sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers.
Phillip Nagle is just one of countless victims of a paedophile ring operating in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat during the ’60s and ’70s.
He was also the first of five victims called to give evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which began its first public hearings in Ballarat this week.
While each account was disturbing, one faded old picture displayed by Mr Nagle to the courtroom perfectly encapsulated the torment caused by child sex abuse.

http://www.mamamia.com.au/ballarat-royal-comission/ 

'His legacy was pushing justice':

Anthony Foster left a legacy by 'pushing justice' for child sex abuse survivors in the Catholic church, his state funeral in Melbourne has heard.

Brian Foster, with his sister Carol Burckhardt, spoke of their beloved brother who loved his family. 'His greatest campaign is on child sex abuse for people in the Catholic Church. This is his legacy, pushing justice,' Mr Foster told the funeral on Wednesday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4579466/Anthony-Foster-funeral-Melbourne.html

Anthony Foster's legacy for abuse victims

Anthony Foster's fight for justice for his family has become his legacy for all child sex abuse survivors. Mr Foster was a rare man who, with his wife Chrissie, spent more than two decades pursuing justice for victims at enormous personal cost, his state funeral heard.
He became a tireless advocate for all child sex abuse survivors and their families after two of his daughters, Emma and Katie, were raped by one of Melbourne's worst pedophile priests Father Kevin O'Donnell.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/35781068/abuse-victims-advocate-farewelled-in-vic/#page1 

Archbishop Philip Wilson failed in third bid for permanent stay against conceal charge

FORMER Hunter priest Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be charged with concealing the child sex crimes of another priest, has failed in his third bid to stop the case against him from proceeding.
The NSW Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed Archbishop Wilson’s latest appeal, rejecting claims from his barrister Bret Walker, SC, that the charge against him was invalid because of changes to the law since 1971, when Hunter priest Jim Fletcher is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 10-year-old boy at Maitland.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4712843/strike-three-archbishop-fails-again-in-bid-to-stop-case/?cs=305#slide=1

Catholic Church funded abuser's court battle

A Catholic order's leader dropped to his knees and begged a brother to face child sex abuse charges in New Zealand yet still paid to take the extradition battle as far as Australia's highest court.
Brother Timothy Graham believes his predecessor as provincial of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God should not have funded the three-year extradition fight.

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/nsw/2017/02/22/catholic-church-funded-abuser-s-court-battle.html

10 things about Fr Maskell, Irish-American priest at centre of Netflix murder documentary The Keepers

NETFLIX’S latest documentary series, The Keepers, examines the case of Sister Catherine ‘Cathy’ Cesnik, a nun who was murdered after disappearing in Baltimore on November 7, 1969.
Her body was found on January 3, 1970 having suffered a skull fracture from a blow to the head. The show examines whether there is a link between her murder and allegations of abuse at a school she taught, Archbishop Keough High School.

http://irishpost.co.uk/10-things-fr-maskell-irish-american-priest-centre-netflix-murder-documentary-keepers/ 

Retired Anglican priest accused of sexual assault on teenager is found dead

Police find body of Trevor Devamanikkam at his home after he failed to appear in court to answer allegations of
A retired Church of England vicar accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy more than three decades ago has been found dead after failing to appear in court on Tuesday.
Police discovered the body of Trevor Devamanikkam, 70, when they went to his home in Witney, Oxfordshire, to arrest him sexually abusing teenage boy in the 80s.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/07/retired-anglican-priest-accused-of-sexual-assault-on-teenager-is-found-dead

Judge: former Priest John Feit will stand trial in Hidalgo County

The former priest accused of killing a McAllen beauty queen will head to trial in Hidalgo County.
Attorneys for Priest John Feit — who's charged with the murder of McAllen beauty queen Irene Garza in April 1960 — wanted the murder trial moved, arguing wall-to-wall media coverage would make finding an impartial jury difficult.
Prosecutors, though, fought for the trial to take place where the murder occurred: in Hidalgo County.

http://valleycentral.com/news/local/judge-former-priest-john-feit-will-stand-trial-in-hidalgo-county 

Cardinal George Pell declares innocence from the Vatican over abuse allegations

Cardinal George Pell has proclaimed his innocence as detectives in Australia investigate abuse allegations against him.  “I’d just like to restate my innocence, I stand by everything I’ve said in the Royal Commission,” he told 9NEWS outside the Vatican this afternoon.
“We have to respect due process, and wait until it’s concluded. Obviously I’ll co-operate fully.” The cardinal did not answer directly when asked whether he would return to Australia amid investigations over historical sex abuse allegations against him.

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/05/17/18/08/cardinal-george-pell-declares-innocence-from-the-vatican-over-abuse-allegations

Police weigh abuse charges after Pell inquiry

Australian police say they are considering whether to lay charges following a child abuse investigation which involved the Vatican's Australian-born treasurer, Cardinal George Pell.
Pell, who before his Vatican appointment was Archbishop of Sydney, has rejected any involvement in alleged child abuse in Australia, which local media have reported date from the 1970s to the 1990s.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/police-weigh-abuse-charges-after-pell-inquiry 

George Pell demands apology over child sexual abuse claims

Cardinal George Pell has slammed allegations made about him in a new book, describing it as “character assassination” and an “interference with the course of justice”.
Lawyers representing the cardinal have demanded an apology and retraction from media outlets Fairfax and The Guardian over articles detailing the child sexual abuse claims made in ABC journalist Louise Milligan’s book Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell.

https://startsat60.com/trending/news/george-pell-demands-apology-over-child-sexual-abuse-claims 

Caranua used survivors’ redress funds to pay for offices

Caranua, the independent State body established to distribute religious funding to survivors of institutional abuse, has been paying for office space despite having told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) it was not.

According to a letter to the PAC, seen by The Irish Times, Caranua paid more than €50,000 in the past year from a fund it manages to enhance abuse survivors’ lives, for office space.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/caranua-used-survivors-redress-funds-to-pay-for-offices-1.3091111#.WSLC-A9LGBE.facebook

The Keepers Netfix Release

Fans of true crime stories are in for a treat with Netflix's upcoming release of The Keepers. The seven-part docuseries, which investigates the 1969 murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik, a beloved teacher at an all-girls Catholic school in Baltimore, presents an engrossing tale of corruption, abuse, religious hypocrisy and citywide conspiracy. Here's what you need to know before the show premieres Friday:

https://mic.com/articles/177303/the-keepers-netflix-release-4-things-to-know-about-the-murder-of-sister-cathy-cesnik#.URA8bKapJ