Malka Leifer returns to Victoria to face child sexual abuse charges
Almost 13 years after fleeing Australia, former principal Malka Leifer has returned to Melbourne to be charged for child sexual abuse. Leifer has been accused
Almost 13 years after fleeing Australia, former principal Malka Leifer has returned to Melbourne to be charged for child sexual abuse. Leifer has been accused
In 1996, a former altar boy known as WCB was paid $32,500 by the Catholic Church after he was repeatedly sexually abused by a Warragul
The information in this article was sourced from the ABC’s article “Bob Montgomery sentenced to four years in prison for historic child sex offences” by
Of the 6,875 survivors who told the Royal Commission about child sexual abuse in institutional contexts, 4,029 survivors were abused in religious institutions. Around 39%
The Boys’ Brigade of New South Wales and the Australian Air League have signed up to the National Redress Scheme after being listed as one
According to documents obtained by the ABC, sporting institutions can afford to join the National Redress Scheme but have “chosen not to”. Multiple sportspeople have
Mishandling of A Child Sexual Abuse Case Leads to David Hogg’s Overturned Conviction To the ordinary person, the strong police case against David Hogg looked
Over the years, the New Zealand government has been learning the hard way how to run a Royal Commission into Institutional Child Abuse. The embattled
Frank Valentine was a long-serving officer of the old Child Welfare Department. He joined the public service back in the days when training was done
Foster care abuse victims will soon be eligible for compensation The highest court in the United Kingdom has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, opening
The great scandal of the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse is the Government ignored many of its recommendations. Imagine that…five years, at a cost
Nine months after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse handed down its findings, the Catholic Church has rejected the recommendation to
The National Redress Scheme (the NRS) has passed through federal parliament and will start taking applications on 1 July 2018. This has been a hot
This time last year the Prime Minister announced the Commonwealth Government was committed to a $4.3 billion National Redress Scheme (NRS) to compensate victims of
Did you know that state governments are refusing to compensate children who were abused in foster homes? Did you know that the National Redress Scheme
It’s no longer astonishing when you hear there is new evidence to suggest the Catholic Church covered up paedophile priests and teachers. It’s simply disappointing.
There is a long history of sexual and physical abuse in the Australian Armed Forces. The Child Abuse Royal Commission has heard from 111 people
Why Australia hates George Pell Cardinal George Pell is a household name for all the wrong reasons. Why is he so unpopular? Why do so
Almost all institutions involved in the Royal Commission are offering verbal and written apologies to survivors of historical child abuse. It has become ‘standard practice’
The Catholic Church has done it again. Once more the leaders of the Catholic Church have shown their blatant disregard for the law. Amidst all
In 1962, when I was five, I was taken from my parents and made a ward of the state. As a child, I was a
We are 50 hearings into the Royal Commission into Child Abuse without a single hearing into child abuse within the Islamic community of Australia. With systemic
The question we need to ask ourselves about the Catholic Church in Australia Have you been outraged by the sheer magnitude of the problem of
Dear Bishop Roger, I am a solicitor in Newcastle. I have lived here since 1984. I act for many survivors of institutional child abuse all
Please note – this article has been updated in 2018. The National Redress Scheme Australia Advocacy groups have been funded for years to campaign for
The Jehovah’s Witnesses are well-known for keeping to themselves. They believe Armageddon (the end of the world) is imminent and the establishment of God’s Kingdom
Decades of child abuse in the Catholic Church and the church’s woeful response to complaints was finally exposed at the Royal Commission. In December 2017,
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