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Link Forde Foundation Web Site Congratulations to HAN member Eric Heathm who designed this useful site for former residents. Contributor: Web Editor Author: Forde Foundation Posted: 29-5-2008 Folder: WWW Links Link 'Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church' <a href="http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/abbott">Matt C. Abbott</a> November 9, 2007 Leon J. Podles, Ph.D., author and a senior editor of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, has granted me permission to print a significant portion of the Introduction of his new book <a href="http://www.crosslandfoundation.org/sacrilege.htm">Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church.</a> Contributor: Project Worker Author: Renew America Web Posted: 20-1-2008 Folder: WWW Links Link Institutional Child Abuse Institutional Child Abuse This paper was prepared for the Law Commission of Canada under the title Apologising for Serious Wrongdoing: Social, Psychological and Legal Considerations. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission. The accuracy of the information contained in the paper is the sole responsibility of the author. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Susan Alter Posted: 31-10-2007 Folder: WWW Links Link The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse in Females on Adult Sexual and Relationship Functioning: The Pathways of Risk and Resilience Project June 2004 School of Applied Psychology Griffith University Contributor: Project Worker Author: Bronwyn Louise Watson Posted: 11-10-2007 Folder: WWW Links Link Mental Health Association Qld The Mental Health Association (Qld) Inc. envisages communities in which all people are provided with opportunities to optimise their mental health and participate as valued members of society. Contributor: Project Worker Author: MHA Posted: 9-10-2007 Folder: WWW Links Link The Justice Project An Investigation Into What Happened In Queensland's Orphanages And Children's Institutions An internet initiative of the staff and students of the School of Journalism and Communication, The University of Queensland Contributor: Project Worker Author: The Justice Project Posted: 25-7-2007 Folder: WWW Links Link Child abuse and the church Bibliography The National Child Protection Clearinghouse is being evaluated. Have your say! Fill in the evaluation online survey. Contributor: Project Worker Author: National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies Posted: 23-4-2007 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Long-term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse Child sexual abuse is widely regarded as a cause of mental health problems in adult life. This article examines the impact of child sexual abuse on social, sexual and interpersonal functioning, and its potential role in mediating the more widely recognised impacts on mental health. In discussing the relationship between child sexual abuse and adult psychopathology, the authors evaluate a number of models, including the post-traumatic stress disorder model, the traumatogenic model, and developmental and social models. They look at family risk factors which predispose children from specific population groups to be at greater risk of abuse, and conclude that the fundamental damage caused by child sexual abuse impacts on the child's developing capacities for trust, intimacy, agency and sexuality. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Paul E Mullen and Jillian Fleming Posted: 23-4-2007 Folder: Reports and Papers Link When Its To Hard to cry Amanda was raped at the age of 14. For more than 15 years she largely suppressed the pain of that experience not even telling her immediate family and largely blotted the memories out of her day-to-day life through immersion in her work on television and in the music industry. She even married and became a mother to her own children. Fifteen years later at the approximate age of 29 a sequence of unrelated events to that rape suddenly unleashed a living hell in her physical and mental being. The trigger for these events was the death in quick succession of her father, her own daughter, and the sister closest in age to her. Not only did she suffer a complete mental breakdown but her physical body suddenly erupted in trauma that necessitated extensive surgery over a ten year period. Her mental recovery took at least the same time. Two of the symptoms of her condition was that she could not cry and she had lost almost all feeling of things like hot and cold or the sensations of taste, smell and touch. She wrote this song during her time in St John of God Hospital in collaboration with another young patient who was dealing with a diagnosis of being HIV positive. It was the outworking involved in writing this song that eventually led to Amanda being able to cry again — and experience many of those other sensations of taste, smell and touch we all tend to take so much for granted. During her rehabilitation at St John of God Hospital the doctors used to get Amanda to sing this song for other patients as they found it helped them reclaim their feelings and emotions as it had done for Amanda. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Catholica Australia Posted: 24-8-2006 Folder: Poems Link Suing the Church In working to protect the future of the Catholic community, we always need to remember that innocent people and innocent families were hurt in the past by some members of the clergy who did terrible things. Some victims have recovered and moved on. For others, the wounds never heal. All of their lives are precious in the eyes of Jesus Christ, and therefore also in the eyes of Christ’s followers. Helping them, supporting them, praying for them, and seeking to understand their suffering—while also defending the Church—cannot be mutually exclusive, since all these things serve the truth. Caring for the victims of abuse and assisting them sacrificially is a good and urgent thing. So is fighting bad laws. We need to focus earnestly on both Would you like to respond to this article? Use tehe Discussion Forum to see what others think Contributor: Project Worker Author: First Things American Catholic Journal Posted: 7-6-2006 Folder: WWW Links Link Operation CSI on pedophilia We need to enable state and federal police to co-operate and rid communities of child predators. Indigenous Affairs - Stephen Hagan - posted 5/6/2006 Includes discussion forum Contributor: Project Worker Author: Online Opinion Posted: 7-6-2006 Folder: WWW Links Link unCONVENTional WOMEN: 73 ex-nuns tell their stories Book based on 212 questions put to 73 ex-nuns in the USA about their lives and transition from the convent. Contributor: Maria Jakub Author: Amazon Books Posted: 30-5-2006 Folder: WWW Links Link Bishop Accountability BishopAccountability.org — documenting the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic church. Read what experts say about us, check on the many documents we've posted recently, and explore our "unique and unsurpassed" archive: Contributor: Project Worker Author: Original material copyright © BishopAccountability.org 2004. Reproduce freely with attribution. Posted: 16-3-2006 Folder: WWW Links Link Child Protection Australia 2004-05 This report is based on information from three national child protection data collections - child protection notifications, investigations and substantiations; children on care and protection orders; and children in out-of-home care. These data are collected each year by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare from the community services departments in each state and territory. Most of the data in this report cover the 2004-05 financial year, although data on trends in child protection are also included. Authored by AIHW. Published 18 January 2006; ISSN 1320-081X; ISBN 1 74024 528 8; AIHW Cat. No. CWS 26; $24.00 Contributor: Project Worker Micah IT Author: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Posted: 2-2-2006 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Prayer and Spirituality In order to rededicate ourselves to our three goals and as a sign of our love for our church and community, we are embarking on a nine-day pilgrimage – a novena, of intentional fasting and prayer. This will start on January 9th and continue through January 17th. We invite the Catholic community and the community at large to join us on this interior pilgrimage. The purpose of prayer and fasting is to conform our lives to the will of God and to gain the interior strength to do the difficult work of rebuilding trust through dialogue, transparency, and action. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Voice of the Faithful/ Central Washington Posted: 13-1-2006 Folder: WWW Links Link US archdiocese loses claims fight Property owned by a US Roman Catholic archdiocese can be used as assets in abuse claim cases, a court has ruled. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris ruled the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, not its parishes owns church assets. The decision has dealt a major blow to the archdiocese's efforts to protect church property from claims filed by alleged victims of priest sex abuse. Contributor: Project Worker Author: BBC News Posted: 4-1-2006 Folder: Media Releases Link Gone to a Good Home For three decades, from the 1950s to the 1970s, Australian authorities pressured many unmarried mothers to give up their babies for adoption into what they considered "better" homes - those of married couples. At a time when society had no place for single mothers and their illegitimate children, these women were unaware of their legal rights. Sometimes they were coerced, even drugged, and their babies literally stolen. Despite arguments that the practice was well-intentioned, for the individuals involved the ongoing impact has been devastating. This documentary explores the experiences of these women and their efforts to contact their children and gain recognition for past wrongs, while revealing the dramatic change in social values that has since occurred. A Film Australia National Interest Program in association with Big Island Pictures. Produced in association with the Pacific Film and Television Commission and SBS Independent. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Film Australia Posted: 28-12-2005 Folder: WWW Links Report 2005 AGM Report Overview of activites in the past 12 months Contributor: Project Worker Author: Admin Staff Posted: 25-11-2005 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Senate report into the forgotten Australians: Child abuse in institutional care An article published online by Dr Ben Mathews a Lecturer in the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology. The site allows for contributions to discussion. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Online Opinion Posted: 15-11-2005 Folder: WWW Links Centenary of Care for Children Centenary of care for children was published in 1979 by the then Department of Children's Services to mark one hundred years of government services to families in Queensland. Contributor: Project Worker Esther Centre Author: Department of Childrens Services Posted: 1-11-2005 Folder: Reports and Papers Document Centenary of Care for Children Centenary of care for children was published in 1979 by the then Department of Children's Services to mark one hundred years of government services to families in Queensland. Contributor: Project Worker Esther Centre Author: Department of Childrens Services Posted: 1-11-2005 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal Wikipedia is a project to build free encyclopedias in all languages of the world. Everyone is invited to join this collaborative editing process. Even user registration isn't required, though the Wikipedia community encourages editors to register themselves. The project started in January 2001 in one language, English, and has over 2,000,000 articles in around 200 languages currently. Wikipedia is such an active project that new language editions are proposed and launched every month. Wikipedia has reached 1,000,000 articles in over 140 languages on 20 September, 2004. While the largest Wikipedia is in English language with over 600,000 articles, there are well over 1,000,000 articles in 200 other languages, some quite large, and others just starting, with one or two articles. Following English Wikipedia, German, French and Japanese editions have over 125,000 articles each. Since the start of the project, over 35,000 registered users had made at least five edits, though it is unknown how many of users registered on several projects at once. The total number of created accounts on the whole Wikipedia exceeds 100,000. This project provides an opportunity for HAN members to contribute to an Australian section in this entry. You can contribute by logging in as "Redress" with the password esther. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Wikpedia Posted: 1-11-2005 Folder: WWW Links Resource Excerpt from Hansard Excerpt of evidence given to Senate Select Committee on Mental Health Brisbane August 2005 Contributor: Lily Arthur Author: Hansard Posted: 4-9-2005 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Senate Select Committee on Mental Health This site provides evidence from each state where the hearings were conducted. Of note is the evidence provided by Origins at the Brisbane hearing Contributor: Lily Arthur Author: Public hearings and transcripts Posted: 25-8-2005 Folder: WWW Links Resource Don't Apologize - Just let me cry The case of Cornelia Rau's wrongful detention rightly caused national outrage. But Australia is still to respond to the many public inquries held on the institutional detention of over half a million children in this country. The tales of horrific treatment they experienced at the hands of their 'carers' brought hardbitten parliamentarians last year to tears . This is one such story. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Tricia C. is a faithful Catholic, a mother and a grandmother. She has a professional background in business. Posted: 25-8-2005 Folder: Poems Link Voice of the Faithful Australia Welcome to the Voice of the Faithful ( Australia) website. When you contacted this site, you contacted a group of people who are concerned and passionate about the present and future of the Catholic Church. We are concerned because the revelations of sex crimes committed by clergy and religious have betrayed our trust, but have not dented our faith. We are passionate about working for reform of the structures and processes which have allowed the evil of sex crimes to infect our Church Contributor: Project Worker Author: VOTF Australia Posted: 17-6-2005 Folder: WWW Links Link The God Squad Newspaper Articles Contributor: Project Worker Author: Paddy Doyle Posted: 15-6-2005 Folder: WWW Links Link Unlocking the Demons Unlocking the Demons Reporter: Quentin McDermott Broadcast: 23/05/2005 When Tony* walked free from prison recently, he avoided the maelstrom that can await newly-released paedophiles ... the vengeful frightened mob, the hurled rocks, the death threats, the panicked search for a new place to live and hide. Tony slipped from jail into the arms of a loving wife, then drove off to a quiet dinner in their small house on the edge of town. Despite his calm embrace of freedom, a titanic struggle lies ahead. Tony is already a repeat offender and he must avoid re-offending. Contributor: Project Worker Author: ABC TV Posted: 15-6-2005 Folder: WWW Links Document Hepatitis C Information Hepatitis is a term that means inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis C is transmitted by blood and is a virus that causes liver inflammation and liver disease. Inflammation is a natural reaction of the body to injury, which often causes swelling and tenderness. The liver is an important organ that helps you to absorb nutrients from your food, storing and producing substances that your body needs, and breaking down waste products and harmful substances. Hepatitis C affects millions of people around the world. By the end of 1999, an estimated 210,000 Australians had been infected with Hep C, with 11,000 new cases occurring each year Contributor: Esther Centre Author: Esther Centre Posted: 25-5-2005 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Nfld. Catholic diocese to sell churches, missions ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP) - A 16-year court battle for compensation that included a trip to the country's highest court will end soon for 39 victims of a pedophile priest. The Catholic Diocese of St. George's says it will sell all of its churches and missions to come up with $13 million for the victims of Father Kevin Bennett. "Everything," Bishop Douglas Crosby said Monday from the diocesan headquarters in Corner Brook, Nfld. "All of the churches, all of the parish houses, all the missions." The sale will include about 150 properties stretching from Port aux Basques to St. Anthony in western Newfoundland. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Copyright © 2005, Canoe Inc Posted: 21-5-2005 Folder: WWW Links Document Institutional Child Abuse in Ireland Every time the issue of institutional child abuse is raised, people respond in the way they always respond to bad news that they cannot control. There is an obvious sense of the pain of the victims of child abuse but sometimes people attempt to ignore institutional child abuse. Contributor: Esther Centre Author: Project Worker Posted: 9-5-2005 Folder: Reports and Papers Newsletter Network News Contributor: Esther Centre Author: Project Worker Posted: 22-4-2005 Folder: Newsletters Incorrigable Book re Unmarried mother put into Girls Home http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwpress/Catalog/demerson.shtml Contributor: Lily Arthur Author: Internet Posted: 5-4-2005 Folder: WWW Links Newsletter Origins Inc Newsletter 35 Newsletter 35 Contributor: LILY ARTHUR Author: Lily Arthur Posted: 5-4-2005 Folder: Newsletters Document Origins Inc Newsletter 34 Newsletter Contributor: LILY ARTHUR Author: Lily Arthur Posted: 5-4-2005 Folder: Newsletters Link Chapter 1 Para. 38 Senate Report "Protecting Vulnerable Children: A National Challenge This is the second report of the Above Senate Inquiry and it is of particular interest to me because, in Chapter 1, paragraph 38 on page 10, my Submission to that Inquiry is referred to under "Recruitment into Religious Orders". On page 5 of Chapter 1 the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference issues what is, in my opinion, the lamest apology for the abuses perpetrated by the Catholic Church on children and young people in many of its institutions, in my case, the Religious Congregation of which I have been an ex member for the past 31 years. Notwithstanding the passing of the years, the fact that the Congregation and the Church will not acknowledge the prime witness to my abuse at their hands, me, and my life of lonliness, reclusiveness, poverty and illness, and writes me words such as : "We are neither legally nor morally responsible for what is the matter with you.." really hits a raw nerve which has never healed, and probably never will, since I am not being offered any healing. The Catholic Church's "in house" resolution porocess TOWARDS HEALING is not there for me.I am not being allowed access to that process. Why? Could it be because if they let in just ONE ex-Nun and compensate that one and offer her healing, compensation and a real "Sorry"..they will have a stream of women such as myself knocking at the doors of TOWARDS HEALING? Will they then, from behind the barred door ask, as did Christ of the lame and blind and bleeding: "What do you want?" And when each ex-Nun victim of abuse replies: " I want to be healed!", one would think that those would be the "OPEN SESAME" words, but NO!. What has hapenned to me and what would happen to all the others is this: The Congregation/Church, in an Un-Christ-like way responds: "Go away...there is nothing for YOU here...your problems do not fall within the ambit of our TOWARDS HEALING Protocol, we are not responsible." And like Judas betraying the suffering Christ they say "We do not know her." and will not acknowledge what is staring them in the face! Is this compassion? Is this what Jesus Good Shepherd would do with a wounded sheep? By comparison...the Anglicans seem to have done a better job at apologising : "We are very sorry, and we do sincerely apologise...we are keen to assist ANY who have had these experiences.." At least that offers more hope than the Catholic Church's 'Senate Inquiry Action Group'. This, it seems, will be an Inquiry into the Australian Senate Inquiry - with preliminary and final reports...in short, the Catholic Church in damage control stringing it out for as long as possible, funding meetings and conferences, all executives having a jolly (or was that holy?)time jetting around the Nation...when the massive expenditures this will take could be simply distributed to their victims to make what remains of the their lives tolerable and to give them HEALING. Is the apology of the Catholic Church generous? Is it at least adequate? Only one such as myself and others like me can be the judge of that.... "and their name is LEGION - for they are many.." and, although we are not referring to Demons here as was Christ when He spoke those words on healing the tormented man, unfortunately, for the Congregation of which I write, they will never be able to exorcise my memory from their minds. In Sincerity and Truth, Robin Ruth (Sr. Esther) Henderson Contributor: Ex Pastorelle Sister Robin Ruth (Sr Esther) Henderson Author: Miss Robin Ruth Henderson's Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional or out-of-home care. Posted: 29-3-2005 Folder: WWW Links Document JUSTICE OR JUST US PAPER GIVEN AT 2004 CONFERENCE ON MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY FAMILY SEPARATION Contributor: LILY ARTHUR Author: LILY ARTHUR Posted: 14-12-2004 Folder: Reports and Papers Newsletter NEWSLETTER 33 NEWSLETTER Contributor: LILY ARTHUR Author: Origins Inc Supporting People Separated by Adoption Posted: 14-12-2004 Folder: Newsletters NEWSLETTER 32 NEWSLETTER Contributor: LILY ARTHUR Author: Origins Inc Supporting People Separated by Adoption Posted: 14-12-2004 Folder: Newsletters NEWSLETTER 31 NEWSLETTER Contributor: LILY ARTHUR Author: Origins Inc Supporting People Separated by Adoption Posted: 14-12-2004 Folder: Newsletters Document NEWSLETTER 30 NEWSLETTER Contributor: LILY ARTHUR Author: Origins Inc Supporting People Separated by Adoption Posted: 14-12-2004 Folder: Newsletters Media Release Mildura Abuse Victims to launch action An alleged victim of sexual abuse by the late Mgr John Day who is thought to have abused hundreds of girls and boys in Mildura in the 1960s and 70s, is to make a claim against the Diocese of Ballarat. A letter of demand is expected to be sent to the Diocese before Christmas. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Online Catholics Posted: 24-11-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link Magdelene Laundries Australia A review of Magdelene Laundries in Ireland and Australia and the story of Lily Arthur who gave evidence at the Forde Inquiry Contributor: Lily Arthur Author: Internet Posted: 11-10-2004 Folder: WWW Links Report The Boy in the Check Jacket Child sex slavery in Port Adelaide in the 1950's Contributor: Janet Crease Author: Janet Crease Posted: 8-10-2004 Folder: Reports and Papers Newsletter Grapevine 36 Contributor: Esther Centre Author: ARC Posted: 6-9-2004 Folder: Newsletters Link Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children The report is available in whole or in parts. This web page includes a list of contents which allows you to decide which part of the report you might like to read or download. If you downlaod or read the "pdf" format you will need to have Adobe Reader. This is a free program available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html Contributor: Esther Centre Author: Commonwealth of Australia 2004 Posted: 31-8-2004 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Anglican bishop to be defrocked due to child sex abuse PM - Wednesday, 28 July , 2004 18:33:03 Reporter: David Hardaker MARK COLVIN: Should a priest who sexually abuses a child be stripped of his holy orders? That appears to be the Anglican Church's policy now because it emerged today that an Anglican bishop in Queensland, who seduced a teenage girl in the mid 1950s, will be defrocked Contributor: Esther Centre Author: ABC Radio PM Posted: 5-8-2004 Folder: Media Releases Document Network Newsletter Issue 6 In this edition of the newsletter there is an update on the meetings held monthly with the Director General of the Department of Communities and photographs of the 5th Anniversary of the Forde Inquiry and Presentation of the Charter for Redress to Ministers Celebrations. Contributor: Esther Centre Author: Esther Centre and HAN Posted: 4-8-2004 Folder: Newsletters Report Charter for Redress Charter for Redress Proposed by People who experienced abuse in church and state institutions, foster care and detention centres. The United Nations Declaration of the Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power was adopted by consensus in the General Assembly in 1985, and thus refl ects the collective will of the international community to restore the balance between the fundamental rights of offenders and the rights and interests of victims. The Declaration is based on the philosophy that victims should be adequately recognised and treated with respect for their dignity. Victims are entitled to access to judicial mechanisms and prompt redress for the harm and loss suffered. They are also entitled to receive adequate specialised assistance in dealing with emotional trauma and other problems caused by victimisation. Victims of Abuse of Power are defi ned as people who individually or collectively have suffered harm including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that do not yet constitute violations of national criminal laws but of internationally recognised norms relating to human rights. (Guide for policy makers on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power 1999.) Contributor: Esther Centre Author: Survivors of Institutional Abuse Posted: 23-6-2004 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Apology to abuse victims is new Boston archbishop's first act At Wednesday's installation ceremony, Archbishop Sean Patrick O'Malley thanked clergy abuse victims for attending, and once again apologised for the harm done by priests and bishops. He told the congregation that victims have done a service to the church in exposing the clergy sex abuse problem. He said it is the job of all US parishes, dioceses and schools "to avoid the mistakes of the past" and establish safeguards to protect children in the future. Contributor: Esther Centre Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link Are the bishops sorry at all? Sunday, August 3, 2003 Contributor: Esther Centre Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: WWW Links Link Boston report finds extent of abuse complaints 'simply staggering' Report on Boston Archdiocese with good links to history of sex abuse in the American Catholic Church July 2003 Contributor: Esther Centre Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link US pedophile priest's murder sparks comments from Vatican official In the wake of the weekend prison murder of former Boston priest John Geoghan, a senior Vatican official has said the intense coverage of the issue of clergy sex abuse in the US is an attempt at "sullying the image of the Church," as if "someone wants to take away its moral force". Contributor: Esther Cente Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link SA Church offers payout to abuse victims South Australia's Catholic Church has created legal history by offering an unconditional $2 million compensation package to victims of child sex abuse. The Advertiser newspaper is reporting this morning that offers will be delivered today to more than 30 families of young boys who allegedly were abused by a bus driver at a Catholic school for the intellectually disabled between 1987 and 1991. Contributor: Project Worker Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Reports and Papers Link 5 years added to pedophile priest's jail sentence Former Melbourne priest Michael Charles Glennon will spend at least 15 more years behind bars after County Court judge Roland Williams set the minimum sentence yesterday for a string of fresh sex offences against him. Contributor: Project Worker Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link Rockhampton bishop asked to quit The lawyer for victims of convicted pedophile priest Michael Joseph McArdle has called for Rockhampton Diocese Bishop Brian Heenan to stand down for failing in his duty of care. SOURCE Bishop told to quit (The Australian) - payment required Church study on sex abuse "startling' (Reuters/The Star Toronto) LINKS Diocese of Rockhampton | Bishop Brian Heenan Rockhampton bishop renews apology to priest's victims (10/10/03) Rockhampton bishop calls meetings to discuss church sex abuse (15/8/02) Public apology for Rockhampton priest's sex abuse (17/6/02) Church apologises to abuse victims (The Age) Church apologises for abuse (The Courier-Mail) Pope laments 'scandalous behaviour' of some priests (Ananova) Towards Healing Quinn & Scattini Contributor: Esther Centre Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Newsletters Link Pope urges help for abuse victims Pope John Paul II told bishops during yesterday's Silver Jubilee celebrations that victims of clergy sex abuse must be "protected and assisted". SOURCE The Australian Catholic World News LINKS Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Gregis - full text (October 16, 2003) Summary/analysis (Catholic World News) Pope: Help child-abuse victims (The Australian) &#8216;Act Swiftly&#8217; over Lapses &#8211; Pope (The Scotsman) Pastores Gregis - full text (Zenit) Pope: Bishops in defence of justice and of the weak (AGI) Pope: Episcopal Exhortation focuses on collegiality (AGI) Contributor: Project Worker Author: Catholic World News October 16, 2003) Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link £333,000 award in church abuse case Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent Wednesday January 14, 2004 The Guardian The Roman Catholic church will face new humiliation today when it agrees what are thought to be the highest damages ever awarded against it in a case of child abuse by a priest in England. The high court settlement of £333,000, to be paid to Simon Grey, 38, for abuse he suffered 30 years ago as an altar boy in Coventry, follows more than three years of negotiations Contributor: Project Worker Author: Wednesday January 14, 2004 The Guardian Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link Breach of faith So far in the storm of allegations about the Catholic Church and sexual abuse, the offenders have been priests and brothers. But now the victims of abuse by nuns want the story of their dreadful experiences to be heard. Jackie Dent reports. Contributor: Esther Centre Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: WWW Links Link Clergy Abuse in Australia This page is designed by and for survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Australia. It contains no religious icons, out of respect for those of us who cannot yet separate the symbols from the pain associated with them. The only symbols used are that of a flower and a butterfly. A flower symbolises many things - gentleness and fragility, new life after wintertime, growth that comes through loving care, and the tendency to be easily bruised or shattered. The butterfly is symbolic of a survivor's answer to the promise "They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint". For many survivors, their experiences have so damaged their ability to cope with life that the promise of these words only seems a mockery. Instead, these words of a rape victim express it all: "Do not expect me to soar like an eagle when I only have the wings of a butterfly". Contributor: Project Worker Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: WWW Links Link Advocates for Survivors of Child Abuse Advocates for Survivors of Child Abuse can be contacted at: HEAD OFFICE PO Box 141, Charlestown 2290 Phone: 02 4943 9905 Country & Interstate: 1300 657 380 Fax: 02 4943 9907 Email: asca@hunterlink.net.au Contributor: Leonie Holliday Posted: 17-6-2004 Folder: WWW Links Link The cover-up continues Two years ago, at their meeting in Dallas, the U.S. bishops pledged a new era of accountability and openness. As part of that process, they empanelled a group of prominent lay people -- leaders in their respective fields of business, government, academia, law and the nonprofit sector -- and charged them with the task of investigating the causes of the clergy sex abuse crisis and reporting on their findings. Contributor: Tony Robertson Author: National Catholic Reporter USA May 21 2004 Posted: 20-5-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link Abuse Tracker Last March, the Poynter Institute for training journalists in the US launched the 'Abuse Tracker' as a resource for reporters covering the story of sexual abuse in the church. It is essentially a scrapbook of electronic press reporting of the issue. As it was a temporary project for Poynter, the Institute has arranged for the National Catholic Reporter website to take over hosting of the Tracker. The Tracker offers a daily email and an archive. Poynter has given space to criticism of the tracker from the Catholic League Contributor: Tony Robertson, Esther Centre Posted: 14-5-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link Leaked report says 11,000 children abused by US clergy CNN reported at the weekend the contents of a draft report revealing that around 4450 US clergy allegedly abused 11,000 minors between 1950 and 2002. "Whatever they reported is premature," said James Levine, dean of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, which last year conducted a nationwide study of Catholic clergy sexual abuse of minors and plans to release its report at the end of next week. The study was commissioned by the National Review Board established by the US bishops to help them deal with the clergy sex abuse crisis Contributor: Tony Robertson, Esther Centre Author: (Catholic News Service 16/2/04) Posted: 14-5-2004 Folder: Media Releases Link Bishop says forgiving priest abusers easier said than done Sydney auxiliary Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, whose pioneering healing work with clergy sex abuse victims was recognised last week, has said that forgiveness often involves a struggle between a victim´s feelings and his or her will to forgive. He said that people have no direct control over their feelings. Contributor: Project Worker Author: (Australian Catholic University Graduation Ceremony 26/3/04) Posted: 14-5-2004 Folder: Media Releases Newsletter INCAS Newsletter March 2004 Contributor: Esther Centre Author: INCAS Posted: 16-4-2004 Folder: Other Networks Newsletter Network Newsletter CONTENTS P1. – Senator Claire Moore’s P3. - Arts Project P4. - Committee for Redress, Senate Inquiry, Community Education, CMC P5. - Director Generals Meeting and Pathways to Government Services P6. - Esther Centre Outreach Project, Homework and Supper Club P7. - Notices P8. - Changes in Staff P9. - Mt Glorious Bushwalking and Picnic Day Contributor: Historical Abuse Network Posted: 15-4-2004 Folder: Newsletters Document The System and The Law Posted: 26-3-2004 Folder: Poems Newsletter Grapevine Author: ARC Posted: 8-3-2004 Folder: Other Networks Link Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care The list of submissions is updated as submissions are processed. Those submissions with a document link may be accessed directly. The conversion to electronic form and loading of all submissions is being undertaken progressively. Copies of submissions may also be obtained from the Secretariat. The personal testimonies in many submissions are graphic and disturbing. Contributor: Tony Robertson: Web Editor Author: SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED BY THE COMMITTEE AS AT 05/02/04 Posted: 4-3-2004 Folder: Reports and Papers Link Qld is morally obliged to compensate survivors of institutional abuse. Morality demands two actions. First, the Queensland government should establish a compensation scheme for survivors of institutional abuse. Second, statutes should be amended to allow the institution at any time of proceedings by survivors of child sexual and or physical abuse, when that abuse has been perpetrated by individuals or institutions on whom the survivor was dependent. If these actions are not taken, then in this context Queensland will remain an unevolved throwback, not only doing too little to prevent child abuse, but doing too little to respond to it. Contributor: Project Worker Author: Dr Ben Mathews is a Lecturer in the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology. Posted: 19-2-2004 Folder: Reports and Papers Link The importance of 'resilience' in helping people cope with adversity. I first became interested in the subject of resilience when I was a commissioner on The Royal Commission on Human Relationships in the 1970s, and encountered people who faced a wide range of adversities with courage and grace. Later I made films in Africa where families struggled with famine, war, and disease – yet even in the face of such epic disasters, most still managed to find some kind of joy and meaning in life. Contributor: Web Editor Author: By Anne Deveson Posted: 19-2-2004 Folder: WWW Links Newsletter