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2005 AGM report
2005 report on activities and events
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Contributor: Project Worker Micah IT
Author: Admin Staff
Posted: 5-1-2006
Folder: Reports and Papers
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Book Review June 2004 Sex Power and the Clergy by MurielPorter
This is a timely book. The shockwaves from the revelations made about the frequency and range of sexual abuse in the Christian churches during the past several years have begun to diminish. These revelations were scandalous for society at large, and for church-goers they were also a matter of shame. Accusations were made, the media publicized and editorialised according to their various interests and audiences. But what did we learn from the tragedy? There has been minimal serious research in Australia on the phenomenon of sexual abuse in churches, on its causes and its consequences for those who have suffered, and for those who have been accomplices in the long-term aspects of abuse. In Sex, Power & the Clergy, Muriel Porter presents her readers with a thorough analysis of the "major sexual abuse cases and scandals that have affected the Christian churches in this country most recently, and over the past few decades."
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Contributor: Esther Centre
Author: Dr MaryAnne Confroy
Posted: 16-6-2004
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Betrayal of innocence
The scandal of child sexual abuse by priests rocked the American Church. Reports just published reveal its extent. What was to blame – vice or a culture of secrecy?
“PIU difettoso, il migliore,” as they say in Rome: “The worse, the better.” The very awfulness of the report made it, at first, welcome reading within the Curia. If so many parish priests were really violating their vow of celibacy with boys, then a stern reinforcement of clerical discipline from above was all the more necessary. Soon, however, as public outrage became strident, the Holy See backed off, in its usual stately fashion. The Pope suggested that after all only those guilty “as a long-standing practice or with many males” needed be unfrocked; other priests, who had subsequently “curbed their desires” and “atoned for their infamous deeds with proper repentance”, might continue in parish ministry. The author of the report responded furiously, for he maintained that the rot ran deep. Not only lecherous clergy but the “do-nothing superiors of clerics and priests” were “partners in the guilt of others” by permitting “the destructive plague” to continue: the Church must be reformed! Rome turned frosty…
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Contributor: Project Worker
Author: The Tablet 06/03/2004
Posted: 10-3-2004
Folder: Media Releases
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The Forum: Why the Sex-Abuse Crisis Continues
by Phil Lawler
special to CWNews.com
Mar. 01 (CWNews.com) - "The terrible history recorded here is history," said Bishop Wilton Gregory, speaking to reporters about the latest and most comprehensive report on the sex-abuse scandal.
We're heard that line many times before. Every previous time, it's been proven false. This time will be no exception. In fact, I'll prove it false right now.
Bishop Gregory, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, assures us that the sex-abuse scandal is now behind us, since "known offenders are not in ministry."
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Contributor: Project Worker
Author: Catholic News USA
Posted: 7-3-2004
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Queendland Origins Site
Some Of Our Background
Well, we are a group of women who have lost children to adoption in Australia. There have been 300,000 adoptions in Australia since 1923 through to the early nineties. Post war adoptions amounted to approximately 250,000, these adoptions consisted mostly of newborns.
Most mothers lost children in the period of the late 60's through to the mid 70's. During this peak period of adoption over 150,000 newborns were taken from their mothers. These children were taken to provide a community service to infertile couples.
Our group was formed out of the need to focus on two issues.
1. Being the need to address past adoption practices.
2. To focus on the severe emotional consequences inherent in adoption.
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Contributor: Project Worker
Posted: 8-1-2004
Folder: Newsletters
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The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
SNAP's healing model - that both survivors and the institution that hurt them must be healed - focuses on helping individuals and changing the church that allowed the abuse. We have a three-fold purpose: SELF HELP: By sharing our stories, we recognize that we are not alone, and we are not guilty for what happened to us. Gradually coming to a full knowledge of this empowers us to confront the truth, and to find healthy mechanisms for healing.
Survivors
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Contributor: Project Worker
Posted: 8-1-2004
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The Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse/Assault
Dedicated to Addressing Childhood Sexual Abuse in Jewish Communities Around the World
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Contributor: Project Worker
Posted: 8-1-2004
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2003 Report
ESTHER CENTRE
Addressing Abuse of Power in Human Services and Faith Communities
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Contributor: Project Worker
Author: Micah Inc.
Posted: 26-11-2003
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Submission to CMC Inquiry of Abuse of Children in Foster Care
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Contributor: Esther Centre
Posted: 21-10-2003
Folder: Reports and Papers
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Adelaide archbishop talks to MP on confessional confidentiality
Archbishop Philip Wilson met with No Pokies Independent MP Nick Xenophon on Friday to discuss the seal of the confessional and whether priests should be required to break it.
Xenophon sparked national controversy on Tuesday when he introduced a Bill in South Australia's Parliament making the clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse. The Bill would effectively remove, by law, the confidentiality of the confessional in regard to child abuse.
Archbishop Wilson has declined to comment on the meeting but Mr Xenophon says he thought it was productive.
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Contributor: Project Worker
Author: CathNews Sept 24 2003
Posted: 29-9-2003
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