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POSTED 16-11-2014
Five years on: Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants
Australian Government Media Release:
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants. The Anniversary is an important milestone for many of the more than 500,000 Australians who experienced abuse, mistreatment and neglect while in out-of-home care during the last century. For full info click below:
POSTED 07-10-2014
ABC Radio:Hillsong church head Brian Houston accused alleged child abuse victim of 'tempting' father, inquiry told
The head of the Hillsong church accused an alleged child abuse victim of "tempting" his father into molesting him, a royal commission has heard.
For full report please clink on the link below
POSTED 04-07-2014
The Australian:Salvation Army admits abuse of boys is its greatest failure: inquiry
The Salvation Army will review every compensation payment it has made to the victims of child sex abuse by its staff, after the royal commission unveiled evidence of the “greatest failure” in the church’s history.
POSTED 04-07-2014
News.com.au:The Salvation Army has sacked an officer accused of child abuse just months after publicly rewarding him
THE Salvation Army has sacked an officer accused at the royal commission of child abuse — six months after giving him a silver award.
For more information please read the article in News.com.au, June 23 2014
POSTED 03-07-2014
ABC News: Royal Commission urged not to make finding of widespread abuse by Salvation Army
In this podcast by the ABC News the lawyer for the Salvation Army has told the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse it should not make a finding of widespread abuse at the hands of the charity's officers. By the Salvation Army's own calculations 157 children in its care since the late 19th century claim to have been abused.
POSTED 03-07-2014
Penrith City Gazette: Royal commission: Salvos deny sexual abuse widespread
The Salvation Army has denied that sexual abuse was widespread in the organisation, despite more than 100 survivors coming forward with horrendous tales of suffering allegedly endured at the hands of officers.
POSTED 02-07-2014
ABC PM: Vatican made mistakes in reinstating Nestor: Archbishop Wilson
In this podcast by the ABC's PM program the former bishop of Wollongong has returned to the witness box of the child abuse Royal Commission for a second day to answer questions about how he handled the case of a Catholic priest who was accused of child abuse in the 1990s, but not defrocked for more than a decade.
POSTED 24-04-2014
Lotus Place CQ is Launched
A new Resource Centre 'Lotus Place CQ' has opened in Rockhampton! It is the third centre to open in Queensland offering a dedicated support service for Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants (the others are in Brisbane and Townsville).
For more info please read the article in The Morning Bulletin, 24 April 2014
POSTED 17-02-2014
Royal Commission to probe Brisbane Catholic school
Today the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will shift its hearings from Sydney to Brisbane, to examine a recent case involving a Catholic primary school.
Report by Cathy Van Extel, ABC Radio National, 17 February 2014
POSTED 16-01-2014
Forgotten Australian shares her heartbreaking story
Lee was adopted at birth, lost her adopted mother at seven years old and was ripped away from her adopted father at eight. She still bares the emotional scars today.
Article by Jorge Branco in the Caboolture News, 14 January 2014
Photo: Vicki Wood, Caboolture News.
POSTED 21-11-2013
Royal Commission Public Healing: Towards Healing process
The Royal Commission will hold a public hearing in Sydney commencing Monday 9 December 2013. The public hearing will look into the Towards Healing process adopted by the Catholic Church in responding to allegations of child sexual abuse
Royal Commission CEO Janette Dines said individuals and organisations, who believe that they have an interest in the Scope and Purpose of the public hearing, are invited to lodge an application for leave to appear.
POSTED 22-03-2013
National apology for forced adoptions
On 21 March 2013 the Prime Minister Julia Gillard apologised on behalf of the Australian Government to people affected by forced adoption or removal policies and practices. The national apology was delivered in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra.
