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NSW Attorney-General not considering tougher laws for child abuse concealers ABC Newcastle By Paul Turton Updated 10 Jul 2018, 8:42am PHOTO: Abuse survivor Paul Gray says NSW needs to change its laws to protect children. (ABC News: Paul Turton) RELATED STORY: Archbishop sentenced to 12 months’ detention for child abuse cover-up RELATED STORY: The sex abuse royal commission went to […]

The NSW Government’s proposed new penalties for concealing Child Sex Offences are nothing short of an insult to survivors and make a mockery of the Royal Commission. This might seem like a harsh statement but the fact is, if convicted paedophile protector Philip Wilson was subject to these proposed new sentences, he would be in […]

Arch Bishop Philip Wilson was given a custodial sentence of one year with a non parole period of 6 months in Newcastle Court this morning. He will now be assessed by Corrective Services as to the suitability of this sentence being served in the form of home detention. Magistrate Robert Stone went to great lengths […]

Peter Comensoli to be next Arch Bishop of Melbourne. Bishop Peter Comensoli made news last year when he warned his Sydney parishioners of the pending release of convicted child sex offender and former priest, Finian Egan. He wrote to the parishioners in his diocese and told them that Egan was being released back into the […]

The Roman Catholic Church is again proving that their institution empowers the perpetrator rather than protecting the victim. The so called “sanctity” of the confessional is immoral and should be made criminal when it comes to concealing serious offences. The Royal Commission has proven that the church cannot be trusted with the welfare of vulnerable […]

More good news! For far too long, corrupt leadership has been more concerned with protecting the institutional church’s cash and assets rather than fairly compensating the victims of the criminals that they have protected. Thankfully, the finances of the “institutional church” has just lost another layer of protection and the Survivors of Child Sex Abuse […]

Here is some more great news! For far too long, corrupt institutions have not only abused innocent children and then deliberately and intentionally concealed the crimes but have also heaped further abuse upon the survivors by denying them proper compensation through the exploitation of legal loopholes. Scrapping the “Ellis Defence” in Victoria is another step […]

Survivors of abuse find vindication as Archbishop Philip Wilson is found guilty of helping to conceal child sex abuse Joanne McCarthy The Herald – local news PETER Creigh stood on the steps of Newcastle Courthouse on Tuesday morning and cried tears for unknown thousands of people who have been sexually abused as children. He spoke […]

DECEMBER 19 2017 – 7:00PM Comment: Pastor Bob Cotton | No confidence in church after Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse Maitland Mercury Local News  LINGERING DOUBTS: Pastor Bob Cotton says when it comes to church reform, the “mice are still in charge of the cheese”. Picture: Jonathan Carroll. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses […]