SA bottom of abuse compensation table

South Australia, the only state to publicly reject contributing to a national scheme for child sex abuse survivors, has spent just $1.2 million on its own scheme, soon-to-be-released figures show.
And the state has made an average payment of just $14,000 to people abused in state care. The breakdown of current redress schemes run by states and institutions is contained in a speech to be delivered in Melbourne on Thursday by Peter McClellan, who chairs the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/11/05/05/41/sa-bottom-of-abuse-compensation-table 

‘Spotlight’ revisits the investigation of sexual abuse.

In a revealing moment in Spotlight, the expertly crafted new film about the Boston Globe’s investigation into the clerical sexual abuse scandal, the lawyer Mitchell Garabedian (Stanley Tucci) offers a damning analysis of the unfolding crisis.
“Mark my words, Mr. Rezendes,” he tells Globe reporter Mike Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo). “If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.”

http://americamagazine.org/issue/big-dig

The Church’s sexual abuse crisis is not over

It never will be over... because the catholic church... will not admit that they raped us children... for them it was power and control... over children... teens... and young men and women... while people look the other way... turn a deaf ear... and stand up for these priest... nuns... and their workers... it will keep going on... and if you have not notice.. they are getting bolder at their lies... and their actions... there are so many victims... and survivors who have come forward... and we must NEVER GO AWAY... we have our voice... and we must use our voice... for the children of today... it is the children of today... we have to protect from the wolves of the dark... who school our children... to trust them... and not to see that what they are doing to them... is wrong... Ann

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Many of us, including myself, have long wanted to leave this sordid mess behind. But children are not yet safe. And those of us who look away and pretend otherwise are not just complacent. We’re c… 

I watched the movie “Spotlight,” detailing Boston’s sex abuse crisis, in a theater filled with Boston Globe reporters I’ve known for years and survivors who understand too well the crimes the Catholic hierarchy enabled. All the doubts and shame came flooding back.

http://myinforms.com/en/a/18575370-the-church8217s-sexual-abuse-crisis-is-not-over/

A heroic whistleblower in the long, sad mess of clergy sexual abuse

Remember the famous line in “Jaws” when Chief Brody first sees the monster shark and says, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
Phil Saviano remembers a similar line when he first told Boston Globe reporters there weren’t just one or two priests molesting a handful of children. Saviano knew of nearly 30 priests, if not more, with dozens of victims. And the Church was covering it up. He remembers how one editor took it all in, then called his boss to say: We’re gonna need more reporters. This is so much bigger than we thought.

http://www.cruxnow.com/faith/2015/10/28/a-heroic-whistleblower-in-the-long-sad-mess-of-clergy-sexual-abuse/

Former Seminarian for Anti-Semitic Church Charged with Sexual Abuse of Boys

A long-haul trucker is under investigation in Idaho and Washington State on suspicion of sexually abusing at least 10 boys, including some while he was affiliated with a hard-core, anti-Semitic church.
Kevin G. Sloniker, 30, was arrested in Menomonie, Wis., and extradited to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where he was booked into the Kootenai County Jail on Oct. 9. Sloniker faces felony charges of rape and lewd conduct involving two underage boys,

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/10/30/former-seminarian-anti-semitic-church-charged-sexual-abuse-boys 

Diocese to fingerprint all clergy, workers

In response to new Pennsylvania child protection laws, the Diocese of Pittsburgh now requires FBI background checks and fingerprinting of all diocesan clergy, employees and many volunteers. This is in addition to the state child abuse and criminal background checks that the diocese has required for more than a decade.
To make these new requirements easier for volunteers and employees, the diocese has purchased a mobile fingerprint unit that can be taken to parishes and schools. At the same time, the diocese has instituted online training for its required “Protecting God’s Children” course and also for the mandated reporter training now required for those who are legally obligated to report suspected child abuse. Links to that training can be found at www.diopitt.org in the left-hand column below “Protecting God’s Children.”

http://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/News/Diocese-to-fingerprint-all-clergy--workers- 

Former priest convicted of molestation loses latest legal fight

A former priest from Kingsport convicted of sexually abusing a child in his congregation three decades ago lost his latest legal fight Friday. William Casey was in Sullivan County Criminal Court trying to convince a judge to force the District Attorney General’s Office to recuse itself from his case.
A judge denied that request Friday. Four years ago, a jury convicted Casey of rape and sexual misconduct involving a child over the period of 5 years during his time as priest at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in Kingsport. Casey is serving a 35 to 40 year prison sentence.

http://wjhl.com/2015/10/30/former-priest-convicted-of-molestation-loses-latest-legal-fight/ 

Crime commission issues chilling child exploitation warning

The threat of paedophilia was only set to rise in the future, according to a disturbing prediction in the Queensland Organised Crime Commission of Inquiry. Commissioner Michael Byrne, QC, handed down the report from the $6 million, six-month inquiry on Friday and there were predictions that would cause considerable community concern.
"There can be little doubt that child sex offending, particularly to feed the illicit and insatiable child exploitation market, represents a risk with an upward trajectory," the report finds. "Further, there is a growing trend towards commercialisation of the child exploitation market.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/crime-commission-issues-chilling-child-exploitation-warning-20151030-gknfqj.html 

Review: Cliches and half-truths in disappointing ‘Truth’

Robert Redford does not look or act much like CBS news anchor and “60 Minutes II” star Dan Rather. But that doesn’t matter much. What matters, and what’s germane to the distressing inchoate quality of “Truth,” is that Rather comes off as a saintly cardboard dullard in writer-director James Vanderbilt’s film. Even if you don’t know what’s missing – a hint, maybe, of the legendary Rather swagger – what’s there does not compensate.
Top-billed Cate Blanchett tears into the role of hard-charging news producer Mary Mapes, a maligned scapegoat in the movie’s eyes. In September 2004, on the brink of George W. Bush’s re-election, Rather led the on-air charge with a Mapes-produced “60 Minutes” segment regarding discrepancies, vagaries and riddles about Bush’s Texas Air National Guard duty during the Vietnam War.

http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article41919228.html

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Britain's child migrants: Institutions that separated families must help make amends

Only in recent years have some of the infants forcibly transported decades ago been reunited with their kin.  It is difficult to believe the scale of the cruelty involved in the story of Britain’s child migrants. It was another form of institutional child abuse, of which we know there was far too much.
 It was also a peculiarly British and Irish phenomenon; no other country practised anything like this policy for children who, in the phrase of the time, were “born out of wedlock”. They were given up for adoption – not always with the full-hearted consent of the mother. Many stayed in care homes and with adoptive families in this country, where there was a better chance of eventually being able to trace their biological parents. Those exported to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) had much less chance of finding their birth family later in life.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/britains-child-migrants-institutions-that-separated-families-must-help-make-amends-a6715616.html

Secretive Catholic society admits Vatican is investigating child abuse claims against founder

 A secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. has revealed under pressure that a Vatican investigator is looking into allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits.
The scandal at the Peru-based Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, or Sodalitium for Human Life, has close parallels to other recent cases of charismatic Catholic leaders in Latin America being accused of sex abuse — as well as the church dragging its feet on investigating claims and trying to keep scandals quiet.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/10/31/secretive-catholic-society-admits-vatican-is-investigating-child-abuse-claims/ 

Survivors of clergy sex abuse hope ‘Spotlight’ film brings victims forward

Survivors of clergy sex abuse said they hope the upcoming film “Spotlight,” about the Boston Globe’s groundbreaking report that Roman Catholic officials routinely covered up abuse by priests, prompts more victims to publicly confront their abusers.
The newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for revealing in 2002 that church officials routinely covered up reports that priests had sexually assaulted children, setting off a global wave of investigations that found similar patterns at dioceses around the world.

http://www.newshour.com.bd/2015/10/31/survivors-of-clergy-sex-abuse-hope-spotlight-film-brings-victims-forward/ 

Sir Graham Henry says current All Blacks are the best in New Zealand history

Sir Graham Henry has rated Steve Hansen's All Blacks team as the greatest in New Zealand rugby history after they successfully defended their World Cup crown against Australia. The man who led the Kiwis to their drought-breaking triumph on home soil four years ago said the team current version had raised the bar even higher following the 34-17 victory in the final at Twickenham.
Speaking the Newstalk ZB, the former All Blacks coach said: "It's marvellous. They're the best rugby team in the world by a considerable margin and they've proved that again tonight against a very, very courageous and hard working Australian side but there was quite a gap in class between the two sides and the Australians admitted that.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/73572695/Sir-Graham-Henry-says-current-All-Blacks-are-the-best-in-New-Zealand-history