The New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care ONLY... UPDATED

I have done it... I could not put it into words so I phoned up... The New Zealand Royal Commission Inquiry Into Child Rape and Child Abuse today... the man I talked to was really nice and let me do the talking... I told him my views about Why: the churches should be in with the state inquiry... Tears flowed from my eyes which he could also hear from my shaky voice... I told him that my book should be in their office... which they have had since last year... so he is going to look into that for me... I also told him that I had not heard if they got it or not... so he will send me an email as soon as he gets it... as I spoke to him for over an hour... he will also write my complaint up and put my name forward to met up with The Commission Inquiry... So a very good day for me....

I feel that I have now done the beginning... to fix what was done to us men and women... in the catholic church New Zealand orphanages... which we are paying the nuns for abusing us... THIS MUST STOP AND THE NUNS SHOULD PAY BACK ALL THE MONEY WE HAVE GIVEN THEM... WITH INTEREST... AS THEY DID TO US... we should NOT be paying these nazareth house nuns... FOR ABUSING and RAPING US FOR YEARS both day and night... Ann  

Link to My EBook
They Promised Heaven But Led Me to Hell 
Years In Two Catholic Orphanages Left Their Hidden Scars... 

Answer to my phone call...

Dear Ann Thompson

Thank you for your phone call to the Royal Commission on the 10^th of April. I have looked for the book that you told me had been sent to the Royal Commission “They promised me heaven but lead me to Hell”. Unfortunately I have been unable to locate your book here in the office. I have asked other staff if they had seen it in the office but no one recalls seeing it at all.

I have noted that you wish the Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission to be expanded to cover children who were placed in the care of the Church. You have also indicated that you would like to meet with the Commission when it is established. I have bought your request to the attention of the Chair.

Sir Anand Satyanand will carefully consider all submissions made about the Terms of Reference and will report to the Minister on the results of the consultation process.

He will not be naming any individual submitters in his report to the Minister on the Terms of reference.  To protect the integrity of the process and your privacy, he intends to make orders to prohibit publication of submissions made by individuals and the identity of the submitters. This will not stop you from making your submission public if you wish. 

If you have any concerns about the extent of confidentiality, or if you do not want your submission to be treated as confidential, please let the Commission know. When contacting the Royal Commission please quote reference number RC 15

Thank you for being so open with me yesterday Ann. I do hope that you were not too distressed after sharing your story with me.

Yours sincerely

Royal Commission into Child Abuse in New Zealand  

By keeping my book away from the Royal Commission Inquiry... is another way to keep the catholic church orphanages away... and out of the Royal Commission Into Child abuse in New Zealand... please help us men and women who were abused... and raped by nuns... priest and their workers... to get a fair hearing in... The New Zealand Royal Commission Inquiry into Child Abuse... we need all the help we can get... Let NO week go by without your say... Thank you... Ann Free Spirit

They Promised Heaven But Led Me to Hell

What about the catholic church orphanages this is my story I have it coming out as an ebook with bookbaby... a must read for every one in new Zealand to read... as well as the world... they must know what us innocent children went through because of our mothers being Raped... and we were the devil's children who had to be punished... for our mothers sins as well as our own...

you think only of the state abused men and women and every time I see or read about this... it tears me apart to think that still after all of what us men and women have been through... that there is a very big path between us victim, survivors... just because of the different names of the orphanages. home and family homes...

Names of orphanages... home... and state home ... DO NOT CHANGE THE EXTENT AMOUNT OF THE ABUSE... WHICH WAS INFLICTED UPON THE INNOCENT CHILDREN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HOMES AND ORPHANAGES WORLDWIDE...

Do I have to have a drink or two before I can write what exactly what I mean... about the difference between us abused children for this Royal Commission Inquiry in New Zealand... the Sate Government children run homes... it should be for ALL OF THE CHILDREN not just for the state...
Please help ALL OF US MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE ABUSED AS CHILDREN... we all need help... I need help right now and have for years... abuse never leaves you...

WHY HAVE YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN TURNED YOU BACK ON US FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ORPHANAGES?... Ann Free Spirit =  Ann Thompson

https://www.facebook.com/theypromisedheavenbutledmetohell/ 

Call for immediate action on abuse inquiry

The prime minister and premiers must act now to ensure reforms recommended by the child sexual abuse royal commission are not shelved or lost in politics, a key Catholic Church adviser says.

The church's Truth Justice and Healing Council CEO Francis Sullivan has called on Malcolm Turnbull and state and territory leaders to immediately set up a COAG committee to implement the recommendations in the inquiry's final report, which will be released on Friday.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/law-and-order/call-for-immediate-action-on-abuse-inquiry-ng-s-1808016 

George Pell sex abuse cover-up

Child sex abuse royal commission: sins of the fathers to be laid bare,  When the late Frank Little retired two decades ago, he recounted with humility and understated ­humour the highlight of his 22-year calling as Archbishop of Melbourne.

Little was preparing to pass the keys to St Patrick’s Cathedral to ­George Pell when he recounted a trip around Flemington Racecourse with Pope John Paul II in 1986.

“I was in the Popemobile with the Holy Father and we were going down the straight, away from people, and then there was a lady who was separated from everyone else and she saw her ­opportunity and ran over to the fence,” Little recalled.

http://annfreespiritjusticeforabusedchildren.blogspot.co.nz/p/blog-page.html 

His mission: to ensure the Catholic Church atones for its sins. No wonder Francis Sullivan faces powerful enemies.

There have been many grim days for Francis Sullivan over the past few years, but none worse than the day in 2015 when Gerald Ridsdale’s face was broadcast live into a Ballarat hearing room from Victoria’s Ararat prison. Sullivan works for the Catholic Church as the CEO of its Truth, Justice and Healing Council, and is tasked with dealing with the almighty mess of child abuse.

On this day, the Royal Commission into ­Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse wanted answers from Ridsdale about what his superiors knew and when. Ridsdale is a child rapist, a Catholic priest convicted of abusing more than 50 kids, some as young as four. The first complaints to the church about his abuse were in the early 1960s, within a year of his ordination, and each time his crimes became an embarrassment he was shifted to a fresh parish where he offended again.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/the-good-fight-francis-sullivans-mission-for-catholic-atonement/news-story/5b7eb1df003341ed2e9daa089a8a7370 

Central Catholic sex abuse demonstration will unveil new allegations from 1960s incidents

LAWRENCE — An international group that supports sexual abuse survivors will be on the public sidewalk in front of Central Catholic High School in Lawrence late Monday morning.
The group, Road to Recovery, is coming to the city after Central Catholic administrator Andrew Nikonchuk was fired last Tuesday due to allegations that he drugged and raped a student in 2006.

http://www.eagletribune.com/news/central-catholic-sex-abuse-demonstration-will-unveil-new-allegations-from/article_49a76874-2e70-11e7-bd74-8b5e2cd8d4d9.html 

Act now against the criminals protected by the Catholic Church

Chrissie Foster... 12:00AM April 7, 2017 It is difficult to stop crying.
A child sexual abuse expert from the US, Bruce Perry, simply picked a random example. He spoke via video link to the Royal Commission into Institutional ­Responses to Child Sexual Abuse; he was one of 36 experts in the field who gave evidence last week at the final public hearing of the royal commission, titled Case Study 57: Nature, Cause and Impact of Child Sexual Abuse. Perry’s example was of “a little five-year-old child and somebody is raping you”, and he talked of what it does to the young mind.

They were painful words to hear because that is what happened to our little five-year-old Emma and, not long after, to our six-year-old Katie. To hear what their infant minds had to deal with was crushing — a dreadful add-on to the vision of rape by the priest, which already haunts us.

It was like a knife to the heart.

 

http://annfreespiritjusticeforabusedchildren.blogspot.co.nz/p/news-opinion-business-review-national.html 

Church protesters react to $30K in ‘hush money’

Church protesters said yesterday they're ready to "clean house" after news of about $30,000 in "hush money" had been paid by then-Archbishop Anthony Apuron to a former altar boy in 2002 to conceal sex-abuse allegations against a Guam priest.
"This is a disgrace," said Mary Cruz, of the Concerned Catholics of Guam. "This is just another example of how he tried to cover his wrongdoings. I think now, more than ever, we need to clean out the church."

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/church-protesters-react-to-k-in-hush-money/article_2ef4b3c2-0c76-11e7-8bf6-5f0aa69ee708.html 

The Vatican is 'all words, no action' on addressing child sex abuse

When Pope Francis named two victims of clergy sexual abuse to a new Vatican commission on the protection of minors in 2014, some observers took it as a sign that the pope was getting serious about the issue.  But Marie Collins says there was still some skepticism.
“A lot of people felt that I was just being asked [to join] the commission as a sort of token survivor,” says Collins, who was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest in Ireland. “I wanted to be sure that the commission was sincere.”

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-03-16/vatican-all-words-no-action-addressing-child-sex-abuse 

Erie bishop publicizes priest dismissals

A brief notice in a recent edition of the Catholic Diocese of Erie's newspaper signals a new diocesan policy. Bishop Lawrence Persico is publicizing the names of priests who, from now on, have been permanently dismissed from the priesthood for disciplinary reasons or removed from active clerical duty for reasons related to wrongdoing.

The notice, in the March 5 edition of Faith Life, the diocese's biweekly newspaper, states that Pope Francis has dismissed a former priest in the diocese, Samuel B. Slocum, 65.

http://www.goerie.com/news/20170318/erie-bishop-publicizes-priest-dismissals 

$135M claims exceed church assets

With 30 individuals alleging child sex abuse at the hands of Guam Catholic priests spanning four decades, the total amount of monetary damages being sought in U.S. District Court of Guam cases now surpasses the amount of money the church currently holds in assets.
Archdiocesan Finance Council President Richard Untalan recently said in a press conference with Guam's media that the council had identified about $132 million in net book assets, which include churches, land and schools under the Archdiocese of Agana.

https://www.postguam.com/news/local/m-claims-exceed-church-assets/article_37e4c948-0ad4-11e7-a922-af307c1a6d5e.html 

Paedophilia is a fate and not a choice, German doctor says

Paedophilia is a diagnosis and not a crime, says Dr Klaus Beier, who leads a programme in Germany to treat paedophilically inclined adults and juveniles.  In an interview to TOI, Beier says to protect children, a healthy society must accept that "paedophilia is a reality amongst us and we need to work towards prevention."
With India's legislation mandating reporting which overrides patient confidentiality, he says those found offending must be given stringent punishment but we must simultaneously focus on preventing this crime by investing in assessing and treating juvenile offenders and reaching out to adults before they act out on their sexual urges towards children.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/paedophilia-is-a-fate-and-not-a-choice-german-doctor-says/articleshow/57619901.cms

New horizons in sight following Royal Commission hearings on the Catholic Church

IN the wake of the Catholic Church’s final hearing before the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse, Church leaders from across Australia have held a day of “reflection and conversation” on child safety.
The three-week Royal Commission hearing investigated the Church’s response to a crisis of child sexual abuse by members over six decades, and particularly the Church’s plans for child protection protocols and institutional change.

http://catholicleader.com.au/news/new-horizons-in-sight-following-royal-commission-hearings-on-the-catholic-church 

Pope Francis reducing sanctions for pedophile priests is a 'worrying sign,'

A leading member of a group advising Pope Francis on how to root out sex abuse in the Catholic Church quit in frustration on Wednesday, citing "shameful" resistance within the Vatican.The sudden departure of Marie Collins, an outspoken Irish woman who was the last remaining survivor of priestly abuse on a Holy See commission, was a major setback for the pope, who has faced criticism of not doing enough to tackle the problem.

http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/pope-francis-reducing-sanctions-for-pedophile-priests-is-a-worrying-sign-catholic-church-authority-says/59745.htm 

Newcastle Anglican Bishop Greg Thompson giving evidence at royal commission hearing

NEWCASTLE Anglican Bishop Greg Thompson has told the royal commission he needs a ‘long break’ from the church, a day after announcing his resignation following shocking evidence about child sexual abuse in the diocese.
Bishop Thompson said he will remain on sick leave until May 31 when his resignation takes effect.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4536814/bishop-says-he-needs-long-break-from-church/ 

1,100 complaints of child abuse made against Australia's Anglican church

The head of Australia's Anglican Church expressed sorrow and shame after a government report published on Friday said close to 1,100 people had filed child sexual assault claims against the church over a 35-year period.
The interim report, which said most children were aged around 11 when they were abused, came a month after a high-level inquiry into child abuse was told the Australian Catholic church had paid A$276 million ($212 million) in compensation to thousands of victims since 1980.

http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-australia-abuse-idUSKBN16O0HK

questions whether church understands gravity of sexual abuse

They were played by actors in “Spotlight,” the Oscar-winning movie that told the story of how the Boston Globe uncovered what would turn out to be a worldwide child sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church.
But on Thursday night in Charlotte, an audience of trial lawyers got to hear from the real Sacha Pfeiffer, whose reporting as a member of the Globe’s Spotlight investigative team exposed a coverup by top church officials; the real Mitch Garabedian, an attorney who represented scores of families whose children were molested by priests; and the real Jim Scanlan, a survivor of child sex abuse whose story and words informed some of the film’s most memorable scenes.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article139092968.html#storylink=cpy

 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article139092968.html 

Cardinal Pell could testify for victims in abuse trials

Cardinal George Pell could turn key witness against the Catholic Church on behalf of sexual abuse victims. In an unprecedented move, the Cardinal, the Church’s third most senior official, is expected to be called to testify in a string of lawsuits against former Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns.

It is understood to be the first time such a senior Catholic official will face victims of abuse in their pursuit of damages against the Church. Cardinal Pell is expected to be called in dozens of cases, with lawyers for four victims telling the Supreme Court this week they had concerns about using a video link from Rome. 

https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/cardinal-pell-could-testify-for-victims-in-abuse-trials-ng-b88418586z 

The church helped Father Brian Spillane in his life of crime

This Broken Rites article is the most comprehensive account available about the paedophile priest Brian Joseph Spillane -- and how the Catholic Church enabled him to commit his sexual crimes against children. Father Spillane's victims were mostly boys who were assaulted while he ministered at St Stanislaus College — a Catholic day and boarding secondary school for boys, in Bathurst, New South Wales.
And he assaulted girls in parishes elsewhere. Spillane (now aged 74) has recently completed a series of separate criminal trials, resulting in multiple convictions. Spillane is already in jail regarding the girls. On 16 February 2017, a court gave him an additional jail sentence regarding the boys. And it is possible that more of Spillane's victims may obtain justice later.

http://www.brokenrites.org.au/drupal/node/408 

Catholic clergy (including George Pell) looked the other way during Father Ridsdale's life of crime:

This Broken Rites article is the most comprehensive account available about how the Catholic Church harboured this child-abuse criminal — Father Gerald Francis Ridsdale — for 30 years in western Victoria while his superiors and fellow-priests remained silent to protect the church's public image. In 1982, when Father Ridsdale had been abusing children for 20 years, a clergy committee (of which Father George Pell was a member) noted that Ridsdale was being transferred away from Victoria. Eventually, some of Ridsdale's victims began to report his crimes to the Victoria Police, instead of merely to the offending organisation (the church).
So, in 1993, Victorian detectives charged Ridsdale in court. He was accompanied to court by his support person, George Pell, who had become an assistant bishop in Melbourne. However, no bishop accompanied the victims. Encouraged by Broken Rites, more victims later spoke to the detectives. In his four court cases between 1993 and 2014, Ridsdale has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years for assaulting 54 of his victims. In 2017, after eleven more of his victims spoke to the detectives, Ridsdale is facing court again, on a fifth batch of charges, including rape, buggery and indecent assault. Broken Rites is proud of its role in exposing the church's cover-up of this criminal priest.

http://www.brokenrites.org.au/drupal/node/55