Survivor and campaigner Stewart Carter – who watched the man who abused him walk free from court – is calling on the state government to back the state opposition’s bill.
Anne Manne reveals the depravity and cruelty within the Newcastle Anglican diocese.
A lawsuit involving Aboriginal victims of a jailed priest could have international implications for the Vatican as they seek to protect the pontiff from being drawn into a civil damages claim.
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A board of inquiry examining historical child sexual abuse at Beaumaris Primary School has called for a statewide truth-telling process for victim-survivors,describing the Education Department’s response to allegations as recent as 1994 as an “appalling and systemic failure”.
How the abuse of students like Tim Courtney went unchecked at 24 state schools for years is the question at the centre of a special inquiry into allegations of historical sexual abuse that began on Monday.
Child safety advocates have praised the campaign as a powerful step in helping prevent sexual abuse.
An alliance of Aboriginal medical services also dismissed what it described as “attempts to politicise the issue of child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities” while Liberal MP Bridget Archer crossed the floor.
The headmaster of St Joseph’s College in Hunters Hill offered a “heartfelt apology” by the memorial at the school gates.
The continued employment of a female high school teacher prompts concern about how little the NSW Education Department appears to have learnt from the royal commission into child sexual abuse.
An anonymous letter made disturbing claims about a prior and a brother at a New Zealand school. Their crimes were even more horrific.