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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Portsmouth Cottage Homes
Press release issued 29th July 2008 by Alan Collins of Dyer Burdett & Co. Over the last two years former residents of the Children’s Cottage Homes at Cosham, and other children who were in the care of Portsmouth Corporation in … Continue reading
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Haut de la Garenne BBC News press release
PRESS RELEASE 31.07.08 Haut de la Garenne Solicitor requests more support for investigation Alan Collins, the solicitor representing many of the alleged abuse victims at Haut de la Garenne in Jersey, has publicly requested more support for the Senior Investigating … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, BBC, child abuse, compensation, Haute de la Garenne, Jersey, sex abuse
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Haut de la Garenne BBC News
BBC Interview with Lenny Harper It is staggering that Lenny Harper and his colleagues both on Jersey and the mainland have been able to collate so much evidence. This must have been a painstaking task and all those involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, BBC, child abuse, compensation, Haute de la Garenne, Jersey, sex abuse
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Is an apology enough?
I have posed the question in previous blogs: is an apology enough? I ask the question again in the light of the Pope’s apology for the sexual abuse committed by catholic priests. On the eve of his visit to Australia … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, aplogy, Catholic church, historic sexual abuse, sexual abuse, the pope
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Haut de la Garenne
For thse who occasionally visit my blog here is an update, from my perspective, on the Haut de la Garenne case. The police are still continuing to investigate the allegations of abuse, and it is my hunch that their enquiries … Continue reading
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Clergy abuse
An interesting Australian oranisation is Broken Rites which helps victims of church-related sexual abuse. The sexual abuse may have occurred in parishes, church schools, church youth clubs or church-affiliated children’s homes. The offenders may be priests, ministers, religious brothers, church-school … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Catholic church, clergy abuse, sex abuse
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William Henry Smith School
I act for a client who says that he was sexually abused by a member of the school staff. If you were a pupil at William Henry Smith school, or worked there in the 1970′s could you please contact me … Continue reading
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Treatment programme for abusers to close
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald (27th June 2008) the private psychiatric clinic established by the catholic church in Australia for the treatment and assessment of clergy who admit to being abusers is to close. According to … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic church, church, clergy abuse, sexual abuse
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Clergy Abuse Vigil
It is reported in the West Australian newspaper (thewest.com.au) that clergy abuse victims seeking redress for the harm they have suffered are protesting by way of a vigil outside Melbourne’s catholic cathedral. They want the “church” the report says to … Continue reading
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Tagged advocates, Catholic church, child abuse, child sex abuse, clergy, clergy abuse, compensation, historic abuse, law, lawyer, sexual abuse, sexual abuse victims, solicitor, solicitors, victim
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