Archive for December, 2017
Melbourne’s Catholic archdiocese let pedophile priests free to abuse children / Victoria Herald Sun
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on December 5, 2017
In its report the commission found Archbishop Little’s “culture of secrecy … sought to protect the Archdiocese from scandal and liability and prioritised the interests of the Church over those of the victims.” (Victoria Herald Sun)
CULTURE of secrecy inside Melbourne’s Catholic Archdiocese let paedophile priests free to abuse scores of children, a damning report by the child abuse royal commission has found.
“Releasing its report into the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne today the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was most scathing of former Archbishop Frank Little …
“The commission found Archbishop Little lied about the resignation of paedophile priests, concealed ongoing financial assistance to others, and shuffled others between parishes.”
By Shannon Deery, Victoria Herald Sun — Read more …
After waiting years to be heard, the children of Smyllum tell their heartbreaking stories / The Sunday Post
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on December 4, 2017
“And, finally, after all those years, these adults, who were once children in Scotland’s care homes, would tell their stories. Stories of neglect, of cruelty, of abuse and of murder.” (The Sunday Post)
They had waited a long time to be heard.
“But in this nondescript office block, as commuters rushed by outside, they would speak at last.
“And, finally, after all those years, these adults, who were once children in Scotland’s care homes, would tell their stories. Stories of neglect, of cruelty, of abuse and of murder.
“The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry started its second phase in Edinburgh last week as judge Lady Smith turned her attention to Smyllum Park children’s home in Lanarkshire, the orphanage where, as we revealed in September, up to 400 children are buried in an unmarked grave.
“The hearings were harrowing for those who gave evidence and those who heard it. It was often heart-breaking.
“Some in the seats open to the public wept as former child residents – most are now pensioners – described growing up in Smyllum.”
By Gordon Blackstock, The Sunday Post — Read more …
Catholic Church priests raped children in Philadelphia, but the wrong people went to jail / Newsweek
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on December 1, 2017
“… by doing some old-fashioned detective work, (retired Philadelphia police detective Joe Walsh) came to believe that the altar boy was lying. And that two of the men a judge and jury had sent to jail were innocent.” (Newsweek)
Ask (retired Philadelphia police detective Joe) Walsh about his stellar career, and he’ll tell you he was just doing his job. But there is something he’s especially proud of—in his 35 years on the force, Walsh believes he never locked up an innocent man or woman. Until, that is, his last case, when he was asked to investigate the alleged multiple rapes of a former altar boy a grand jury dubbed ‘Billy Doe’ to protect his identity.
“The testimony of that former altar boy landed three men in jail—two priests and a Catholic schoolteacher—for rape. In addition, for the first time in the nation, the altar boy’s testimony also locked up a top Catholic official in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Monsignor William Lynn was sent to jail not for touching a child, but for endangering the welfare of a child, by failing to stop a known abusive priest from raping a child.
“But Walsh, by doing some old-fashioned detective work, came to believe that the altar boy was lying. And that two of the men a judge and jury had sent to jail were innocent.”
By Ralph Cipriano, Newsweeek — Read more …
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