'Advocacy' Category
Offender gets four years while victim gets life
As it is a small percentage of these crimes are reported. The process is simply too harrowing. Further non-reporting undoubtedly will mean more victims will be left struggling and fewer perpetrators will be held to real account.
Child abuse in churches is not yet history
It is time for an open and transparent Inquiry into Catholic clergy abuse Australia-wide, a matter for State, Federal and Territory governments to work together to protect our children and keep them safe.
The Nature of abusive systems may have changed but its chilling effects have not (opinion piece)
We need to work together to be alert to the risks to our children, to report our suspicions to the appropriate authorities and to speak out in all cases about abuse and its effects. The nature of abusive systems may have changed but its chilling effects have not.
Church still drags its heels on child abuse
Church still drags its heels on child abuse Cathy Kezelman May 17, 2011 – 1:01PM http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/politics/church-still-drags-its-heels-on-child-abuse-20110517-1eqsg.html The new Church guidelines do not go far enough to protect children freom abusive clergy. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers NCH The Vatican has once again abrogated its responsibility for stamping out abuse within the Catholic Church. The long-awaited guidelines on [...]
Asking the question: What happened to you?
What happened to you?
When child abuse survivors become parents
The good news is that even though child abuse can affect the way a child’s brain develops, studies show that the right sort of help – psychotherapy, for example – can help rewire even a fully developed adult brain and alter the way you interact with other human beings.
Presentation to parliamentary briefing session Feb 2009
This paper was presented to a parliamentary briefing session Feb 2009: “Just imagine a plague that’s not immediately fatal. It attacks in childhood and lurks in the bodies and minds of its victims into adulthood and old age. It makes its victims up to sixteen times more likely to experience debilitating mental illnesses such as [...]