September 2008 Archives
St Stanislaus "Abuse": Man Claims There Are 60 Victims [Australia]
September 29, 2008
Western Advocate, Australia, 16 September 2008 by Terry Jones A MAN who claimed to have been one 60 alleged victims of paedophiles at St Stanislaus' College said yesterday he did not want to see abusive brothers and priests get...
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Facing Trial By The Media [Australia]
September 29, 2008
Western Advocate, 16 September 2008 by Terry Jones TWO former Vincentian brothers and a priest at St Stanislaus' College facing a total of 125 sex charges have already been tried by police and the media, a barrister for two of...
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JERSEY Abuse Inquiry: What can be gained by tarring everyone with the same brush?
September 29, 2008
Jersey Evening Post, Letter to Editor, September 19, 2008From June Beslièvre.IT was reported on the front page of the JEP of 13 September that on introducing the Women's Hour programme one day last week, presenter Sheila McClennon said: 'The discovery...
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Abuse: Walker to address UK heads
September 27, 2008
By Diane Simon CHIEF Minister Frank Walker will urge Britain's political leaders today to ignore 'lurid' stories spread in the international media about the Island's historical child abuse inquiry. Senator Walker said that he was making the move at...
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St Stanislaus' Old Boys Rally To Defend School
September 20, 2008
Western Advocate (Australia) by Terry Jones16 September 2008OLD Boys of St Stanislaus' College were yesterday rallying behind the school, including a Bathurst solicitor who told the media outside Bathurst Court House he saw nothing during his time as a student...
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Lawyer Claims 'Mass Hysteria' Has Surrounded Sex Abuse Case
September 19, 2008
[Australia]The Australian by Lauren Wilson, September 15, 2008A LAWYER for three men who pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse at a NSW boarding school has labelled the case a "witch hunt". A file picture of St Stanislaus Catholic School,...
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Sex Case 'Witch-Hunt' [Australia]
September 19, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald by Harriet Alexander, September 15, 2008[ QUOTE: Mark Ireland, a committee member of the Old Boys' Association, said outside the court that he had been taught by Spillane and neither he nor anybody he knew had...
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'UK judges have no place here'- Jersey Evening Post
September 17, 2008
By Diane Simon The Lieutenant-Governor, Lieutenant-General Andrew Ridgway, and the Bailiff, Sir Philip Bailhache, lead the Jurats and lawyers to the Town Church before the Assise d'Héritage Picture by Rob Currie THE Bailiff and Attorney General have spoken...
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Time to face up to facts of sexual abuse of children
September 17, 2008
The reality is that a prison sentence alone does not protect children. Until we provide rigorous but compassionate treatment for offenders, the cycle of abuse will continue. We know child sexual abuse remains a huge problem in Irish society;...
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10 lawyers made over €1m from abuse cases
September 16, 2008
Sunday Tribune 14/9/08 10 lawyers made over €1m from abuse cases Ken Foxe Public Affairs Correspondent TEN solicitors have made more than €1 million each representing the victims of sexual and physical abuse at state institutions. The legal...
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Abuse Victims 'Afraid To Come Forward'
September 14, 2008
Jersey Evening Post, 13 September 2008MEMBERS of the Jersey Care Leavers Association fear victims of abuse are too afraid to come forward because 'everybody knows each other' in the Island.Speaking on national radio, they urged anyone who was abused...
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School Newsletter Had Penthouse As Recommended Reading
September 14, 2008
Huliq News, 28 August 2008http://www.huliq.com/5/67100/school-newsletter-had-penthouse-recommended-reading[ One small advantage of this hysterical outburst is that no Australian teacher will ever again tell a joke to his students - unless it's one that would not have offended Doris Day. Teachers' jokes...
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Abuse Claims:
September 12, 2008
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } May we refer to the article Abuse Claims: "why so few before money was offered" Irish Examiner, 6th September, 2008 - Letter from Hermann Kelly. Mr Hermann Kelly fails to understand while the number of...
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St Stanislaus "Scandal": Accuser Has Own History Of Shame
September 12, 2008
[Australia]Western Advocate, by Andrew Meenahan 12 September 2008http://bathurst.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/accuser-has-own-history-of-shame/1270594.aspxFormer St Stanislaus College boarding student Dallas McInerney who is campaigning to have the Vincentian Order removed from the school in the wake of child sex offence charges against three priests, was...
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SEX ABUSE AT ST STANISLAUS?
September 12, 2008
What we have here is a mixture of Ritual Abuse, Recovered Memory, Paedophile Rings and allegations that originated on the Internet i.e. a concoction of every fantasy that has launched outbreaks of hysteria world-wide since the 1980s. Also the...
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Abuse Claims: Why So Few Before Money Was Offered?
September 6, 2008
Abuse Claims: Irish Examiner, 6 September, 2008 - Letter from Hermann KellySO Eugene Murphy (Letters, August 29) did not find my column headlined 'Taxpayers fleeced and reputations ruined by false child abuse claims' (August 22) to his taste.I can assure...
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Teenagers Uploading Sexual Images To Internet
September 6, 2008
Irish Examiner, 6 September, 2008 by Dan BuckleyA GROWING amount of sexually explicit images of youngsters is being put on the web by the teenagers themselves, according to an expert in online abuse.The traditional notion that it is middle-aged...
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