Comments on: Progressives submit to the sexual abuse Royal Commission https://www.jwire.com.au/progressives-submit-to-the-sexual-abuse-royal-commission/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:53:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lynne Newington https://www.jwire.com.au/progressives-submit-to-the-sexual-abuse-royal-commission/#comment-26219 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:53:29 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=30252#comment-26219 Yes, and the same survivors network and Melbourne researcher, advocate and lawyer Judy Courtin, is preparing a report about abuse and suicide related deaths which originated in Victoria and now Australia wide, for the International Criminal Court, [SMH Nov.27 2012]
That lady is studying for her PhD at the Faculty of law Monash University.

]]> By: Judy Jones https://www.jwire.com.au/progressives-submit-to-the-sexual-abuse-royal-commission/#comment-26173 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:12:24 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=30252#comment-26173 Brave clergy abuse victims and their family members are to be commended for having the courage to speak up and take action to expose the truth about their sex abuse and the cover up within the church in Australia. This is not an easy thing to do.

Child predators need to be kept far away from kids forever…
BUT, an even more powerful danger is when high ranking church officials enable, empower, and cover up these crimes against kids. They need to be held accountable for allowing more innocent kids to be sexually abused so that kids are better protected now.

Child sex abuse thrives in secrecy and secret systems that allow it to continue, so let’s hope that every person who saw, suspected or may have been harmed, will find the courage and strength to speak up and contact police, not the church officials. They are not the proper officials to be investigating child sex crimes.
Keep in mind that child predators rarely have only one victim, so your silence only hurts, and by speaking up there is a chance for healing, exposing the truth, and therefore protecting others.

Judy Jones, SNAP USA. and SNAP Australia
“SNAP (The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 12,000 members. Despite the word priest in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, teachers, Protestant ministers and increasingly, victims who were assaulted in a wide range of institutional settings like orphanages, summer camps, athletic programs, Boy Scouts, etc.”

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