Keywords: Church Sexual Abuse
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 02 October 2009
22 Comments
The case for Polanski's avoiding extradition has generally received a
sympathetic hearing. The
same sympathy is not generally shown to clergy who have
been tried for less serious acts committed just as many years ago.
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RELIGION
- Julian Butler
- 15 June 2009
18 Comments
Eventually the Vatican will have to stand in solidarity with the
victims of abuse. The Church is
capable of acting well and badly. To separate individuals from the Church diminishes the responsibility of the whole body.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 22 July 2008
27 Comments
Pope Benedict's apology to abuse victims included a directive to the local church to extend compassion and justice. The Church's 'Towards Healing' protocol is not a cheap substitute for criminal prosecution or civil liability.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 29 May 2008
31 Comments
The Australian Catholic Bishops argue that Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's book on sexual abuse questions the authority of the Church to teach definitively. But Bishop Robinson is right when he calls for reflection on the factors within Catholic culture that foster abuse.
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RELIGION
- Geoffrey Robinson
- 25 October 2007
59 Comments
As long as the Church seeks to manage rather than confront, the devastating effect the sexual abuse scandal has had on the Church will continue and will cripple other activities.
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