Hero Denis Ryan Dies Title: Child abuse survivors pay tribute to Victorian detective Denis Ryan Author: Tyrone Dalton Publisher: ABC News Date: 03JUN2025 In short: Former Victoria Police detective Denis Ryan has died in Mildura, aged 93. Mr Ryan was driven from the police force in 1972 after his superiors stopped him from charging paedophile
No State Memorial Pell Title: Premier Daniel Andrews ‘very clear’ there will not be a state memorial service for George Pell in Victoria Author: Serena Seyfort Publisher: 9News Date: 12JAN2023 The Victorian premier has made it “very clear” there will not be a state memorial service for George Pell, saying he couldn’t think of “anything
Family Sue Catholic Church Title: Victorian court allows abused altar boy’s children and wife to sue Catholic church Author: Christopher Knaus Publisher: The Guardian Date: 05JAN2023 Unique case may set precedent as family alleges church’s failings caused man’s violence in later life. A Victorian court has paved the way for the children and wife of
Ballarat Diocese Liable Abuse Title: Victorian Catholic diocese found vicariously liable for child sexual abuse in landmark ruling Author: Christopher Knaus Publisher: The Guardian Date: 05JAN2022 Church’s argument that it was not responsible for the abuse was rejected and described as ‘affront to common sense’. The Catholic church’s failed attempt to argue it was not
Jill Hennessy George Pell Title: Victorian Government backs release of unredacted Royal Commission findings on child sex abuse Author: Andrew Ware Publisher: ABC News Date: 27APR2020 Victoria’s Attorney General, Jill Hennessy, has said there are no legal impediments to prevent the release of unredacted portions of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses
Muytjens Clergy Dark Networks Title: Study identifies 16 child sex abuse rings in Victorian Catholic Church Author: Debbie Cuthbertson Publisher: The Age Date: 23FEB2020 A three-year research project into paedophile Catholic clerics in Victoria has identified 16 child sex abuse networks operating over six decades involving 99 priests and Christian Brothers.The investigation found that
Author: Sally Muytjens Publication: Queensland University of Technology Date: 2019 Abstract Literature, inquiries and media reports show that the occurrence of Catholic clergy child sexual abuse is a global phenomenon and an established fact (Webber and Babwin 2014; Doyle 2006; Cahill and Wilkinson 2017, 95). Catholic clergy child sexual abuse networks have been acknowledged informally
Author: Archbishop Denis Hart (Archbishop of Melbourne), Bishop Peter Connors (Bishop of Ballarat), Bishop Christopher Prowse (Bishop of Sale), Monsignor Frank Marriott (Administrator of Sandhurst) Publication: Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry Date: 14NOV2011 The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, through the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, previously made a submission to the Inquiry on 23 August
Author: Vicar General Catholic Archdiocese Melbourne Publication: Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne Date: 23AUG2011 5.9 We also believe that clergy need to be legislated as mandatory reporters of child abuse. (T100/32)It is implicit in this request that it be an obligation for priests to violate the “sacramental seal” of the confession. The suggestion is that requiring
Author: The Honourable Philip Cummins (Chair) Publication: Victorian Parliament Report Date: 27Jan2012 Protecting Victoria’s vulnerable children. The Panel delivered the Report to the Minister for Community Services on 27January 2012. The Report was tabled by the Minister for Community Services in Parliament on 28 February 2012. The Report is now available to the public. It