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Mike Subritzky is a team of one committed to helping heal the unknown number of male sexual assault survivors in Taranaki. Subritzky, a trained counsellor with a background in chaplaincy,…

Police investigating historical sexual offending allegations at Dilworth School in Auckland have identified over 80 additional accusers. Published in TVNZ

Phillip Chapman, MSA Chair “If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brighten your own path.” Buddah Kia ora koutou.

Police say a former Scout leader charged with historical sexual offences involving children over 40 years may have had other victims. Published in Radio New Zealand

A former school teacher has been sentenced over a historic indecent assault. Former Otago Boys’ High School maths teacher David Russell Bond, 69, appeared for sentencing before Judge Michael Turner…

Hon Chris Hipkins Minister for the Public Service An interim report by the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care, released today, is a deeply moving record of the State’s past…

Today (17 December 2020) the Government is releasing Tāwharautia: Pūrongo o te Wā – the Interim report of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission. We are pleased to provide you…

Historical abuse suffered at the hands of some fellow students and staff at Dilworth School have been outlined to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care. Neil Harding, who is…

A former Christ’s College student sexually assaulted and abused by other students in the 1970s says it was “systematic deliberate abuse” designed to shame him. Jim Goodwin attended the Christchurch…

Murray Heasely and Liz Tonks address the commissioners on behalf of victim survivors at the beginning of the NZ Royal Commission hearing into abuse in care. Nov 30 2020

This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission. GRAPHIC CONTENT: A man has presented a harrowing testimony of being terrified as a boy for every day…

Newshub has seen evidence that the Marist Brothers knew one of their members was offending against children over decades, but didn’t prevent him from being around children. One of his…

Witnesses at the Abuse in Care Royal Commission have recounted gruelling memories of being abused while in the care of churches. During the week and next week, the Commission is…

A man who suffered horrific sexual abuse at two Dunedin schools says an independent body should be established to investigate church abuse cases. The man, named only as Marc, presented…

A former Catholic boarding school student who was abused by senior staff says one of them was quietly moved to another school in the South Island without being punished. Patrick…

A man abused while at a Catholic boarding school in the early 1950s says he is not convinced the church’s approach to dealing with abuse has changed at all. The…

A former Catholic boarding school student who was abused by a priest says the Catholic Church repeatedly tried to minimise his abuse and deny that it was criminal offending. The…

A man who was sexually abused as a boy at St Patrick’s College, Silverstream only ever wanted the photographs of his abusers removed from the school’s hall, the Royal Commission…

A man who was in both faith-based and state care wants the public to wake up to historical abuse and be concerned that it could still be happening. Darryl Smith,…

A group representing survivors of abuse while in faith-based care believes victims could die before there is any satisfactory resolution to their claims against churches. The Network of Survivors of…

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Psychology (Clinical). Read article (PDF) Author: By Claire Peck Centre for Mental Health, Faculty of…

The Catholic Church has lost its bid to keep the identities of perpetrators and those accused of covering up abuse secret at the upcoming Abuse in Care Royal Commission of…

The chair of the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care, Judge Coral Shaw, today declined all but one of the non-publication applications made by lawyers acting for the Catholic Church,…