Ribbons tied to Wellington church by child sexual abuse survivors removed
Ribbons put on a Wellington church by child sexual abuse survivors and their supporters have been promptly taken down by the parish priest. The ribbons were tied to the fence…
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Removed ribbons to be reinstated after outcry
A Wellington priest has backed down and agreed to allow ribbons from the survivors of sexual abuse to adorn a church in the capital. Fr Kevin Conroy, the Marist Fathers…
Priests gather for training seminar
Priests from across Otago and Southland gathered in Dunedin yesterday as part of a push to upskill clergy in response to a sexual abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church. About…
Victims’ advocate loses faith in an ‘incapable’ Church body
A sexual abuse survivors’ advocate says she can no longer refer people to the Catholic Church’s body for dealing with complaints, saying it is dangerously incapable of dealing with victims….
Over 30 years, young victims suffered the calculated sexual abuse of ‘Mister’ Alosio Taimo
Here sits a boy. He is slumped in a low, blue chair with his gangly limbs folded at an awkward angle. He wears his school uniform, one of his socks…
Raped, beaten and drugged: Victims of state school abuse receive less than $11,000
Peter Whall still has nightmares about waking up at his Otago boarding school, a hand clamped over his mouth. As a young teen, he explained to his housemaster how an…
‘I believe you, your country believes you’: PM’s apology to child sex abuse survivors
The Royal Commission exposed horrific abuse of children at institutions around Australia, and systematic attempts to cover it up. Today, the prime minister apologised for a nation’s failure to protect…
School name has ‘huge effect psychologically’
A bid to change a Dunedin school’s name is gaining traction following accusations its namesake covered up sex abuse. Published in Radio New Zealand
Ribbons ‘a voice’ for sex abuse survivors
Survivors of sexual abuse tied ribbons of remembrance from around the world to the gates of St Joseph’s Cathedral in Dunedin during a gathering this morning. About 30 survivors, their…
NZ Catholic Church withholds findings on sex abuse claims
The Catholic Church has withheld its findings about a child sex abuse accusation for months from the man who laid the complaint. Published in Radio New Zealand
Priest’s sexual abuse at Upper Hutt school admitted: It’s ‘criminal’
The Marist Fathers has admitted a priest who led one of its top secondary schools sexually abused children. But decades on they will not release the file on Francis Durning,…
Male survivor of sexual abuse says, ‘we need to talk about it a lot more openly’
Geoff Cavell was sexually abused by a family member from the age of seven. Source: 1 NEWS By Emily Cooper Published in One News 17 September 2018
Call for Catholic Church to release file it has on priest who sexually abused boys
A Christchurch man wants the Catholic Church to release information he says it has about a priest who sexually abused him as a 12-year-old. George Russell said he was an…
Canterbury Catholic diocese accused of enabling abusive priest
Two Canterbury men are accusing the Catholic church of enabling a priest to carry out a string of child sex attacks across the South Island. Documents show the church knew…
‘The Church should open up their books’ – abuse survivor
Documents show the Catholic church publicly thanked a priest for his service, despite knowing he was a serial predator of young boys. A church investigator’s report from 2017 says Father…
Priest carried out ‘litany of offending against young boys’ – report
Two Canterbury men are accusing the Catholic church of enabling a priest to carry out a string of child sex attacks in multiple South Island parishes. Documents show the church…
Book Launch & Presentation – “When Bad Things Happen To Good Boys” “Bristlecone Project”
Books are available for purchase at the event for $10 cash or a small koha. When Bad Things Happen to Good Boys is a grippingly true account of the sexual…
Cabinet yet to hear abuse inquiry proposal
Slow progress in establishing the ground rules for New Zealand’s biggest ever inquiry is causing further pain for state care abuse survivors. New information also shows a formal proposal on…
Scale of abuse, suffering revealed
The only staff member not to be named as a perpetrator in this school in Dunedin at this time is the head master and the brother currently under investigation by…
Catholic church knew of abuse claims against paedophile priest Michael Shirres for 28 years
The Catholic Church was aware of sex abuse accusations against paedophile priest Father Michael Shirres nearly three decades before he was finally withdrawn from public ministry. Another victim of the…
TOAH_NNEST supports call for inclusion of all survivors in public enquiry.
The National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together (TOAH-NNEST) has written to the minister of Justice urging him to “include all children and young people who have been harmed in care,…
Critics say Pope Francis needs to walk the walk after too many words on global Catholic child abuse scandal
POPE Francis’ vow to break the Catholic Church’s cover-up culture in a letter to “the people of God” after a damning American child sexual abuse report has been criticised after…
Not ready to condemn Kavanagh
The Bishop of Dunedin is not yet ready to condemn a predecessor, but says the actions of a priest who aided a paedophile Christian Brother would ”definitely not” be appropriate…
Bishop apologises to Dunedin: ‘It’s indefensible’
The Bishop of Dunedin has apologised to the city and asked for forgiveness, after admitting the Catholic Church failed to protect children from paedophiles disguised as men of the cloth….