Victims of paedophile Church worker back Royal Commission calls
Victims of a Hunter Valley paedophile church worker, who has had his jail time doubled, have backed calls for a Royal Commission into child abuse within churches.
View ArticleHunter abuse victims welcome Royal Commission
Across the Hunter Valley victims of child abuse by clergy and their families are welcoming news that after years of fighting, there will finally be a full national Royal Commission.
View ArticleSupport for Child Sex Abuse Commissioners
A Hunter Valley clergy abuse victim has applauded the Federal Government for taking victims into account as it compiled the terms of reference for its Royal Commission.
View ArticleScouts criticised by counsel assisting royal commission over response to...
The senior counsel assisting the royal commission has made damning findings over the way Scouts Australia responded to allegations of abuse by a Newcastle group leader.
View ArticleScouts call for tougher sentences for paedophiles
Scouts Australia is calling for tougher sentencing for paedophiles after the actions of one of its Hunter region leaders triggered the first hearing of the Royal Commission into child abuse.
View ArticleUpper Hunter swim club to come under Royal Commission scrutiny
The response by an Upper Hunter swimming club to incidents of sexual abuse by a local coach will be examined by the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse.
View ArticleUpper Hunter swim club to come under scrutiny at Royal Commission
An Upper Hunter swimming club will have to explain how it dealt with a former coach convicted of child sex abuse offences when a Royal Commission hearing begins today in Sydney.
View ArticleCall for Royal Commission to launch in-depth probe into suicides linked to...
Dozens of suicides, allegedly linked to abuse by several Hunter Valley priests, has prompted the formation of a group that is calling for an in-depth probe by the Royal Commission.
View ArticleRoyal Commission to hold Newcastle hearings behind closed doors
Hunter region survivors of childhood sexual abuse will give evidence to the Royal Commission during four days of private hearings in Newcastle later this month.
View ArticleTruth, Justice and Healing Council to explain Royal Commission response
The Hunter's Catholic church will today host two public information sessions to discuss the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse.
View ArticleRoyal Commission planning public hearings in Newcastle for 2016
The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has confirmed planning is underway for public hearings to be held in Newcastle next year.
View ArticleSwim club beefs up child protection measures in wake of Royal Commission...
A swim club in the New South Wales Hunter Valley appoints a member protection officer, in the wake of sexual abuse incidents dating back to the 1980s.
View ArticleNewcastle Anglican bishop dismayed at allegations of 'power paedophile rings'...
Newcastle Anglican Bishop Greg Thompson has expressed shock that allegations of abuse gripping his diocese have alleged links to high profile sectors within the Hunter community.
View ArticleCatholic bishop says Pell evidence completes 'disturbing picture' of church's...
The Catholic bishop of Maitland-Newcastle Bill Wright says Cardinal George Pell's evidence to the Royal Commission completes a 'disturbing picture' of how the church dealt with child sexual abuse.
View ArticleChurch abuse survivor urges victims to get help ahead of royal commission...
A sexual abuse survivor and victims advocate urges fellow victims to seek professional help before royal commission hearings in Newcastle.
View ArticleRoyal commission hears horrifying evidence of child sexual abuse in Newcastle...
In harrowing testimony to a royal commission hearing in Newcastle, an abuse survivor describes how Father Peter Rushton (pictured) cut his back with a knife to symbolise Christ's blood while he raped him.
View ArticleChild sex abuse royal commission: Former Newcastle bishop says he never knew...
A former bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle denies ever being told allegations that one of his priests, Peter Rushton, had sexually abused children.
View ArticleChild sex abuse royal commission: Survivor says abuse 'continues to prey' on...
A man who was sexually abused when he was an altar boy in Newcastle says the experience continues to prey on his mind 40 years later, but the process of dealing with the Anglican Church has been "as...
View ArticleChild sex abuse royal commission: Survivor says Newcastle Diocese fought hard...
A clergy abuse survivor says Newcastle's Anglican church tried very hard to deny its duty of care while he fought for charges against a paedophile priest.
View ArticleNewcastle lawyer did not tell police about abuse allegations against priests,...
A Newcastle lawyer and Anglican Church official says he did not go to police with allegations of abuse against priests because he was trying to protect the church.
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