Senior counsel assisting Gail Furness SC addresses the royal commission. Source: screenshotWhile we await the Court’s decision, it’s worth summarizing what this is all about.
The case centers around an incident that took place on July 15, 2006.
J.W., a nine-year-old girl with Jehovah’s Witness parents, was invited to her first slumber party at the home of Gilbert Simental. He had a daughter her age, so that wasn’t too weird. Two other girls (sisters) were also at the party. These families all knew and trusted Simental because, while he was no longer a local Witness leader, he had spent more than a decade as an elder in the faith. He was a religious leader who stepped down, he said, to spend more time with his son. They believed him. They all respected him. It’s why they allowed their girls into his home.
- Abuser Name or Alias:: Gilbert Simental
- Abusers Organisation:: Jehovahs Witness Church
Putting Church above Children - The Vatican Fails to Comply with a UN Treaty
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- Category: Paedophile coverups by church and state
- Created: Monday, 22 July 2019 20:18
- Written by Paul Moses - Commonweal
One way Pope Francis could move ahead with his aim of curbing clergy sex abuse in the worldwide Catholic Church would be to insist that the Holy See comply with the international human-rights treaty it signed to protect the rights of the child. Since nearly every country in the world (other than the United States) has signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 1989 treaty sets a clear international standard for Catholic bishops everywhere.
- Abusers Organisation:: Catholic Church
- Matter Resolved?: No, Ongoing
At least 231 children abused at Catholic boys' choir run by Pope Benedict's brother
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- Category: Paedophile coverups by church and state
- Created: Friday, 08 January 2016 11:33
- Written by The Journal.ie
AT LEAST 231 children at a famous Catholic boys’ choir in Germany were victims of physical abuse, a lawyer commissioned to investigate the scandal said today.
Blind-reported child sex abuse cases may be reopened after hundreds not investigated
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- Category: Paedophile coverups by church and state
- Created: Wednesday, 20 April 2016 08:58
- Written by Natasha Robinson and Alison Branley - ABC National News
Denise, whose report of abuse was de-identified, says she feels let down.
Hundreds of cases of child sex abuse going back decades may be reopened after the Catholic Church publicly abandoned a controversial practice known as blind reporting.
Key points:
- Organisations reported abuse but removed name, meaning police unable to investigate
- Over past eight years, NSW Police received 1,476 blind reports
- Many reports relate to Catholic Church
- Child abuse victims are now speaking out
Blind reporting occurs when an organisation passes on an allegation of child sex abuse, but strips the report of the name of the victim, meaning police are unable to investigate the report.
NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge has obtained documents under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws that, for the first time, reveal the extraordinary extent of blind reporting, which has potentially allowed hundreds of perpetrators to continue to abuse children.
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