Australian Royal Commision in child sexual abuse - 1st sitting Sydney April 3
by l p 3 Replies latest jw friends
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jwleaks
First Public Sitting
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (the Commission) will hold its first sitting at 10.00 am on Wednesday 3 April 2013 at the County Court of Victoria, 250 William Street, Melbourne.
All Commissioners will be present. The Chair, Justice McClellan AM, will provide information on the work of the Royal Commission including the future conduct of public and private hearings. Senior Counsel assisting will also deliver an opening statement. There will be no evidence taken at this first sitting and there will be no appearances for the purpose of seeking leave to appear.
The sitting will be streamed live to the public via webcast on the Commission's website at www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au
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JW Survivors is a victim advocacy group for survivors of the Church of Jehovah's Witnesses within Australia.
JW Survivors is a volunteer not-for-profit community based victim advocacy group for survivors of the Church of Jehovah's Witnesses within Australia.
November 26, 2012
JW Survivors lodged today a submission, written and prepared by Steven Unthank, in reply to the Australian government's request for stakeholder consultation for the establishing of the "Terms of Reference" for the Child Abuse Royal Commission.
Among the 9 recommendations made to the Royal Commission by JW Survivors was that "the Royal Commission investigate religious and other organisations in relation to their response to working with children laws as legislated in various jurisdictions across Australia." The submission explained that "working with children laws and child safety legislation are the frontline of physical and sexual protection for children within the community", and that "a failure, or refusal to comply with working with children laws, by an organisation, religious or otherwise, may be an indicator of the systemic failure of such an organisation to view the physical and sexual safety of children, with whom they work with, as a priority." The submission also cited the Church of Jehovah's Witnesses as an example of one religious organisation engaging in the "wholesale" criminal breaching of working with children laws.
On 12 November 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that she will be recommending to the Governor-General the establishment of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse in Australia. Following this, the government requested the input of stakeholder organisations in making recommendations for the 'Terms of Reference' for the Child Abuse Royal Commission. JW Survivors was one of those organisations who made a submission.
A copy of JW Survivors' submission for the 'Terms of Reference' can be downloaded from their web site.
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smiddy
Thank you for posting this,we look forward to what eventuates
smiddy
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mP
I wonder if the pedo problems of the WTS somehow tipped the weight into selecting Melb and not Canb or Syd as the preferred location. Why else would the gov pick Melb ?
It seems the WTS is moving the world, but not in a way they would want to claim.
Is this the first time anywhere the WTS has been formally investigated for this and similar crimes anywhere in the world ?
Its amazing how all these criminal organisation love record keeping on members. THe nazis, communists and now WTS all share this common traint. They often admit their guilt in their secret files, its just a matter of someone telling the Royal COmmission they exist and need to be reviewed.