Australian child abuse survivor says Anglican Church should 'beg' for forgiveness as leader Justin Welby steps down

“ Former prime minister Julia Gillard has called on Australia’s attorneys-general to urgently consider how to deliver justice to survivors of child abuse after the High Court ruled that a Catholic diocese was not liable for the historical sexual abuse of a young boy in Victoria.”
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Basically if you aren’t following the story the Catholic Church is walking away free from any responsibility for the conduct of their priests in raping and abusing young children as they weren’t “ technically “ employees.

Julia spoke out for them but our current government will do nothing because the skeleton will rattle in there cupboards.

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Don't forget the sexual assaults and rapes in the ADF.

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‘Our little miracle’: how parents asked George Pell to save their boy’s life
Wes and Caitlin Robinson didn’t believe Vincent would survive after receiving an astonishing 52 minutes of CPR. But they credit the late George Pell with interceding to save their baby after he nearly drowned in their hot tub.

It was a rush of sudden and terrifying chaos. Caitlin Robinson had taken seven of her children out the front of their home and dragged them to their knees in prayer as her husband, Wes, tried to resuscitate their youngest child who was no longer breathing.  Moments earlier she had called 911 as Wes attempted to perform CPR on their 15-month-old toddler, Vincent.  Wes had discovered the boy unresponsive in the hot tub in the backyard of their home in Phoenix, Arizona, where a statue of the Virgin Mary looked on serenely.

Neither of the devout Catholic parents initially believed Vincent would survive after receiving an astonishing 52 minutes of CPR.  “I was not praying for a miracle,” Caitlin told The Australian.

“There was no part of me that felt like a miracle was even possible.” However, after Vincent was miraculously brought back from the brink of death and made a full recovery, both parents credited the late Australian cardinal George Pell with interceding on their behalf to save their baby – along with a number of other holy figures in the Catholic Church.

“This miracle happened,” Wes told The Australian.  “The exciting thing now is, like, this must have happened for at least a reason. And there’s probably a lot of reasons.”  Caitlin hopes that “if one thing comes from the story” it was that “faithful Catholics around the world realise that cardinal Pell can be your intercessor”.

“That, yes, you actually should be praying to these people who show a heroic virtue here on Earth. And they will help us.”

Frank wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2025 at 9:29am:


Such a sweet little kiddie.