The figure of 4444 people reporting abuse at the hands of Catholic clerics between 1980 and 2015 has seemed staggering to some. I was surprised that people were so shocked.
It is important to note the figure only represents those who have come forward and reported their abuse to some 90-odd Catholic authorities.
The rule of thumb for police investigators like those from VicPol’s Sano Task Force, is for every victim who comes forward, at least four will not.
There are those victims who cannot come forward, who are deceased, their lives often ended by suicide or in a storm of recklessness.
There are others who won’t ever come forward. They may a feel a victim’s shame at the abuse they have suffered. More often they appreciate coming forward will come at significant personal cost, the prospect of family dislocation, the ugly business of clerical sexual abuse meeting religious clannishness.
What we can safely say is the real numbers of victims is much higher than the 4444 figure. We will never know the exact extent of it but a speculative figure somewhere north of 20,000 victims of clerical paedophilia since World War II is not an unreasonable one.
Full column here.
guess who found 200MW of gas fired generation? 100MW in the last two hours…..
http://reneweconomy.com.au/nem-watch/
crow eaters should belt someone hard for this
Frydenberg is responsible for the Energy market. The collusion in the market has been reported for years. It is clear the collusion runs deeper than the companies running the market.
Maximum load heading North on Basslink cable apparently – Tassie selling cheap hydro to Victoria as they load backup for the heatwave. At least they have a Plan B!
Tas. Vic and SA power prices less than half of that in Queensland and NSW. Which states have renewables and which don’t again? A major investigation required on the NEM and AEMO.
Malcolm brought a lump of coal to school for show and tell, he still feels ripped off by Father Christmas.
@ Yvonne
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Yes, Yvonne I do remember Keating, he was a rude dickhead that lowered the tone of our national debate to that of the front bar, and it has never recovered. Btw, dont shove the old ‘labor does it too’ at me, I loathe them just as much as Malcolm’s mob.
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Im sorry if you think this kind of verbal slagging is normal acceptable behaviour. I dont. Im over it. My country is too important for idiots like this to continue to waste our time slagging each other off on our time. Its gone on forever? Well its bloody high time it stopped. Malcolm needs to pull his head in and get back to work.
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As a final point in particular I find the sort of people who thrive on the titillation this provides disgusting. Usually very low i.q. and even lower e.q. As I said, you need to slake your thirst for it watching American tv, all the loud shouting ignorance you could want, and that’s just the talk shows.
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cheers.
THE NEW ACTION PACKED DISNEY EXTRAVAGANZA FINDING AEMO….
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-09/aemo-orders-back-up-power-station-at-pelican-point-on/8256594
sheesh
President Biff Tannen knocked back again. the Dictator does not like it. Still trying to run the worked via tweet. What a twit.
Yes, it is indeed ironic that our professor Tim Flannery warned us all (erroneously as it turned out) that Sydney and elsewhere would run out of water because of inaction on global warming.
And now, we have Adelaide (and possibly elsewhere) running out of power because of the action taken to mitigate global warming.
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You must admit, Carl that a blackout is a sure fire method of reducing emissions. Though I can’t be sure how much damage a million odd candles and fired up bbq’s would contribute. Still, on a positive note, if people want an insight into life under the Greens a quick trip to SA will do the trick.
Still peddling lies CotC. Tim Flannery’s full quote. “To summarize the rainfall results, drier conditions are anticipated for most of Australia over the 21st century. However, consistent with conclusions in WGI, an increase in heavy rainfall also is projected, even in regions with small decreases in mean rainfall. This is a result of a shift in the frequency distribution of daily rainfall toward fewer light and moderate events and more heavy events. This could lead to more droughts and more floods.”
Melissa McCarthy channels White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Mr Insider, on SNL. Clever lady. A longer clip is on You Tube, this an excerpt only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dvo6EHEJQE
The link tells about the degenerate priest we had to put up with when I was a kid. My friend was one of his altar boys and I’m sure he ruined his life. Something very tragic happened to him when were in grade 6, his whole personality changed and he developed a nervous twitch in his right arm. We were only 10 years old at the time and we didn’t remain friends, it sort of waned as he become a loner. Lot of information on this site. Good for you Jack & especially your friend Denny Ryan for persevering with the subject matter. Never mind the instant effect of the abuse, how many lives were lost or ruined because these animals couldn’t control their urges. The church was over the road from our school and when I think back to how the ladies who volunteered in the tuckshop used to fall over themselves to fawn over this guy and basically kiss his arse I wonder what they think of him now, and if any of their children were his victims. Just shows that the vows they take are a joke. If you scroll down click on “new” for more cases.
http://www.brokenrites.org.au/drupal/node/98
Hey Dismal the RBA says you are absolutely wrong
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasury/rba-chief-philip-lowe-hurts-labor-in-company-tax-battle/news-story/fcc646604f264d1d0843931e4947c90d
Robin, stick with your flock of sheep. the corporate tax cuts are bad policy. They are unfunded and help offshore investors more than Australian investor. Due to this countries tax imputation credits a direct comparison of rate with others countries is deliberately misleading. The BCA complaining last week and presented their own data showing those companies that actually pay any tax only pay at most 24%. Parasitic sycophants like you is what stops Australia from becoming great.
Parasitic sycophant eh? Turnbull taught you some fresh words to use? That’s nearly exactly what you were whining about Turnbull saying to Short-on (brains) the other day. Can’t you reply to someone without personal abuse? You should try Darren’s advice. Or try a laxative, you seem to be bound up on a permanent basis.
I suppose you are going to reply with your usual dinosaur comments, blah, blah, blah.
Well MtK. It’s encouraging to see him utilising Malcolm’s vocabulary. Could raise his benchmark somewhat 🙂
Ahh come in spinner. Another swing and a miss for the sniper Mack the Dinosaur. Go back to Robins replies to me on this blog he came straight in and started on me. You typify the victim mentality cons are born with. By the way Your man Turnbull has made the use of the term acceptable language. If you don’t like it talk your “leader”. You have apparently eaten in the ME? not a chance of being bound up. Drill ahead dinosaur.
You know I counted 16 posts from you just yesterday alone. I don’t know where JtI gets his patience from and you my friend have way too much time on your hands. When do get the time to work? Why don’t you limit your posts to a couple per day, then you might not get as many negative responses that you always complain about.
Get someone to explain this to you This is what real economists and tax experts think of the big business tax cuts
http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/02/economists-tax-experts-dont-believe-company-tax-cut-con/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20MacroBusiness&utm_content=Daily%20MacroBusiness+CID_adc5d295d6a565804c91a8783c5405c2&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Economists%20tax%20experts%20dont%20believe%20the%20company%20tax%20cut%20con
Here is another one showing why the big business tax cuts are a bad idea. Baa,baa, Stop bleating about things you don’t understand robin.
http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/02/twiggy-demands-company-tax-cut/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20MacroBusiness&utm_content=Daily%20MacroBusiness+CID_fc5f9fa9d1e4b8ec070314d1c8bdb979&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Twiggy%20demands%20company%20tax%20cut
Hey Robin research and data says tax cuts are not the panacea. I have more but I know you are unable to digest facts you prefer alternative facts to try and make a political point. This data is from 2012 the world has continued to debunk every bit of rubbish Freidman conjured.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/study-tax-cuts-dont-lead-to-growth-2012-9?r=US&IR=T
robin this one uses the Treasuries own modelling to show no real benefit other than to keep coalition benefactors happy. Baa, baa.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-21/long-the-flawed-trickle-down-economics-of-lower-company-tax/7264230
Robin here is another article highlighting Phil’s contradictions. The tax cuts are projected to cost the budget over $8 Billion per year.
http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/02/phil-lowe-contradicts-company-tax-cuts/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20MacroBusiness&utm_content=Daily%20MacroBusiness+CID_9c9e6c13d59da16d64c513c80c2dc563&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Phil%20Lowe%20contradicts%20himself%20on%20company%20tax%20cuts