tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post3535229293493395651..comments2024-03-17T11:21:13.249-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Christian Brothers school built by sex abused child slaves depicted in film on tragedy of UK's child migration schemePerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-63745328923015062202014-04-29T14:42:38.607-07:002014-04-29T14:42:38.607-07:00Soon after arriving, he was raped by Brother Chris...Soon after arriving, he was raped by Brother Christopher Angus. After the attack, VV was dumped in a 44-gallon drum of water.<br /><br />“He said words to the effect of 'clean yourself up',” VV said. He was also savagely beaten numerous times, and has lost hearing in his left ear.<br /><br />Meanwhile, VV's mother tried repeatedly to find him in England. “She was told I was put into aPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-64221602304864297462014-04-29T14:42:30.462-07:002014-04-29T14:42:30.462-07:00He spoke of one particular incident where he recei...He spoke of one particular incident where he received such a “belting” that he thought he was going to die.<br /><br />“Brother Moore had worked himself into such a frenzy,” he told the hearing. “He grabbed me and threw me against a door. I hit my head. I was covered in blood.”<br /><br />VV explained he developed hearing problems later in life that he attributes to the particular beating by Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-82259773776255109912014-04-29T14:41:19.065-07:002014-04-29T14:41:19.065-07:00Day two Royal Commission evidence: Regular beating...Day two Royal Commission evidence: Regular beatings, sexual abuse and hard labour<br /><br />by EMILY MOULTON AND AAP PERTHNOW APRIL 29, 2014<br /><br />THEY called him “Killer Moore”, the Christian brother whose “liberal” use of a leather strap sparked fear in almost every child at Bindoon Farm School.<br /><br />Such was his reputation that Clifford Walsh “feared him” more than any other Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-33815413109091187762014-02-20T15:34:00.219-08:002014-02-20T15:34:00.219-08:00High Court orders Christian Brothers to pay €370,0...High Court orders Christian Brothers to pay €370,000 to victim of child abuse<br /><br />Judge finds congregation took no steps ‘whatsoever’ to supervise abusive brother<br /><br />by Patsy McGarry, Irish Times February 19, 2014<br /><br />In what is believed to be the highest court settlement in a child abuse case in Ireland, a High Court judge has ordered the Christian Brothers congregation toPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-25612225720163639162014-02-03T11:20:51.804-08:002014-02-03T11:20:51.804-08:00Child abuse victim Lewis Blayse's final interv...Child abuse victim Lewis Blayse's final interview: 'Let no child walk this path again'<br /><br />By Conor Duffy, ABC News 7.30 Australia February 3, 2014<br /><br />Lewis Blayse had been campaigning to bring the Salvation Army to account for decades after he was abused at a home run by the organisation, but on Friday he gave his final interview to 7.30.<br /><br />He died of a Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-60472355373769382482013-07-06T15:24:09.895-07:002013-07-06T15:24:09.895-07:00One former child migrant, Raphael Ellul, returned ...One former child migrant, Raphael Ellul, returned to Malta to reconnect with his past, but also to close a traumatic chapter in his life when, as a 10 year old child, he endured physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the Christian Brothers in Australia, in their Tardun and Castledare facilities (see yesterday’s posting). “Ray”, as he became known, was born in 1960 in Cospicua.<br /><br />Dr Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-19692164891495060042013-07-06T15:23:53.064-07:002013-07-06T15:23:53.064-07:00The Maltese Connection (Or: The Forgotten Children...The Maltese Connection (Or: The Forgotten Children of Malta)<br /><br />by Lewis Blayse, Commentary on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia) July 5, 2013<br /><br />http://lewisblayse.net/2013/07/05/the-maltese-connection-or-the-forgotten-children-of-malta/<br /><br />Image: Malta’s Child Migrant Memorial (Source: Times of Malta <br /><br />http://Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-33050847151560069812013-07-05T16:49:33.906-07:002013-07-05T16:49:33.906-07:00They also carted ‘blue rock’ that was used to form...They also carted ‘blue rock’ that was used to form a base for the railway track and dumped material was placed on top of the blue rock,” the court decision read. He and the other boys would be covered in dust from working on the railway; the water would turn grey when they subsequently showered. He typically worked on the railway during the week in the afternoon until 5pm and all day Saturday Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-6049183113592988632013-07-05T16:49:25.629-07:002013-07-05T16:49:25.629-07:00Castledare Boys Home (Or: Shoveling Asbestos)
by ...Castledare Boys Home (Or: Shoveling Asbestos)<br /><br />by Lewis Blayse, Commentary on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia)<br />July 4, 2013<br /><br />http://lewisblayse.net/2013/07/04/castledare-boys-home-or-shoveling-asbestos/<br /><br />Image: The Castledare Boys’ Home is now a retirement home for priests http://dynamic.architecture.com.au/Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-81902960096225927422013-06-23T14:48:37.836-07:002013-06-23T14:48:37.836-07:00Northern Irelands Historical Institutional Abuse I...Northern Irelands Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (Or: Ireland Calling)<br /><br />by Lewis Blayse, Commentary on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia) June 21, 2013 http://lewisblayse.net/2013/06/21/northern-irelands-historical-institutional-abuse-inquiry/<br /><br />The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry in Northern Ireland is the Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-23650594747988791852013-05-24T11:17:45.669-07:002013-05-24T11:17:45.669-07:00The order still runs Brother Rice and St. Laurence...The order still runs Brother Rice and St. Laurence, but it severed ties with Leo in 1992. The order is not the same as the De La Salle Christian Brothers who run Chicago's De La Salle Institute.<br /><br />Nine other brothers and two laymen also are named in the suit: Dennis Bonebreak, Robert Brouillette, Edmund Corrigan, Thomas Duffin, C.B. Irwin, Daniel McDonough, Paul Reycraft, Michael Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-31728936467454161972013-05-24T11:17:35.759-07:002013-05-24T11:17:35.759-07:00Christian Brothers settle suit with 400 sex abuse ...Christian Brothers settle suit with 400 sex abuse victims<br /><br />By Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune reporter May 23, 2013<br /><br />The Roman Catholic religious order that runs Brother Rice High School in Chicago and St. Laurence High School in Burbank didn't want Brother Edward Chrysostom Courtney in Chicago any longer. So in the early 1970s, the Irish Christian Brothers shipped Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-6284320818295909342013-05-11T13:32:29.254-07:002013-05-11T13:32:29.254-07:00Salvation Army Fullarton Girls’ Home: (Or: Are You...Salvation Army Fullarton Girls’ Home: (Or: Are Your Hands Clean?)<br /><br />by Lewis Blayse, Commentary on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia)<br /><br />May 10, 2013 <br /><br />http://lewisblayse.net/2013/05/10/salvation-army-fullarton-girls-home-or-are-your-hands-clean/<br /><br />The Fullarton Girls’ Home (pictured above) was run by the Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-72997056209438085132013-05-11T13:30:30.837-07:002013-05-11T13:30:30.837-07:00The South Australian Government has a responsibili...The South Australian Government has a responsibility to the boys of Eden Park, since it was operated by the Salvation Army under the control of the state government. When asked about the fact that the government had been advised of the problems forty years ago, the responsible minister, Jay Weatherill (now Premier) hid behind the catch-cry of “client confidentiality” to neither confirm nor deny Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-35013160189291875962013-05-11T13:30:21.863-07:002013-05-11T13:30:21.863-07:00Eden Park Salvation Army Boys Home: (Or: The Cowar...Eden Park Salvation Army Boys Home: (Or: The Coward)<br /><br />by Lewis Blayse, Commentary on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia)<br /><br />May 9, 2013 http://lewisblayse.net/2013/05/09/eden-park-salvation-army-boys-home-or-the-coward/<br /><br />Eden Park Salvation Army Boys’ Home (pictured above) was run in the 1960s by Salvo Officer, William Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-76320888066024875512013-04-28T10:26:28.716-07:002013-04-28T10:26:28.716-07:00Not only did Kearney use forced child labour to bu...Not only did Kearney use forced child labour to build his edifice, he treated the boys badly in ways other than sexual abuse and violence. One of his slaves remembered that, on arrival, “We were immediately put to work. I learnt how to milk a cow within a week, and then we began constructing a new building. By the time I was 14, I was driving a truck. We'd work, sleep and eat. That was it.”<Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-15623428039007179392013-04-28T10:26:20.010-07:002013-04-28T10:26:20.010-07:00Another former Bindoon resident stated that “The C...Another former Bindoon resident stated that “The Christian Brothers used to walk around with a thick 18in leather strap hanging from the waist of their long, black outfits, and they'd give you a wallop at the slightest opportunity. They'd hit you wherever they could – be it on the backside or sole of the foot – and boy, did it hurt. Once I was on the receiving end of a real hiding from Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-59912420070408444172013-04-28T10:25:15.605-07:002013-04-28T10:25:15.605-07:00Brother Francis Paul Keaney, the Abuser (Or: Spare...Brother Francis Paul Keaney, the Abuser (Or: Spare the Rod? No Way!)<br /><br />by Lewis Blayse, Commentary on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia)<br /><br />http://lewisblayse.net/2013/04/27/brother-francis-paul-keaney-the-abuser-or-spare-the-rod-no-way/ April 27, 2013<br /><br />Brother Kearney, of Bindoon notoriety, was a saint to the Catholic Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-46850319082277284172013-04-27T10:40:57.133-07:002013-04-27T10:40:57.133-07:00One former child migrant recalls his welcome to Au...One former child migrant recalls his welcome to Australia by the Bishop who said “We welcome you to Australia. We need you for white stock. The reason why we do is because we are terrified of the Asian hordes!” This was when Australia had the infamous “White Australia Policy”, introduced by a Labor Government, which banned non- whites from entering, or living in, the country. It was only Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-55962563385942614612013-04-27T10:40:43.965-07:002013-04-27T10:40:43.965-07:00The Horror That Was Bindoon (Or: The Orphans’ Fien...The Horror That Was Bindoon (Or: The Orphans’ Fiend)<br /><br />by Lewis Blayse, Commentary on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia)<br /><br />April 26, 2013 http://lewisblayse.net/2013/04/26/the-horror-that-was-bindoon-or-the-orphans-fiend/<br /><br />Bindoon Boys’ Town was a Christian Brothers’ facility in Western Australia. It was run by Br. Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-26886527015516707492012-10-17T13:06:58.825-07:002012-10-17T13:06:58.825-07:00Forgotten Australians call for Royal Commission in...<b>Forgotten Australians call for Royal Commission into sexual abuse</b><br /><br />By Chris Peterson, GreenLeft Melbourne October 16, 2012<br /><br />Members of the Forgotten Australians rallied in Melbourne on October 13 to demand a Royal Commission into the sexual abuse, emotional and criminal assault, and torture of children in church and government-run homes, orphanages and foster care Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com