Today is hard day for Survivors of institutional abuse, their families and their supporters. While I hold the deepest respect for the High Court, today’s decision is not only a disappointing result for the complainant in this case; it is a disappointing result for Survivors of institutional abuse across Australia. Many people will struggle to […]
Welcome to 2020! As we begin this next decade working with and on behalf of institutional abuse survivors, it’s important to take a moment and reflect on some of our successes and share some of our ideas for 2020 and into the future. In late 2019 IGFF received a significant surge in funding provided by […]
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Please find the IGFF 2019 Annual Report below. If you have any difficulty with the file, or would like a higher-quality copy, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at igff@igff.org.au or call (03) 9940 1533. Annual Report 2019
The second stage of the public hearing will be held in Melbourne from 23 November 2015. For further information on this second hearing, please see the media release. The Royal Commission held the first stage of the public hearing in Ballarat from Tuesday 19 May to Friday 29 May 2015.
Cardinal George Pell will front the Royal Commission into child sex abuse in Ballarat, after he offered to return from the Vatican for the hearing. The Royal Commission issued a statement this afternoon saying Cardinal Pell had offered to give evidence, and they had invited him to appear at the next set of hearings. It […]
Cardinal George Pell is a liability for the Catholic Church and is “finished” as a senior member of the clergy, Neil Mitchell says. In an interview on 60 Minutes last night, the man appointed by Pope Francis as the commissioner for the protection of children said Cardinal Pell’s position was untenable. “I think George Pell […]
The Catholic Church had set aside tens of millions of dollars to compensate sexual abuse victims years before it was prepared to publicly acknowledge the extent of the problem and now has up to $150 million set aside to cover existing and future claims. The Sunday Age can reveal the church’s insurance company has allocated […]
Many women at a Melbourne ashram at the centre of a sex scandal joined the group seeking healing after surviving rape and sexual assaults elsewhere, advocates say. Fairfax Media reported on Monday that Mornington Peninsula’s sexual offences and child abuse investigation team were investigating the Shiva School of Meditation and Yoga at Mount Eliza after […]
Paul Hersbach kept his composure until the end. He, like all the 351 victims of child sexual abuse who have lodged claims to the Catholic Church’s Melbourne Response, had been forced to tell their stories to strangers before. The first time he spoke about his abuse in detail, it was to two people at Carelink, […]
