Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Archives - JourneyOnline

Interim Redress Scheme to right the wrongs

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 01:18:37 +0000

Following early recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the Queensland Synod developed and implemented its Interim Redress Scheme. During the first six months of this scheme, the survivors have been reporting positive outcomes, Journey reports. Designed to be a genuine alternative for survivors not seeking common law damages, the ...

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Book review: Child, Arise! The Courage to Stand

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 01:09:16 +0000

Jane Dowling’s Child, Arise! explores faith, sexual abuse and how the author’s relationship with Jesus assisted her during the long process of healing after suffering abuse from a family member and a priest. Rev Heather Griffin reviews. Child, Arise! The Courage to Stand is, according to its full title, a “spiritual handbook for survivors of ...

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Porn kills love: The corrupting influence of sexual images

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 02:00:44 +0000

Experts confirm that hardcore pornography is the biggest source of information about sex for young people. Ashley Thompson explores how its entrenchment in mainstream society has warped sexual expectations—leaking lies into the hearts and minds of our youth. It’s not like you have to go looking for pornography, today it comes looking for you. In ...

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