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Working with children checks are under the spotlight.

Authorities thought a psychologist was a violent abuser but let him work with children for months

A man who was an innocent victim of mistaken identity says his case shows gaps in the working with children scheme that pose unacceptable safety risks.

  • Rachel Eddie

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The uproar surrounding the case of Joshua Dale Brown understandably has parents demanding immediate action.

We can have a good childcare system, or a cheap one. When protecting children, that choice should be easy

For parents waiting to discover whether their children have been abused, talk of urgency and pledges of reform will wear thin if not followed by palpable action.

  • The Age's View

On-site child safety experts, independent regulation called for to combat ‘paedophile’s dream’

Child safety officers should be compulsory at every childcare service, and Victoria should create an independent regulator in the wake of devastating child abuse allegations, safety experts say.

  • Wendy Tuohy and Liam Mannix
Dr Vivian Waller has represented many victims of clerical sexual abuse.

Lawyer for institutional abuse victims ordered to pay $263,000 to client

Dr Vivian Waller, founder of Waller Legal, has represented hundreds of victims of institutional sexual abuse and is widely credited as a driving force behind the royal commission. However, Waller Legal has been ordered to pay a client $263,000.

  • Cameron Houston
Cardinals Luis Antonio Tagle (left) from the Philippines and Italy’s Pietro Parolin are the current frontrunners in betting on the new pope.

The ‘secret-keeper’ and the ‘Asian Francis’: Questions over two favourites for next pope

As cardinals prepare to gather in Rome to elect Pope Francis’ successor, critics have singled out two of the leading candidates.

  • Rob Harris

Louise Milligan on the monster priest no one will grieve

Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable, Louise Milligan tells Fitz.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Greg Barclay is a victim of historical sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic school teacher, but is currently prevented from proceeding with legal action against the school/order because of a recent High Court decision.

Controversial High Court ruling could be used against sex abuse victims like Greg

Greg Barclay was sexually assaulted by a Marist brother in 1970, but his quest for compensation has been blocked by a controversial High Court judgment that found the Catholic Church was not legally responsible for the misconduct of its clerics. 

  • Cameron Houston
St Alipius Presbytary and church in Ballarat where ribbons are tied to the fence to symbolise the abuse of catholic priests.

Nation’s top lawmakers to meet after Catholic Church found not liable for clerical abuse

Attorneys-general offices will consider urgent legislative reform after a High Court decision that cleared the Catholic Church of paying damages over the abuse of a five-year-old boy.

  • Cameron Houston
Melanie James is calling for all members of the NSW Band Association to have working with children checks after she said she was groomed as a young teenager by a member 32 years her senior.

At four, Melanie played the Opera House. By 13, the grooming had allegedly started

Melanie James says the grooming and sexual abuse allegedly committed by a bandmate 32 years her senior was known about by other band members who did nothing to help.

  • Amber Schultz
St Andrew’s school, former principal Canon Garth and Alan Moffat.

Private school commissioned a warts-and-all history. But now, it’s been canned

A victim of child abuse at St Andrew’s Cathedral School wanted to tell his tale in the school’s history. But now the school has gone cold on the project.

  • Jordan Baker

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