Author: Daniel Stepniak

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe may disagree over Pell guilt, but what we can’t possibly disagree over is whether the plight of child abuse victims should be recognised. Those praising or defending Pell after his conviction appear to overlook or downplay the damage and hurt suffered by the victims.

Reading Time: 2 minutesA revelation that has caught me, and I suspect many others by surprise is the existence of the ‘pontifical secret’ a code or rule of secrecy  by which the Catholic Church actually prohibits any...

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe astonishingly high number of incidents of child abuse by clergy simply could not have occurred without the Church’s lack of respect for civil law, and preoccupation with protecting the reputation of the Church. Without these self absorbed, uncaring, and perverted policies, child abusers like Cardinal Pell and many other Church figures would have been exposed and dealt with according to the law, and countless children would not have been irreparably harmed.

Reading Time: 3 minutes  In today’s The Australian Caroline Overton writes about high profile Saudi asylum seeker, Armin Navabi – (see attached article). In her page-long opinion piece, Overton considers Navabi’s brave, but provocative statements about the plight...