Opening submissions by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission - Ms Anderson Opening submissions on behalf of the Bishops and Congregational Leaders of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand by Ms McKechnie Submissions on behalf of Network for Survivors of Abuse in Faith-Based Institutions by Dr Murray Heasley and Liz Tonks.
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Created December 2020
Frances gave evidence about the sexual and emotional abuse she experienced in the early 1970s when she was a primary school student.
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Created November 2020
Patrick’s evidence was read by his daughter Tina, as Patrick passed away earlier this year.
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Created November 2020
Mr G’s evidence outlines the abuse he experienced at Marist Brothers’ School in Whanganui.
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Created November 2020
Mr F gave evidence about the abuse he experienced in his first year at St Patrick’s College, Silverstream in 1953.
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Created December 2020
Anne gave evidence about the abuse she experienced while at the Star of the Sea orphanage, run by the Sisters of Mercy, and the sexual abuse by a Catholic priest who befriended her mother.
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Created December 2020
Gloria gives evidence on the Catholic Church’s redress process both as a survivor of abuse and as someone who has worked on one of the Church’s Abuse Protocol Committees.
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Created December 2020
Ann-Marie’s evidence describes her experience of abuse while in the care of several faith-based institutions.
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Created December 2020
Mary will give evidence about the process of obtaining redress for abuse she suffered at St Patrick’s Cathedral School and St Dominic’s Catholic College in Auckland.
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Created December 2020
Marc will give evidence about the abuse he suffered in St Edmund’s Intermediate School and St Paul’s High School, Dunedin, by two Christian Brothers, a priest and a lay teacher.
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Created December 2020
John will give evidence about the abuse he experienced during the two years he was at a Catholic intermediate school in the early 1980s, run by the Marist Brothers, and his experiences in trying to get redress from the Catholic Church.
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Created December 2020
Transcript of the opening statement on behalf of the Anglican Church from Fiona Guy Kidd.
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Created February 2021
Jacinda will talk about abuse suffered as a parishioner of the Nativity Anglican Church in Blenheim in the 2000’s, by the parish priest.
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Created December 2020
Mr Harding discusses the abuse suffered while attending Dilworth School in the 1970’s by staff at the School.
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Created December 2020
Mr Goodwin will discuss the environment at Christ’s College, including abuse from senior students and the difficulty seeking redress after being educated within a “don’t tell” culture, as well as the subsequent impact of these experiences.
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Created December 2020
Ms M discusses her home life and circumstances that led to being placed in the care of Anglican Social Services, and the abuse suffered in various home placements, which were made by Anglican Social Services and the State.
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Created December 2020
Mr Oakly will give evidence about the abuse he suffered by an Archdeacon of the Brightwater Church of the Nelson Anglican Diocese, who was also Scout Commissioner for the Nelson region, as well as the impact of the abuse.
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Created December 2020
Ms C will give evidence of the abuse of a Vicar within a Church and Youth Group setting.
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Created December 2020
Louise Deans gave evidence about abuse experience while training to become an ordained Minister in the Anglican Church and her attempts to obtain redress.
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Created December 2020
Margaret Wilkinson’s evidence will describe the abuse she experienced at ‘St Mary’s Home for Unwed Mothers’ and her attempts to get Redress from ‘the Anglican Trust for Women and Children’.
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Created December 2020
Mrs D gives evidence of her treatment (and the treatment of her children) within St Mary’s Home for unwed mothers, including the forced adoption of two of her children.
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Created December 2020
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Created December 2020
Mr A was placed in care at the Salvation Army’s Bramwell Booth Home in Temuka in the 1980’s.
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Created December 2020
Ms Lowe gave evidence of her time at Hillsbrook Children’s Home, the Salvation Army’s Whatman Children’s Home and foster care.
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Created December 2020
Mr Timpson identifies as Moriori.
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Created December 2020
Gloria White gives evidence of her experience at the Salvation Army homes The Nest and The Grange, and the abuse and neglect she suffered during this time.
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Created December 2020
Mr Takiaho identifies as Maori.
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Created December 2020
An abridged version of the evidence of Ms B read by Claire Mullord.
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Created December 2020
An abridged version of the evidence of Ms B read by Claire Mullord.
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Created December 2020
Ms K’s evidence is about the abuse she suffered by two Marist Brothers in her family home.
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Created February 2021
Ms I’s evidence outlines the abuse she experienced by nuns at school in Hamilton East, and the impact this has had on her life.
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Created February 2021
Mr J describes his experience of abuse in the Catholic Church revolving around the predatory sexual behaviour of a Gisborne Parish priest in the 1950s.
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Created February 2021
Robert Donaldson will give evidence about the sexual abuse he experienced while in the pastoral care of Father Magnus “Max” Murray (Father Murray).
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Created February 2021
Mrs N was groomed and sexually abused by a teacher at St Margaret’s College, Christchurch, an Anglican high school.
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Created February 2021
Mr L, was a staff member at St Margaret’s College, Christchurch, an Anglican high school.
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Created February 2021
Ms I’s evidence outlines the abuse she experienced by nuns at school in Hamilton East, and the impact this has had on her life.
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Created February 2021
Vincent’s evidence is about the abuse he suffered by former priest, Magnus Murray, at a Christian Brothers High School.
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Created February 2021
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Aotearoa New Zealand is the national chapter of SNAP, a worldwide peer-support network of adult survivors of child sexual abuse by members of the clergy, in faith-based organisations and in other institutions.
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Created June 2021