To our growing CSA Victims, Survivours, Family-Friends & Viewers – itâs becoming clearer even from our small GPS SEQ âschool familiesâ that our own backyards may hold memories not worth repeating. Alike the political alternate halves of government, society is subtly influenced by the class ecosystems of its noteworthy educators. âPedagoguesâ is another term known by some elites, who continue to believe that their own children wonât be effected.
Giving voice to the voiceless
At this point in time COVID19 is the âblind messengerâ, where anyone may fall victim when exposed. Quarantines are necessary, yet entire school (Institution) wise is quite unachievable. This is where each state government has formed an updated Act to restrict the earlier âplaygroundsâ of most Pedophiles-Criminals. Unfortunately some continue to practice, having slipped through the system. Inevitable, yet expected. Our concerns include what will we do with them, how will our minor students continue to achieve the greatest teachings and will there ever be an answer to when this (âutopianâ) idea can be had?
Does the mention of any of the terms of âcorruption, abuse, deception, obstructionâ cause a creepy feeling, the hairs on the back of your neck stand, or a chill run down your spine? You may have been effected by any of inappropriate issues, that are still becoming prevalent today. Most of us are familiar with the saying of âPower corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutelyâ. (Lord Acton)
Translations of this are often made into areas of vulnerability: Teacher-Students (pedophilia), Church Leader-Youth (child sexual abuser), Sports Coach-Player (privatelessons), Disability Carer-disabled (manipulation), Government-Indigenous (stolen generations), Caretaker-Retiree (aged care abuse) and Banks-Customers (coercion). Thankfully, thereâs been many Royal Commissions called, with more to come. Our âRoyalCommBBCâ is only a small example of what can be possible, when the Sharing of beneficial Information-News-Experiences-Solutions are made.
A great part of any Institution, is that like members typically stick together. Itâs been found that when âreality hits homeâ, many of us acknowledge that theyâre not alone AND there is a simple solution available. This is where RCbbc can help, in supporting past Students, Parents and Friends in contacting experts in their fields.
Over the weekend before Australia Day (Fri-Mon 17-20 Jan 20) there was a dramatic leap in Viewers of our RCbbc Blog! As shown, by the following jump in Statâs, there was a profound interest in recent Statements of Past Students + their Families. Of great intrigue, is the increased overlaps between publicly reported instances of ChildSexualAbuse and the Elite levels of society. Throughout many countries, schools and religions there is commonly cases of the âuntouchable Elitesâ overpowering the âlower, working classâ.
Daily Statistics – Views + Visitors Sun 19.01.20 selected
Itâs particularly worth noting that BBCâs current Headmaster, Paul Brown has removed the abilities of âLow SES backgroundsâ Applicants to be favoured in Scholarship + Bursary Applications. Whilst this may be a short-term remedy, the human nature of pedophiles will continue. As demonstrated by numerous current + previous staff, animal instinct is to shift to another âhunting groundâ, or strategically-further-seclude their predator behaviours. Cessation (stopping) is not an option, after experiencing BBCâs earlier scenarios.
Counselling is also worth noting as a great resource, as after countless solo attempts even further detail has become revealed of my own BBC Old Boysâ abuses. This brings to mind the saying that âthereâs more than one way to âskin a đââ.
It should be made clear, that from the range of âStatementsâ collected, that most âInstitutionsâ overseen by the 2013-17 CARC continue the traditions of:
Hegemony,
Class-dynamics (IE low-0SES),
Layered-secrecy (âsecret societiesâ)
Numerous others exist, yet these have been highlighted in the Admin of this RCbbc Blog. Through the inclusion of the UKâs Visible Program, further explanations are able to be shared. Hopes continue that similar Australian/NZ bodies may join RCbbcâs goals. The current NRS is Australiaâs victim-survivours to seek Redress 2018-28. ABC have already released provocative Series on 4Corners (St. Kevinâs) + Revelation (Catholic Church).
âWith greater awareness, comes preparednessâ. Just as more attention is being shown to the long-hidden patterns of Child-Sexual-Abuse (CSA) in various Institutions, the deeper + wider impacts of âMulti-layered Corruptionâ throughout wider social layers are beginning to be revealed…
As Qldâs Private Schooling (e.g. GPS) are awaiting for collective, group actions similar to individual churches/schools/teachers – evidence is only mounting. Hopes are to strive for some of the Research, collected with Public Statements, Journalism (draft + published) and other related Info. I am aware of other âGroup Actionsâ, yet am unsure of the feasibility of âcollective (?)â action. Similar actions have been successful, in communities (I.E. âResidents VS Councilâ) which various CSA Victims and Surviving Family-Friends believe they are. While some institution communities, now distance themselves from past occasions – the damages of previous CSA Impacts does not have the same âUse By Dateâ. Indeed, as per the following âcan of wormsâ image, and as proven by the growing audience of this âRoyalCommBBC.blogâ – many others are in need of Support, Direction and Comforting.
As focussed in the following image, are seven (7) of the GPS Qld Schools and Colleges. Alike the classic story of âSisyphus pushing a stone up a hillâ, the multiple examples of lifelong impacts of CSA need to be dealt with: IGS, BGS, SJGT, SJNC, TSS, BBC & ACGS. Please add your thoughts…
BGS, GT, BBC, ACGS, NC, IGS & TSS, … BSHS & TGS seem to be âsavedâ?! Each of the other Private Schools/Colleges within Queenslandâs GPS competitions have been dealing with higher amounts of CSA, than comparative (coed) Brisbane State High & TGS. Perhaps changes in some of the previously same-gender schools/colleges have allowed for coed into early years, avoiding how male/female only has involved increases in CSA occurrence(?).
Similar to allowance of low-SES culture into Private Schools/Colleges, disbanding these permissions has been introduced at some of these locations. There may have been rises in some International Students. Has this solved the situation, or âmoved the targetâ? Again, time will tell – yet any responses from our readers is WELCOME! Whatâs more precious, reputation of the school, or safety of our children?
After Australiaâs July 2020 weekend of âBlack Lives Matterâ, ABCâs Afternoon Briefing had Patricia Karvelas interviewing US Prof. Goff (sp.?). For many Survivours of Child Sexual Abuse, much of these debates have carried the same passion as what weâve felt throughout our lives. Ignorance & turning attention away from are even spoken against in the bible. School lessons. Child care. Sports practice. School camps. A pattern forming…?
Black Lives Matter
JOE MCKENDRY
News of Jeffery Epstein also forms âfront page newsâ, including parts of the British Royal Family, upper levels of US & International society. At the targeted end of this game are low income, low SES (socio economic status) population & young adults/teenagers. Suitably, Australiaâs Judicial System has begun to publicly deal with more allegations following 2013-17 CARC. Highest of these has been George Pell. Sound familiar…?
From the topics presented since 2013, this RoyalCommBBC.blog has aimed to republish noteworthy journalism, factually-based info & âthe other side of the coinâ POV. We donât claim to be a Journalistic Reference to prove legal data; it isnât to be used as an excuse or a bet; links can be arranged with suitable portals, where need be; as are related channels, following earlier BBC involvement of later âguiltyâ Nudgee College staff. A later post will be arranged re: queries of Overlack. Seems too surreal…?
Amongst most of the comments during and after the screening of 4Corners âBoys Clubâ, some past Students and Family of other Private Schools may recognise similarities. Beyond each schoolâs personal reputation and heritage, many strive to have common traits ingrained into their students. Whether this be for academic-sporting-cultural benefit, sometimes included is acceptance of behaviours found unacceptable in aged maturity. This is where the prevalence of âdeveloping teenagersâ (pre-adolescents) are often targeted by Grooming, Personal-Training/Coaching and Private-Reversals.
Younger children follow patterns of secrecy, imposed by Predators
How much has already been hidden, by non-disclosure agreements (NDAâs) / payments of âhush moneyâ / Deed of releases? To what extent will some of these occasions be acting against the intentions of the Letters Patent of the 2013-17 Royal Commission? Oh what a tangled web has been woven, through all of these attempts at Justice.
CARC Final Report
To anyone effected by these ongoing CSA matters, help is available to all:
Redress +/or Personal Settlements;
Public apology;
Counselling.
Further information is available, including suggestions from other bodies. Surviving-victims should never be alone, which is motivation to force along these RCbbc Blogâs. It is hoped that similar support groups, from about other communities (e.g. St Kevins) could share a similar passion.
Prestigious Melbourne school Trinity Grammar has paid out more than $1 million to a former student for the historical sexual abuse he suffered.
John Turner, abused in 1974 when he was 16 by boarding master Leslie Wiggins, said he felt vindicated.
âIt makes me feel whole again. It makes me feel like a person. I never felt adequate as an adult, I always felt I was hopeless,â he said.
John Turner says he feels vindicated after a $1 million settlement with Trinity Grammar. CREDIT: SIMON SCHLUTER
âThe feelings of inadequacy and extreme anxiety have been present with me my entire life since the sixth form.â
Mr Turner, now 62, was sent to Trinity as a 14-year-old, moving from Papua New Guinea where his step-father was the vice chancellor of its university.
Boarding school life in Melbourne was at first fun and full of mischief in the shadow of some of their masters who Mr Turner described as a âprocession of weirdos and oddballs who came and went”.
The boys would make jokes amongst themselves when they knew they were being watched in the showers by one master, and Wiggins, the assistant school chaplain, was known to have âliked little boys.â
Wiggins targeted Mr Turner after he and his friends were caught smoking marijuana. Awaiting to hear whether he’d be expelled, Wiggins came into Mr Turner’s bedroom at night on the pretext of wanting to help him. Wiggins assaulted him twice before the teenager asked to be moved into a shared dormitory.
John Turner, pictured here when he was 15 years old.
Mr Turner told his sister, then his father found out and called a meeting with headmaster John Leppitt, who asked Mr Turner to leave the boarding house. Mr Turner didnât fight back.
âI felt that I was saving my fellow boarders from a disastrous outcome because theyâd been threatened with expulsion and Iâd been told I was the ringleader. They were country boys so if they were expelled, it would have been life-long shame,â Mr Turner said.
Mr Turner left the boarding house to live with his father in Richmond, and he said he was thrown into the âabyssâ. He started an arts/law degree at Monash University, and his father had plans for him to go into politics. But riddled with anxiety, he couldnât finish the degree and lurched from job to job. He now runs his own cleaning business.
âI could never hold a job down and itâs almost a direct result of that. I would just get restless,â he said.
Mr Turner said he chose to go public in an effort to try and get in touch with his school friends, as well as a close friend from Ruyton Girls’ School who was assaulted by a Trinity master.
Leslie Wiggins, pictured in The Mitre, the Trinity Grammar year book.
âI donât know whatâs happened to them in their lives and I want them to know I was trying to protect them,â he said.
By coming forward, Mr Turner also had to disclose to his wife what had happened to him as a boy.
âIt was difficult, but she has always been very supportive. She was terrific. And for her it explains a lot,â he said.
âNow that Iâve told everyone, Iâm not ashamed of it.â
Wiggins was convicted in 1991 of indecently assaulting three boys on the Mornington Peninsula. He died several years ago.
Mr Turner praised the schoolâs current administration for their handling of his claim.
âRight from the start, they accepted responsibility,â he said.
School council chairman John Gillam said historical cases of child sex abuse has darkened Trinityâs history, but the school was committed to ensuring support and action for those affected.
âWe are deeply sorry that these abuses have occurred. The school will not forget nor underestimate the impact these historical incidents have had,â Mr Gillam said.
Rightside Legal senior associate Laird Macdonald, who represented Mr Turner, said institutions are âslowly waking up to the devastating consequences of child abuse and the compensation they have to pay to deal with this dreadful legacy”.
Trinity signed up to the redress scheme in 2018 and Mr Macdonald said, had his client gone through that system, he would have received a maximum $150,000 in compensation.
The way the school dealt with Mr Turnerâs claim signals a shift in a school that had struggled to grapple with historical abuse claims.
This came to a head when allegations were made against a once revered school figure, Christopher Howell, who taught at Trinity for more than 40 years.
Howell took his own life before he was due to face court on an indecent assault charge, and, even though they knew about the allegations, former headmaster Dr Michael Davies and his deputy Rohan Brown penned a tribute calling him a hero.
