Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense Shame on those who think evil of it Drew’s Response to the Complaints by Complainant 1 AS and Complainant 2 AW
Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense Shame on those who think evil of it[1] Drew’s Response to the Complaints by Complainant 1 AS and Complainant 2 AW Both the complaints, written by the PSU Director, contain descriptions of general broad categories of actions with no specific dates and no allegation of abuse or harm. They
For The Lawyers (and others concerned about Justice): how Drew and Pippa have been denied justice by the PSU Sydney diocese. By Pippa and Louise Greentree
This is an examination of the acts and omissions of Mr. Lachlan Bryant in his role as the Director Professional Standards Unit of the Anglican Church Sydney diocese (the PSU). With the advice and encouragement of Mr. Peter Barnett Director PSU for Bathurst and Riverina, in the first two of three meetings, and Dr.
Drew & Pippa
I have been consulted by a couple, Drew who had worked for many years in youth ministry in the Anglican church Sydney diocese and his wife Pippa, a talented dancer and singer, the parents of four children. I now have their permission to publicise their plight and provide a forum for public discussion of the
‘The First Stone’ Revisited
Louise Greentree, 18th June 2008 In 1995 noted Australian feminist and author Helen Garner published her book ‘The First Stone’. In this she examined the case of two charges of indecent assault that were brought by the Victorian Police against the then Master of Ormond College, Melbourne University. The Police were acting on the complaints
A Cautionary Tale
Louise Greentree, 18th June 2008 Once Upon a Time there was a girl called Harriet. Like the character in a Jane Austin book she wanted to be loved and she wove fantasies in her mind, as girls do, about that day, that wonderful day, when her Prince would come. He, tall and handsome (of course)
A Cautionary Tale: The Coverup Begins
Louise Greentree, 18th June 2008 In her paper ‘A Cautionary Tale’, Louise Greentree wrote about how a 20-year-old young woman called ‘Harriet,’ a sufferer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, has been abused by her mother, by members of the Parish and its then ordained leadership and by the then Rector’s wife in order to conflate her
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Louise Greentree, 27th July 2008 As we told you in the article A Cautionary Tale – the cover-up begins, at long last the diocese has formulated the actual ‘charges’ against Mr. A. and all the allegations of child sexual abuse have been abandoned as not sustainable. This in itself means that the diocese has had
A Mother’s Story of abuse at the Anglican Parish of Figtree
Louise Greentree, 5th September 2008 For more than 12 months Louise Greentree has been chronicling and analysing the story of the behaviour of the clergy and lay leadership and parishioners of Figtree Anglican Church concerning the allegations made against Dr. Scott Dobbs, and the abuse of the whole of the Dobbs family by clergy and
Open Letter to the members of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia Sydney Diocese Setting the Boundaries on Church Discipline
Dear Tribunal Members and other Readers – This is an open letter about the diocesan abuse of boundaries. Not boundaries of touch, but the boundaries that honest, just and fair process requires and which those who were responsible for the drafting and administration of the Discipline Ordinance 2006 Sydney Diocese (and its predecessor the Church
A Victory for Christianity
The Dobbs Family, MT OUSLEY NSW 2519 7 June 2009 Dear Christian Friends A victory for Christianity Last Wednesday, when we were attending a preliminary hearing by the diocesan Disciplinary Tribunal in connection with a point about Emma Nicholls’ charges, each of the Tribunal members heard how Machelle and I and the whole of our