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11-08-2012, 03:14 PM
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In other news, those who are into children are into fucking them. True story.
It's funny that anyone is ever confused or surprised by motive.
Brothers? Sounds a little bit like Thai "sisters". Some cute obfuscation by The Age.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/br...108-2917p.html
Brothers 'pack raped' boys
November 9, 2012
Rory Callinan
A GROUP of 15 religious brothers led by an "alpha paedophile" is suspected of the unreported deaths of two boys and the sexual abuse of more than 40 others.
The victims – abused over three decades – include wards of the state cared for by the brothers in homes for the mentally impaired, a state parliamentary inquiry into child abuse is expected to be told. Seven are believed to have committed suicide.
The suspected paedophile brothers from the Hospitaller Order of St John of God have never been charged in Victoria because of a lack of police resources, says the submission’s author, Dr Wayne Chamley, a researcher for Broken Rites, the support group for church sex abuse victims.
While most of the suspected paedophiles are dead, Fairfax Media is aware of three who have left the Catholic order and moved away but are in roles where they could have access to children.
The allegations relate to the order’s operations at Cheltenham and Lilydale, where it provided homes for wards of the state, orphans, boys given up by their parents and those with intellectual disabilities from the 1950s to the 1980s.
The order paid out more than $3.6 million in 2002 to 24 men who had alleged they were abused as children by brothers from the order.
Victorian police at the time confirmed they had launched an investigation into the allegations and taken statements from a number of alleged victims, and that the Director of Public Prosecutions was to decide on any charges to be laid.
But Dr Chamley and victims have confirmed to Fairfax that none of the 15 suspected paedophile brothers has ever been charged in Victoria.
Dr Chamley will give details of alleged horrific abuse at the order’s homes, including claims that boys were subjected to pack rapes and beatings and being drugged.
He will allege that two boys were sent to a mental institution by the "alpha paedophile" brother and given electroshock therapy, which impaired one so badly he was unable to care for himself and later died.
Dr Chamley will also mention research indicating that seven of a group of 69 boys who went to the order’s homes had committed suicide.
His most serious allegation will be that two boys might have been killed – and their deaths not reported – at the order’s farm at Lilydale.
Speaking on Thursday, Dr Chamley said there were witnesses to the alleged suspicious deaths, which occurred in the early 1960s. He said three men who spent time at the Lilydale home had independently told him of an incident in which a boy was thrown down stairs.
"That boy was taken off to the infirmary [unconscious] and never seen again," said Dr Chamley.
He said the three witnesses were still alive and could be contacted by police.
He said the second alleged death was reported by a former resident of one of the homes who said he had found a boy dead in the bed next to him.
‘‘He spoke about waking up and finding this fellow beside him dead. This fellow had recently arrived in the place,’’ said Dr Chamley. He said the witness to this incident was still alive and had been severely traumatised by his stay in the home.
Dr Chamley said the main victims of the brothers at Cheltenham were boys who never received any visitors and were quartered in upstairs dormitories away from the boys who did receive visits.
''They speak of being given a red medicine that made them drowsy. Pack rapes took place and boys who resisted or attempted to fight off their attackers were beaten mercilessly. These were boys of seven to 15 years up against adult males,'' he said.
Dr Chamley said the alleged paedophiles would become hyperactive after taking the boys to football matches.
''At the football matches the boys were provided with beer and encouraged to drink with the accompanying brothers,'' he said.
''After these occasions the paedophiles would become hyperactive and overt. The evening meal was followed by buggery and pack rapes and the remainder of Saturday night spent by many boys crying and in fear. And then Mass on Sunday morning.''
Dr Chamley will give his submission - which has been posted online - to the inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations on Friday. He is a retired endocrinologist who works as a volunteer for Broken Rites, for which he conducted research on the St John of God order and assisted in negotiating settlements for abuse victims.
The order's spokesman said the Australian provincial, Brother Timothy Graham, was in Portugal and was unable to be contacted for comment. He said the order would appear at the parliamentary inquiry if requested.
The spokesman said the order had first become aware in 1997 that there had been sexual abuse at its facilities in Victoria.
''The order was proactive and immediately opened internal and police inquiries. This culminated in a multimillion-dollar mediated settlement which was ratified by the Supreme Court of Victoria in June 2002, at which time Victoria Police also referred the matters to the DPP,'' he said.
Several St John of God brothers have served prison time in New Zealand for assaults on boys in homes there.
Victoria Police on Thursday declined to explain why no one was charged over the allegations. A spokeswoman said police had made a submission to the inquiry and ''any further comment at this stage may prejudice those proceedings''.
"Victoria Police will await the findings and recommendations of the inquiry before making any further comment,'' she said.
For help or information visit beyondblue.org.au, call Suicide Helpline Victoria on 1300 651 251, or Lifeline on 131 114.
Humans sicken me; and I'm not talking about the raped victims of Catholicism (who inevitably go on to rape at a ludicrously cyclical rate) so much as the shrewd victims of Catholicism who don't want to disrespect powerful rapists.
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11-08-2012, 03:17 PM
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Things could be worse...
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What?
This cartoonist should literally be imprisoned for such outrageous 'confusion'. They were in God's care. Now they're in no one's care. And they don't care any more. They have that in common with everyone else, who will soon have more in common with them.
And with only themselves to blame.
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