Controversy continues to swirl around the recent Media Watch story that wasn’t — a planned probe into two ABC Lateline “special investigations” that suggested the Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson had covered up paedophile priests. Andrew Crook investigates.
Paedophilia
Pope speaks: We need to “do penance” for our “sins”
Pope Benedict XVI has ended his silence on the sex-abuse scandals engulfing the Catholic Church, saying that the Church had avoided using the word “penance” but it was now obvious that was needed.
Why the Pope should resign
To address the latest sex scandals involving paedophilia and sexual abuse by priests in Ireland, Pope Benedict XVI has penned a letter to the Irish faithful. But did the Pope know that priests were being protected from their crimes?
Angry Dad: Paedophilia hysteria shames us all
Over 200,000 Australian kids are living in poverty, yet we’re forming lynch mobs over one creepy old man? We need to get our priorities sorted out, says Angry Dad.
Federal Court grants ACC access to indigenous kids’ medical files
A full bench of the Federal Court today ruled that the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) must take the interests of Indigenous children into account when investigating child abuse in Indigenous communities, writes Henri Ivrey.
Media ignores Jackson’s dark side
What truly floored me in the past week or so has been the complete sidelining by the entire media of Jackson’s later life, says John Niven. You know, the bit where he was a paedophile.
Queensland media froths over paedophilia case
The media is howling over the release of a man from prison after a Queensland District Court judge issued a permanent stay of his trial on paedophilia charges. What hypocrisy! Peter Faris QC laments.
