tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218939393808883918.post4808696217883891858..comments2024-01-30T02:09:55.073-08:00Comments on JUSTICE DENIED: 100 MP's support 'Hillsborough Style" Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218939393808883918.post-30152664535659775132015-02-24T14:19:54.615-08:002015-02-24T14:19:54.615-08:00Firstly, please allow me to say that I did not rea...Firstly, please allow me to say that I did not realize what an active part Ian Pace has played in calling for an independent enquiry into historic and current child sexual abuse. I first read his blog as a reader interested in music and with also an interest in the various conspiracies that seem to beset our world.<br /><br />I then found his very long article detailing the sexual abuse of music students at various music colleges and institutions around the country. Without going into a eulogy about this, I would simply say, "More power to your elbow, sir!"<br /><br />1 thing that disturbs me about the arrangements for an independent enquiry, as currently proposed, is that I am torn between wishing for it to get underway as soon as possible, and making sure that it is constituted in the right way. We have had 2 proposed chairpersons appointed and have them stand down for perfectly understandable reasons. Now, we have a 3rd person, an independent judge from New Zealand who would surely be free from any taint of establishment connections and cover-up. Alas, from what I have seen on the internet in recent days, she apparently presided over a white-wash in relation to child sexual abuse in her own country. I wonder therefore, if those people who are asking for an independent enquiry will be satisfied that, under the circumstances, she fulfills the criterion of being sufficiently independent for the enquiry's purposes.<br /><br />As we all know, child sexual abuse is an inernational affair, and the links between paedophiles at all levels in society stretch far and wide, and have been held to be the glue that holds the entire establishment system together. It seems that many victims/survivors would like the appointment to be Michael Mansfield, Q. C., but there seems to be some objection to him from those who are in charge of these sort of appointments.<br /><br />I believe that only somebody like him, if not himself, will be totally acceptable to the people that this enquiry is designed to serve. The suitability, or otherwise, of the chairperson is 1 aspect on which I feel torn. The other is the reluctance, in certain quarters, to allowing the presence of victims/survivors on the panel themselves.<br /><br />This would be similar to having no Jews on the tribunal at Nuremburg. If this proposed independent enquiry is actually to have any validity in the eyes of both the public, and the victims/survivors, the chairmanship and make-up of the panel has to be considered extremely carefully.<br /><br />As I said, I am torn; I would not like endless discussions, appointments, resignations, more appointments, etc, to be a way for those who may turn out to be accountable under the terms of reference of the enquiry, to prevaricate as to the constitution and membership of the panel, in order to delay the arrival of long-awaited justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4218939393808883918.post-65878005690984028252014-06-26T05:38:26.265-07:002014-06-26T05:38:26.265-07:00child abuse should not be allowed or covered up.ne...child abuse should not be allowed or covered up.neither should adult abuse including aged care homes pallative care etc.there are royal commission operating in Australia at the moment into child abuseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com