Love to Ballarat Love to Ballarat.Watching the brave survivors from Ballarat exhausted after their travels and the ordeal of having to sit and watch George Pell’s unfeeling and cold performance for the Royal Commission, I cannot help but point out the almost identical experiences of 2010 when we also were…
I am indeed very saddened to hear of the treatment of Peter Saunders by the vatican’s “commission”. Saddened but I have to say, not in the least surprised. I am sure he is very hurt, and my heart goes out to him. BUT! This was…
I am very often asked “How we can identify someone who has been abused?” How can you spot one of us in your world? What kind of traits are “typical”? Well on the surface, we are not going to look any different than any one else, and remember,…
“Nobody Came” Just back from a week on Jersey! Beautiful island, and one we have been visiting for thirty years. Gez booked this as a sort of “rest cure” for me after being so poorly! Needless to say we had a great time, good food, great weather lots…
Second best is simply not good enough! I am sick and tired of abuse survivors ( and actually other disenfranchised people) being exploited , patronised and expected to be grateful! It is EVERYWHERE! it is in the “enquiries” and “commissions”, these ridiculous bodies who know bugger all about the issues…
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD SUBMISSION BY NGO SURVIVORS VOICE EUROPE ON THE POSITION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Survivors voice Europe is an International self funded organisation made up of, and supporting survivors of catholic clergy abuse The…
Wherever I go, in my “day job” I take with me Survivors Voice flyers. They just are very simple, telling people how to get to the website to get help if they have been abused by priests. I travel all over the country, I teach from one end of it…
I am just back from my trip to Poland after speaking at the Atheist conference in Warsaw. I am still having to pinch myself that we actually spoke in the Polish parliament building right in the middle of fiercely catholic Poland! It hadn’t been easy! The organisers headed by the…
Just back from Italy after giving a lecture to a college at Suzzara, a small town near Mantua. The students were all sixteen to nineteen years old and of course were quite charming. The teachers too were so welcoming and friendly, they said they were really happy that I had…
My forthcoming book is titled “Unholy Alien” !!! (to be fair it has been “forthcoming” for a couple of years now! I don’t know about any of you, but when I was taught Physics at school it was taught so badly and was appalling! I didn’t learn very much science despite…
