Search Results: paedophilia
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RELIGION
- Chris McGillion
- 29 November 2012
43 Comments
It is inconceivable that Catholic authorities would countenance the state interfering in the sacramental life of the Church. And any attempt to do so would quickly turn into an issue of freedom of religion. If the Royal Commission were to go down that path it could quickly find it had bitten off much more than it can chew.
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RELIGION
- Michael McVeigh
- 15 November 2012
52 Comments
Cardinal Pell argued this week that the Church has been unfairly vilified by the media. But the media has done the Church a favour in bringing this issue to light. Until the Church can provide a proper account of its misdeeds and point to real commitments to victims, the attacks will justifiably continue.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 16 June 2011
33 Comments
Benedict uses large theoretical constructs to reflect on the condition of Western societies and the Church. This can simplify complex realities and provide a focus for reflection and conversation. But the weaknesses of this approach are revealed when he blames bad moral theory for sexual abuse by the clergy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 17 March 2011
New Queer Cinema is a genre marked by its robust portrayal of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender protagonists, usually as outsiders or renegades from conventional society. Alienation and otherness drive the characters into each other's orbits with the force of a familial bond.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 August 2010
48 Comments
The naming of participating in women's ordination as a crime
against faith os disconcerting. I recently attended the ordination of a
woman friend in another church. The celebration was prayerful and joyful,
and promised to be the prelude to a fruitful ministry by faithful and
committed candidates.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 04 January 2010
4 Comments
A bill passed hastily by the NSW Parliament last week, specifically to force released paedophile Dennis Ferguson out of his home, effectively enshrined hate in legislation. Like drug addiction, paedophilia is a problem that requires community empathy, rather than ostracism. September 2009
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 28 September 2009
22 Comments
A bill passed hastily by the NSW Parliament last week, specifically to force released paedophile Dennis Ferguson out of his home, effectively enshrined hate in legislation. Like drug addiction, paedophilia is a problem that requires community empathy, rather than ostracism.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 10 July 2008
18 Comments
Ethics is a process, not a position taken in the 'freedom of expression' debate. The issue surrounding Bill Henson's photographs and the Art Monthly magazine cover of a nude six-year-old girl is not porn or paedophilia, but the lack of ethical integrity in exploiting children for adult purposes.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 19 June 2006
Churches today run into trouble on gender and sexuality. Public discussion reveals passionately held differences within churches and between churches, and culture.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Morag Fraser, Siobhan Jackson, Allan James Thomas
- 22 May 2006
Reviews of the films Monster, The Cat in the Hat, The Barbarian Invasions, and Capturing the Friedmans.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Tony Smith reviews Ian Rankin’s Fleshmarket Close; Garry Disher’s Kittyhawk Down and Alexander McCall Smith’s The Sunday Philosophy Club.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 24 April 2006
The trouble is that men and women who like, or fantasise about, having sex with children don’t look like monsters. They look just like the neighbours.
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