LibGuides: Royal Commission: Web Resources

Talks & Conferences

Being Safer Churches | NCCA The National Council of Churches in Australia 2017 conference. Breaking ground for safer churches and stronger communities. The “Safe as Churches?” Conference was the 8th biennial conference bringing together various leaders and experts to network and develop effective ways to lead our churches in best practices for safeguarding our children, youth and vulnerable adults.
Dr Virginia Miller | The Media Blog Podcast In this episode, we’re talking with Dr Virginia Miller, a research fellow with the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University. Dr Miller's book, Child Sexual Abuse Inquiries and the Catholic Church: Reassessing the Evidence, has just been published. The book looks at inquiries in Ireland, the US and Australia, while the podcast focuses on the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Web Resources

Betrayal of Trust: Final Report
Blue Knot Foundation – National Centre of Excellence for Complex Trauma
Boundary Breaking Research Project (Durham University) Boundary Breaking is a three year research project, in collaboration with survivors and organisations in the Catholic Church, examining if/to what extent aspects of Catholic culture and understanding have contributed to the creation of an environment in which abuse, and its subsequent mishandling, was and is possible.
Bravehearts Includes Research section & other information
A Catholic Abuse Crisis Syllabus This post collects articles, books, primary sources, and teaching suggestions on the clerical sexual abuse crisis within the Catholic Church. It’s mostly intended for theologians and historians who intend to address the crisis with their students in a wide variety of classes, from introductory courses in theology up through the graduate level, though of course it can be used by anyone for the purposes of understanding more deeply the current crisis in the Church.
National Redress Scheme
Royal Commission Images and Video Library
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Final Report A final report to the Governor-General, detailing the culmination of a five year inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse in Australia.
Royal Commission Issues Papers The Royal Commission released 11 issues papers on topics related to its work. This provided organisations and individuals with the opportunity to contribute to the consideration of systemic issues. Issues included the provision of advocacy and support and therapeutic treatment services, experiences of police and prosecution responses to reports of child sexual abuse, and preventing child sexual abuse in out-of-home care.
Victorian government response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
Australian Catholic Safeguarding We work with Catholic entities to promote and oversee a nationally consistent, comprehensive and sustainable framework for the protection of children and adults at risk within the Church in Australia.
Tutela Minorum Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

University of Divinity

Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry - Conference papers and eBook Vox posts from the Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry conference. Held in Melbourne in August 2018 and co-sponsored by the University of Divinity, the conference brought together survivors, support groups, church leaders, and professional experts to respond to both the letter and the spirit of the Royal Commission’s findings.
Watch sessions from the Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry Conference At a time when Australia’s churches are still in an early phase of absorbing and responding to the findings and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, this two-and-a-half-day symposium aimed to begin an inclusive, ecumenical and interdisciplinary conversation about the task of cultural change and renewal that lies ahead.
Vice Chancellor's Opening Address to the Health and Integrity in Church and Ministry Conference
Can religious institutions come back after the Royal Commission? ABC Radio National Phillip Adams interviewed Professor Peter Sherlock (Vice-Chancellor, University of Divinity) and Desmond Cahill (Emeritus Professor of Intercultural Studies in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University)
Changing Culture: Responding to the Royal Commission