Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship

Fri, 3 Jan 2025 05:35:30 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/13/clergy-abuse-survivors-hit-out-at-moves-to-ban-protests-outside-australian-places-of-worship>

"Survivors of clergy abuse have expressed deep concern at proposals to ban
protests outside places of worship, with lawyer John Ellis saying a blanket ban
would have seen him arrested outside a Sydney cathedral last year.

Anthony Albanese on Wednesday backed proposals in New South Wales and Victoria
to ban such protests after an arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in
Melbourne and antisemitic vandalism in Sydney.

Speaking about the proposals, the prime minister said he “cannot conceive of
any reason, apart from creating division in our community, of why someone would
want to hold a demonstration outside a place of worship”.

This rankled abuse survivors, particularly those who engaged in what they
describe as a respectful demonstration outside St Mary’s cathedral in Sydney
after George Pell’s death, and others who have tied ribbons on the fence
outside St Patrick’s cathedral in Ballarat for years."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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