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#21755326 at 2024-10-13 04:19:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
#36 - Part 119
Child Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Human Trafficking and Satanism Investigations - Part 14
>>21589845 Western Bulldogs fight multimillion-dollar payout to child sex abuse survivor, claim jury was 'misled' - The Western Bulldogs claim a jury that awarded a "startling" $5.9m to child sex abuse survivor Adam Kneale, assaulted for years at Whitten Oval by a club volunteer and pedophile, was "misled". The footy club has demanded a jury verdict finding it was negligent for abuse committed by star fundraising volunteer Graeme 'Chops' Hobbs be thrown out, or the multimillion-dollar compensation payout to the predator's victim be slashed. The pedophile, now dead, was jailed after admitting to abusing Mr Kneale for six years from the age of 11. During his civil trial in October 2023, Mr Kneale gave evidence he was sexually assaulted at the Bulldogs' home-ground more than 40 times. The appeal fight is set to be closely watched by a second alleged victim who has launched fresh legal action against the club, also for abuse at the hands of Hobbs at Whitten Oval in the 1980s. In the Court of Appeal on Friday, the Bulldogs' high profile barrister Bret Walker SC labelled the award - the highest amount handed to an abuse survivor in Australia - as "genuinely startling". "It speaks for itself as to its excessiveness," said the lawyer, who charges north of $25,000 a day. The Bulldogs were ordered by the jury to pay Mr Kneale $3.25m for pain and suffering alone, with Court of Appeal judge Justice David Beach stating he was "not aware" of any other cases where general damages were assessed at more than $1m. Barrister Sam Hay KC, for Mr Kneale, conceded "the award is high" but that it could be "indicative of the way the general public views the nature of this abuse".
>>21648351 Victims warned WA's worst serial sex predator could be released - Victims of WA's worst serial sex predator Dennis John McKenna are reeling after being told the child abuser could be released from prison in two months. Department of Justice letters have been sent to a number of men preyed upon by McKenna, while they boarded as students at St Andrew's Hostel in Katanning some time between 1975 and 1990. "I am writing to offer you the opportunity to discuss any concerns or queries you may have about future contact with an offender," the letter reads. "The Prisoners Review Board is required to consider Mr McKenna for possible release on parole. I would like to speak with you regarding your thoughts on this matter. The offender's date of parole eligibility is 17 November, 2024." Those notified of the parole date can now make a written submission to the department's Victim offender Mediation Unit. Since 1991, McKenna has been handed jail sentences on three occasions after police investigations highlighted more victims from his reign of terror as the hostel's warden. When combined, McKenna was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for 65 offences against 29 boys. The most recent punishment came in 2013, when the now 79-year-old was convicted of a further 34 child sex crime offences. His systemic abuse at the Katanning facility, used to accommodate the children of farming families attending the town's high school, resulted in a 2012 inquiry and report titled St Andrew's Hostel: How the System and Society Failed our Children. But those who survived McKenna's molestation never want to see him free again. "He's a rapist, he's a paedophile, and there's no way he should be let out," survivor Michael Hilder told Radio 6PR.
#21589845 at 2024-09-14 16:20:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition
>>21575883
Western Bulldogs fight multimillion-dollar payout to child sex abuse survivor, claim jury was 'misled'
The Western Bulldogs were found negligent to child sex abuse committed by a pedophile at its club. Now, the Dogs claim the jury was "misled", demanding the record $5.9m payout be slashed.
Ashley Argoon - September 13, 2024
The Western Bulldogs claim a jury that awarded a "startling" $5.9m to child sex abuse survivor Adam Kneale, assaulted for years at Whitten Oval by a club volunteer and pedophile, was "misled".
The footy club has demanded a jury verdict finding it was negligent for abuse committed by star fundraising volunteer Graeme 'Chops' Hobbs be thrown out, or the multimillion-dollar compensation payout to the predator's victim be slashed.
The pedophile, now dead, was jailed after admitting to abusing Mr Kneale for six years from the age of 11.
During his civil trial in October 2023, Mr Kneale gave evidence he was sexually assaulted at the Bulldogs' home-ground more than 40 times.
The appeal fight is set to be closely watched by a second alleged victim who has launched fresh legal action against the club, also for abuse at the hands of Hobbs at Whitten Oval in the 1980s.
In the Court of Appeal on Friday, the Bulldogs' high profile barrister Bret Walker SC labelled the award - the highest amount handed to an abuse survivor in Australia - as "genuinely startling".
"It speaks for itself as to its excessiveness," said the lawyer, who charges north of $25,000 a day.
The Bulldogs were ordered by the jury to pay Mr Kneale $3.25m for pain and suffering alone, with Court of Appeal judge Justice David Beach stating he was "not aware" of any other cases where general damages were assessed at more than $1m.
Barrister Sam Hay KC, for Mr Kneale, conceded "the award is high" but that it could be "indicative of the way the general public views the nature of this abuse".
Told that judges in other states awarded less than $1m for the same damages, Mr Hay said: "There may be a disconnect at the moment with how judges are assessing these damages and how juries are."
Meanwhile, Mr Walker dismissed evidence at the trial of "red flags" over Hobbs' behaviour around Whitten Oval.
He said evidence that Hobbs was viewed as a "sleazy character" and a "quintessentially dirty old man" who involved himself in sexual talk with young footballers didn't go far enough to put the club on notice that he was a pedophile.
"We're not sued for failing to ensure polite conversation in a changing room," Mr Walker said.
Mr Hay replied: "If that happened today, there would be no question that perpetrator would be removed from the club."
"Why wouldn't that be enough for the jury?" he asked, pointing to evidence that a club official was told of concerns about Hobbs "on more than one occasion".
Star football player Stephen MacPherson told the jury he spoke to finance officer Stephen Smith about the "sleazy … quintessentially dirty old man" in 1981, who he'd seen take photos of naked young footballers during a club trip.
Justice Beach questioned whether these concerns by the "sterling young man" and "champion" of the club should have been investigated.
Mr Walker replied that Mr MacPherson's evidence "doesn't go that far" in suggesting an adult would sexually abuse someone at the premises.
The Bulldogs' barrister said it was "not sinister" that Hobbs was at Whitten Oval "quite regularly", that he wore a trench coat or was seen with young boys.
He said Hobbs' "large coat" didn't "provide a shred of support" that he was committing sexual depravity against children.
"It's difficult to understand how that mattered," he said of the coat being raised in evidence.
Mr Walker claimed the jury was "misled by hypotheticals" put to three former officers of the club, including ex-president Peter Gordon, who all agreed they would have acted if they were told of concerns about Hobbs.
Ultimately, Mr Walker questioned why the club was "liable for the criminal conduct of another person".
But Mr Hay said the then-Footscray FC ran events that attracted children and would in turn attract pedophiles, that Hobbs was "perennially around the club", that Mr Kneale was seen being "in inappropriate company" with the older man who abused him at Whitten Oval dozens of times.
Court of Appeal judges Justice Karin Emerton, Justice John Forrest and Justice Beach have reserved their decision, and will hand down their findings on the appeal at a later date.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/western-bulldogs-fight-multimilliondollar-payout-to-child-sex-abuse-survivor-claim-jury-was-misled/news-story/14e199d92b5ccac315d874c4c822f730
#19188945 at 2023-07-16 09:46:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #31: MAGIC SWORD - IN THE FACE OF EVIL Edition
#30 - Part 76
Child Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, Human Trafficking and Satanism Investigations - Part 2
>>18940046 Archbishop of Melbourne loses appeal of $2 million altar boy payout - A Catholic archbishop has lost a bid to reduce an almost $2 million court-ordered payout to an altar boy subjected to horrific sexual abuse by a pedophile priest. Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Comensoli launched an appeal of a Supreme Court decision to award $1.9 million in damages to one of former priest Desmond Gannon's victims, after being found vicariously liable for the abuse. Gannon sexually assaulted the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, three times between 1968 and 1970 while he was an altar boy and pupil at a Catholic primary school in regional Victoria. The priest drove the boy out to a remote area where he molested and raped him. He was terrified Gannon would get a shovel, kill and bury him. Gannon was jailed for up to 25 months for the abuse in 2009. The victim said the abuse had impacted his entire life as he continued to suffer poor mental health, contemplated suicide and abused alcohol to numb his pain. He was awarded $1,908,647 in damages, including for economic loss and future treatment expenses, by Justice Andrew Keogh in June 2022, with the judge finding Gannon's abuse to be "horrific". Archbishop Comensoli appealed the payout, claiming it should be reduced because some of the victim's injuries were caused by factors outside of the abuse. But three justices rejected the appeal, finding the archbishop's arguments were unconvincing. The Court of Appeal judges said the victim continued to suffer the impact of the abuse to this day. "The abuse occurred at a time when the respondent was young, extremely vulnerable and dependent on those around him for care and support," Justices David Beach, Richard Niall and Stephen Kay said.
>>18945864 Former Malka Leifer student settles abuse claim with ultra-Orthodox school - A former student has settled a legal claim against Adass Israel School, the former employer of convicted rapist Malka Leifer, over new allegations of abuse connected to the ultra-Orthodox inner-Melbourne religious college. The woman, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Adass community, filed a suit against Leifer and the Adass Israel School over fresh allegations of abuse. She settled the case on Tuesday morning, hours before the trial was due to begin.
>>18945953 Police reopen probe into school board that allegedly helped Malka Leifer flee to Israel - Board members from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish school who in 2008 allegedly helped then-principal Malka Leifer flee Australia to Israel - where she for years avoided justice for sexually abusing students - are back under investigation, despite police previously ruling out charges. Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu, a prominent advocate for the three sisters who accused Leifer of abusing them at the Adass Israel School in Elsternwick where they were students, confirmed Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton wrote to him on Friday to say police had resumed their investigation into the school's board.
>>18955324 Former head of Adass Israel School board defended sending sex offender Leifer overseas without informing police - The Adass Israel School board acted "as any normal person would act" in helping sex offender Malka Leifer flee Australia, the board's former president once said. Yitzhak Benedikt, then school board president, was part of a small group who a court said hastily arranged Leifer's departure at a meeting on March 5, 2008. In late-2016, when The Australian interviewed Mr Benedikt, he strongly defended the decision to help Leifer flee the country despite a count finding that he was aware of at least eight separate allegations of sexual misconduct against her. "We have acted as any normal person would act, we have responsibilities for our children and for our community," Mr Benedikt said. "We could not allow a teacher like that to stay anywhere near the children. Don't you agree with me that the best thing is that they don't have any more to do with the children?"
>>18965915 Ex-MP Milton Orkopoulos taken to hospital after being bashed in jail - Convicted child sex offender and former NSW Labor minister Milton Orkopoulos has been taken to hospital with head, body and leg injuries after being bashed in custody. Orkopoulos, 65, was found injured at Long Bay jail and was taken to Prince of Wales Hospital. "A 65-year-old inmate has received treatment in hospital following an assault at the Metropolitan Special Programs Centre, at Long Bay," a NSW Corrective Services spokeswoman said in a statement. "Corrective Services NSW takes great care to determine appropriate security classifications and placements for inmates to maintain the safety and security of our prisons."