8chan/8kun QResearch AUSTRALIA Posts (1)
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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."