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Child Sex Offenders and the horrible offences they commit upon vulnerable members of society is about as unpopular a topic as you can think of.  It is unsurprising then that I was somewhat…

The question of whether priests should report crimes told during confessional has recently been considered in a comprehensive investigation by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This investigation culminated…

The police have just knocked on your door and informed you that you have been charged with a criminal offence. What goes through your mind? Here are answers to some of the most…

Most of us are probably familiar with the heart ache of a break up. Even in mutual splits there is bound to be some level of animosity between the parties. Whilst break ups…

The media has been abuzz lately with the news of several Australian schools being targeted by a pornography ring, including schools in Canberra. It has reiterated that nothing put on the internet, or…

Picture a typical Australian Mother at home, receiving a phone call, out of the blue, from an Australian Federal Police officer about her 15 year old daughter: “I’m afraid she has been charged…

A 19-year-old Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) cadet charged with raping a female cadet in Canberra has pleaded not guilty. It is alleged Jack Toby Mitchell raped the 18-year-old woman while she was…

A former Catholic priest has been acquitted of two charges of molesting a young girl in the kitchen of his Braddon home. But Father Edward Evans still faces a series of other allegations…

An 85-year-old former priest has gone on trial in Canberra charged with molesting a young girl in the 1990s. Edward Evans is facing six charges of committing acts of indecency against the girl,…