Public hearing: Faith-based redress: Phases 1 and 2 Nohoanga tūmatanui: Ngā puretumunga wāhi whakapono: Mata 1 me te 2
In Nov/Dec 2020 Phase 1 of the Faith-based Redress hearing focussed on the experience of survivors in seeking redress (such as compensation, counselling, an apology etc) for abuse and/or neglect in the care of faith-based institutions.
In March 2021 Phase 2 of the hearing heard from witnesses for Faith-based institutions on their processes for resolving historic and current abuse claims. The Faith-based institution witnesses included representatives from the highest level at New Zealand’s Salvation Army, and Anglican and Catholic Churches will be responding to survivors’ evidence and outlining past and current Redress policies and processes.
If you have experienced abuse in faith-based institutions such as a church or religious school between 1950-1999 or have information that may help the investigation please call us 0800 222 727 or email solicitorassisting@abuseincare.org.nz
Your information will help us to build a picture of what happened to those who made allegations or complaints or took civil proceedings relating to having been abused in Faith-based care.
Past hearing
Warning
Much of the content presented at the hearing covers details of abuse that may raise difficult emotional issues. There is a list of some of the telephone helplines or services that offer free support, information and help on this website under: For survivors, Getting help and support, Support services.
As the second public hearing within the Redress Investigation, the Inquiry will examine the experiences of victims and survivors involved in claims against the Catholic Church, Anglican Church and the Salvation Army and their respective subsidiary and affiliated entities and institutions (including faith-based schools) (“the institutions”) for abuse in their care.
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Created August 2020
Witnesses: Phase 1
Opening submissions by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission - Ms Anderson Opening submissions on behalf of the Bishops and Congregational Leaders of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand by Ms McKechnie Submissions on behalf of Network for Survivors of Abuse in Faith-Based Institutions by Dr Murray Heasley and Liz Tonks.
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Created December 2020
Frances gave evidence about the sexual and emotional abuse she experienced in the early 1970s when she was a primary school student.
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Created November 2020
Patrick’s evidence was read by his daughter Tina, as Patrick passed away earlier this year.
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Created November 2020
Mr G’s evidence outlines the abuse he experienced at Marist Brothers’ School in Whanganui.
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Created November 2020
Mr F gave evidence about the abuse he experienced in his first year at St Patrick’s College, Silverstream in 1953.
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Created December 2020
Anne gave evidence about the abuse she experienced while at the Star of the Sea orphanage, run by the Sisters of Mercy, and the sexual abuse by a Catholic priest who befriended her mother.
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Created December 2020
Gloria gives evidence on the Catholic Church’s redress process both as a survivor of abuse and as someone who has worked on one of the Church’s Abuse Protocol Committees.
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Created December 2020
Ann-Marie’s evidence describes her experience of abuse while in the care of several faith-based institutions.
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Created December 2020
Mary will give evidence about the process of obtaining redress for abuse she suffered at St Patrick’s Cathedral School and St Dominic’s Catholic College in Auckland.
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Created December 2020
Marc will give evidence about the abuse he suffered in St Edmund’s Intermediate School and St Paul’s High School, Dunedin, by two Christian Brothers, a priest and a lay teacher.
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Created December 2020
John will give evidence about the abuse he experienced during the two years he was at a Catholic intermediate school in the early 1980s, run by the Marist Brothers, and his experiences in trying to get redress from the Catholic Church.
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Created December 2020
Transcript of the opening statement on behalf of the Anglican Church from Fiona Guy Kidd.
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Created February 2021
Jacinda will talk about abuse suffered as a parishioner of the Nativity Anglican Church in Blenheim in the 2000’s, by the parish priest.
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Created December 2020
Mr Harding discusses the abuse suffered while attending Dilworth School in the 1970’s by staff at the School.
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Created December 2020
Mr Goodwin will discuss the environment at Christ’s College, including abuse from senior students and the difficulty seeking redress after being educated within a “don’t tell” culture, as well as the subsequent impact of these experiences.
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Created December 2020
Ms M discusses her home life and circumstances that led to being placed in the care of Anglican Social Services, and the abuse suffered in various home placements, which were made by Anglican Social Services and the State.
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Created December 2020
Mr Oakly will give evidence about the abuse he suffered by an Archdeacon of the Brightwater Church of the Nelson Anglican Diocese, who was also Scout Commissioner for the Nelson region, as well as the impact of the abuse.
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Created December 2020
Ms C will give evidence of the abuse of a Vicar within a Church and Youth Group setting.
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Created December 2020
Louise Deans gave evidence about abuse experience while training to become an ordained Minister in the Anglican Church and her attempts to obtain redress.
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Created December 2020
Margaret Wilkinson’s evidence will describe the abuse she experienced at ‘St Mary’s Home for Unwed Mothers’ and her attempts to get Redress from ‘the Anglican Trust for Women and Children’.
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Created December 2020
Mrs D gives evidence of her treatment (and the treatment of her children) within St Mary’s Home for unwed mothers, including the forced adoption of two of her children.
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Created December 2020
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Created December 2020
Mr A was placed in care at the Salvation Army’s Bramwell Booth Home in Temuka in the 1980’s.
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Created December 2020
Ms Lowe gave evidence of her time at Hillsbrook Children’s Home, the Salvation Army’s Whatman Children’s Home and foster care.
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Created December 2020
Mr Timpson identifies as Moriori.
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Created December 2020
Gloria White gives evidence of her experience at the Salvation Army homes The Nest and The Grange, and the abuse and neglect she suffered during this time.
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Created December 2020
Mr Takiaho identifies as Maori.
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Created December 2020
An abridged version of the evidence of Ms B read by Claire Mullord.
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Created December 2020
An abridged version of the evidence of Ms B read by Claire Mullord.
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Created December 2020
Ms K’s evidence is about the abuse she suffered by two Marist Brothers in her family home.
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Created February 2021
Ms I’s evidence outlines the abuse she experienced by nuns at school in Hamilton East, and the impact this has had on her life.
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Created February 2021
Mr J describes his experience of abuse in the Catholic Church revolving around the predatory sexual behaviour of a Gisborne Parish priest in the 1950s.
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Created February 2021
Robert Donaldson will give evidence about the sexual abuse he experienced while in the pastoral care of Father Magnus “Max” Murray (Father Murray).
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Created February 2021
Mrs N was groomed and sexually abused by a teacher at St Margaret’s College, Christchurch, an Anglican high school.
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Created February 2021
Mr L, was a staff member at St Margaret’s College, Christchurch, an Anglican high school.
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Created February 2021
Ms I’s evidence outlines the abuse she experienced by nuns at school in Hamilton East, and the impact this has had on her life.
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Created February 2021
Vincent’s evidence is about the abuse he suffered by former priest, Magnus Murray, at a Christian Brothers High School.
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Created February 2021
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Aotearoa New Zealand is the national chapter of SNAP, a worldwide peer-support network of adult survivors of child sexual abuse by members of the clergy, in faith-based organisations and in other institutions.
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Created June 2021
Witnesses: Phase 2
Submissions on behalf of Network for Survivors of Abuse in Faith-based Institutions by Dr Murray Heasley and Liz Tonks.
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Created March 2021
Colonel Gerry Walker is the Chief Secretary of The Salvation Army in New Zealand.
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Created March 2021
Murray Houston is the Commercial Manager for The Salvation Army and the Manager of the Royal Commission Response.
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Created March 2021
Opening statement by Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission – Katherine Anderson
Opening statement by Counsel Assisting the Anglican Church – Fiona Guy-Kidd…
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Created March 2021
Evidence of Bishop Ross Bay for Faith-based redress hearing on 17-18 March 2021.
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Created March 2021
The Rt Reverend Peter Carrell has been the Bishop of Christchurch since 2019 having been ordained as a priest in 1987.
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Created March 2021
Statement of Archbishop Richardson for the Faith-based redress hearing on Friday 19th March and Monday 22nd March The Most Reverend Philip Richardson has been a bishop since 1999 and since 2008 has been a Bishop of the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki.
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Created March 2021
The Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia/Te Hahi Mihinare ki Aotearoa ki Niu Tireni, ki Nga Moutere o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa has a joint primacy shared between the three tikanga of the Church (Māori, Pasifika and Pakeha).
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Created March 2021
Opening statements from Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission, Katherine Anderson
Opening statement from SNAP (Sonja Cooper with Christopher Longhurst, John O’Malley)
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Opening statement from SNAP (Sonja Cooper with Christopher Longhurst, John O’Malley)
Opening…
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Created March 2021
Dr Doyle is an ordained Catholic priest, canon lawyer and addictions therapist.
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Created March 2021
Statement of Br Peter Horide for the Faith-based Redress hearing.
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Created March 2021
Virginia Noonan is the Director of the National Office for Professional Standards (NOPS).
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Created March 2021
Fr Timothy Duckworth is the Provincial of the New Zealand province of the Society of Mary (often known as the Marist Fathers and Brothers) and has been in the role since the 1st of February 2020.
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Created March 2021
Cardinal John Dew is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand.
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Created March 2021
Salvation Army closing address Counsel Assisting the Salvation Army Jenny Stevens
Anglican Church closing…
Anglican Church closing…
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Created March 2021