injustice and a damning letter
HE S the man whose statement to Hunter police about being sexually abused by a Catholic priest launched Strike Force Georgiana in 2007, and ultimately led to a royal commission.
His name is John Parmeter, pictured above, and he wants people to know who he is as Strike Force Georgiana enters its eighth year investigating historic child sexual abuse cases.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will hold itspatagonia black hole duffel 90l review2 17th public hearing next week, with more than 16,000 calls about child sexual abuse so far, and anotpatagonia black hole duffel 90l review3her three years to go.
The priest, Peter Brock, pictured below, died last week. Today, Mr Parmeter reveals the ugly truth what he calls the dirty secrets about the Catholic Church s elevation of Father Brock to a national role in 2010, despite knowing of his sexual misconduct with Mr Parmeter and his twin brother from when they were nine years old.
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And Mr patagonia black hole duffel 90l reviewParmeter reveals the most damning document of all a written apology by Father Brock on May 7, 2008, after he was confronted about the years of sexual abuse.
patagonia capilene 4 full zip reviewI acknowledge that my actions have caused you pain and distress, no matter how unwittingly or unintentionally on my part. I am ashamed and sorry for thcheap patagonia ebayat, and offer this sincere apology. I hope this letter can help you on your journey.
From a letter from Peter Brock, to John Parmeter, May 7, 2008
I acknowledge that my actions have caused you pain and distress, no matter how unwittingly or unintentionally on my part, the priest wrote to Mr Parmeter.
I am ashamed and sorry for that, and offer this sincere apology. I hope this letter can help you on your journey.
Mr Parmeter vomited after the confrontation. This week he spoke about the power the priest retained over his life, in part because of the Church s whitewashing of Father Brock s history, and the failure of existing institutions to secure justice.
I don t have patagonia los gatos vest reviewto hide any more. I don t have to be ashamed. These aren t my secrets. These are the Church s dirty secrets, Mr Parmeter said this week.
In 2009 Father Brock proclaimed his innocence after 26 serious child sex charges against him were withdrawn at a committal hearing that demonstrated the sometimes insurmountable obstacles faced bpatagonia men's full zip better sweater jackety victims of historic child sexual abuse in the criminal justice system.
A year later the then Maitland Newcastle Bishop Michael Malone announced Father Brock s return to ministry with considerable joy after a Church investigation overseen by the NSW Ombudsman s office.
A few weeks after that the Catholic Church celebrated by giving the priest a national title, as head of its Year of Grace.
But what remained hidden was a report sent to the Ombudsman after a mandatory Church investigation of child sex allegations against Father Brock.
A summary sent to John Parmeter and his twin brother Paul shows the priest was celebrated by the Church in patagonia coupon code qualitypublic, despite its knowledge patagonia promotional discount codeof the ugly truth.
Between approximately 1968 and 1975 whilst Father Brock was an assistant priest and priest within the diocese of Maitland Newcastle, he engaged in a range and pattern of behaviours with and/or towards John and Paul Parmeter who were children at the time, the Church investigation found.
That range and pattern of behaviour constituted sexual misconduct as defined by the NSW Ombudsman Act 1974.
The definition of sexual misconduct includes any sexual relationship with a child .
In his statements tendered to court in 2009, Mr Parmeter detailed his parents close relationship with Father Brock because of music and their Catholic faith.
Father Brock went on to win an Order of Austrapatagonia everlong review snaplia Medal for his services to choral music.
Ron and Yvonne Parmeter were proud of their children s musical successes.
John Parmeter told police about Father Brock being a regular family guest, and how his parents organised for the ppatagonia black hole duffel 90l review1riest to provide personal music training for their children at the presbyterypatagonia black hole duffel 90l review0.
Father Brock also became a drinking and card playing partner for patagonia guide jacket for womenRon Parmeter, John patagonia guide jacket germanyParmeter told police.
And when the priest phoned Yvonne Parmeter after a hard day, and asked for John to visit him at the presbytery to play cards, Mum would push for me to go and see Brock as he was the priest and it would be nice for us to do things for him .
In their statements to police, both John and Paul Parmeter described how the priest s early hugs in the presbytery during music lessons gradually became something more after the priest initiated strip poker.
John Parmeter described the powerlessness of a young child left alone with a priest who was his father s drinking partner and his mother s close friend, but who was also introducing sexual behaviour in secret.
I could never at this time tell anyone that this had happened, Mr Parmeter told police about serious and humiliating sexual incidents at the presbytery.
