紐(新)西蘭調查發現，多達25萬6千名的兒童，年輕人和弱勢的成年人被神父性侵與凌虐
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紐(新)西蘭調查發現，多達25萬6千名的兒童，年輕人和弱勢的成年人被神父性侵與凌虐
紐(新)西蘭調查發現，在過去的幾十年中，多達25萬6千名的兒童，年輕人和弱勢的成年人被紐西蘭天主教神父和國家關懷機構的職工性侵與凌虐。
紐西蘭公共服務部長克里斯·希普金斯（Chris Hipkins）表示，基於國家和天主教醫療機構中性侵與暴力的政策行為的調查報告是“令人難以置信的
公開的調查報告顯示，在過去的幾十年中，有多達1/4的兒童、少年和弱勢的成年人在紐西蘭的天主教教會與國家開設的關懷機構受到性侵與身體凌虐迫害。
紐西蘭皇家調查委員會關於歷史性凌虐兒童的政府的臨時調查報告估計，在1950年至2019年期間，多達25萬6千人受到教會與政府機構凌虐。這佔該期間655,000受害人的近40％。
國家公共事務部長克里斯·希普金斯（Chris Hipkins）說：“在紐西蘭歷史上造成無辜人民的痛苦和煎熬是不可原諒的。”
“所有受到國家機構照料的兒童本都應免受傷害，但證詞卻經常與事實相反”
報告中說，大多數受凌虐倖存者的年齡在5到17歲之間，但有些倖存者年齡甚至只有9個月，最大年齡為20歲。大多數受害者是在5到10年的時間內遭受教會與政府機構的各式凌虐。
虐待包括人身攻擊和性侵，一些精神病學機構的工作人員竟強迫男性病患強姦女性病患。它還包括不當使用醫療程序，包括對生殖器官和腿部進行電擊，不應有的脫衣搜身和下陰檢查以及口頭侮辱和種族歧視。
“有時候我一天要受到被電擊二次，”安妮說，他於1979年17歲時被迫安置在精神病院。
她對來詢問的調查員者說：“記錄上寫我失明，然後當晚他們就給了我震驚性的治療。”
紐國總理雅辛達·阿登（Jacinda Ardern）於2018年宣布設立皇家委員會，稱該國需要面對其歷史上“黑暗一章”，隨後將其加強擴大調查天主教和其他教會建立的機構。
該報告說，兒童和年輕人在有信仰或宗教的家庭中受害的可能性在21％至42％之間。它發現經歷關照機構受害者的人數比以前估計的高出六倍
報告說：“就任何評估而言，這是一個嚴重且長期存在的社會問題，需要解決。”並補充說，也有證據表明，今天的虐待行為仍在繼續中。
該報告是在私人和公共挽救聽證會之後發布的，受害倖存者英勇地講述了令人痛苦的有關身體被凌虐與遭性侵的報告。
一名毛利土著的倖存者「彼得」在接受調查時表示，他曾開車從山崖上衝下，企圖自殺以逃避再受虐待。他說：“我不想再活下去了。我越過山崖，直撞銀行。如果當時有人停下來探看原因，他們應會想出解決辦法，但是他們不管我，”他說。 。
紐西蘭Aotearoa地區的天主教會表示，將研究該報告，以了解如何處理投訴和防止虐待。
該報告承認，毛利土著兒童受害最大，因為在關照中被凌虐的兒童中有81％即2萬1千人是毛利人，而在全國所有被關照的兒童中，毛利人佔達69％。
它說，一些宗教建立的機構(如天主教與基督教)試圖通過性侵和身體虐待“以淨化”毛利人的傳統文化信仰。
去年，成千上萬的毛利人在紐西蘭各地抗議，呼籲停止將可能受危害的兒童帶離家庭並送往國家照顧機構。
批評這種作法的人說，這一過程是種族歧視，是殖民主義者遺毒。
之前澳大利亞在對兒童受教會性侵與凌虐也曾進行為期五年的調查，顯示成千上萬的不端性侵案件主要發生在基督宗教和國營機構，之後，澳大利亞政府在2017年向全國公開道歉
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紐西蘭天主教會週五正式向在教會內遭受性侵犯的倖存者道歉，並表示其制度和文化必須改變
紅衣主教約翰·迪尤是紐西蘭威靈頓和大都會的羅馬天主教大主教，他代表紐西蘭的主教和羅馬公教領導人，在皇家關懷虐待委員會中作出道歉。
“今天，我認識到這一刻的重要性，我代表紐西蘭奧特亞羅亞天主教會的主教和羅馬公教領袖向你們道歉，”同時也是紐西蘭天主教主教會議總裁的迪尤樞機主教說。
“我也代表我們之前的羅馬主教和公理會領袖對於他們或我們造成你們傷害的行為向你們道歉。我們不會提任何藉口。”
迪尤主教在奧克蘭的言論是宗教機構記錄的證人證詞的一部分，該機構正在進行受虐護理調查，以解決過去和現在的凌虐指控。
。New Zealand inquiry finds quarter of a million abused in state and faith-based care
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Updated 0621 GMT (1421 HKT) December 16, 2020
New Zealands Minister for the Public Service Chris Hipkins says the report on abuse in state and faith-based care institutions is a "difficult read."
New Zealands Minister for the Public Service Chris Hipkins says the report on abuse in state and faith-based care institutions is a "difficult read."
Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealands faith-based and state care institutions in the past several decades, a public inquiry revealed on Wednesday.
An interim report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into historic abuse of children in state care estimated that up to 256,000 people were abused between 1950 and 2019. This accounts for almost 40% of the 655,000 people in care during that period.
"The hurt and anguish that has been caused in New Zealands history is inexcusable," said Minister for the Public Service Chris Hipkins, who described the report as a "difficult read."
"All children in the care of the state should be safe from harm, but as the testimony sets out all too often the opposite was true."
The report said most abuse survivors were aged between 5 and 17, but some were as young as 9 months and as old as 20. Most were abused over a five to 10 year period.
The abuse included physical assault and sexual abuse, with staff in some psychiatric institutions forcing male patients to rape female patients. It also included the improper use of medical procedures including electric shocks on genitals and legs, improper strip searches and vaginal examinations, and verbal abuse and racial slurs.
"Sometimes Id have shock treatment twice a day," said Anne, who at 17 was placed in a psychiatric institution in 1979.
"The records (said) I went blind, then they gave me shock treatment again that night," she told the inquiry.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the Royal Commission in 2018 saying the country needed to confront "a dark chapter" in its history, and later expanded it to include churches and other faith-based institutions.
The report said the likelihood of children and young people abused in faith-based or religious homes ranges from 21% to 42%.
It found the number of people passing through care institutions was six times higher than previously estimated.
"On any assessment this is a serious and long-standing social problem that needs to be addressed," the report said, adding there was evidence that abuse continued today.
The report comes after private and public redress hearings where survivors bravely narrated harrowing accounts of physical and sexual abuse.
One Maori survivor, Peter, told the inquiry he drove a car off a cliff in an attempt to suicide to escape the abuse.
"I didnt wanna live anymore. I went over a cliff and smashed head-on into a bank. Again, if anybody just stopped and looked at why, they would have figured something out, but they didnt," he said.
The Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand said it would study the report to learn how to deal with complaints and prevent abuse.
The report acknowledged that indigenous Maori children probably suffered the most, as 81% of children abused in care are Māori, while 69% of the children in care are Māori.
It said some faith-based institutions sought to "cleanse," through sexual and physical abuse, the cultural identity from Maori people in care.
Thousands of Maori people protested across New Zealand last year calling for an end to the practice of taking at-risk children away from families and placing them in state care.
Critics of the practice have said the process is racially skewed against the Maori, and is a legacy of colonization.
Neighboring Australia delivered a national apology in 2017, after a five-year inquiry into child sexual abuse revealed thousands of cases of sexual misconduct largely committed at religious and state-run institutions.New Zealand inquiry finds quarter of a million abused in state and faith-based care
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