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Apology for Tiffany Skeggs, Zoe Duncan for child abuse ordeal and disbelief by Tasmanian authorities

A veteran of child protection says she can "barely" find the words to say how sorry she is for the treatment of two sexual abuse survivors who weren't believed by authorities when they went for help. Sadly, one of those survivors will never hear the apology.

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'No apology' over Tas hospital child abuse

A survivor has told an inquiry into child sexual abuse in Tasmania's public service she was left without support or an apology after making her disclosure.

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Inquiry hears of paedophile Griffin's 'red flags' while caring for teenage female at Launceston hospital

A woman who — as a 16-year-old hospital patient was in the care of a notorious paedophile — says she remembers "a lot of red flags" and is baffled why no one in authority did anything about it at the time.

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Tas hospital missed 'red flags' of abuser

An inquiry has been told about red flags relating to a male nurse in Tasmania who was later charged with child sexual abuse offences.

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Tas to review hospital handling of abuser

The Tasmanian government is establishing its own review of a Launceston hospital where a pedophile nurse was able to keep working despite multiple complaints.

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Review announced into management at Launceston hospital in wake of damning commission of inquiry evidence

There will be "significant changes to leadership roles" at a Tasmanian hospital following a week of harrowing victim accounts at a child sexual abuse inquiry, the government announces.

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'No inquiry' about Tas nurse child abuser

A former chief executive of a hospital in Tasmania says he didn't make any inquiries after learning a pedophile nurse had worked under his leadership.

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Launceston General Hospital executive heard details about paedophile James Griffin from a podcast

A senior executive at the Launceston General Hospital has told a child abuse inquiry that she got most of her information about an investigation into paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin from two podcasts.

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'Catastrophic' failings allowed Tas abuse

The CEO of a hospital in Tasmania where a pedophile nurse worked on a children's ward for nearly 20 years has acknowledged catastrophic system failures.

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Launceston General Hospital staff kept in the dark about paedophile co-worker James Geoffrey Griffin

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something which could be addressed by "education".

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Woman abused by LGH paedophile James Griffin flagged risk to children, inquiry hears

In 2011, Kylee Pearn told the Launceston General Hospital that there was a child abuser working in the children's ward — she knew because he'd abused her years earlier. The paedophile, James Geoffrey Griffin, would continue working there for another eight years.

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Woman flagged abuse risk at Tas hospital

An inquiry has been told a Tasmanian hospital failed to act after being told a male nurse had abused a colleague when she was a child.

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Commission of Inquiry hears little done to stop paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin despite report of child abuse material on laptop

A person who bought a laptop from now-notorious paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin decades ago alerted police of links to child exploitation websites and followed up after not hearing back, but nothing was done.

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'Lack of action' over Tas pedophile nurse

A Tasmanian inquiry has been told an alleged pedophile nurse was reported to police and breached patient boundaries across decades before being charged.

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Tas abuse inquiry told of disclosure risks

A commission of inquiry is examining the Tasmanian government's responses to allegations of historical and contemporary sexual abuse by public servants.

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Mother tells Tasmania's child abuse commission of inquiry of feeling ignored, belittled by Launceston hospital staff

A mother increasingly frantic over what was happening to her daughter at a Tasmanian hospital says she called a child safety service because she did not know who else to turn to.

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Mother's worry about Tas nurse 'dismissed'

A Tasmanian woman has told an inquiry of her daughter's distress and anxiety after being treated by a nurse who was later charged with child sex offences.

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Mother tells Tasmania's commission of inquiry about how paedophile nurse James Griffin gained family's trust

A Tasmanian mother speaks of her anguish at reading in a newspaper about allegations against now notorious paedophile nurse James Griffin, years after her daughter's death.

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Alleged Tas abuser 'groomed whole family'

A commission of inquiry is examining Tasmanian government responses to allegations of historical and contemporary child sexual abuse by public servants.

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Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry into child sex abuse will hold public hearings. Here is what will happen

The Commission of Inquiry looking at the Tasmanian government's responses to child sexual abuse in state institutions will hold two weeks of public hearings, starting in Hobart on Monday.

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Tasmanian Liberal ministers apologise over groaning behaviour to abuse survivor's question

Two Tasmanian ministers at the centre of a furore over accusations they groaned during a question asked in parliament on behalf of a child sexual abuse survivor apologise.

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Abuse survivor scathing of Tasmanian Liberal MPs over non-apology over groaning

A "devastated" victim-survivor of child sex abuse says two government ministers who groaned at a question asked on her behalf should resign — and asks how survivors are supposed to have confidence in those same people who are entrusted with enacting laws to protect them.

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Tiffany Skeggs breaks her silence about years of abuse at the hands of notorious paedophile James Griffin

In May 2019, Tiffany Skeggs went to police to report childhood sexual abuse. She never imagined that step would be the beginnings of Tasmania's version of a royal commission.

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Former health minister Sarah Courtney advised against airing concerns publicly about nurse James Geoffrey Griffin

In a letter, Sarah Courtney said raising the allegations against James Geoffrey Griffin publicly could cause "unnecessary distress". Since then, the government has established a commission of inquiry and the Griffin allegations are central to it.

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