The Anglican Church admits at Yoorrook Justice Commission there is an 'incredible' disparity between its land wealth and Aboriginal people's, while two other Christian denominations try to keep their property values secret au.news.yahoo.com/churches-set-f… Australian Associated Press (AAP)

'It's pretty hard to preach the gospel on stolen land' - Watch the Right Reverend Dr Richard Treloar give evidence on behalf of the Anglican Church before Yoorrook Commissioners.

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The hearing has now adjourned. That concludes this block of #yoorrook hearings. Thank you for following along.

Yoorrook hearings on #health , #housing & #education will begin at the end of May 2024.

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Bishop Genieve Blackwell (Anglican Church): 'as the Christian #church we have been complicit in that injustice [against First Peoples], that at the same time want to move forward and be part of the solution.'

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Rev David Fotheringham (Uniting Church): 'I would also like to acknowledge the the inter-generational harm that has come from the involvement of #churches in missions & the injustice that we are recognising in terms of land injustice & the consequent intergenerational injustice.'

Bishop Richard Treloar (Anglican Church): 'I want to reiterate the apologies to #FirstNations peoples who were traumatised and dispossessed [by] cultural genocide...I just want to acknowledge the truth of that and offer our commitment to continue to work towards reparation.'

Commissioner North: 'You don't have a policy, an action statement that involves a scheme of reparation to address, for instance, land and water injustice of the past?'

Rev David Fotheringham (Uniting Church): 'No, not beyond any of the actions which we have previously taken.'

Rev David Fotheringham (Uniting Church): 'Treaty is very important and the Uniting Church in fact since 1981 has been advocating for #treaty . And I think ongoing advocacy by the church is certainly one thing that we can offer and will offer.'

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#yoorrook Commissioner Tony North: 'So there is no provision for a financial reparation scheme to address the question of land acquisition?'

Archbishop Comensoli (Catholic Church): 'Not at this stage nationally'

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Rev David Fotheringham (Uniting Church): '[there is the quote] we [in the church] saw ourselves as 'smoothing the pillow for a dying race' and we acknowledge that to our shame, that this was what was occurring and was a reflection of the attitude at the time.'
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Bishop Richard Treloar (Anglican Church): 'I think that the twin policies of segregation and assimilation [through the missions] both result in erasure, in disappearance [of language, culture and identity]. In different ways, but both absolutely reprehensible.'
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