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Frank Brennan (priest)

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449: 329:, Brennan dissented from traditional Catholic teaching, telling the media he would vote in favour. He stated that, while in the context of Catholic marriage he would continue to uphold marriage as being between a man and a woman, he considered the issue of civil marriage to be separate. Following the survey, Brennan was appointed by then prime minister 281:'s National Human Rights Consultation Committee. In 2009 this independent committee consulted with the Australian community about the protection and promotion of human rights. On 30 September 2009, it reported its recommendations to the attorney general, 367:
for child abuse. He equated the trial to a left-wing version of the broken criminal justice system in Queensland during the 1970s, saying that even Aboriginal people had not been treated as prejudicially by the worst of 19th-century judges.
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that "I as a Catholic priest would have to make a decision, whether in conscience, I could apply with such a law." He also said that "I think it would make children more vulnerable and not less".
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On 15 August 2017, Brennan stated that if the law was changed to require clergy to report child sexual abuse learned of during confession that he would consider breaking it. Brennan told
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priest, human rights lawyer and academic. He has a longstanding reputation of advocacy in the areas of law, social justice, refugee protection,
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Legislating Liberty: a bill of rights for Australia? A provocative and timely proposal to balance the public good with individual freedom
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In November 2019, it was announced that Brennan would be one of 20 members of the Senior Advisory Group to help co-design the
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at the Australian Reconciliation Convention. The following year he was appointed an Ambassador for Reconciliation by the
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During 2011, Brennan was critical of the refugee policies of the then Prime Minister of Australia,
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from 2001 to 2007. In 2005, he returned to Australia from a fellowship at Boston College.
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Reconciling our differences: a Christian approach to recognising Aboriginal Land Rights
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Acting on conscience : how can we responsibly mix law, religion and politics?
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As of 2011 Brennan was a professor of law in the Public Policy Institute at the
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He was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 1977 and the Victorian Bar in 1978.
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An Indigenous voice to parliament : Considering a constitutional bridge
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5 R's for the Enlargers: Race, Religion, Respect, Rights and the Republic
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Land rights Queensland style: the struggle for Aboriginal self-management
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from Uniya, Jesuit Social Justice Centre (2001 – 2007).
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began early in his priestly ministry. In 1975 he worked in the inner
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No Small Change: The Road to Recognition for Indigenous Australia
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The Wik debate: its impact on Aborigines, pastoralists and miners
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Amplifying that still, small voice : a collection of essays
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In 2019-20, Brennan was critical of the prosecution of Cardinal
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Travesty of justice: ‘trusted’ institutions fail Pell, public
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was morally derelict and tantamount to "offshore dumping".
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On 10 December 2008 he was appointed chairperson to the
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Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society
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and ten years later was ordained a Catholic priest.
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Australian priest, lawyer and human rights advocate
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Frank Brennan (Jesuit)
Francis Brennan (disambiguation)
The Reverend
SJ
AO
Toowoomba
Queensland
Human rights activism
Gerard Brennan
SJ
AO
Jesuit
reconciliation
human rights activism
Gerard Brennan
chief justice
High Court of Australia
fourth generation
Irish
German
Downlands College
University of Queensland
honours
arts
law
Melbourne College of Divinity
divinity
Master of Laws
University of Melbourne
Society of Jesus

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