Allegations of Abuse in Institutions
	St John of God - Marylands - Index 2006/2 - Moloney & Garchow; Federal Court Appeal
	NZ Lawyer Issue 41, June 2 2006 Sex cases Letter to the editor by Gerald Lascelles and Kerry Cook, Barristers, Christchurch Had they considered the Peter Ellis case, Denise Arnold and Scott Optican might have been more circumspect in their comments on Justice Madgwick's decision, reported in NZLawyer issue 39, 5 May 2006: 'Australian criticism of NZ sex cases "justified"'. Regardless of any appeal result, the Judge has expressed views which, with some justification, many criminal lawyers share. Those charged with exploring possible injustice might reflect on this thoughtful Australian judgment and, at the same time, consider if the issue of imposing statutory time limits for the making of complaints in sexual cases should be fully debated. This is an area where fraudsters, blackmailers and, sometimes, downright cranks flourish. They have been encouraged by the politically correct, by the timorousness of political leadership and by those to whom the righting of wrongs is secondary to their personal agendas.