Yeshivah resignations not enough: victim
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13 March 2015
A HANDFUL of "token" resignations from the Yeshivah Centre board falls short of accountability for a survivor of sexual abuse at the Melbourne Jewish community centre.
MANNY Waks and 10 other abuse survivors have called for the immediate resignation of the centre's entire board of trustees and committee of management.
Four members have resigned, according to a statement released by the organisation, in response to last month's public hearings before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
"We find ourselves in a position where the good name of the centre is under threat and confidence has been diminished," the committee of management said on Wednesday.
They also said the organisation is "weeks away" from launching a scheme to respond to the needs of victims, while an independent review will make further recommendations.
But Mr Waks says it's not enough.
"Not just victims, but many in the Yeshivah and broader community have demanded that they all must resign immediately," he wrote on his blog.
"A handful of token resignations is insufficient - it falls well short of what amounts to accountability and does not pave the way for sustainable change."
Victims will not engage with any scheme launched by Yeshivah, Mr Waks also revealed.
Civil claims will be completed before victims consider any scheme introduced by people who failed them, Mr Waks said.
The Royal Commission is not expected to release it's own Yeshivah findings until later this year.
Originally published at News Limited.
MANNY Waks and 10 other abuse survivors have called for the immediate resignation of the centre's entire board of trustees and committee of management.
Four members have resigned, according to a statement released by the organisation, in response to last month's public hearings before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
"We find ourselves in a position where the good name of the centre is under threat and confidence has been diminished," the committee of management said on Wednesday.
They also said the organisation is "weeks away" from launching a scheme to respond to the needs of victims, while an independent review will make further recommendations.
But Mr Waks says it's not enough.
"Not just victims, but many in the Yeshivah and broader community have demanded that they all must resign immediately," he wrote on his blog.
"A handful of token resignations is insufficient - it falls well short of what amounts to accountability and does not pave the way for sustainable change."
Victims will not engage with any scheme launched by Yeshivah, Mr Waks also revealed.
Civil claims will be completed before victims consider any scheme introduced by people who failed them, Mr Waks said.
The Royal Commission is not expected to release it's own Yeshivah findings until later this year.
Originally published at News Limited.