{"id":409,"date":"2026-01-19T22:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victasuca.wpengine.com\/?page_id=409"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:29:36","slug":"report-abuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/?page_id=409","title":{"rendered":"Report Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We take reports of abuse very seriously. If you are in immediate danger phone the police on 000. For immediate support call Lifeline on 13 11 14. We also provide free, confidential counselling via the Bethel Centre. For more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/bethelcentre.com.au\/\">Bethel Centre website<\/a>.<u>\u200b\u200b<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"WebPartWPQ3_ChromeTitle\" class=\"ms-webpart-chrome-title\">\n<h3 class=\"ms-webpart-titleText\">Reporting options<span id=\"WebPartCaptionWPQ3\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"WebPartWPQ3\" class=\"ms-WPBody ms-wpContentDivSpace \">\n<div class=\"ms-rtestate-field\">\n<h4>Email<\/h4>\n<p>Send us an email at <a href=\"mailto:cultureofsafetycontact@victas.uca.org.au\">cultureofsafetycontact@victas.uca.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>In Writing<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ms-rtestate-field\">\n<p>Please send your report in writing addressed to the General Secretary in a sealed envelope marked Private and confidential at:<br \/>\n<strong>Uniting Church in Australia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>130 Lonsdale\u00a0 Street<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Melbourne\u00a0\u00a0 VIC\u00a0\u00a0 3000 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>By telephone<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ms-rtestate-field\">\n<p>Contact us by telephone or fax advising that the person wishes to report\u00a0 abuse to the General Secretary:<br \/>\nTelephone:\u00a0 <strong>0437 072 231<\/strong><br \/>\nFacsimile:\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>(03) 9650 7019 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the person has information of a reportable allegation involving the General Secretary of the Uniting Church, the person may directly notify the Moderator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Online form<\/h4>\n<p>Use the form below to easily submit your report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any information you provide will be collected, stored, shared and used in accordance with the church\u2019s Privacy policy. Please fill in the form below. It is important to note:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>By completing this form you are NOT making a formal complaint<\/li>\n<li>Answering these questions is voluntary<\/li>\n<li>A comprehensive and accurate account is appreciated<\/li>\n<li>* indicates mandatory fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[gravityform id=&#8221;9&#8243; title=&#8221;false&#8221; description=&#8221;false&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We take reports of abuse very seriously. Click here to find your contact options. All correspondence will be held in the strictest of confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5887,"parent":294,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-409","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22284,"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/409\/revisions\/22284"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}