STATEMENT: END OF EIGHT YEARS OF LGBT LEGAL PERSECUTION
On Friday, 2 September 2022, the New South Wales Local Court dismissed all remaining complaints lodged against me by serial litigant and homosexual activist, Gary Burns, under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).
As such, I now have an unblemished 41-0 record after eight years of farcical litigation against me.
This persecution has been aided and abetted by the State of New South Wales, the New South Wales Attorney General, the New South Wales Crown Solicitor’s Office, the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, Anti-Discrimination New South Wales and the Attorneys General of Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia.
I have faced a system which has claimed legally untenable retrospective and extra-territorial powers. And this system has rubber-stamped complaints so absurd that they involved Gary Burns claiming that he was vilified by his own comments which he left on my Facebook page.
Yet, despite the enormous resources of state that have been arrayed against me, not a single finding has been made against me. It is a fitting epitaph to the sheer incompetence of each of the bureaucrats involved in perpetuating this injustice.
Nothing highlights the corrupt processes of the New South Wales anti-discrimination industry in this eight-year saga more than these facts:
- The only person who has admitted to breaking the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) is the former Acting President of Anti-Discrimination New South Wales and current Chief Operating Officer of the New South Wales Bar Association, Elizabeth Wing. In September 2016 Elizabeth Wing admitted that she had failed in her duties and responsibilities to provide me with progress reports of her ‘investigations’ under S.90C of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).
- The only organisation found to have acted unlawfully is the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal which was found by the New South Wales Court of Appeal in 2017 and the High Court of Australia in 2018 to be acting inconsistently with Chapter III of the Constitution of Australia.
- The only person who has apologised and withdrawn any statement in these proceedings is Magistrate Susan McIntyre who unreservedly withdrew and apologised for unprovoked and derogatory slurs she had made about my solicitor and, by extension, me during these most recent proceedings.
- In the course of these and other proceedings, Acting Judge Nancy Hennessy (a Deputy President of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal) was forced to recuse herself from matters involving Gary Burns after uncontested evidence was presented to the Tribunal that she was seen meeting with him.
- A Tipstaff in the New South Wales Supreme Court, Thomas Poberezny-Lynch, used an unofficial and private email address to communicate with Gary Burns. How this email address was obtained and what communications were made with it have never been disclosed.
- During this and other associated litigation, Gary Burns has been found by the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal to have engaged in conduct constituting contempt of court and to have lodged vexatious complaints. He is now also bankrupt. But he remained free to continue his persecution of me.
It is clear from the judgement released on Friday that Gary Burns is finished. He has become too much of a liability for the ‘Thought Police’ and is left a lonely, pathetic and sad loser. He has been discarded by the very system that he thought would protect and honour him. His media allies have abandoned him.
Miserably, Gary Burns himself admits that he is a despised and hated figure within the LGBT community.
The enormous magnitude of the injustice I have faced is demonstrated by the fact that Gary Burns has not been required to pay costs for a single one of his 41 failed complaints against me, despite every single bureaucrat and judicial officer presiding over these proceedings receiving uncontested evidence that Burns was motivated to lodge complaints against me simply to cause me financial harm. Each of them has ignored this evidence. Instead, the ‘justice’ system has allowed a bankrupt who has boasted of his inability to pay costs to pursue this most unjust legal vendetta against me.
It is clear that the anti-discrimination industry is nothing more than a tyrannical system which seeks to punish by process. It is a blight on Australian society and should be entirely dismantled. As such, I am currently in the process of obtaining legal advice about my options to recover the now almost $600,000 I have been forced to expend defending myself. If possible, I will seek to recover these monies personally from each and every bureaucrat involved in this injustice. I will do all I can to hold these people to account.
In these current proceedings, Magistrate Susan McIntyre is so desperate to avoid dealing with the issue of costs that she has limited my submissions to two pages of double-spaced text. She has also ordered that no submissions on costs be made with respect to the issue of jurisdiction – an issue which she has completely failed to address. She seems petrified of having to justify her decision to hear Gary Burns’ most recent complaints at all. And she has made these orders after also refusing to hear any oral submissions from me in relation to the issue of jurisdiction, despite previous decisions (which still stand) finding that there was no jurisdiction under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) to bring complaints against me for my conduct in Queensland. I believe that her position is untenable.
Let no one forget that, at the end of the day, all of this has occurred because bureaucrats at Anti-Discrimination New South Wales wanted to protect the behaviour in the image below from any criticism:
I stand here today, after eight years of attack, proud that I have been courageous enough to describe this behaviour for what it is: perverted, degenerate and evil.
I note that all of this has occurred under the cowardly and craven watch of the supposedly ‘conservative’ New South Wales Liberal government. It has nothing but my contempt. Its pretence of conservatism is nothing more than a charade.
It is obvious to anyone who has paid the slightest attention to these proceedings that the only reason they have been allowed to continue is because the New South Wales anti-discrimination industry has basely and maliciously abused its power in order to protect and promote shameful evil. All involved are dishonourable and reprehensible. And all involved will one day answer to God, who will provide perfect justice. I look forward to that day.
I take this opportunity to accuse myself of my own failings. At times, I have been disheartened, dismayed, frustrated, overwhelmed and lethargic. I have failed to take this opportunity to do great good in the face of great evil. I am sorry for these failings.
I call on the media who would gloatingly publish stories of my destruction to do its duty and shine a light on corruption, abuse of power and evil. For years, mainstream media has peddled fake news that Christians persecute homosexuals. Nothing is further from the truth. It is Christians who face real persecution: the loss of their jobs, their livelihoods, their homes, their reputations, their schools and even the destruction of their churches in the face of this merciless onslaught of evil which has already cowed so much of our society into silence.
I thank all those who have supported, encouraged and generously donated to assist me over the past eight years. I can truly say, without your help, that I would not have been able to defend myself. This victory as much yours as it is mine.
I thank my wife, Elle, who has stood steadfastly by my side. She is the real and silent hero in this battle.
Most of all, I thank God who has protected me from the evils I have faced, despite my own failings. He will draw good from this in ways I cannot foresee. The shameful defeats suffered by the forces of evil in this battle are all thanks to God and all glory is His. I also thank Our Lady Help of Christians, St Therese of the Infant Jesus and St Francis Xavier, the patrons of Australia, for their intercession in these most recent proceedings. Evil has been confounded before them and I rejoice in that!
June 29, 2023
Hi Bernard,
Belated congratulations on this stunning victory. I pray that you find resolution to the question of “costs”.
You and your wife Elle are worthy of support and gratitude from all Australians
October 4, 2022
The Lord bless your warrior spirit…because it is from Him!
He also endured and rose victorious against all that would crush and come against Him. May He continue to lead and guide you. We in Australia need what you have demonstrated during this very difficult saga: faith, patience, courage, truth, and perseverance despite the very real and seemingly impossible barriers during this time. The Lord bless you, keep you, and continue to shine His face upon you and your family, in His grace going forward. Amen.
October 3, 2022
Hi Bernard.
Congratulations on this mile stone victory.
I have NO faith in our judicial system, with the amount of youth crime and other serious crimes being committed, and those perpertraitors getting off with no or little punishment.
So it is nice to see true justice done for a change.
Good luck and all the best to you and your family in the future.
October 3, 2022
I have just sent a second donation to you, Bernard. It wasn’t a huge amount, but I hope it helps. It seem you were indeed ‘punished by process’ as the process in itself is a time-consuming, stressful (and expensive!) punishment. Many of us know that something isn’t right and something is false. Gay people seem to be endlessly politcizing their sexuality when it is s lifestyle issue, not a political one. Endlessly promoting it has more to do with brainwashing than ‘inclusiveness’ and tolerance or modernity.
October 3, 2022
There’s a special place in hell for the anti-discrimination industry, right next to the degenerates, socialists, Stalin & co.
October 3, 2022
Take heart from 1Samuel 8:7. “…. for they [the NSW legal system] have not rejected you [Bernard], but they have rejected Me [the Almighty One] , that I should not reign over them.”
September 8, 2022
Wow, such a great answer to prayer. God is good. My prayer group, who had been praying for you over your very long journey, rejoiced in the news. It can seem that some are called to a much harder road, a much deeper valley, and not to simply sound platitudinous, but mate you are an inspiration to many…you kept your head, you kept your faith, you kept trusting Jesus. And Jesus won the victory. Bless you and your family. Here’s to your next. Trust God to reveal the whereto from here. “He has a blessing which makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it”
September 8, 2022
May God bless you, and keep you focussed and may you lean on His strength daily.
September 8, 2022
Thank you!
September 6, 2022
Am only a layman but can recall a lawyer saying that a prosecution can fail if it can be shown to be tainted by some illegality from the start. Seems to me that they had no jurisdiction against you under their state legislation. So hang on there my friend.
September 8, 2022
Thanks Malcolm – this is the next battle to fight. We are getting to close to the real evil in this farce and it is not Burns.
September 6, 2022
Congratulations on such a witness and thanks be to God also for this day. Someone amongst your readers might like to take this report to the current Premier of NSW and allow him to do the rest!
September 8, 2022
Thanks Donna – feel free to email the NSW Premier!
September 5, 2022
I never thought this day would come. No one else could have done this – kept up the fight over so many years when on so many occasions all seemed lost. You are truly a great man with incredible strength of character and mental toughness.
September 8, 2022
Thanks Martin – you are very kind. Any good from this fight comes from God, not me!
September 5, 2022
Truth and common sense have finally prevail. Evil has been contained yet again. In Jesus name! PTL.
September 8, 2022
Thanks Patrick – and thank God!
September 5, 2022
Hallelujah. For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. And he shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings and Lord of lords. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. (Handel’s Hallelujah chorus)
Anne
September 6, 2022
Christianity abused people of difference. Done it for centuries. Right Wing Politicized Christians do Evil in the name of God!
September 8, 2022
Marian – you must be blind. And I have pity on you.
It is not Christians who have fought this battle to take other people’s homes.
It is not Christians who have called for others to be injured or killed.
It is not Christians who are bringing this litigation.
It is not Christians who are sacking people.
It is not Christians who are destroying reputations.
But it is Christians who are suffering even after they have been found innocent over and over again, ironically, by the very systems of those who hate them, and who are then punished anyway.
All of these things are being done to Christians. They have been done to me. And still you accuse me of doing evil.
It is a pathetic and empty accusation and one which says more about the accuser than the accused.
September 8, 2022
Thanks Anne – glad you could be there!
September 9, 2022
Thanks Bernard. Your battle was “one for the ages” & I feel privileged to have been there.
September 5, 2022
Wonderful! Keep up the good work Bernard. And stay faithful to God.
September 8, 2022
Thank you!
October 3, 2022
Thank you very much for what you have gone through in the cause of truth, justice, right and Christ. I wish l could do more to help but funds are limited. May God bless you, your family and all your projects.
September 5, 2022
Great news Bernard. You have borne this with the patience of Job. I hope that this is the end of your persecution.
September 8, 2022
Thanks Dani – the work is not finished yet but we are finally on the front foot!
March 7, 2023
I hope you sue for all hurts and injustices and these people to be removed from office permanently.
September 5, 2022
This is very good news Bernard, i only hope the NSW court system now stops taking anymore litigation’s against you by this very lost Person. Your steadfast believe that one day you will be free of this, [i will not call him a man because he isn’t]. Person and get back to a quiet life. You have a lovely caring family who stood beside you God bless you all.
September 8, 2022
Thanks Peter – my wife has been my rock. Elle is the real hero!
September 5, 2022
Excellent news Bernard. You have my 100% support.
September 8, 2022
Thank you Fred
September 8, 2022
I pray this prayer for you from “The King’s Decree” by Jodie Hughes.
“The Lord is moving in your life, friend. I bless all that He is doing. I ask for the resurrection power of Jesus to break forth in impossible circumstances, challenges, and obstacles that have tried to hinder your destiny, and I decree nothing is impossible with God in your life. I bless you to truly flourish and live fully alive. Every place the enemy has tried to contain you or keep you in grave clothes, I say, you are rising stronger. May bubbling joy that comes from God be a sign to you, that King Jesus is roaring resurrection life over your promises.
I pray the fire of God brands you, and I decree you are a burning one touched by the contagious fire of God for such a time as now. You are a Lazarus who has been raised from the dead; and I pray anointing on you to now go and do the same for others; bring many Lazarus circumstances out of the grave. I’m blessing your time with the Lord as precious, joy filled, and powerful. I bless you with Lazarus-style comebacks and turnarounds, in Jesus’ name. Amen.”