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Taoiseach apologises to people who suffered sexual abuse in day schools
July 24, 2019 · By Aisling Kenny for www.rte.ie
The Taoiseach has apologised on behalf of the State to people who were sexually abused in day schools before 1992. Speaking in the Dáil, Leo Varadkar also apologised for the State’s delay in acknowledging that it had a responsiblity to protect the children who were abused. The apology comes after judge concluded yesterday that the State has misinterpreted a […]
Read More...DRC warlord ‘the Terminator’ convicted of war crimes
July 24, 2019 · By Jason Burke Africa correspondent for www.theguardian.com
A warlord responsible for mass murder, rape and abduction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been convicted of war crimes by the international criminal court. Bosco Ntaganda, 45, was a key militia leader who ordered the massacre of civilians in DRC’s restive Ituri province in 2002 and 2003, judges in The Hague said. The atrocities […]
Read More...Elvis Presley’s Irish roots proven by legal document
July 24, 2019 · By Michael Parsons for www.irishtimes.com
An 18th-century court document, proving Elvis Presley’s Irish ties, shows that his ancestor fled Leinster’s mean streets “in great dread” for a quieter life in America. The document, from 1775, which will be auctioned in a Dublin saleroom on May 14th, concerns legal proceedings brought by William Presley, the singer’s great-great-great-great-grandfather. Originally from the townland of […]
Read More...Jesus Army sex scandal: The dark secrets of life in a commune
July 23, 2019 · By Jon Ironmonger, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Hundreds of former members of the Jesus Army are seeking damages for alleged abuse inside the religious sect. Ex-members have told the BBC how children suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse on a “prolific scale”, with most claims relating to incidents in the 1980s and 1990s. The Baptist sect is to close but is the […]
Read More...Church opposes execution of India’s child sex offenders
July 23, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, New Delhi for www.ucanews.com
Catholic leaders say the Church cannot support the Indian government’s decision to amend its child protection law and include the option of imposing the death sentence for child sex offenders. The federal cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 10 approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) legislation that will allow courts […]
Read More...Judge rules State misinterpreted ECHR abuse ruling
July 22, 2019 · By Emma O Kelly for www.rte.ie
A judge has concluded that the State has misinterpreted a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and in doing so has denied victims of child sexual abuse access to a redress scheme to which they are entitled. In a decision that will be welcomed by survivors, Judge Iarfhlaith O’Neill has ruled that […]
Read More...Indian priest charged with abusing boys
July 18, 2019 · By ucanews.com reporter, Kochi for www.ucanews.com
Police have remanded a Catholic priest in custody after he was accused of sexually abusing minors at a boys’ home in India’s Kerala state. Father George Jerry, 40, a member of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites, was arrested on July 7 following complaints from parents of six children aged 6 to 13 that he abused them sexually, […]
Read More...Key findings on Americans’ views of race in 2019
July 11, 2019 · By ANNA BROWN for www.pewresearch.org
A majority of Americans say race relations are generally bad, and many think the country hasn’t made enough progress toward racial equality. A new Pew Research Center reportfinds deep divides between white and black adults – and between Republicans and Democrats – in views about race relations and racial inequality in the United States. Blacks are […]
Read More...Drinking Out of Toilets: The Conditions in Border Patrol Facilities Are Beyond Horrifying
July 11, 2019 · By Ryan Bort for www.brisbanetimes.com.au/
Last month, lawyers conducting welfare visits to Texas Customs and Border Protection facilities revealed that detained migrants are being held in conditions more appalling and inhumane than most could have imagined. They found filthy, cramped women and children who had been deprived of basic hygiene and forced to sleep on concrete floors. Physician Dolly Lucio Sevier wrote in her medical […]
Read More...UK slavery network ‘had 400 victims’
July 10, 2019 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Members of a gang behind the biggest modern-day slavery network ever exposed in the UK have been jailed. Police believe more than 400 victims were put to work in the West Midlands by the organised crime gang. They tricked vulnerable people from Poland into England with the promise of work and a better life. But […]
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