February, 2020
‘We were abused every day.’ Decades on, children’s homes victims wait for justice
February 21, 2020 ·
As police admitted for the first time last week that there was an “epidemic” of institutional child sexual abuse in church institutions, children’s homes, borstals, schools and foster families in the 1970s and 80s, chief constable Simon Bailey, the national lead for child protection and abuse investigations, said: “We do not understand the true scale of it […]
Read More...‘Sinister’ female paedophile who abused nursery children to be released from prison
February 21, 2020 · By Molly Blackall for www.theguardian.com
A female paedophile who operated as part of a “sickening ring” of child abusers is set to be released next month, the Parole Board has confirmed. Angela Allen was part of a ring including three other women, who were convinced by IT consultant Colin Blanchard to share photographs of themselves abusing children. Mother-of-one Allen received […]
Read More...British pianist James Rhodes drives child abuse reform in Spain
February 21, 2020 · By James Badcock for www.bbc.com
Spain is about to completely overhaul its system of protection against child sexual abuse, largely thanks to a campaign by British pianist and Madrid resident James Rhodes. Mr Rhodes, who has written about being repeatedly raped by a teacher as a London schoolboy, is proud that his contacts with the left-wing government of Prime Minister […]
Read More...Doing Good for the “Wild Bunch”
February 21, 2020 ·
Doing Good for the “Wild Bunch” Fr. Shay Cullen 20 February 2010 This time of the year is for reflection, a time to review our life, count our blessings, be content if we are healthy and have a sustainable life and meaningful employment. We can be thankful if we can eat in moderation healthy food, […]
Read More...The Research on Child Sex Trafficking
February 20, 2020 · By Jamie D. Aten Ph.D. for www.psychologytoday.com
Worldwide, there are over 40 million people in slavery. Never before in human history have this many people been enslaved. Modern day slavery is a multibillion-dollar industry generating an estimated $150 billion annually. Traffickers prey on the vulnerable and the weak; 1 in 4 victims of modern slavery is a child. In the following research recap, […]
Read More...26-year-old charged with sex trafficking young girl online for months
February 20, 2020 · By ABC12 News Team for www.abc12.com
GENESEE COUNTY (WJRT) (2/18/2020) – A Flint man has been arrested for the human trafficking of a young teen in Genesee County. Sheriff Chris Swanson said the victim had been calling the suspect, 26-year-old Shawn Randle, her boyfriend. He allegedly had been sexually abusing the girl for months. The Genesee Human Oppression Strike Team, or GHOST, […]
Read More...Boy Scouts says it’s safe, and offers sex abuse victims just 80 days to file claim. Victims balk.
February 20, 2020 · By Cara Kelly, Lindsay Schnell, Nathan Bomey USA TODAYfor www.usatoday.com
Stealthily, in thousands of pages of documents filed in the dark of night, the Boy Scouts of America has planted the first seeds for a bankruptcy that is expected to grow into a dramatic and expansive fight. Deep in the paperwork filed early Tuesday in federal court in Delaware is a time bomb: a proposal to give those who say they were sexually abused while Scouts just 80 day window to submit their claims. For survivors […]
Read More...Zero tolerance: Indian bishops get tough on sex abuse
February 20, 2020 · By Saji Thomas, New Delhifor www.ucanews.com
Indian bishops have pledged to follow a policy of zero tolerance toward sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The 192 bishops at the biennial gathering of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) in Bengaluru asserted that they will not tolerate any kind of sexual abuse. They said they will take necessary disciplinary action against […]
Read More...‘Outdated family-court rape views need addressing’
February 20, 2020 · By Emma Ailes for www.bbc.com
A judge who dismissed a woman’s claim she had been raped, as she had done “nothing physically” to stop the alleged perpetrator, is among a number of family court judges to hold “outdated views”, a joint letter says. In it, over 130 lawyers and women’s rights groups call for Judge Tolson’s continuing cases to be […]
Read More...South Sudan: Reform Abusive Security Agency
February 19, 2020 · By Human Rights Watch for www.hrw.org
South Sudan’s National Assembly should urgently enact reforms of the National Security Service (NSS) to end arbitrary detention and abuse of detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also ensure that the security agency releases all those arbitrarily detained in Juba, the capital, and elsewhere in the country and hold all those responsible for […]
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