Topic: Child Abuse Crimes
Archbishop Martin leads tributes to journalist Mary Raftery who lifted lid on clerical abuse
January 10, 2012 · By Sarah Stack, independent.ie
ARCHBISHOP Diarmuid Martin has led tributes to a groundbreaking journalist who lifted the lid on clerical and institutional abuse in Ireland. Mary Raftery’s fearless investigations to uncover generations of abuse led to the setting up of several State inquiries which shocked the nation. She died this morning at the age of 54 following an illness, and is survived […]
Read More...Victoria’s Secret to probe child labor claims
December 16, 2011 · By Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON—US lingerie maker Victoria’s Secret on Thursday vowed to investigate claims that some of its fair-trade underwear is produced using child labor. In a statement Victoria’s Secret’s parent company said it was “very concerned” that fair-trade-certified cotton used in its panties could have been farmed using under-aged labor in Burkina Faso. “Immediately upon learning of […]
Read More...Guernsey medical report highlights child maltreatment
December 12, 2011 · , BBC News
Drink and drug problems have been highlighted as significant factors in the maltreatment of Guernsey children. The chief medical officer has reported that 64% of those placed on the child protection register have one or more parents with a drink or drug problem. Dr Stephen Bridgman made child maltreatment the theme of his annual report, […]
Read More...Dozens arrested in Europe over child pornography ring
December 11, 2011 · , BBC News
Police in 22 European countries have arrested 112 suspects in an online child pornography investigation, Europe’s police agency, Europol, says. The suspects allegedly shared videos of children and babies being sexually abused and raped, Europol director Rob Wainwright said. Nineteen men face charges in Denmark, where police seized dozens of computers and thousands of hours […]
Read More...Ex-BBC chief in North to head 'Prime Time' inquiry
December 10, 2011 · By RONAN McGREEVY, The Irish Times
A FORMER controller of BBC Northern Ireland is to lead an independent investigation into how RTÉ libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds. Anna Carragher, who retired from the BBC in 2006, has been chosen by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s (BAI) compliance committee to examine part of the Prime Time Investigates programme. It is the first time such an […]
Read More...Ministers praise courage of father's victims in rape case
December 10, 2011 · By LORNA SIGGINS, irishtimes.com
TWO GOVERNMENT Ministers have expressed their “shock and abhorrence” at the circumstances surrounding the physical and sexual abuse of a group of children by their 50-year-old father who received a life sentence yesterday. Minister for Justice Alan Shatter and Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald described the case as “barbaric”, and said their thoughts were with […]
Read More...A New Symbol of False Sex Abuse Allegations
December 2, 2011 · By John L Allen Jr
Next month will mark the 10-year anniversary of the explosion of the sexual abuse crisis, triggered by a January 2002 article in the Boston Globe on Fr. John Geoghan, accused of abusing more than 130 children over a 30-year career.
Read More...Hackers take down child pornography sites
October 24, 2011 · , BBC News
Hacktivist group Anonymous has briefly taken offline 40 sites it claims traded in images of child sexual abuse. As part of the action it published the names of 1,500 people who it says used a site known as “Lolita City”. The attacks were carried out as part of Operation Darknet which targeted abuse groups that […]
Read More...America's child death shame
October 17, 2011 · , BBC News
Why is the problem of violence against children so much more acute in the US than anywhere else in the industrialised world, asks Michael Petit, President of Every Child Matters. Over the past 10 years, more than 20,000 American children are believed to have been killed in their own homes by family members. That is […]
Read More...Bishop pleads guilty to child porn, asks to begin prison
May 5, 2011 · , UCA News
Canadian Bishop Raymond Lahey has opted to begin serving a jail sentence after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. Lahey was taken into custody after admitting to possessing 588 child pornography images along with about 60 videos and numerous stories featuring themes that included the humiliation, degradation and slavery of young boys, the Montreal […]
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