Ohio (as in last week’s post) or NZ, regrettably stories of abuse are widespread He faces over 26 charges in relation to alleged offending against six boys between the 1980s and 2010s. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-scouts-nz-leader-on-trial-for-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-boys/HFHLYQDSCTZZVYEP7DRN3ZH7GI/
Victims in the process of recovery, rebuilding from past losses and hurts “I hid from it for decades,” said Nash … “I felt like the child in me that had been molested and abused had ran and hid in a cave,” Muhammad said. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/13/ohio-boy-scout-sexual-abuse-survivor-seek-statute-of-limitations-law-child-molest-bankruptcy/65711454007/
Grappling with the issue and changes and progress being made Cricket Australia’s chair Lachlan Henderson said historical child sex abuse was “an appalling issue” that society and many sports, including cricket, were grappling with. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/475995/australia-board-apologises-to-survivors-of-child-sexual-abuse
Opening up further conversations, now in Wellington She [a person on the walk] hoped that not only other women, but men, would also feel supported in addressing their trauma to feel the weight of the abuse lift like it had for her, once she started to process and understand her experiences and the consequent impacts…
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children On a trip to New York in 1881, Liverpudlian businessman Thomas Agnew was inspired by a visit to the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. On his return to Liverpool, he invited leading figures from the town to a town hall meeting and founded the Liverpool Society…
Peer Support – a reciprocal relationship with benefits for both men – is one option for creating a meaningful and strong social connection “And it’s not a matter of how many [meaningful, strong social connnnections] they had, it’s a matter of the strength of those, the meaningfulness of them. It didn’t matter if they were…
Opening conversations: Have you been abused? Do you know someone who has? Two Auckland sisters have walked more than 200 kilometres through Northland to “help people break their silence” about sexual abuse. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/the-reosa-walk-sisters-trek-through-northland-to-highlight-sexual-abuse/5UTWLPR4XAAZRV2AU3HPRSXPEE/
Being a survivor can carry with it many long-term effects. It’s important to reach out for support – climbing the path is easier together than alone. He [the survivor] ended up living on the streets, abusing alcohol and drugs, and eventually moving overseas to escape his life in New Zealand. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/476053/former-teacher-jailed-for-seven-years-for-sexual-offences-against-pupils
Hear Nathan’s story on this new podcast. He shares it with courage and in detail. https://shows.acast.com/the-deep/episodes/the-male-sex-abuse-survivor
An extensive read giving insight to what it’s like being a survivor Men and boys may be more reluctant to disclose sexual abuse due to stigma and beliefs around masculinity. … Working with male victims also involves challenging rape myths and working through gender-role socialization that tells men to push pain down and repress emotion….
