Top Vatican cardinal admits the church made "enormous mistakes" in handling of abuse https://t.co/4QHaRmOh3G pic.twitter.com/pbBDikioFg — HuffPost Religion (@HuffPostRelig) March 1, 2016 Australian Cardinal George Pell said on Sunday the Catholic Church made “enormous mistakes” and dismissed cases of sexual abuse of children in “scandalous circumstances”, as he became theContinue Reading
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/New-book-on-male-sexual-abuse-survivors-trauma/articleshow/50898852.cms After the book release, Gupta said, “I have known Dr Sharma through his socially relevant activities, his dedication for the cause for the physically challenged and the environment. I have also read Dr Sharma’s poetry and even wrote an introduction to one of his poetry collections. One can easilyContinue Reading
Oh for the love of all things ridiculous. No, no and no. The ONLY thing that causes abuse and rape, are abusers… https://t.co/iMoxpTzSIU — Women's Refuge NZ (@womensrefugenz) January 27, 2016 “Controlling relationships” are not OK and are not the norm, as young people are often led to believe. AContinue Reading
http://www.advocate.com/military/2015/11/24/watch-defense-dept-takes-aim-sexual-assault-men “The moment a man enlists in the United States armed forces, his chances of being sexually assaulted increase by a factor of ten,” wrote Nathaniel Penn in a GQ report on the growing epidemic of rape in the military. “Women, of course, are much more likely to be victimsContinue Reading
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34798822 Prosecutor Rosina Cottage QC told the court that, in his youth, Mr Balakrishnan was a charismatic man who brainwashed his followers. “This case concerns the brutal and calculated manipulation by one man, this defendant, to subjugate women under his control. “In order to bend them to his will, heContinue Reading
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34799692 Sentencing Newland, Judge Roger Dutton described her as “intelligent, obsessional, highly manipulative, deceitful, scheming and thoroughly determined”. He continued: “To successfully pass off a deception of this complexity was a major undertaking involving dedicated mobile phone lines as well as regular texts. “You pursued this course of conduct overContinue Reading
How can I protect children from being abused? https://t.co/yfdARQjYZ7 (pdf) pic.twitter.com/9omJULMEGV — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) October 28, 2015Continue Reading
http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2015/10/satyamev-jayate-chuppi-tod-child-sexual-abuse/ “More than 53% children in India have faced sexual abuse,” said Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit S Shah. Feelings of fear and unease are compounded by parents are relatives who blame young survivors of abuse or guardians who cannot or will not take action against abusers. In aContinue Reading
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2015/9/30/9428225/ufc-news-interview-mark-hunt-opens-up-on-childhood-trauma-abuse-and-rape “That meant no school for three weeks, so that was okay,” he laughs. “My old man was ruthless. He terrorised us. He’d start with the mental games before he even found the implements to hit us with. He once tied me up in the garage with my hands aboveContinue Reading
