Australian state governments increasing pressure on church to report child abuse

Australian state governments increasing pressure on church to report child abuse

https://apnews.com/83a3961a3808451193b7982b411d2774 The Catholic Church in Australia on Friday rejected a recommendation by a government inquiry that priests be required to report evidence of child sex abuse disclosed in the confessional. The recommendation that priests be prosecuted for failing to report evidence of pedophilia heard in the confessional was a key finding in December of Australia’s…

I was raped:  4 reasons why I never reported

I was raped: 4 reasons why I never reported

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/why-i-never-reported-my-rapist-2016-10?r=US&IR=T In the first few months after I was raped, my brain went numb. I wish I knew a less cliched way to say it, but that’s the truth of how it felt. I didn’t decide then not to report my rape, I just wasn’t high-functioning enough to have the thought. I don’t have a…

Technical Report prepared for MaleSurvior.org

#OprahPrime The avg. time before a male discloses being sexually abused is abt 20 yrs (see p. 14) https://t.co/WYoXpwFQpG — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) July 18, 2014 Since its emergence as a public health problem in the 1970s, most discussions of CSA have focused on female victims. There is growing awareness, however, that boys are frequently the…