Morgan, however, has claimed that the singer used her latest revelation to “promote” her career. “I come from a big military family,” he wrote on Twitter. “It angers me when celebrities start claiming ‘PTSD’ about everything to promote themselves.” Morgan went on to suggest that he did not believe eitherContinue Reading

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38093957?SThisFB “Hundreds” of children may have been sexually abused by figures within football, former Tottenham and England player Paul Stewart has told the BBC. Mr Stewart, who says he was abused by a coach for four years as a child, said the sport could face allegations on the scale ofContinue Reading

https://www.bustle.com/articles/194208-how-it-feels-for-a-victim-of-sexual-assault-to-watch-donald-trump-get-elected?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=partnerships&utm_campaign=mic I did not ever imagine it coming up because the person who has become our president-elect has been recorded making crude, cavalier comments about groping and assaulting women on tape. And yet here we are. Of all the things I’m concerned about regarding a Trump presidency, his documented attitudesContinue Reading

http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/85067123/dealing-with-childhood-sexual-abuse-as-a-pensioner “Talking about it gets power over those who abuse and spreads more knowledge,” Williams said. Williams has counselled people with sensitive issues for 17 years and said many people 65 or older did not know how to access help, so the ACC figures were unlikely to represent the reality.Continue Reading

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11715463 “I have been dealing with this for a very long time. It has been in my mind for … years but I kept it hidden from my family, particularly my parents… “I didn’t want them to feel any shame or be upset because I hid what always felt likeContinue Reading

NZ teen says she considered sewing her pyjamas up to stop a man sexually abusing her http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3819295/Teenager-says-considered-sewing-pyjamas-stop-man-sexually-abusing-prayed-s-jailed-six-years.html De Vries was in July convicted of three counts of indecent assault, and two sexual violations against two girls, Stuff reported. The 39-year-old used Old Testament bible verses about how if a womanContinue Reading

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/313852/woman-teacher-de-registered-for-sex-with-student A man says he hopes his complaint of historical sexual abuse by a female teacher in the 1970s will make it easier for other men to come forward. The Education Council’s disciplinary tribunal said the sexual activity between 1977 and 1979 was not illegal, but the woman’s actions amountedContinue Reading