She stole from my body, my mind and my soul,” Cahill, now 66, told HuffPost.

She stole from my body, my mind and my soul,” Cahill, now 66, told HuffPost.

The woman introduced herself as Sister Eileen Shaw, telling Cahill that she was out on a walk from her nearby convent. “She’s nice to me, which was confusing,” Cahill recalled. The two struck up a conversation, Cahill said, which led to an invitation for the teen to play guitar at an upcoming Mass. That invitation…

Equestrians on child sex charge allegations from Bay of Plenty campground incident

Equestrians on child sex charge allegations from Bay of Plenty campground incident

A prominant equestrian couple have been charged with child sex offences from multiple complainants. Laken Maree Rose, 29, and Andrew Alan Williams, 52, were arrested in May and jointly charged with an indecent assault  of a child at a Bay of Plenty camp ground in February 2019. Another charge of sexual violation relates to a young girl…

Catholic priests in WA to be forced to report child sexual abuse revealed during confession

Catholic priests in WA to be forced to report child sexual abuse revealed during confession

The WA Government said it expected to introduce the necessary amendments in the second half of this year. Mandatory reporting laws in WA already apply to doctors, teachers, nurses, midwives, police and school boarding supervisors. Anyone convicted of failing to report child sexual abuse faces a $6,000 fine. The new requirements would apply to “recognised…

Is it beyond social media companies to prevent child sexual abuse on their platforms?

Is it beyond social media companies to prevent child sexual abuse on their platforms?

“In the real world,” he said, “a playground created for children would have to be safe … It would not be sufficient to put up a notice which said: ‘Enter at your own risk.’” That, however, mirrored the state of the internet today, he said. He said Bing, the second most popular search engine after Google,…

The Conversation – US: The unique harm of sexual abuse in the black community

The Conversation – US: The unique harm of sexual abuse in the black community

The Conversation – US: The unique harm of sexual abuse in the black community.https://theconversation.com/the-unique-harm-of-sexual-abuse-in-the-black-community-114948 The underlying core of these questions is: What really makes trauma traumatic? Decades of research on trauma, or physical, sexual or psychological violence, have shown the same thing: Victimization hurts people. Sexual assault in particular can be painful to all who…

WhatsApp Hosts Child Sex Abuse Videos In India

WhatsApp Hosts Child Sex Abuse Videos In India

WhatsApp users in India are using chat groups to share child sexual abuse images and videos within the popular messaging app, an investigation has revealed. Researchers at online security think tank Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF) uncovered dozens of WhatsApp groups with hundreds of members viewing and sharing the content. The groups have since been shut down…