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
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11570145 Police descriptions of the perpetrators as of “Arab or North African origin” were seized on by those calling for an end to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy toward people fleeing violence and persecution ” even as authorities warned they don’t know if any of the culprits are refugees. AddingContinue Reading
Teacher blames Aspergers for sexually abusing student https://t.co/E5bIVjwncW — nzherald (@nzherald) January 19, 2016 The teacher admitted touching the young man’s penis, saying he had been concerned for his personal hygiene. He conceded that his actions were “bizarre” and he was “deeply ashamed”. The man was charged with one countContinue Reading
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11561227&ref=NZH_Tw The Law Commission yesterday released its proposals for improving the way in which New Zealand deals with sexual violence. The 252-page report titled The justice response to victims of sexual violence: criminal trials and alternatives processes proposes two key changes: • The piloting of a specialist sexual violence court.Continue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/74517946/Child-sex-abuse-inquiry-to-probe-British-VIPs-churches-and-schools?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter A major British inquiry into decades of institutional child sex abuse will investigate allegations involving “people of prominence” and politicians as well as the Catholic and Anglican Churches, councils and schools, its head said on Friday. The inquiry, which will last at least five years and cost about £18Continue 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
Uber in Egypt to teach drivers how not to sexually harass women https://t.co/GTjpY6tjzf — Stephen Saxby (@gentlesax) November 9, 2015Continue Reading
What Every Survivor of Sexual Trauma Needs to Know @huffpostblog https://t.co/FZqSJfSo3b via @HPLifestyle — MSSAT Better Blokes (@BetterBlokesNZ) November 8, 2015Continue Reading
