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O CANADA
EDITORIAL: Liberals to finally remove timelines on sex
abuse lawsuits
CANADA
The Chronicle Herald
The Chronicle Herald
Let’s start with good news, which should not be overshadowed.
An appalling oversight in otherwise excellent new legislation
passed just last fall divided sexual assault victims in Nova Scotia into two
uneven — and hence unfair — classes.
The Limitation of Actions Act, introduced by the Liberals,
removed the statute of limitations for victims of sexual crimes who wished to
pursue civil lawsuits against their alleged abusers. The legislation, however,
only applied going forward, not retroactively.
That meant people who’ve claimed past abuse, like the men who
say they were sexually assaulted decades ago by Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, were
denied the same right to sue.
But on Thursday, thankfully, Justice Minister Lena Diab promised to amend the act during this spring’s legislature session to, in effect, fix that flaw. The change — which will remove the statute of limitations even for past victims of sexual crimes — will mean a “victim of sexual assault, regardless of when it happened ... can launch a civil claims suit,” said Ms. Diab.
Westminster Sex Abuse Scandal: Police raid homes of Leon
Brittan, Harvey Proctor and Lord Bramall
UNITED KINGDOM
International Business Times
International Business Times
By Mark Piggott
March 8, 2015
March 8, 2015
Police have raided a number of properties in connection with the
investigation into an alleged paedophile sex ring, including the home of the
late Sir Leon Brittan and Britain's most decorated soldier, D-Day veteran Lord
Bramall.
The dawn raids, which took place on Wednesday 4 March, took
place at Sir Leon's family homes in North Yorkshire and London, Lord Bramall's
home in Surrey, and the home of former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor near
Grantham, Lincolnshire.
No arrests were made at any of the properties searched.
Officers connected with Operation Midland carried out the raids,
which were reported in the Sunday Mirror and online news agency Exaro News.
Leon Brittan's homes raided in 'child sex investigation'
amid claims of Cabinet cover-up
UNITED KINGDOM
Express
Express
By AARON BROWN
Officers raided properties in London and Wensleydale, in North
Yorkshire, owned by the ex-Home Secretary on Wednesday this week.
Lord Brittan was previously accused of failing to act on a
dossier detailing allegations of abuse within Westminster.
The raids on his properties come amid claims the Cabinet Office
covered up infamous MP Cyril Smith's abuse allegations before his knighthood.
Police searched the homes of Lord Brittan some six weeks since
the 75-year-old Conservative politician died of cancer.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed raids had taken place in the
past week. ...
Operation Midland was set up in November to investigate claims
of a child sex abuse ring hidden in Westminster during the 1970s and 1980s,
conducted the raids at the homes of Lord Brittan.
"They are examining multiple leads. It's fair to say they
are being very thorough. They will go wherever the evidence might lead
them," a source close to the investigation told the Daily Mirror.
News of the raids comes amid evidence Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher knew of the child abuse allegations against Rochdale MP Cyril Smith
BEFORE he was awarded his knighthood.
First Image from Spotlight
UNITED STATES
It's Just Movies
It's Just Movies
– by ELI COLON –
Last year, we heard about the drama “Spotlight,” the upcoming
film from “Win Win” and “The Station Agent” director Tom McCarthy.
Co-written by McCarthy and “The West Wing” writer Josh Singer,
the film focuses on the story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Bost Globe
journalists who exposed the Catholic Church’s decades-long cover-up of child
molestation in Massaschusetts. And based on its stellar cast alone, “Spotlight”
should be on everyone’s radar, as it includes Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo,
Liev Schreiber, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy
James and Billy Crudup.
We really don’t get enough investigative journalism movies, and
as the film’s press release notes, the film “points to the necessity of good,
local journalism, the type of journalism that has been decimated over the past
15 years by the decline of the newspaper industry. ‘Spotlight’ explores the
larger themes of complicity and deference, attempting to grapple with the
question of how an evil so widespread could go undetected for so long.”
Alle für das schwarze Schaf
DEUTSCHLAND
Zeit
Zeit
[Pastor Winfried will not come back. They know that in
Erftstadt. They know that in Cologne. The priest Winfried even knows. For more
than 35 years he was the pastor in the church Erftstadt-Ville near Cologne.
Then it all came out: He had inappropriately approached a nine-year-old. The
archdiocese spoke of sexual boundary violations. On learning of the
allegations, two other victims came forward.]
VON RAOUL LÖBBERT
8. März 2015
Pfarrer Winfried kommt nicht wieder. Das weiß man in Erftstadt.
Das weiß man in Köln. Das weiß sogar Pfarrer Winfried. Mehr als 35 Jahre war
der Seelsorger in der Gemeinde Erftstadt-Ville bei Köln. Dann kam heraus: Als
junger Mann hatte sich der 73-Jährige einer Neunjährigen unangemessen genähert.
Das Erzbistum spricht von "sexuellen Grenzverletzungen", von
Zärtlichkeiten, die zwischen Liebenden selbstverständlich, zwischen einem Kind
und einem Erwachsenen allerdings undenkbar seien. Nach Bekanntwerden der
Vorwürfe meldeten sich zwei weitere Opfer. Auch zu ihnen war Pfarrer Winfried grenzverletzend
zärtlich. Per schriftlicher Erklärung entschuldigte er sich deshalb bei Opfern
und Gemeinde.
Für die Justiz ist der Fall damit erledigt: Die Zärtlichkeit des
Geistlichen ist verjährt. Die katholische Kirche in Deutschland jedoch lässt
Verjährungen nicht mehr ohne Weiteres gelten. Hunderte Missbrauchsfälle in
katholischen Einrichtungen hatten vor fünf Jahren dem Ruf von Mutter Kirche
langfristig geschadet. Jahrzehntelang hatte die Kirche geschwiegen, vertuscht
und sich vor allem mit den Tätern solidarisch erklärt. Damit sollte nach 2010
Schluss sein: Man gab sich Leitlinien zum Umgang mit sexuellem Missbrauch. Man
wollte künftig hart durchgreifen. Im Fall von Pfarrer Winfried wird
ausgerechnet diese neue Härte für die Kirche und den als Hoffnungsträger
geltenden Kölner Kardinal Woelki zum Problem. Die Erftstädter fragen sich: Ist,
was den Richtlinien entspricht, auch richtig?
Leon Brittan homes raided in VIP paedophile child abuse
probe six weeks after Tory Lord's death
UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
Mirror
8 March 2015 By Keir Mudie, Mark Watts
Cops have raided Tory Lord Leon Brittan’s homes over alleged
child abuse – just SIX weeks after he died.
Detectives swooped on the former Home Secretary’s properties in
London and North Yorkshire, the Sunday Mirror and news investigators Exaro can
reveal
And in a dramatic development officers from Operation Midland –
set up to investigate historic claims of child abuse by a group of powerful
men – also searched the home of 91-year-old D-Day veteran Lord Bramall, once
Britain’s highest-ranking Army officer.
The four raids were carried out at dawn on Wednesday at the same
time officers swooped on the home of former Tory MP Harvey Proctor , 68.
Sources say the they were signed off by a “senior figure” in the
Operation Midland team.
No arrests were made and there is no indication either Mr
Proctor or Baron Bramall will have to give formal statements.
Assignment Record– Rev. James G. Gaynor
ILLINOIS
BishopAccountability.org
BishopAccountability.org
Summary of Case: James G. Gaynor was a priest of the diocese of Rockford IL,
ordained in 1960. He assisted at several parishes and taught high school
religion before becoming a hospital chaplain in 1967. In 1979 he was appointed
pastor of a McHenry IL parish, a position he held until his death in 1991. In
2000 Gaynor was accused of having sexually abused a 4 to 5 year-old boy in the
early 1960s in Aurora IL. The diocese said Gaynor died of AIDS in 1991 and
offered Gaynor's accuser money for counseling if he agreed to release the
diocese from damages and liability. The man refused, saying he was seeking
acknowledgement of the truth rather than financial gain.
Ordained: 1960
Died: June 1, 1991
Died: June 1, 1991
UPDATE: Former Parkade Baptist youth director charged with
sexual assault
MISSOURI
Columbia Missourian
Columbia Missourian
Saturday, March 7, 2015
BY ALYSSA SALELA
COLUMBIA – The former youth director at Parkade Baptist Church
was arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree statutory sodomy and
possession of child pornography.
Dale G. Johnson, 42, turned himself in to Boone County Sheriff's
Department detectives at 4:30 p.m. Friday, according to a news release. His
arrest followed an investigation that began when the Missouri Division of
Children’s Services received a hotline call in early February.
Detectives suspect Johnson of assaulting a girl on multiple
occasions, beginning in 2013. The victim was under the age of 14 at the time of
at least one of the assaults. Johnson and the victim knew each other, according
to the release.
Knox victims struggle for justice amid drawn-out
litigation with church
AUSTRALIA
The Australian
The Australian
MARCH 09, 2015
Natasha Robinson
Senior Writer
Sydney
Senior Writer
Sydney
LAWYERS for the church property trust that controls the assets
of Knox Grammar were subjecting victims of sex abuse to drawn-out litigation
and aggressive legal tactics in an attempt to limit damages payments even as
the royal commission was investigating the elite Sydney independent school.
Solicitor Ross Koffel, a Knox old boy who also sent his son to
the private school on Sydney’s north shore, is representing a host of claimants
against Knox.
A large number of inquiries have been received by Sydney solicitors
following hearings by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to
Child Sexual Abuse.
Last week, the commission wrapped up a fortnight of hearings
examining how Knox responded to allegations of child sexual abuse by teachers
employed at the school between 1970 and 2009.
Mr Koffel told The
Australian that Knox Grammar, via the Uniting Church entity that
controls its assets — the Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust — had
fought sex-abuse victims’ compensation claims “in the most robust way possible”.
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Jewish leaders vow to undergo renewal following royal
commission into child sexual abuse
AUSTRALIA
ABC News
ABC News
By Danuta Kozaki
Australia's Jewish community is undergoing a period of renewal
following damaging revelations that emerged at the Royal Commission into
Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
After the royal commission examined allegations of child sexual
abuse and cover-ups at Yeshivah colleges and centres in Melbourne and Sydney,
several senior leaders in the ultra-Orthodox community resigned.
"Obviously there has been a problem in the past and I think
right up to the present time with some religious leaders who have encouraged
their members not to report child abuse and that's just not on," said
Peter Wertheim of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
Mr Wertheim said the community was shocked by the revelations
and subsequent comments from some leaders following the commission.
The president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia
(ORA), Rabbi Selwyn Franklin, said his organisation aimed to make sure there
was renewal within its ranks.
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Book review: “The Nuns of Sant’Ambrogio” by Hubert Wolf
UNITED STATES
Washington Post
Washington Post
By Gerard DeGroot March 7
THE NUNS OF SANT’AMBROGIO
The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
By Hubert Wolf
Translated from the German by Ruth Martin
Knopf. 476 pp. $30
The True Story of a Convent in Scandal
By Hubert Wolf
Translated from the German by Ruth Martin
Knopf. 476 pp. $30
Sister Maria Luisa was the novice mistress at the Sant’Ambrogio
convent in Rome. She was intelligent, charismatic and stunningly beautiful. She
was also a sociopath, embezzler, false saint, sexual predator, pathological
liar and murderer.
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
Had her crimes been committed outside the convent, the problem
would have been easily solved. Maria Luisa would have been arrested, tried and
quickly executed. But she was a nun, which meant that the real concern was not
the victims she raped and murdered, but the threat she posed to the Catholic
Church.
The jacket of “The Nuns of Sant’Ambrogio” promises an
“incredible story of how one woman was able to perpetrate deception, heresy,
seduction and murder in the heart of the Church itself.” Given that jackets are
designed to sell books, the hyperbole is entirely understandable. In fact,
however, this astonishing book is much more than a true-crime thriller about
murderous lesbian nuns. It’s also a very serious study of how the church deals
with scandal. As Hubert Wolf points out, we aren’t supposed to know about this
story.
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All Hell Breaks Loose in Sex Abuse Lawsuit
CALIFORNIA
Santa Barbara Independent
Santa Barbara Independent
Sunday, March 8, 2015
by TYLER HAYDEN
by TYLER HAYDEN
The Carpinteria Community Church routinely ignored and covered
up reports of sexual abuse committed by one of its youth ministers, a lawsuit
filed Tuesday claims.
The lawsuit also alleges that the church’s corporate parents,
including the Presbytery of Santa Barbara and Presbyterian Church USA, harbored
another sexual predator who molested multiple victims over the course of 30
years as he was transferred to different parishes in Santa Barbara, Ventura,
and around the country.
“The Presbyterian Church has always held itself as different
from the Catholic Church,” said attorney Tim Hale about how the two
institutions treat offenders within their ranks. “They say the right things,
but this is a classic case of actions speaking louder than words.”
Hale is representing a single plaintiff in the civil complaint,
a former member of the Carpinteria Community Church who says youth minister
Louis Bristol preyed on her during religious retreats and when he counseled her
about her parents’ divorce.
Former Shefford boys are still fighting for justice over
abuse
UNITED KINGDOM
Bedfordshire on Sunday
Bedfordshire on Sunday
STEVE LOWE looks back on 15 years of campaigning journalism with
Bedfordshire on Sunday to bring the perpetrators of Shefford boys home' abuse
to justice...
BACK in the 1990s I received a call from someone who had 'a big
story'.
I was new to journalism so was quite excited but my more
experienced, sceptical colleagues were unconvinced.
'If it's a cat up a tree, don't offer to get it down for them,'
was the advice.
This was the first time I met Damian Chittock and heard the
story of St Francis Boys' Home, Shefford.
The home was run by the Catholic Church and the residents were
mainly abandoned or orphaned boys between the ages of six and sixteen.
Former church youth director charged with sexual assault
MISSOURI
Maryville Daily Forum
Maryville Daily Forum
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A former youth director at a Columbia
church has been charged with sexually assaulting a girl.
Forty-two-year-old Dale G. Johnson, of Columbia, was charged
Friday with first-degree statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years
old, second-degree statutory sodomy and possession of child pornography. He is
jailed on a $100,000 cash-only bond. No attorney is listed for him in online
court records.
The Columbia Missourian (http://bit.ly/1MiJsu8 ) reports that
his arrest followed an investigation that began when the Missouri Division of
Children's Services received a hotline call in early February.
March
7, 2015
Religious affiliation continues to fade in U.S., but
prayer remains popular, study finds
UNITED STATES
TribLive
TribLive
By The Washington Post
Saturday, March 7, 2015
American religion is on the ropes, but it has a prayer.
Saturday, March 7, 2015
American religion is on the ropes, but it has a prayer.
A record-low share of Americans attend church regularly,
affiliate with a religious faith and see themselves as religious, according to
a major survey.
The findings mark a continuation of a decades-long departure
from the pews along with a growing share who profess loyalty to no religion at
all. But whatever Americans' hang-ups with weekend services and denominational
ties, they haven't stopped praying on their own.
Fully 57 percent of respondents said they pray at least once a
day, little different from 54 percent in 1983, when the question was first
asked on the survey. Three-quarters of respondents said they pray at least once
a week, and 1 in 4 pray less often or never.
The national survey is the broadest study of attitudes in the
United States. It has been conducted at least every two years since 1972 by the
independent research organization NORC, at the University of Chicago.
The stability of prayer contrasts sharply with erosion on other
measures of religious commitment. Since 2006, the percentage of people
describing themselves as “very” or “moderately” religious has declined eight
percentage points, from 62 percent to 54 percent. The share affiliating with a
particular faith has fallen from more than 90 percent in the 1980s and 1990s to
79 percent in 2014. About 4 in 10 report attending services at least once a
month, down roughly 10 points from three decades ago. All are record lows.
Episcopal leader in spotlight after bishop charged in
Baltimore hit-and-run
MARYLAND
The Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun
By Jonathan Pitts
The Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun
Just over two months ago, when Heather Elizabeth Cook, a newly
ordained Episcopal bishop, was involved in an accident that left a bicyclist
dead, the tragedy made headlines around the world, while sparking controversy
within and outside the church.
Cook — who was drunk at the time of the accident, according to
Baltimore police and prosecutors — had been made a bishop despite an arrest on
DUI charges four years earlier. The Dec. 27 crash raised questions about how
the Episcopal Church, already split over dogma and facing steep membership
declines, chooses its leaders.
And it has put the stewardship of the national church's
presiding bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, in the spotlight.
Jefferts Schori, 60, has headed the 1.9 million-member national
church since 2006. Her tenure has been a period of major schism, and she has
drawn criticism for what some say is her overly litigious response to
conservative Episcopalians who have broken with the church over its official
support of same-sex marriage and gay clergy.
Jefferts Schori, who presided at Cook's consecration Sept. 6,
has faced criticism before — perhaps most notably when she welcomed a former
Roman Catholic priest who was a pedophile into her home diocese without telling
parishioners about his past.
Now, some Episcopalians in the Baltimore area have been asking
how their diocese could have put forward a candidate it knew had a
drunk-driving arrest without telling them. The selection committee that vetted
Cook knew of the 2010 DUI on the Eastern Shore — though not all its details —
and decided not to pass the information on to those who would vote in her
election last May.
Chapter on sexual abuse of minors by priests in Bengaluru
Archdiocesan handbook
INDIA
Daijiworld
Daijiworld
From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Mar 7: Dealing with cases involving sexual abuse of
minors by priests and religious and implementation of anti-sexual harassment
policy as well as child protection policy are new sections in the completely revised
Pastoral Handbook of the Bengaluru Archdiocese, which is being implemented in
the Archdiocese of Bengaluru with effect from this month.
The 736-page revised pastoral handbook since the publication of
the first edition in 2009, according to the Archbishop Dr Bernard Moras,
contains a few "new additions that are found to be essential for effective
and better pastoral ministry."
Some of the new additions and guidelines based on the Code of
Canon Law and the latest thinking in the Catholic Church as enunciated by the
present Pope Francis are certainly worth implantation in other dioceses as
well.
The pastoral handbook has been "revised and updated to
maintain currency and relevance," the Archbishop said pointing out that
the main objective was to "set the framework for the planning and
designing of new ministries and upgrading the existing ones. The priestly
character is the root of the specific action of the sacred minister, who acts
in the person of Christ as his extension, on behalf of the local and universal
community, he said.
Opinion: Treacherous predators are not the people you want
teaching your children
AUSTRALIA
Courier Mail
Courier Mail
TERRY SWEETMAN THE COURIER-MAIL MARCH 08, 2015
IT’S as though the fictional Mr Chipps was exposed as a wife
beater or John Keating of the Dead Poets Society was found to be tone-deaf and
stone-hearted.
I refer to the outrage as the old boys of Knox Grammar are
force-fed the evidence of former headmaster Ian Paterson at the Royal
Commission into child abuse.
Those who went to lesser establishments find it difficult to
understand these old school ties but it is reasonable to wonder how Paterson
reached such high office.
And how he stayed there for so long.
In two days of self-confessed idiocy, Paterson has supplanted
Cardinal George Pell in the public rogues’ gallery of villains and fools when
it comes to dealing with institutional child abuse. During his nearly 30 years
of stewardship of the elite school, children were abused and exploited by at
least five teachers who have been convicted of multiple sex offences.
A History of Loneliness by John Boyne: Review
IRELAND
Toronto Star
Toronto Star
By: Elizabeth Warkentin Special to the Star, Published on Sat
Feb 21 2015
John Boyne’s ninth novel for adults, A History of Loneliness, is
an achingly sad story of a kind-hearted but cowardly priest who prefers to bury
his head in the sand than confront difficult situations.
Boyne waited years to write this brave, personal, yet ultimately
Irish story. “The Catholic priesthood blighted my youth and the youth of people
like me,” he says of growing up gay in Catholic Ireland. In a piece for The
Guardian he recalls being groped in class by his teachers and being told by
these same men that he was sick, mentally disordered and in need of
electroshock therapy. The author admits that like his protagonist, Dubliner
Odran Yates, perhaps the reason he did not write about his experiences sooner
was that he was ashamed. “I did not become ashamed of being Irish until I was
well into the middle years of my life,” says Odran Yates in the opening
sentence of the novel.
Odran enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972, after his mother
informs him that he has a vocation. The boy is not sure that the priesthood is
indeed his destiny, but the family having suffered a double tragedy some years
earlier, Odran wishes to please his mother. Besides, at 17, he has no better
ideas. Full of optimism for his future, Odran is a good student, keen to please
his teachers and make friends. As is so often the case in young men’s
friendships, his “cellmate,” Tom Cardle, becomes his default BFF, by simple
virtue of their bunking together. Odran is curiously loyal to Tom throughout
their teen and adult years, though the two have nothing in common besides a
shared past.
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Pink-haired shock tactics put fate of women in Australia
and Africa in focus
AUSTRALIA
The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
March 6, 2015
Emma Macdonald
Senior reporter for The Canberra Times.
Senior reporter for The Canberra Times.
Lucy Perry has a theory that ordinary women can do extraordinary
things and that International Women's Day should be a time to turbocharge and
celebrate women's "awesomeness".
For the child survivors of sexual assault and former students
abused during their time at Sydney's Knox Grammar, Ms Perry's unflinching Royal
Commission hearing testimony earlier this week certainly came as an
extraordinary act.
With her trademark shock of pink hair making her an unmissable
figure in the court, Ms Perry lobbed a grenade into proceedings when she
claimed that she was sexually assaulted on stage during a musical rehearsal by
the headmaster of Knox, Dr Ian Patterson.
Dr Paterson categorically denied the claim he had assaulted Ms
Perry, even in the face of another former student testifying to having
witnessed the assault.
Ms Perry's evidence earned a standing ovation from child
sex-abuse victims and former Knox students attending proceedings.
Cardinal Edward Egan’s Funeral Set for March 10
NEW YORK
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
By MELANIE GRAYCE WEST
The funeral for former archbishop of New York Cardinal Edward
Egan, who died Thursday at 82, has been set for Tuesday, the Archdiocese of New
York said on Friday.
Funeral arrangements will begin Monday, starting with a two-hour
private family visitation at 10 a.m. at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Beginning
at noon, the cathedral will be open until 6 p.m. for public visitation and then
a vigil mass.
A funeral Mass led by Cardinal Timothy Dolan will be held
Tuesday afternoon and begin with a procession at 1:30 p.m. The entombment will
immediately follow the Mass. Public visitation hours on Tuesday will run from 7
to 11 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the Archdiocese of New York is asking that
memorial donations be made to the Inner-City College Fund and to the
restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
Sikh Priest Among 28 Arrested For Buying Sex In “John”
Sting Operation In California
CANADA
Link
Link
FAIRFIELD — Sikh Priest is among 28 men, including two other
Indo-American men, arrested by Fairfield Police Department patrol officers and
detectives for attempting to buy sex in their catch a “John” sting operation
last weekend.
The operation took place on Feb. 20 and 21 at various locations
in Fairfield. The Vacaville Police Department and the Suisun City Police
Department assisted with the sting.
Harpal Singh, whom the Punjabi media identified as a priest at a
local Sikh temple, Rupinder Samra and Ahmad Afzali were among suspects involved
in prostitution related activities which are commonly associated to various
other crimes including but not limited to controlled substance violations,
weapons offenses, Pimping, robbery, assaults and property related crimes.
“Often times, women who are involved in prostitution, are
victimized by these “Johns,” Fairfield Police Department officials said.
“‘Johns’ are also often times conducting prostitution related activities with
juvenile females. These criminal activities are directly related to Human
Trafficking.”
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Knox Grammar: Lawyer says sex abuse revelations have
prompted victims from other schools to come forward
AUSTRALIA
ABC News
ABC News
By Thomas Oriti
A lawyer representing former students at Sydney's prestigious
Knox Grammar School says evidence of abuse given at the Royal Commission into
Child Sexual Abuse has prompted other victims from other private schools to
come forward.
Former Knox students gave harrowing evidence this week at the
royal commission of being molested by their teachers, some of whom were allowed
to stay at the school for years.
Lawyer Ross Koffel, a former Knox student himself who now
represents a number of former students who were abused, said the revelations at
the commission had encouraged even more victims of abuse to speak out.
"Quite a number of people have come forward, particularly
seeing their classmates giving evidence," Mr Koffel said.
"They've been encouraged to come forward because they felt
they're not alone.
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Aaron
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The Boy you just called stupid? He has a learning disability & studies over 4hrs a night.
The Girl you just called ugly? She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her.
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www.cyberbullying.novascotia.ca
www.prevnet.ca
www.cpha.ca/en/activities/safe-schools.aspx
www.kidshelpphone.ca
If you are a victim of bullying, call The Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.
The Girl you just called fat? She has been starving herself & has lost over 30lbs.
The Boy you just called stupid? He has a learning disability & studies over 4hrs a night.
The Girl you just called ugly? She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her.
The Boy you just tripped? He's abused enough at home. There's a lot more to people than you think.
Put this as your status if you're against bullying!
OTHER LINKS:
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www.stopcyberbullying.org
www.cyberbullying.novascotia.ca
www.prevnet.ca
www.cpha.ca/en/activities/safe-schools.aspx
www.kidshelpphone.ca
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(Reuters) – Actress Ashley Judd says in a new memoir that she had a lonely,
painful childhood that included sexual abuse and thoughts of suicide while her
mother Naomi Judd and sister Wynonna sought to build a career as country music
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Oovoo: Parents claim paedophiles
are using smartphone app to target children Mirror.co.uk 19:10 Mon, 02 Mar 2015Parents warned after claims
paedophiles are using smartphone app to target children Manchester Evening News 09:45
Mon, 02 Mar 2015Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris and
Jimmy Savile under the hammer - paedophiles'... Mirror.co.uk 06:56
Mon, 02 Mar 2015
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last 7 days
Westminster paedophiles: The gay
loving righteous will dig up Leon Brittan and... Anorak.co.uk 18:21
Sun, 01 Mar 2015Child abuse needs mandatory
reporting to create a high-risk environment for paedophiles The Independent 20:22
Sat, 28 Feb 2015Homosexual pardon delayed as
officials say it could benefit paedophiles The Guardian 13:40 Fri, 27 Feb 2015UKIP regional chairman: There are
paedophiles in every political... Western Gazette 07:03 Fri, 27 Feb
2015Letzgo Hunting: Meet the Hinckley
dads that hunt paedophiles Leicester Mercury 03:43 Fri, 27 Feb 2015Ex-policeman and lover plotted to
conceive baby so they could abuse it... Daily Mail 09:56 Thu, 26 Feb 2015Three 'utterly depraved'
paedophiles jailed after sharing plans for sick sex attacks... Mirror.co.uk 14:52
Tue, 24 Feb 2015Suspected paedophiles arrested in
boys’ home abuse scandal Biggleswade Today, Bedfordshire 06:15 Tue, 24 Feb 2015
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last month
Diana Dors' son 'had affair with
woman who accused his parents of... Telegraph.co.uk 11:39 Mon, 16 Feb
2015
Match fixers are like
'paedophiles grooming their victims' - top ICC official TVNZ 17:08 Sun,
15 Feb 2015Rotherham Child Abuse Scandal:
Paedophiles may have used 'grooming manuals', claims MP Mirror.co.uk 19:10
Sat, 14 Feb 2015Anonymous to march on homes of
'elite paedophiles' part of 'child sex... Daily and Sunday Express 18:56 Fri,
13 Feb 2015Anonymous hacktivists threaten to
expose paedophiles with #OpDeathEaters 'day of protest' this... Mirror.co.uk 11:53
Fri, 13 Feb 2015Gay people can be 'cured by
therapy' like paedophiles, Australian rabbi says The Independent 08:27
Fri, 13 Feb 2015
Gay people can be 'cured' like
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branding people paedophiles and homosexuals PinkNews.co.uk 10:41 Wed, 11 Feb
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of the right-wing' avoids prison despite wrongly... Mirror.co.uk 03:52
Wed, 11 Feb 2015Prolific internet troll who
branded victims paedophiles spared jail Telegraph.co.uk 19:54 Tue, 10 Feb
2015Joshua Bonehill-Paine avoids jail
despite branding innocent people as PAEDOPHILES online Daily Mail 12:02
Tue, 10 Feb 2015Inside Pendleton Juvenile
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Tue, 10 Feb 2015US: Republican who compared gays
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2015Reformed paedophiles should not
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ICC’s anti-corruption chief
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Anonymous Call UK Protest Against
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Paedophile catcher Stinson Hunter documentary to go
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Paedophile
catcher Stinson Hunter documentary to go global
TAMWORTH’S
paedophile hunter’s crusade to raise awareness about online sexual predators is
to go global.
The
documentary about Stinson Hunter, ‘The Paedophile Hunter’ is to air in Canada
and Australia over the next week.
The
documentary, which aired on Channel 4 last year, is to be screened on CBC in
Canada on Sunday and then on ABC2 in Australia on Wednesday.
The
former Tamworth school pupil said: “I am stoked that it is on CBC, it’s a big
thing. The UK was a big deal but this is now going international, I hope that
it will make even more people wake up and listen to what is happening.
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“It
is a universal film, it’s never been about me, it has been about getting people
to be more aware about what happens online.
“Who's
to say that it can’t happen in a little town in Canada or Australia, and that
is why it is so important to get this message out there, it is not about
vigilantes, I don’t see myself as a vigilante, I have always just wanted to
show people what is happening online.”
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miracle....
"The
country will for the first time clearly articulate that we are saying 'No' to
child marriage."
Malawi bans child marriage, lifts minimum age to 18
By Emma
Batha
Tue Feb 17, 2015
3:03am EST
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F**KING PAEDOPHILES- a
huntin we will go- us old Roman Catholics have been hunting since the 80s....
and we can smell ya- the devil called
God and begged no more Paedophiles ... they dirty his house 2 much... God hung
up on him...
Jehovah’s
Witness Leaders Accused Of Covering Up Child Sexual Abuse
It’s
been 13 years since the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal broke. Now, a new
investigation finds that the leaders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses have instructed
elders to keep cases of child sexual abuse a secret, both from law enforcement
and from their own congregations.
Memos
from the religion’s parent organization, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
of New York, show this policy dates back at least 25 years.
Look at the cruelty and
violence and pure hatred-
TakeMe2Church is brilliant and
heartbreaking.... and progress should be
better in our world.
Hozier - Take Me To Church
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American poet and social
critic Robert Bly has aptly referred to this as ‘the rage of the unparented.’”
I can say this, though. When
I was young, the federal government had numerous programs to develop youth and
raise awareness of communities, co-operation and Canada. The idea was to build
self-esteem and/or give some capital to start a small business or create a
“service in the community"-type project for which numerous youth would be
hired to work.
Among these programs that
paid wages were Opportunities For Youth, Local Initiative Projects and
experiential travel opportunities such as Katimavik, Canada World Youth, CUSO
and Young Voyageurs.
How many programs are there
to build the character of youth now?
Violence is a measure of
immaturity, endemic in our teen population. And immaturity has the same root as
the bitter frustration that accompanies it — the unmet emotional requirements
of youth deprived of nurturing adult contact. American poet and social critic
Robert Bly has aptly referred to this as ‘the rage of the unparented.’”
Generation frustration:
Governments, parents have abandoned youth
JOANNE LIGHT
Published February 17, 2015
- 5:51pm
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PARSONS- SEPT 22- JUST IN /Sep 23 Serena Vermeersch raped tortured murdered at
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NAILING PAEDOPHILES - Pope Francis will NOT tolerate child abuse /16 year old
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ordinary people give a sheeet.... Sunday Morning Coming Down..... Lord Help Me
Jesus... Letters from folks who give a sheeet about troops in Canada and
brother/sister nations- August 17 -and Parliament of Canada- Mental
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