Victims Still Healing From Child Sex Abuse Scars Could Soon Find Justice

A proposal which would waive the statute of limitations on prosecutions of people who've abused children, and allow victims to sue abusers up to 50 years after the attack took place, is long overdue, say advocates for victims of child sexual abuse, like Jill Knittle.
Knittle was abused for six years as a child, until she was 13. She didn't tell friends until she was in her 20s, and didnt talk openly about it until her 40s. That's often the case, as victims struggle internally every day.

http://www.twcnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2017/01/13/rochester-sex-abuse-victims-statute-limitations.html 

Middle-aged man claims young priest he met through gay dating site sexually assaulted him

A middle-aged man has claimed he was sexually assaulted on Catholic church property by a young cleric he met through a gay dating site. It is understood that Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has been made aware of the allegations.
The gardaí's sexual assault unit has reportedly also been informed but cannot launch an investigation until the alleged victim comes forward to them.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/middleaged-man-claims-young-priest-he-met-through-gay-dating-site-sexually-assaulted-him-35367203.html 

Too many men preying on young girls

The case of Heather Murray, the beleaguered principal of Hampton High School for Girls, is a perfect example of how we Jamaicans can get so easily distracted from the more important issues.

It is also another example of how religion turns intelligent people into idiots.

http://jamaica-star.com/article/commentary/20170113/too-many-men-preying-young-girls 

Two juicy ironies in the current saga featuring the Knights of Malta

For anyone familiar with the Vatican over a long stretch of time, there are a couple of truly juicy ironies involved in its current probe of the Knights of Malta, and understanding those ironies may help explain both the defiant reaction the Knights have displayed publicly and the vertigo they may be feeling privately.

ROME - Just to be clear from the beginning, I have no insider information regarding the news now making the rounds about the Knights of Malta, either in terms of the factors that led to the ouster of Albrecht von Boeselager, the group’s chancellor, or Pope Francis’s decision to create a committee to look into the situation.

https://cruxnow.com/analysis/2017/01/13/two-juicy-ironies-current-saga-featuring-knights-malta/ 

'Victims of sexual abuse can still turn to church'

Go to the police first... not to the church... always take a support person with you and take down what they say to you... it is the only way you will have prof of what is said to you... and you to them... Ann

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Amid the Moravian Sex Scandal, one group is appealing for victims of abuse to seek refuge in the church despite the immense backlash after a senior Moravian pastor was charged with a sex charge.

The Christian Brethren Assemblies Jamaica says it notes that the incident has caused many citizens to be experiencing deep feelings of hurt, distrust and betrayal toward the church community. 

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170113/victims-sexual-abuse-can-still-turn-church

Church requests part of lawsuit to be dismissed

VANCEBURG – Attorneys for Vanceburg Christian Church have filed a motion for dismissal, in a lawsuit filed against the church for alleging not take measures to prevent the abuse by a former pastor of an unnamed victim.

In the motion, filed Friday, attorney Michael E. Nitardy requested four parts of the claim to be dismissed, “… for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.”

http://www.maysville-online.com/news/local/church-requests-part-of-lawsuit-to-be-dismissed/article_ed6b8f13-f622-51f6-8308-c84d97663bd6.html 

The year of truth-telling

For a culture that prizes secrecy, Jamaica is shaping up to be a different place in 2017 because of the growing nationwide clamour for openness, transparency and accountability.
Rocked by recent allegations of a pastor of the Moravian Church having sex with a 15-year-old girl in his car, the Church and other long-established institutions are being forced to drill deep and confront the difficult issue of sexual abuse and sexual violence.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20170114/editorial-year-truth-telling 

Concerns raised over delays in extraditing Catholic priest accused of abuse

A man who says he was abused by an Australian Catholic priest has expressed concerns about perceived delays in the investigation.
The abuse is said to have been committed in the UK, and the Crown Office there had announced plans to extradite the man from Sydney more than a year ago.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-12/concerns-raised-about-delays-in-extraditing-catholic-priest/8177664 

Pat Perriello: Should we forgo married priests until we can have women priests? NO

(NCR Online) It seems that married priests are on the horizon in the Catholic church. Word is that an experiment will soon take place in Brazil to address the severe shortage of priests in that country.

We know, of course, that married priests are already active even in the United States. Episcopal clergymen and even some Lutheran clergyman who have entered the church have been allowed to serve as clerics and remain married. As is to be expected, things will go slowly. Pope Francis could simply make an announcement that henceforth priests can get married within the church and that would be that. Of course, that is not the way we do things in our church.

http://www.cathnewsusa.com/2017/01/pat-perriello-forgo-married-priests-can-women-priests/?newsletter=1 

Rolf Harris accused of groping 'blind and disabled woman'

 She was a 14year old CHILD... not a women at the time... This evil vile man RAPED her... Ann

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Rolf Harris has a propensity for "unwanted groping" of young females and allegedly assaulted a blind and disabled woman at a hospital, a London jury has heard.

A woman has told a London court that Rolf Harris pulled her onto his lap and put his hand up her skirt to touch "where he shouldn't" at a music festival in 1971 when she was aged 14.

https://nz.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33823419/rolf-harris-accused-of-groping-blind-and-disabled-woman/#page1 

Electroshock Therapy for Internet Addicts? China Vows to End It

HONG KONG — At the Addiction Treatment Center in eastern China, more than 6,000 internet addicts — most of them teenagers — not only had their web access taken away, they were also treated with electroshock therapy.

The center, in Shandong Province, made headlines in September after one of its patients killed her mother in retribution for abuse she had purportedly suffered at the camp during a forced detox regimen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/world/asia/china-internet-addiction-electroshock-therapy.html?emc=edit_tnt_20170113&nlid=63876270&tntemail0=y&_r=1 

With book on sex abuse, author hopes to help himself, others heal

Shrinking the Monster: Healing the Wounds of Our Abuse,”  by Norbert Krapf.  In Extenso Press (Munhall, Pennsylvania, 2016).  236 pp. $14.95.
In the 1950s, Norbert Krapf was sexually abused — along with scores of other boys — by a priest of the Diocese of Evansville, Indiana, who was loved and respected by the community.
After five decades of silence, Krapf — a retired professor, author and award-winning former Indiana Poet Laureate — confronted the monster of his past both by outing the then-deceased priest to the bishop and, in 2012, publishing a book of poems called “Catholic Boy Blues” to help himself and other victims heal.

http://catholicphilly.com/2017/01/us-world-news/culture/with-book-on-sex-abuse-author-hopes-to-help-himself-others-heal/ 

"You're Killing My Case"

On the witness stand today, retired Detective Joe Walsh detailed numerous inconsistencies in the many contrary stories told by Danny Gallagher, the former altar boy who claimed he was raped by two priests and a Catholic schoolteacher.
And when Walsh told Assistant District Attorney Mariana Sorensen about those inconsistencies, her reply, according to Walsh was, "You're killing my case."

 

http://www.bigtrial.net/2017/01/youre-killing-my-case.html