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Editorial: Southern Baptist Convention must confront its own sexual abuse scandal

A third-party organization brought in by the Southern Baptist Convention to investigate allegations of systemic sexual abuse within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination found its leaders ignored and even “vilified” the victims, and knew more about the perpetrators than they admitted. The abuses occurred over a two-decade period, accentuating the…

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Paisley paedophile faces 'merciless prison bullying' as he's jailed for abusing little girl

David Craig faced justice at Paisley Sheriff Court yesterday when he was jailed for putting his victim, who was a primary school at the time, through years of sexual abuse.

Glasgow Live

Tasmania flags new child protection law

The Tasmanian government will draft a new law to prosecute people in authority who fail to protect children from substantial risk of sexual abuse.

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Top Southern Baptist leaders minimized sexual abuse claims, ‘ignored or even vilified’ victims to protect abusers, report says

Top leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention mishandled sexual abuse claims, while ignoring — or even vilifying — victims to protect abusers, an explosive new report released Sunday has found.

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William Slim Drive signs taped over as Canberra school plans changing house named for accused child abuser

Road signs indicating William Slim Drive in Canberra are taped over almost three years after it was confirmed it would be renamed following accusations of child sexual abuse against the former governor-general.

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Why anti-choice churches protect abusers

As with the Catholic church scandal, what ties sexual abuse to anti-choice activism is a belief in male supremacy

Salon

Southern Baptist leaders ‘stonewalled’ sex abuse victims, scathing report says

Survivors who reported abuse to executive committee were ‘ignored’ as leaders were ‘singularly focused on avoiding liability’

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NSW government told it cannot dock pay of MP charged with sexual abuse

Former minister Gareth Ward, who has professed his innocence, has already been suspended from parliament

The Guardian - AU

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims, report says

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

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Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing investigative report issued Sunday

The Independent UK

Crispin Blunt again defends convicted sexual abuser Imran Ahmad Khan

Tory MP claims ex-colleague, found guilty of sexually assaulting 15-year-old boy, is victim of ‘serious miscarriage of justice’

The Guardian - UK

Southern Baptist report finds leaders mishandled sexual abuse claims and stonewalled survivors

"While stories of abuse were minimized, and survivors were ignored or even vilified," report finds.

Axios

The week in TV: Conversations With Friends; The Time Traveler’s Wife; Floodlights; Elon Musk: Superhero or Supervillain?

Ragged emotions surge through the BBC’s slow-moving new Sally Rooney adaptation; The Time Traveler’s Wife is tone-deaf; and a fine drama tells the real-life story of sexual abuse in football

The Guardian - UK

‘I thought it would go away’ — School districts are paying millions to former students who say leaders were negligent in protecting them from abuse

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After years of yearning to hold her former high school accountable for failing to protect her from sexual abuse by her coach, Allison Brown, a former star basketball player at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, got her chance when a new state law opened…

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Struggling to fill seasonal roles, Park District offers bonus to lifeguards, other summer workers

Following an investigation into allegations of rampant sexual abuse and harassment among its lifeguards, and a national lifeguard shortage, the Park District is trying to attract summer workers with a monetary bonus.

Reuters

Spanish Catholic Church's internal child abuse investigation is 'of little use', prosecutor says

An internal investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into alleged child sexual abuse by members of the clergy is "partial" and "of little use", the office of Spain's national prosecutor wrote in a letter to the country's ombudsman made available to Reuters.

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Former Anglican priest Louis Daniels extradited to Tasmania over historical child sex abuse charge

A former Anglican priest is extradited to Tasmania, charged with one count of persistent sexual abuse of a child.

Reuters

Italy's Catholic Church at crossroads over sexual abuse investigation

Francesco Zanardi has spent the past 12 years documenting sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests in Italy, filling a vacuum he says is caused by the refusal of the country's Church thus far to launch a major investigation.

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Daughter abused by father awarded $840,000

A woman who developed 2500 personalities to cope with childhood sexual abuse by her father has been awarded $840,000 in her NSW civil case against him.

The Guardian - UK

Floodlights review – this harrowing drama about sexual abuse in football is so, so valuable

The story of Andy Woodward – whose Guardian interview led to the jailing of youth coach Barry Bennell – is terrifically acted, full of dark resonance and breaks the silence and shame around male rape

The Conversation

Grooming: an expert explains what it is and how to identify it

The word “grooming” has become synonymous with sexual abuse of children. High-profile cases such as the allegations by cyclist Bradley Wiggins have raised public awareness of how grooming can go unnoticed. To stop grooming before it takes place, we have to fully understand what it is and how it happens…

Edinburgh Live

Doctor Strange actress Zara Pythian jailed for abusing schoolgirl with husband

The Doctor Strange star appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Monday after she was found guilty by a jury of the historical sexual abuse of a girl who was aged between 13 and 15.

Liverpool Echo

Doctor Strange actress Zara Phythian and husband 'agreed in advance' sex crimes

Marvel star Zara Phythian was jailed for eight years over historical sexual abuse

Daily Record

Doctor Strange star Zara Phythian jailed for eight years for historic sex abuse

Zara Phythian was jailed for eight years for the historic sexual abuse of a girl who was aged between 13 and 15 and husband Victor Marke was sentenced to 14 years for jointly abusing the same victim, as well as the indecent assault of a second girl.

Tribune News Service

Old Dominion assistant professor who resigned amid backlash from pedophilia research has a new job at Johns Hopkins

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice whose pedophilia research created a stir at Old Dominion University landed a new job with Johns Hopkins University’s Moore Center for Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.

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