A scoutmaster who sexually abused children between 1987 and 2010 received a 15 year jail term from Friday 10th February for the abuse of four of his victims, with an extra six years on licence. The BBC has the story here.
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The Saturday 30th June edition of The Guardian has a special feature on sexual abuse committed by police officers, which as usual for this newspaper focuses on women as the victims to the exclusion of the minimum 16 recorded offences against children in their own data. You’ll find the report here and when clicking “download the…
Whenever a group of people gets together and starts talking about their childhood years, I end up sitting there silently, listening to stories of loving families and wishing that I could relate. I rarely share my own stories, because honestly, there are few that are full of happiness—and who wants to ruin the fun with…
A Magdalene Laundry survivor speaks out | Washington Times Communities tags: CA How to Recognize an Abusive Woman tags: CA Concern over prevalence of sexual abuse against children in China tags: CA Specific changes in brain structure after different forms of child abuse tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are…
Peter Connelly’s mother Tracy, who successfully blamed her boyfriend and his brother for the killing of her child, will stay in prison after being ruled a continuing danger to the public after five years. She reported her own fears about revenge attacks earlier this summer if she receives parole. The Mirror has the story here….
I liked what Arien has to say in this video, because this is one of the largest hurdles survivors run in to when it comes to healing from abuse, putting it in the proper perspective. “Abuse strips us of the ability to feel safe in this world. We were shown the darkest sides of humanity,…
