The Imposter is a new documentary about the 1990s disappearance of 13 year old Nicholas Barclay from Texas, which will be released on Friday 24th August in the UK. As well as the director and real-life private investigator being interviewed on BBC TV at the start of the week, UK Newspaper The Daily Telegraph interviewed the conman who impersonated the teenager for three years. That interview is here.
– CBG
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The Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), launched in 1994 by Scott Berkowitz in association with Tori Amos, 17 years ago as of the middle of the week. To see the events lined up to mark the anniversary the link is here but there’s a general campaign asking for a donation of USD 17….
“According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, about 11% of women and 3% of men said they had been sexually assaulted during childhood. “ That’s how many said they were. There are probably more who did not say they were. Either way, think about it. If you know 14 people in the UK,…
One newspaper reported on the Abbott of Downside’s public apology to historical abuse victims over the weekend. That report is here. The Daily Telegraph updated the blog on this topic, covering some possible innaccuracies in a Times report, which is probably behind the regular paywall by now, so you can read the disputed sections here….
The video testimony of a 21 year old in Texas who was raped aged 8, tied to a tree and set on fire, named his alleged attacker, a convicted paedophile following an attack on a second child. Following years of skin graft operations the victim subseqently  died from cancer last year. Texan authorities substituted the original charge to felony murder in a…
