One of Britain’s most notorious paedophiles with an estimated victim count of 3500 victims has died in prison two years after being successfully sued by one of his self-disclosed victims for USD 160,000 (UKP 100,000). The BBC has the story here.
FBI changes definition of rape to include men tags: CA Psych Central Weekly News Podcast, Jan. 5 2012 tags: CA Learning Acceptance and Gaining Peace tags: CA New Year’s Resolution: Letting Go tags: CA Extend Yourself tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Justtell.org has been around for at least the last two years, operating out of NYC. Their site is so cleverly designed, with artwork by its teen volunteers/staff, that it definitely needs another mention so it doesn’t fall off the Facebook crawl. Their video explains the organisation and features comment by the founder. The site is…
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The Daily Mail reported the findings of an inquest today into the death of Derick Tempest, 30, who had been abused at 13 by two men. He disclosed to friends and his partner but never reported his own case to police nor his suspicions about whether two further teenagers he saw in his attackers’ company…
I have not seen the new movie Spotlight, and with my current travel/work schedule there’s not much chance that I will see it any time soon. If you have, what did you think of how it portrayed the abuse? If you’re planning on seeing it, consider submitting a review? Survivors of clergy sexual abuse discuss…
We actually know the things that can offer hope, we just don’t have a system that can deliver them. Our system is broken, the medical community can offer medicine and some limited treatment options but the day-to-day support and the work to reach a state of something more than symptom reduction doesn’t actually exist for most people.
This has to change. Go read more of what he has to say, I think for many of you it will seem familiar, but maybe provide some hope that we are not alone in seeing it.
Now if we can just find enough of us to care enough to fix it. We should all want to, mental health issues will happen to someone we all know and care about, eventually. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to offer a system that does not involve homelessness and prison time for far too many?
