Paedophile re-arrested in Savile Case
Ex pop star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter was re-arrested over the weekend by detectives investigating child abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile and others. The BBC has the story here.
– CBG
Ex pop star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter was re-arrested over the weekend by detectives investigating child abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile and others. The BBC has the story here.
– CBG
With all of the celebrity suicides in the news recently, John Grohol took advantage of the uptick in people looking for information about suicide and untreated depression to give a brief glimpse into the risk among young adults, and some of the warning signs to look for in this post today. I’m copying the important…
Last weekend, the Los Angeles Times reported on information which came to light after more revelations emerged from the BSA’s files. These documents recorded abusive or potentially abusive adults applying to be Scout leaders or working within the organisation. Whilst the article concentrated on a 21 year period, the complete pile of paperwork covers almost…
I have often said that just because something worked for one person in overcoming a mental health issue, or healing from abuse, doesn’t mean it will work for you. I love reading about what has helped others because it shows that there is hope, not because I expect things they did to always work for…
Overnight for UK readers, Jerry Sandusky’s sentence was decided by a Pennsylvania court at 30 to 60 years for the abuse of 10 boys abused either through Penn State University or the charity where he worked to help troubled children. NBC has the story here with the sentencing order as a PDF and further reaction to the…
I share this article not to pick on India, or Kerala, but because that number, 17 percent, means there are a lot of male victims out there. If we assume, and I know we can, that only a small percentage of victims ever report, that’s a whole lot of victims, who may believe that, because of their gender, they cannot possibly be victims.
Catching up with all the news recently in a fortnight dominated by the murder of a British soldier in London and the tornado in Oklahoma, and the bank holiday in both countries, one of the biggest stories followed on from a legal court case where Lord McAlpine took Sally Bercow to court. A court ruled…