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Downside Catholic CSA Blog
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….
Police Report Into Savile Published
Central London Police station New Scotland Yard published a 30 page report into Jimmy Savile’s reign of Child Sexual abuse and grooming today, in conjunction with the NSPCC which is measured at between 40 and 50 years, the victim count has risen to 600 without an upper limit and there were at least ten more hospitals where he…
Sharing – A new study has found being angry increases your vulnerability to misinformation
Really, there are two things you can do to fight falling for misinformation. You could try to never be angry, but I don’t think that’s realistic. There are things to be angry about, rightfully. We can’t go through live just not feeling anything.
The thing I think we can do, and the thing I work hard at myself, is staying humble. Never assume you “know” everything, that you never make mistakes, that there is nothing more for you to learn. That’s how you fight misinformation, and it’s also really helpful when it comes to fighting negative thoughts, depression, anxiety, etc.
Review: A Place For Paedophiles (2009, BBC)
Louis Theroux’s Documentary A Place For Paedophiles is a film made at Coalinga, a “halfway house” jail for Californian paedophiles who have served their primary sentences but who have been deemed unsafe for release back into society. Theroux wrote a companion article about the documentary on the BBC News website and you can read it…
Jerry Sandusky Convicted, Gets Life for serial CSA against 10 boys
Overnight UK time, The infamous Jerry Sandusky, former coach at Penn State, was found guilty of 45 of the 48 serial child sexual abuse charges against the boys he was scouting and training for the college. One of Sandusky’s children also disclosed during the course of the trial but was not put forward as a…
How to Make Sure Someone is “Seen”
It doesn’t sound like much. At the same time, we see so little of this in our daily interactions that it doesn’t take much to stand out as a good partner, friend, or boss. The bar is not set very high, but it does require sitting still with someone and focusing on them for that time.Â
How often can most of us say we do that?Â
Is it any wonder we have such a problem with loneliness? Â
