England’s Daily Mirror led in its Sunday 28th July Edition with the news that one of Jimmy Savile’s regular record shops had a list of names uncovered under plaster recently. It’s unclear whether these are victims, but it’s at least 200 more names for the police to trawl through and find out. The Mirror story is here and the Daily Mail here.
I found myself reading this interview with Dr. Mary Koss recently, and while I’m not 100% sure about the prospect of “Restorative Justice”, as she refers to it, I think that often, when we think about child sexual abuse, we fall into the same misconceptions about the legal system that she refers to when talking more broadly about sexual assault.
Namely, that the legal system is not really designed to assist with the healing of a victim.
The Rally which we reported on this year is not taking place, however Steve Bevan of AMSOSA made us aware of a different gathering event in Trafalgar Square in London, with the general organisation taking place by means of facebook. The general note follows; the organiser’s group is open (second link) but for more details…
http://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/02/07/valley-voice-teitelbaum-abuse-boys/23026265/ Just wanted to share the information from this article about a conference for male child abuse victims: This recovery effort has morphed into the annual “It Happens to Boys Conference,” which will take place on March 6-7 at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences in Rancho Mirage. We offer survivors a safe, nonjudgmental environment…
Let’s start the conversation, where do you go when you want to see some good news? Do you check out a site like Upworthy.com? Do you follow someone making fun content or beautiful art on social media? Do you find fun music on your favorite streaming app? What can we do to bring more kindness into our newsfeeds?
Where do you go to find the good in this world?
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Two people that posted images online which were claimed to be Robert Thompson and John Venables, the 1993 murderers of two year old James Bulger, as adults, received suspended sentences in the other big story from last week. Our views on revenge of any kind following child abuse are well known and it’s a bigger…
