News and media reviews for the Child Abuse Survivor community, from fellow survivors
This blog had its Clinton and Trump moment ten days ago when I read about Andy Woodward’s disclosure that I stumbled upon at the Guardian last week, passed the story to Mike who posted about it himself as it grew … Continued
It seems like whatever people thought they were going to get from any enquiry it’s going to be Diet Justice and waiting for people to die and just labeling them paedos without spending money to have a proper trial when … Continued
The Methodist Church of the UK has conducted a study to determine the extent to child abuse that occurred within the church and offered an apology for what they have found. The UK’s Methodist Church has made a public apology … Continued
No news has emerged about England’s stalled government-level abuse enquiry due to two Chairs having to step down last year. Now a third has been appointed from New Zealand as anyone English was too likely to have links to the … Continued
The annual BBC Children In Need Telethon on BBC TV made UKP 32.6million overnight when the show was broadcast, with a final total due after sales of two singles and other charitable exploits are added in. UK viewers can catch … Continued
It’s been ten days since UK TV Channel 4 screened two programmes with abuse themes: their fictional flagship soap Hollyoaks screened the culmination of their second male rape storyline in the show’s history, which has recurred after 16 years, sadly … Continued
http://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2014/sep/12/samantha-morton-sexually-abused-child-care-homes-video-interview Following revelations of child sex abuse in Rotherham, actor and director Samantha Morton felt the need to go public about her own shocking experience growing up in care homes in Nottingham. Here she talks for the first time about … Continued
During the past week when a report broke in Rotheram, Yorkshire, Channel 5 showed a 2-part drama regarding child abuse, called Suspects. Since the channel itself made the programme, you can watch it online for a year if you head … Continued
A report was published last week in Rotheram, Yorkshire regarding the abuse of 1400 children by organised gangs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-28939089 and the highlighting of the race of the offenders and victims was given a proper focus alongside the problems with the … Continued
Mixing together the webmaster’s blogs for a moment, the FBI revealed that it used Facial Recognition technology to track down one of its Most Wanted, 14 years after the offender skipped bail. The story is here .