Spoiler Note: This is an ongoing soap opera and this week’s unfolding plot, starting Tuesday 8th November, is discussed below (so apologies to BBC America viewers) This week one of the UK’s top-rated soaps, Eastenders, has a storyline in which a recently out-gay teen character, Ben Mitchell has falsely accused one of the regular…
Technical problems prevented us from linking to a Daily Mail story about another investigation into child abuse at a Catholic school. You can find it on their website below: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057875/Predators-Abbey-As-Vatican-launches-child-abuse-investigation-Britain-victim-reveals-horrors-cover-up.html – CBG
There are final charges under consideration against the sole female member of a paedophile ring which abused and filmed two children under 13. Their conviction follows the guilty pleas entered by three other people arrested and charged with multiple offences against those children and the creation of abuse images, following a tip from Australian police…
UK TV Channel 4 has already screened a mini-teaser letting people know about the launch time for the promo, because the campaign revolves around “Michael’s Story”. Being November, the annual Children in Need campaign on BBC television and the Remembrance Day Poppy Appeal of the Royal British Legion will attract a lot more attention and…
A schoolgirl in Bristol, England used her karate training to fend off an attacker in the woods two weeks ago. The police launched their general appeal about the attempted crime yesterday and The Guardian has the story here. – CBG
Bishop Robert Finn, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has been charged over his failure to inform police about child abuse images stored on the laptop belonging to a priest, Father Shawn Ratigan – after settling multiple abuse claims where notification was a continuing condition. CBS News has the story and the indictment in PDF format…
