(Editor’s Note – My apologies, I was offline and unable to approve this post by CBK until today.) As three women abducted as teenage girls are freed from their captors in Ohio, the Daily Mail has printed an excellent retrospective of similar cases, including Shawn Hornbeck and dating back to Steven Stayner’s case in the…
‘I was scared of death’: Former NHL goaltender Kelly Hrudey’s daughter goes public with mental illness battle tags: CA Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse? tags: CA Fighting child abuse an all-year effort tags: CA Abused Children May Get Unique Form of PTSD tags: CA Five Mental Health Disorders We Don’t Talk…
William Roache, an actor in the 50 year old English soap opera Coronation Street since its first episode over 50 years ago, was first accused of and has now been charged with rape following an allegation dating back to 1967. The BBC has the story here but until the conclusion of any trial, there’s not much…
Stuart Hall, 83 year old former BBC Broadcaster, has admitted the historical indecent assaults he was accused of last year. The BBC has the story here and generally check Google News for other reactions.
The Independent newspaper in England has provided some of the most authoritative coverage of the long-standing North Wales Care Home child abuse scandal dating back from the 1970s onwards. The paper has followed up with extra reporting after 76 of the 140 recorded cases were revealed to be brand new, following earlier general coverage. That…
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…
