As far as we’re concerned this is not the biggest news story of last week, which broke on Friday 27th April. Clifford’s naming follows that of Jim Davidson, Freddie Starr and Rolf Harris. The allegations are reported with the usual prurience disguised as public interest and the assumption of being in an alternative judiciary and there is no small hint of…
From Monday 29th April there is an update due on further allegations of historical child sexual abuse at North Welsh residential care homes from the 1970s onwards. Over 100 further disclosures were received by police following last year’s initial enquiry regarding the Bryn Estyn and other notorious care homes in Wales. The BBC has the…
A mother who abused her adopted daughter by forcing her to become pregnant in order to bear a fourth child, was jailed for a derisory five years for her crime. The Guardian’s Sunday newspaper the Observer has the story here.
Catching up on the biggest stories of last week, BBC News reported on a vigilante group posing as children when online in order to build up evidence against, and then confront, suspected paedophiles. Debate was generally split on the issue. The public were mostly in favour of the move in that local town, the police were…
Understanding the needs of male sexual assault victims — Shed light on violence — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine tags: CA My Backstory: It’s Essential To Tell tags: CA From Tracie: Blog Against Child Abuse – April 2013 Edition tags: CA Understand signs of sexual abuse, child advocates urge parents, others tags: CA Posted…
The other story from this weekend was another British judge giving “one more chance” to someone who downloaded CSA images a second time after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. That story is here.
