American Catholic Church Commentary
Charlie Mangiardi of student newspaper The Heights has published an opinion piece on the Catholic Church, both in general and taking a look at the handling of some abuse scandals out of many. View it here. – CBG
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Scottish Teen Paedophile caught, sentencing March
The BBC has reported on a paedophile, now 20, who groomed and abused children online from all over the rest of the UK as well as Scotland when he was a teenager, admitting more than 30 charges. Read the details at the BBC site here. – CBG
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Oprah Winfrey Child abuser special, online
Unlike a lot of content from the Oprah Winfrey show, you can watch all of this interview in three sections and there’s none of the usual restriction to the United States. We’d highly recommend that you catch all of it as soon as possible and make up your own mind about the format of the…
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BBC Documentary tackles Abuse Prevention-led Criminal Record Checks
In the UK we had a system known as the Criminal Records Bureau, or CRB, for ensuring that adults working with children and vulnerable adults neither possess a criminal record nor had they changed their names to avoid disclosure to prospective employers. This system was due to be replaced by a much wider-reaching checking system…
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US female survivor sues child pornography collectors
A female survivor has started on the road to a potential American legal precedent by suing any child pornography collector found in possession of pictures of her, aged 10. Read about it at the New York Times here and since the NYT may go behind the subscription wall after a while, you can google it…
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Sarah’s Law (UK version of Megan’s Law) in Pilot Extension
Sarah’s Law, championed and created by Sara Payne, mother of murdered eight-year-old schoolgirl Sarah Payne, is due for a review across the UK. Depending on the results of the extension to the pilot, the remit of the law could be expanded nationwide. However, every legal proposal in England and Wales will depend upon the final…