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Former Penn State Coach to Appear at Child Sex-Abuse Appeal, Associated Press
The former Penn State assistant football coach convicted on multiple child sex-abuse charges will be returning to court for an appeal hearing. WJAC-TV ( http://bit.ly/1NSfG3B ) reports that Judge John Cleland has ordered that Jerry Sandusky be moved from a state prison in Greene County to Bellefonte so he can be present for the Oct. […]
Help for child sexual abuse victims, Click On Detroit
To protect our children, we teach them about stranger danger, valuable lessons because the danger is real. But the greater threat is much more frightening. One in ten children will be a victim of sexual abuse, the large majority of them girls, victims of an assault they cannot fend off or understand because eighty percent […]
Louis A. Butcher, Jr., Making places of worship safe havens for children, Lancaster Online
Ever since the child abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church a number of years ago, there has been a heightened awareness that children need to be protected even in places that already should be considered safe havens. Now, because of the recent crimes against children by a trusted, public figure — former Penn State […]
Linda Crockett, Child sex-abuse victims deserve time to seek justice, Lancaster Online
A major focus of Samaritan Counseling Center is preventing child sexual abuse. Our therapists see the devastation it causes, the ripple effect often extending into midlife. Samaritan SafeChurch is a project we started to educate faith communities about sexual abuse prevention. As director of Samaritan’s Clergy & Congregation Care, I started SafeChurch in 2011 because […]
The Economist explains Why sex crimes have statutes of limitations, Economist
Bishops are lobbying against victims in every state not just Iowa, MD, and DC
Atika Shubert and Bharati Naik, ISIS soldiers told to rape women ‘to make them Muslim’, CNN
ISIS soldiers told to rape women ‘to make them Muslim’
Amicus Brief in MA Sliney Case
amicus brief in MA Sliney case
Terrible PA Decision
NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION – SEE SUPERIOR COURT I.O.P. 65.37 FRANCIS FINNEGAN IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Appellant v. ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA AND MONSIGNOR WILLIAM LYNN Appellees No. 3002 EDA 2014 Appeal from the Judgment Entered September 24, 2014 In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Civil Division at No(s): 01377 March Term, 2011 […]
Priest in Somerset County removed — accusations in 2002 (not the 1970s)
Altoona priest accused of abuse; SNAP responds For immediate release: Wednesday, Oct. 7 Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests (314 566 9790, davidgclohessy@gmail.com) Another Altoona priest has allegedly committed child sex crimes. He’s the 28th Altoona-Johnstown diocesan cleric to be publicly accused of […]