News, 6/10/22
Angeline Binick
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
IV. ARMED CONFLICT
V. CAMPUS
VI. CHILD MARRIAGE
VII. CLERGY ABUSE
VIII. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
IX. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES
X. CASE STORIES
XI. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Saxon Mullins: The woman changing Australia's rape laws
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61714818
Kazakhstan: ‘Only together’ can ‘silent pandemic’ of gender-based violence be overcome, says Deputy
UN chief
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1120092
UK: Police warned Gaia Pope about trauma of pursuing rape claim, inquest hears
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/09/police-told-gaia-pope-traumatic-court-alleged-rape-inquest-hears
REGIONAL NEWS
Police searching for alleged sexual offender, possible reward offered
https://local21news.com/news/local/police-searching-for-alleged-sexual-offender-possible-reward-offered
Canada: Dozens of border officers reprimanded for misconduct, documents reveal
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2041647171890
UN rapporteur to meet with sex slave, rights-violation victims in South Korea
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/06/113_330713.html
UK: UCL apologizes for ‘bullying and sexual misconduct’ at architecture school
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jun/09/ucl-apologises-for-bullying-and-sexual-misconduct-at-architecture-school
India: Government to launch web portal on child marriage
https://www.deccanherald.com/state/government-to-launch-web-portal-on-child-marriage-1116574.html
India: Poverty, discontinuation of education & skewed sex ratio fuel child marriages
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/poverty-discontinuation-of-education-skewed-sex-ratio-fuel-child-marriages/articleshow/92117883.cms
CLERGY ABUSE
Mexican megachurch leader given nearly 17 years in U.S. prison for child sex abuse
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-megachurch-leader-be-sentenced-us-over-child-sex-abuse-2022-06-08/
SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
Lawsuit: LA shelter for kids was a den for sexual abuse
(Trigger warning)
https://apnews.com/article/health-los-angeles-business-sexual-abuse-lawsuits-1312681a48a861b366b1bae222d647fc
Reports of Calcot abuse prompt calls for reform of children’s social care in UK
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/09/alleged-calcot-abuse-childrens-social-care-uk-reform-bbc-investigation
Wickr, Amazon’s encrypted chat app, has a child sex abuse problem — and little is being done to stop it
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/wickr-amazon-aws-child-messaging-app-sex-abuse-problem-rcna20674
CASE STORIES
Ex-judge Roy Moore presses defamation appeal against Sacha Baron Cohen
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-judge-roy-moore-presses-defamation-appeal-against-sacha-baron-cohen-2022-06-10/
COMMENTARY
Virtual child sexual abuse material depicts fictitious children – but can be used to disguise real abuse
https://theconversation.com/virtual-child-sexual-abuse-material-depicts-fictitious-children-but-can-be-used-to-disguise-real-abuse-180248