News, 12/4/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    REGIONAL NEWS
III.   FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

IV.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

V.    SEX TRAFFICKING

VI.   ARMED CONFLICT

VII.  MILITARY
VIII. CLERGY ABUSE

IX.   SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
X.    ONLINE ABUSE

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Ex-missionary from Ohio charged with sexually abusing 4 children in Haiti

https://apnews.com/article/haiti-us-missionary-child-sex-abuse-allegations-a31883eced5052b23f37fac2590faf12 

UK police must act urgently to prevent sex crimes against women, says report

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-police-must-act-urgently-prevent-sex-crimes-against-women-says-report-2025-12-02/ 

REGIONAL NEWS

Manheim Township High School teacher accused of possessing child pornography

(Trigger warning)

https://www.wgal.com/article/pa-david-burkhart-manheim-township-high-school-teacher-child-pornography/69622002 

Adams County man pleads guilty to sexually abusing 2 children

https://local21news.com/news/local/adams-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-two-children-gary-lee-huff 

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

Kenya roots for regional law as East Africa moves to eliminate FGM

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-12-03-kenya-roots-for-regional-law-as-east-africa-moves-to-eliminate-fgm 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Texas: Bill to shield human trafficking victims from punishment for certain crimes goes into effect this week

https://www.kltv.com/2025/12/03/bill-shield-human-trafficking-victims-punishment-certain-crimes-goes-into-effect-this-week/ 

SEX TRAFFICKING

Academic society bans Larry Summers for life over his close ties to Jeffrey Epstein

https://apnews.com/article/larry-summers-harvard-jeffrey-epstein-bebad1142f859c15467ed010c08ea6fa 

Never-before-seen images of Epstein’s private island released

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/never-before-seen-images-of-epsteins-private-island-released

A vocal Jeffrey Epstein accuser is urging judges to unseal his court records

https://apnews.com/article/epstein-maxwell-justice-department-sex-trafficking-0a5b9a48f93460e94e44a31e7bf67715 

ARMED CONFLICT

Libyan man accused of murder, rape, and torture appears at the ICC

https://apnews.com/article/icc-libya-hishri-war-crimes-e6889895a184356d36b31d92cba941be 

UN warns of new wave of atrocities in Sudan’s Kordofan region

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-kordofan-rsf-un-human-rights-a1256c5567d0e5edab5eb1b9e5ae607c 

MILITARY

Kenyan lawmakers identify 'disturbing trend' of misconduct by British troops

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/kenyan-lawmakers-identify-disturbing-trend-misconduct-by-british-troops-2025-12-03/ 

CLERGY ABUSE

‘I’ve held this in my whole life’: ex-Big Brother contestant testifies about childhood sexual abuse by New Orleans priest

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/big-brother-contestant-new-orleans-clergy-sexual-abuse 

SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

Illinois: Chicago Public Schools reaches $17.5M settlement after former dean sentenced in sex abuse case

https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-public-schools-reaches-175m-settlement-little-village-lawndale-high-school-dean-brian-crowder-sex-abuse-case/18248101/ 

Illinois: Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-department-sexual-misconduct-promotions 

ONLINE ABUSE

Study reveals motivations of deepfake image abuse perpetrators

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/study-gives-insight-to-deepfake-perpetrator-motivation/106096956