News, 6/14/24

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
IV.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

V.    ARMED CONFLICT

VI.   MILITARY

VII.  CLERGY ABUSE

VIII. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

IX.   CASE STORIES

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Chinese journalist who promoted #MeToo movement sentenced to 5 years in prison

https://apnews.com/article/china-journalist-sentenced-metoo-huang-xuewin-73186cfeb33e8cea3bde9bf0c0b38726

 

 

French cinema boss on trial for sexual assault

(Trigger warning)

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240614-french-cinema-boss-on-trial-for-sexual-assault

 

 

Canada: Ontario billionaire Frank Stronach accused of sexual offences against 3 women

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/frank-stronach-sex-offences-1.7235553

 

 

Canada: Accused sexual predator now facing more than 200 charges, as 11 new complainants come forward

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6421947

 

 

AI is creating a new frontier in 'revenge porn', and experts say online misogyny is fueling the problem

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-15/ai-cyberbullying-revenge-porn-deepfake-nude-images-in-schools/103972244

 

 

 

 

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Lancaster County man faces child pornography charges

https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-child-pornography-mans-phone-laptop/61109721

 

 

 

 

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

 

UN says cross-border female genital mutilation impeding eradication efforts

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/un-says-cross-border-female-genital-mutilation-impeding-eradication-efforts-2024-06-14/

 

 

 

 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

 

Massachusetts on verge of becoming second-to-last state to outlaw ‘revenge porn’

https://apnews.com/article/revenge-porn-ban-massachusetts-bill-passed-ace13a5bf9e8b5131066dda8ac8b8b65

 

 

 

 

ARMED CONFLICT

 

Sudan tops UN envoy’s concerns about children caught in conflicts, with Congo and Haiti next

https://apnews.com/article/un-children-conflict-sudan-congo-haiti-myanmar-715de8adbff61b1bfac8d04f7751f2e1

 

 

 

 

MILITARY

 

Court-martial of Air Force general accused of sexual assault begins Monday

(Trigger warning)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-13/court-martial-air-force-general-sexual-assault%C2%A0-14174704.html

 

 

 

 

CLERGY ABUSE

 

Virginia bishop removes pastor over handling of abuse allegations against parishioner

https://www.ncronline.org/news/virginia-bishop-removes-pastor-over-handling-abuse-allegations-against-parishioner

 

 

 

 

SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

 

How a major public hospital is protecting doctors by silencing the patients who accuse them

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/major-public-hospital-silencing-patient-accusations-protect-doctors-rcna154307

 

 

US Catholic bishops approve outreach to Native Americans and acknowledge boarding school ‘traumas’

https://apnews.com/article/bishops-native-american-catholics-boarding-schools-healing-9d914651f3a7d7fc79ddf3b3378f2f9c

 

 

 

 

CASE STORIES

 

Secretive Christian sect ignored sexual abuse for decades, congregants allege

https://abcnews.go.com/US/secretive-christian-sect-sexual-abuse-decades-congregants-allege/story?id=111059778

 

 

Minneapolis Institute of Art Cancels Kehinde Wiley Show amid Allegations of Sexual Assault

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kehinde-wiley-show-canceled-minneapolis-insitute-art-allegations-sexual-assault-1234709685/

 

 

Ex-Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr., potential first-round NBA draft pick, not guilty of rape

https://apnews.com/article/illinois-basketball-terrence-shannon-jr-nba-32152d86004eb4353ff5a0ab71f62ec5