News, 8/30/24

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   SEXUAL HARASSMENT

IV.   FORENSIC EVIDENCE
V.    CLERGY ABUSE
VI.   SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

VII.  CASE STORIES

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

In South Indian Cinema, a #MeToo Reckoning Comes Roaring Back

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/world/asia/kerala-film-metoo.html

 

 

Waiting 32 years for justice in an Indian rape case

(Trigger warning)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr40dzlezp7o

 

 

Why South Korea is on high alert over deepfake sex crimes

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/why-south-korea-is-high-alert-over-deepfake-sex-crimes-2024-08-30/

 

 

Australia: Liberal MP for Pittwater Rory Amon charged with child sex offences

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-30/nsw-mp-rory-amon-charged-sexual-offences-pittwater/104290978

 

 

 

 

REGIONAL NEWS

 

DA: Man shot by police had robbed Lancaster County business, raped 2 employees

https://www.wgal.com/article/lancaster-county-da-says-man-shot-by-police-had-robbed-business-raped-two-employees/62009570

 

 

PSP: Local man charged after assaulting, recording 10-year-old girl nude

(Trigger warning)

https://local21news.com/news/local/psp-local-man-charged-after-recording-10-year-old-girl-nude-altor-tiem-chambersburg-state-police-franklin-county#

 

 

 

 

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

 

Kentucky governor says lawmaker facing sexual harassment accusations should consider resigning

https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-lawmaker-grossberg-sexual-harassment-allegations-7328138b3824dd5b5ecca25929b6d5a4

 

 

 

 

FORENSIC EVIDENCE

 

Tennessee: Turnaround time for TBI's rape kit testing improving but still facing delays

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/turnaround-time-for-tbis-rape-kit-testing-improving-but-still-facing-delays/article_42a622fa-66c0-11ef-b68e-6b3289f611ae.html

 

 

West Virginia completes rape kit backlog making it easier to catch serial predators

https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/west-virginia-completes-rape-kit-backlog-making-it-easier-to-catch-serial-predators/article_315dc366-663b-11ef-a1d7-2ba5f486d867.html

 

 

 

 

CLERGY ABUSE

 

Canada: Prominent cleric behind Toronto World Youth Day accused of sexually assaulting young priest

https://www.ncronline.org/news/prominent-cleric-behind-toronto-world-youth-day-accused-sexually-assaulting-young-priest

 

 

 

 

SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

 

Jury deliberates in first criminal trial linked to New Hampshire youth center abuse

(Trigger warning)

https://apnews.com/article/new-hampshire-youth-center-abuse-trial-9036f07101ab3dbd951333d0b434b934

 

 

 

 

CASE STORIES

 

Maryland: Man pleads guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur in attack that shocked the city

https://apnews.com/article/pava-lapere-murder-case-jason-billingsley-guilty-plea-9a7f890e86556c212f3e74e062b9b081