News, 10/1/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS
III.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

IV.   FORENSIC EVIDENCE

V.    SEX TRAFFICKING

VI.   CLERGY ABUSE
VII.  ARST & CULTURE

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

UK: Ringleader of Rochdale grooming gang jailed for 35 years for rape and abuse

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/01/rochdale-manchester-grooming-girls-sex-slaves-court  

Seven men jailed in UK for total of 174 years after 'grooming gangs' convictions

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/seven-men-jailed-uk-total-174-years-after-grooming-gangs-convictions-2025-10-01/

India's hidden crisis of sexual violence against boys

https://www.dw.com/en/indias-hidden-crisis-of-sexual-violence-against-boys/a-74204134 

REGIONAL NEWS

Man pleads guilty to sexual assault that led to Red Lion girl's pregnancy

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/crime/2025/10/01/man-pleads-guilty-to-sexual-assault-that-led-to-red-lion-girls-pregnancy/86454695007/ 

Registration open for Lancaster city walk to raise awareness of human trafficking

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/registration-open-for-lancaster-city-walk-to-raise-awareness-of-human-trafficking/article_ac012c91-2345-4734-847f-10435e920b09.html 

Adams County school custodian accused of sending sexual texts to 11-year-old: police

https://local21news.com/news/local/adams-county-school-worker-accused-of-sending-explicit-texts-to-11-year-old-police-new-oxford-high-school-conewago-valley-school-district-mcsherrystown-crime-pennsylvania-pa 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

20 state AGs sue Trump administration over rule that bars aid to some sex abuse and rape survivors

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/20-state-ags-sue-trump-administration-rule-bars-aid-sex-abuse-rape-sur-rcna234786 

FORENSIC EVIDENCE

'Maine is behind': Advocates, lawmakers push for statewide rape kit tracking system

https://fox23maine.com/newsletter-daily/maine-is-behind-advocates-and-lawmakers-push-for-statewide-rape-kit-tracking-system-maine-coalition-against-sexual-assault 

A year after USA TODAY investigation, the rape kit backlog persists

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/10/01/rape-kits-unsolved-dna-results/86237790007/ 

SEX TRAFFICKING

Delayed US report on global human trafficking is released

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/human-trafficking-tip-report-state-department 

Leaders of Mexican megachurch led a sprawling sex-trafficking enterprise, US prosecutors allege

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/28/la-luz-del-mundo-church-sex-trafficking-conspiracy-charges 

CLERGY ABUSE

Vermont Catholic bankruptcy case may open to more accusers of clergy sexual abuse

https://vtdigger.org/2025/10/01/vermont-catholic-bankruptcy-case-may-open-to-more-accusers-of-clergy-sexual-abuse/ 

ARTS & CULTURE

Surviving Malka Leifer: A decades-long struggle for justice

(Audio)

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/malka-leifer-surviving-documentary/105841052