News, 9/26/22

[Angeline Binick]

I.          GLOBAL NEWS

II.         REGIONAL NEWS
III.        MEDICAL
IV.        SEXUAL HARASSMENT

V.         CRIMINAL JUSTICE

VI.        SEX TRAFFICKING

VII.       CHILD MARRIAGE
VIII.      CLERGY ABUSE
IX.        CASE STORIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Rio Tinto says employee sexually assaulted in Western Australian mine

https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/rio-tinto-says-employee-sexually-assaulted-western-australian-mine-2022-09-26/

Australia: Sexual violence within families 'normalized', consent not understood, Tasmanian report says
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-26/sexual-assault-report-tasmania-finds-consent-not-understood/101473858

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly raises abortion, sexual violence in closing UN speech
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/joly-raises-abortion-un-speech-1.6595956

UK: Labour pledges to place specialists in 999 call centers to help rape victims
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/sep/26/labour-pledges-specialists-999-call-centres-help-rape-victims

12-year-old boy in ‘critical condition’ following alleged gang-rape in New Delhi
(Trigger warning)
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/india/india-gang-rape-boy-delhi-intl-hnk/index.html

 

REGIONAL NEWS

Man arrested after sending pictures to juvenile exposing himself
https://local21news.com/news/local/man-facing-charges-after-sending-juvenile-pictures-exposing-himself

8-year-old sexually assaulted for three years, Adams Co. man arrested
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/8-year-old-sexually-assaulted-for-three-years-adams-co-man-arrested/ar-AA12gMgI

 

MEDICAL

Texas vow to ‘eliminate all rapists’ rings hollow at clinics
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-austin-texas-houston-sexual-assault-00bb74e67ce427a3adbb8f7fe811ff13

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

 

Australia: WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan says all have role to play in combating workplace sexual harassment
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-23/wa-supreme-court-justice-on-workplace-sexual-harassment/101465316

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 

An Oregon rape victim was placed in jail and held on an 'unattainable' amount of bail until she testified against her rapist, lawyer says
https://www.insider.com/rape-victim-jailed-on-unattainable-amount-of-bail-lawyers-say-2022-9

 

SEX TRAFFICKING

University of Southern Mississippi opens center for human trafficking research center
https://www.wlbt.com/2022/09/24/university-southern-mississippi-opens-center-human-trafficking-research-center/

20 Countries Spin a Web to Catch Human Traffickers During Hackathon
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/border-security/20-countries-spin-a-web-to-catch-human-traffickers-during-hackathon/

 

CHILD MARRIAGE

 

Jordan: 10% of marriages include minors, poverty is to blame, says expert
https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-106/Features/10-of-marriages-include-minors-poverty-is-to-blame-expert-22281

 

CLERGY ABUSE

Australia: Bishop Christopher Saunders ordered to leave the Kimberley as Catholic Church confirms investigation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-25/catholic-church-confirms-investigation-into-former-broome-bishop/101472156

Illinois: 3 retired priests investigated for allegations of sexual abuse of minors nearly 50 years ago, Chicago archdiocese says
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-archdiocese-three-retired-priests-alleged-sexual-abuse-20220925-lvvffobdtrdo3jioqnprcjzlzy-story.html

 

 

CASE STORIES

Goldman Sachs: Newly-unredacted document alleges dozens of incidents of ‘sexual assault and harassment’ at firm, lawsuit says
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/business/goldman-sachs-huge-lawsuit-sexual-harassment/index.html

Paul Haggis can argue Church of Scientology behind rape allegation, judge rules
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/25/paul-haggis-rape-allegation-church-of-scientology