News, 1/5/22
Angeline Binick
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. POLICY / LEGISLATION
IV. FORENSIC EVIDENCE
V. SEX TRAFFICKING
VI. ARMED CONFLICT
VII. CLERGY ABUSE
VIII. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
IX. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Famous former Israeli soccer player accused of rape
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-691650
REGIONAL NEWS
Former police officer arrested for sending sexually explicit videos to victim
https://local21news.com/news/local/former-police-officer-arrested-for-sending-sexually-explicit-videos-to-victim
Michigan Bills Would Give Sexual Abuse Victims Window to Sue
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/01/05/michigan-bills-would-give-sexual-abuse-victims-window-sue
Georgia: Fulton County struggles with rape kit backlog
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fulton-county-rape-kit-backlog/85-fa8accc4-53b3-4e65-868f-c6855054751c
Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutors ask judge for inquiry into juror
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/ghislaine-maxwell-trial-prosecutors-judge-inquiry-juror
Mexico holds ex-political boss in sex recruiting scandal
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-caribbean-mexico-city-human-trafficking-949cd4ef96c55e2e6d96dd153019b009
ARMED CONFLICT
Mass rape of Indigenous women trial puts Guatemala justice system to the test
https://foxlexington.com/news/nation-world/trial-involving-wartime-mass-rape-of-indigenous-women-puts-guatemala-justice-system-to-the-test/
Vatican to investigate German archdiocese's finances, once cardinal returns from sabbatical
https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-investigate-german-archdioceses-finances-once-cardinal-returns-sabbatical
Court sets March date for former Cardinal McCarrick's hearing
https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/court-sets-march-date-former-cardinal-mccarricks-hearing
SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
BSA bankruptcy plan misses mark in vote by abuse claimants
https://apnews.com/article/business-religion-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-sexual-abuse-dover-b110d05c5e277ab49b625afd7e351c15
Michigan: Nearly 1,000 sexual abuse survivors have 30 days to sue University of Michigan
https://www.wilx.com/2022/01/05/nearly-1000-sexual-abuse-survivors-have-30-days-sue-u-m/
Discriminatory Sexual Violence Laws in Latin America Stigmatize Adolescent Victims of Abuse
http://www.ipsnews.net/2022/01/discriminatory-sexual-violence-laws-latin-america-stigmatize-adolescent-victims-abuse/
Jon Needham: the man who went to hell and back as a child – and now fights for all rape victims
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/05/jon-needham-child-rape-victims-abuse-court-police-officer-survivors