News, 10/26/23
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
IV. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
V. SEX TRAFFICKING
VI. ARMED CONFLICT
VII. CAMPUS
VIII. CLERGY ABUSE
IX. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
X. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES
XI. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Australia: Ad campaign targets youth as reports of online sexual exploitation increase
Nigerian University Suspends Examination Over Rape of Female Students
https://allafrica.com/stories/202310260021.html
American man indicted on murder charges over an attack on 2 US tourists near a German castle
(Trigger warning)
UK: Tory MP Crispin Blunt arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of drugs
REGIONAL NEWS
School bus driver arrested for 'sexual conversations' with 15-year-old, Carlisle PSP says
Harrisburg man charged with multiple felonies against a child
https://local21news.com/news/local/harrisburg-man-charged-for-multiple-offenses-against-a-child#
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Michigan State hearing officer rules Mel Tucker sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, her attorney says
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-state-mel-tucker-brenda-tracy-6150fb417fbcdf36b3f8033ca9157965
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Woman convicted of taking British girl, three, for female genital mutilation in Kenya
SEX TRAFFICKING
Colorado: A new report calls for more safe and stable housing for survivors of human trafficking
ARMED CONFLICT
South Korean scholar acquitted of defaming sexual slavery victims during Japan colonial rule
CAMPUS
Michigan: Hillsdale College campus has high risk of rape due to its failed response, lawsuit says
CLERGY ABUSE
Priest kicked out of Jesuits for alleged abuse of women welcomed into Slovenia diocese
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-jesuit-rupnik-abuse-7f550ad2079181a5b1206ebdf6cabb4a
SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
Canada: Judge approves record $17M settlement in N.B. psychiatric hospital class action
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES
Imprisoned ‘apostle’ of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo charged with federal child pornography
COMMENTARY
The Devastating Consequences of the Military’s Inaction on Sexual Assault
(Trigger warning)
https://slate.com/technology/2023/10/military-sexual-trauma-suicide-bella-poarch.html
Doctors are being sexually harassed at work. This needs to stop
(Trigger warning)
https://theconversation.com/doctors-are-being-sexually-harassed-at-work-this-needs-to-stop-214264
On Jakarta’s Vanishing Shoreline, Climate Change Seen Abetting Child Marriages