News, 5/26/22
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II.
MILITARY
III. CAMPUS
IV. CLERGY ABUSE
V. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
VI. CASE STORIES
VII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Spain: Parliament backs “Only yes means yes” consent bill
French movement calls out sexual misconduct in politics
Australia: Queensland MP recounts horrific abuse
(Trigger warning)
UK: CPS guidance ‘makes things worse’ for rape survivors, victims’ commissioner says
Canada: Ontario's sexual assault support centers say they are stretched thin and need more funding
Canada: Vigil for homicide victim calls attention to violence against Indigenous women in Winnipeg
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/doris-trout-vigil-1.6466067
MILITARY
Canada: Court sets dates for former head of military HR's sexual assault trial
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/former-head-military-hr-haydn-edmundson-trial-date-set-1.6465182
CAMPUS
Rape victim files suit against LCG, Louisiana universities in sexual predator case
CLERGY ABUSE
New York: The Diocese of Rochester proposes settlement of bankruptcy case; survivors of sexual abuse push back
Israel: Rabbi to Be Charged With Rape, Allegedly Targeted Newly Religious Women for Years
Portugal's clergy abuse commission wants more help from church officials
SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
Canadian gymnast tells of sexual, emotional abuse by Olympic coach
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/canadian-gymnast-tells-of-sexual-emotional-abuse-by-olympic-coach
CASE STORIES
Kevin Spacey charged in UK with 4 counts of sexual assault
https://apnews.com/article/kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-charges-0a0a03d60026132d35df0d5bd906c2d7
COMMENTARY
I was sexually abused as a nine-year-old boy. People said I ‘was asking for it’ because I’m gay.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/05/26/gay-survivor-child-sexual-abuse-patrick-sandford/
The eerie parallels between the Southern Baptist and Catholic sexual abuse crises
Nepal: Overly restrictive statute of limitations on rape and other sexual violence must be removed