News, 1/17/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     REGIONAL NEWS

III.    SEXUAL HARASSMENT

IV.    CHILD MARRIAGE

V.     SEX TRAFFICKING

VI.    ARMED CONFLICT

VII.   MILITARY

VIII.  CLERGY ABUSE

IX.    SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

X.     CASE STORIES
XI.    COMMENTARY

GLOBAL NEWS

French football boss, 81, accused of unwanted sexual advances
(Trigger warning)
https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3206862/french-football-boss-81-accused-unwanted-sexual-advances

Sexual violence and abuse helpline calls increase in Northern Ireland
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-64264109

Spanish singer is first to claim sexual assault by Plácido Domingo
(Trigger warning)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/16/spanish-singer-is-first-to-claim-sexual-assault-by-placido-domingo

Israel: Extradited modeling agent charged with sexual assault
(Trigger warning)
https://www.timesofisrael.com/extradited-modeling-agent-charged-with-sexual-assault/

Mexican mother confronts loss, corruption and impunity in a ‘femicide nation’
(Trigger warning)
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230117-mexican-mother-confronts-loss-corruption-and-impunity-in-a-femicide-nation

REGIONAL NEWS

Man tries to rob and force woman into sexual acts at gunpoint in Harrisburg
https://local21news.com/news/local/man-tries-to-rob-and-force-woman-into-sexual-acts-at-gunpoint-in-harrisburg-assault-robbery-south-13th-berryhill-chase-giovanni-hall#

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

UK: People urged to intervene in sexual harassment on Tube
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64269206

CHILD MARRIAGE

Child marriage raises controversy once again in Egypt
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/12/child-marriage-raises-controversy-once-again-egypt

Pakistan: Rights experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, child marriage
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132482

SEX TRAFFICKING

Andrew Tate's cars and watches, worth $4 million, are confiscated by Romanian police
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/16/1149393572/andrew-tate-cars-romania-sex-trafficking-case

Andrew Tate: Bodyguard says 'Some girls thought they'd be his next wife'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64285341

ARMED CONFLICT

Islamist militants kidnap at least 50 women in northern Burkina Faso
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230116-islamist-militants-kidnap-dozens-of-women-in-northern-burkina-faso

MILITARY

Canada: The military cadet program is wrestling with its own systemic sexual misconduct problem
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cadet-sexual-misconduct-1.6712904

CLERGY ABUSE

Tennessee: Knoxville diocese made church sexual abuse review board more secretive after lawsuit
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/01/13/knoxville-diocese-made-church-sexual-abuse-review-board-more-secretive/69735096007/

SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

UK: Elite Metropolitan police officer David Carrick revealed as serial rapist
(Trigger warning)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/16/metropolitan-police-officer-david-carrick-revealed-as-serial-rapist

UK: No Met officers facing disciplinary inquiry over David Carrick
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/17/no-met-officers-facing-disciplinary-inquiry-over-david-carrick

UK: Carrick conviction shows Met police’s ‘deeply rotten misogynistic culture’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/16/carrick-conviction-shows-met-polices-deeply-rotten-misogynistic-culture

UK: 1,000 serving Met Police officers and staff accused of domestic abuse and sex offenses
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/david-carrick-met-police-rape-domestic-abuse-b2262870.html

Hundreds of police face sack as part of clean-up, UK top officer says
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/hundreds-police-face-sack-part-clean-up-uk-top-officer-2023-01-17/

Australia: Watchdog reveals thousands of reports of sexual misconduct, injury, abuse and neglect in disability group homes
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-16/ndis-quality-asurance-report-group-homes/101857778

Australia: Call for the phasing out of group homes
(Audio)
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/call-for-the-phasing-out-of-group-homes-/101860776

CASE STORIES

YouTube star Andrew Callaghan addresses sexual misconduct allegations, says he plans to join '12-step program'
(Trigger warning)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/youtuber-andrew-callaghan-addresses-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rcna65955

Porn actor Ron Jeremy found unable to stand trial for rape
https://apnews.com/article/crime-indictments-ron-jeremy-los-angeles-36c2298e514c85ec0ba9b6b97d34bb31

COMMENTARY

Hierarchy's sacramental betrayal in abuse scandal obstructs synodality
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/hierarchys-sacramental-betrayal-abuse-scandal-obstructs-synodality