Dear list,
This week there were many news
articles regarding trauma and rape. These include Leon Brittan and the
Westminster child abuse scandal, How Thatcher's Government Covered Up a VIP
Pedophile Ring, MP child sex ring scandal, Former Knox head admits he impeded
child abuse investigation on purpose, Oxford child abuse report's key findings,
Pastor held over ‘satanic sex abuse', District Attorney affirms the 1988 child
sexual abuse conviction of Jesse Friedman and Police may charge data centre in
largest ever child abuse images bust.
Leon Brittan and the
Westminster child abuse scandal: 'his fingerprints were over
everything'Don Hale, former editor of the Bury Messenger, has alleged
that former Home Secretary Leon Brittan was actively involved in a cover up of
child abuse by a paedophile ring including prominent Westminster
MPs.
http://www.businessinsider.com/westminster-child-abuse-scandal-and-leon-brittan-2015-3
http://goo.gl/fNqTCk How
Thatcher's Government Covered Up a VIP Pedophile RingNow that most of
the major figures are dead, the truth is emerging about the systematic sexual
abuse of children by members of the British government. MI5 is alleged to have
repeatedly blocked investigations into a sex abuse ring at the Kincora
children's home in Northern Ireland in order to protect its
intelligence-gathering operation.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/06/britain-s-horrific-vip-pedophile-cover-up.html
http://goo.gl/YfkJ9P
Raids on 4 homes in MP child sex ring scandalPolice have
searched two homes belonging to the late Lord Brittan as part of an
investigation into allegations of child sex abuse.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/08/raids-on-4-homes-in-mp-child-sex-ring-scandal-5094175/
http://goo.gl/Uy2Bq1
Former Knox head admits he impeded child abuse investigation on
purposeIan Paterson told police investigating paedophile teachers at the
school he was not aware of any complaints, which he admits was a lie, royal
commission hears
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/04/former-knox-head-admits-impeded-child-abuse-investigation-purpose
http://goo.gl/elzAtH
Former Knox Grammar headmaster Ian Paterson's admissions rock Royal
CommissionTHE former headmaster of Knox Grammar has addressed
allegations he groped a teenage girl at a school musical production in
1989.
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http://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/former-knox-grammar-headmaster-ian-patersons-admissions-rock-royal-commission/story-fns0kb3z-1227247304556
http://goo.gl/9hYprx
Oxford child abuse report's key findings Up to 370
girls may have been the victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) across the
county over the past 15 years.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-31708492
Oxford officer was silenced over sex abuse fearsPolice
treated abuse victims as if they were 'wayward girls', report says
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ttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/oxford-officer-was-silenced-over-sex-abuse-fears-10083504.html http://goo.gl/ABPDBu
Pastor held
over ‘satanic sex abuse'
A suspected satanic ritual at a Boksburg church
is at the centre of a case in which a 9-year-old boy was allegedly raped and
molested by his grandparents, uncle and pastor. http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/pastor-held-over-satanic-sex-abuse-1.1825989
http://goo.gl/aefxLO
Four alleged rapists, molesters granted bail
The magistrate
granted bail, saying the case against the four accused wasn't strong enough. http://ewn.co.za/2015/03/03/Alleged-rapists-molesters-granted-bail-in-Boksburg
http://goo.gl/29xLzZ
Alleged satanic priest gets bail
The grandparents of a
nine-year-old boy, his uncle, and a pastor were granted bail after a suspected
satanic ritual that led to the boy's alleged rape and molestation
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/03/04/alleged-satanic-priest-gets-bail
http://goo.gl/7O5Nvn
'Rape den' initiation school branded girls with hot irons:
testimony
An initiation school in Mpumalanga was used as a sex den where
21 girls aged between nine and 17 were repeatedly raped and physically abused,
the Nelspruit circuit of the High Court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/03/04/rape-den-initiation-school-branded-girls-with-hot-irons-testimony
http://goo.gl/TU4Lf2
The District Attorney affirms the 1988 child sexual abuse
conviction of Jesse Friedman. In a 155-page report released Monday by Nassau
County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, the Review Team tasked with conducting
the conviction integrity investigation wrote that “…by any impartial analysis,
the re-investigation process…has only increased confidence in the integrity of
Jesse Friedman’s guilty plea and adjudication as a sex offender.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20141020110148/http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/DA/NewsReleases/2013/062413friedman.html
http://goo.gl/5NzxSA
Police
may charge data centre in largest ever child abuse images bust
Canadian
police have seized over 1.2 petabytes of data from the dark net in what could be
the largest child abuse image investigation ever.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/03/04/police-may-charge-data-centre-in-largest-ever-child-abuse-images-bust/
http://goo.gl/IEwNDp
Thousands of Vulnerable Children Go Missing from Britain's
Protective Services
South Yorkshire Police are launching an independent
investigation into its handling of the Rotherham child abuse scandal and will
also probe the role of public bodies and council workers. A report claims at
least 1,400 children as young as 11 were sexually abused from 1997- 2013 in
Rotherham Care Homes but no council staff will face disciplinary action.
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/03/13/britains-missing-children-310701.html
http://goo.gl/JOUdbn
New
lawsuit alleges sexual abuse in Fort Worth Catholic
Diocese
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article12653882.html
http://goo.gl/yvMvhd