Posts Tagged ‘sexual-abuse’

Man held in child abuse inquiry

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

Police investigating the alleged sexual abuse of young people in a Devon seaside resort arrest a 19-year-old man.

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Man held in child abuse inquiry

Million youngsters ‘maltreated’

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

One in four people in the UK, aged between 18 and 24, claims to have experienced severe violence, sexual abuse or neglect, says the NSPCC.

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Organised child abuse ‘growing’

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Nearly 30 children in Wales’ social services system have been identified as victims of organised child sexual abuse, says an AM.

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Organised child abuse ‘growing’

Lens: Too Painful to Remember, or to Forget

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Carmine Galasso has portrayed survivors of sexual abuse who say they were molested by priests and nuns. David Gonzalez describes the project.

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Lens: Too Painful to Remember, or to Forget

Dutch Panel Found 2,000 Church Abuse Claims

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

A commission released an interim report on sexual abuse claims against the Roman Catholic Church.

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Dutch Panel Found 2,000 Church Abuse Claims

Gang ‘targeted children’

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

One of UK’s most serious cases of sexual abuse in recent times

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Gang ‘targeted children’

Australia Gets Its First Saint

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Australia got its first saint Sunday when the pope canonized Mother Mary MacKillop, who in the 19th century exposed sexual abuse and was punished for her whistleblowing. As tens of thousands watched in a St. Peter’s Square ceremony, Pope Benedict XVI…

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Australia Gets Its First Saint

Congo sex abuse victims to speak

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

A UN panel is to start hearing from victims of sexual abuse in Democratic Republic of Congo after a horrific incident of mass rape.

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Congo sex abuse victims to speak