The Church Settled Sexual Abuse Cases Against This Priest. Why Is He Still Saying Mass?
By Sharon Otterman New York Times Dec. 20, 2018 MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — The Rev. Donald G. Timone, cloaked in the purple and gold robes of Advent, led the procession down the central aisle of St. Joseph’s Church here on the first Sunday of December. Celebrating the 11:30...
The Roman Catholic Church Have Forgiven Their Own Sins For Too Long
The Roman Catholic Church has covered up years of child sexual abuse by priests. The crisis is institutional. With the involvement, and cooperation, of bishops, archbishops, and even cardinals. The Pennsylvania Grand Jury report, now supported by investigations in...
Lists of Priests Accused of Sexual Abuse Are Spilling Out Across the Country
By Campbell Robertson New York Times PITTSBURGH — It was a list Charles L. Bailey Jr. had wanted to see for years: the names of the priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse who had been credibly accused of sexual abuse. Mr. Bailey, 67, a longtime local...
How Buffalo NY Bishop Richard Malone Concealed Sexual Abuse
← Countries that ban spanking have kids who are less likely to be violent Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse Homicide in Hanging → 60 Minutes: Whistleblower says Bishop Richard Malone knew of sexual abuse allegations, but did nothing. For the first time...
Making my way through hell: A story about facing the trauma of sexual assault
I came from a really poor household. I pulled my family out of extreme poverty. Then my boss raped me, it fell apart, but I recovered.
Facts you may not know about human trafficking
Human trafficking is a complex form of abuse and trauma with complex causes. It happens all over the world, and is a form of modern day slavery.
Deerfield Il.man charged after attempting to meet 14-year-old for sex in Cybercrimes Unit sting: police
Author Staff Report A Deerfield man was arrested and charged with indecent solicitation of a child Friday after he allegedly used a social-network application to communicate with someone he thought to be a 14-year-old boy, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s...
Stop partisan politics over sexual abuse bill
The Child Victims Act has languished in the New York State Senate. The horrific report from the Pennsylvania grand jury about rampant sexual abuse and cover-ups by church officials makes it clear that New York must pass a final version of this bill.
Clerical Sex Abuse in New York A child advocate calls for research into the predator profile.
← Midlothian man charged with possessing child pornography Jury: Jehovah's Witnesses Must Pay $35M to Abuse Survivor → New York State Attorney General, Barbara Underwood, has launched an investigation into whether Roman Catholic Institutions covered up...
The President Would Never Believe Me
The President wouldn’t believe me. I didn’t disclose my abuse after it happened; I disclosed it when I was ready. So did most of his other victims. So what does that say about us?
Pope Francis meets with U.S. bishops as more leaders face allegations of harassment and cover-ups
← Tips Parents Can Use When Talking About Sexual Abuse with Children Man guilty of sexually abusing child he knew → Top American bishops met in the Vatican with Pope Francis on Thursday to discuss the sexual-abuse crisis that the leader of the U.S. church...
What’s going on with the Catholic church and child sexual abuse?
Melanie Blow discusses the Catholic church and child sexual abuse following PA Grand Jury report. Over a thousand children sexually abused by priests
Adverse Childhood Experiences, addiction and prostitution
An interview with the Stop Abuse Campaign’s Melanie Blow about ACEs, addiction, prostitution and child sex abuse laws and policy.
When victims take matters into their own hands
Wayne Chapman was convicted of abusing 11 children in 3 states, and admitted to molesting 100, but he was nearly released from prison recently .
There’s an epidemic of denial about sexual abuse in the evangelical church
Author: Joshua Pease. The Washington Post Rachael Denhollander’s college-aged abuser began grooming her when she was 7. Each week, as Denhollander left Sunday school at Westwood Baptist Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he was there to walk her to her...
More than outrage, money is needed to combat child abuse
Outrage alone doesn’t protect children. Money is needed to combat child abuse, but it never seems to be a budget priority. Why’s that?
Child sex abuse. Handling disclosure
If a child discloses sexual abuse to you, it could change both of your lives. But a little knowledge can make you into the person an abused child needs.
The struggle to pass legislation on sexual violence and assault
No one supports sexual assault, and laws to prevent it or help its victims are usually popular. So why is it so hard to get them passed? Learn the answers on Saturday’s episode of Three Women Three Ways.
The Easter Bunny
Is there anything wrong with telling kids about an imaginary bunny and asking them to sit in his lap? Let’s think about it.
10 Things You Can Do To Prevent Child Abuse
Do you know what to do to prevent child abuse. Here’s 10 things you can do starting now. We must all work together to protect children from abuse
Family Court is Broken. But there’s a wrong way to fix it. Shared parenting.
Everyone agrees that our family courts are broken. But one of the popular proposed remedies will endanger children.
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect with the Power of Relationships
Author: Prevent Child Abuse America “We all have the power to change someone’s life through our relationships.” That is a key takeaway from this past Sunday’s 60 Minutes segment on childhood trauma where Oprah interviewed Dr. Bruce Perry, Senior Fellow of the Child...
Aurora priest charged with child abuse
Author Hannah Leone Alfredo Pedraza Arias was sentenced to 205 days in county jail with credit for time served after his guilty plea. With credit for time already spent in jail, Arias was set to be released Saturday morning, Attorney David Camic said. Kane County jail...
Letter Suggests Pope Knew About Abuse Complaints, Despite Denials
Author ELISABETTA POVOLEDO New York Times ROME — Things keep getting worse for Pope Francis. Late last month, the pope reiterated his defense of a Chilean bishop, contending that he had never received any complaints that the prelate knew of abuse by the country’s most...
#METOO hasn’t made a dent, and won’t without the Equal Rights Amendment
When the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is ratified women will have equality. It is only two states away from ratification. We need equality not hashtags
Is there more sexual abuse in the Protestant Churches than the Catholic Church?
Is the Protestant world teetering on the edge of a sex abuse scandal similar to the one that had rocked the Catholic Church.
Spending the holidays with your abuser
Many have the choice of attending holiday parties with their child sex abuser, or avoiding family at the holidays. Not an easy choice.
Santa Claus or not. Don’t force your kids to sit on anybody’s knee
I like Santa Claus, don’t you? But I don’t like lying, I don’t like secrets and I don’t like forcing kids to sit on someone’s lap.
Roy Moore, Senator Flanagan and Governor Cuomo
Republicans won’t disavow Roy Moore bringing them dangerously close to being the Pro Child Sexual Abuse party. In NY that’s been the case for 10 years
