Mar 15, 2019 | Feature, news, Sex Abuse
I grew up in a family where everyone was either sexually abused, was an abuser, or facilitated abuse. And I still like Michael Jackson’s music.
Jan 14, 2019 | news, Sex Abuse
Tennessee: Despite calls from protesters — and the previous House speaker — for his resignation, a state lawmaker accused of inappropriate sexual conduct against multiple teens has been named chairman of an education subcommittee. Rep. David Byrd, R-Waynesboro, has...
Dec 27, 2018 | Feature, news, Sex Abuse, Trauma: Consequences
BY JULIE K. BROWN NOV. 28, 2018 A decade before #MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break. Palm Beach County Courthouse June 30, 2008 Jeffrey Edward Epstein appeared at his sentencing dressed comfortably in a blue blazer, blue shirt,...
Dec 25, 2018 | news, Sex Abuse
By Sharon Otterman New York Times The Archdiocese of New York has suspended a priest who had continued his clerical duties despite two settlements paid for allegations of sexual abuse of teenage boys. The Rev. Donald G. Timone, 84, is the subject of an internal...
Dec 21, 2018 | news, Sex Abuse
More Hypocrisy? Pope Francis calls for Pedophile Priests to turn themselves into justice: “To those who abuse minors I would say this: convert and hand yourself over to human justice, and prepare for divine justice,” Pope Francis Vatican Church calls for...
Dec 17, 2018 | Feature, Sex Abuse
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...
Dec 16, 2018 | Sex Abuse
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...
Nov 1, 2018 | Sex 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...
Oct 9, 2018 | Sex Abuse
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.
Oct 4, 2018 | news, Sex Abuse
← 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...
Sep 15, 2018 | news, Sex Abuse
← 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...
Jul 7, 2018 | Maternal Home Visiting, Sex Abuse, Trauma: Consequences
An interview with the Stop Abuse Campaign’s Melanie Blow about ACEs, addiction, prostitution and child sex abuse laws and policy.
Jul 2, 2018 | Feature, Sex Abuse
Wayne Chapman was convicted of abusing 11 children in 3 states, and admitted to molesting 100, but he was nearly released from prison recently .
Jun 8, 2018 | news, Sex Abuse
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...
Feb 10, 2018 | news, Sex 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...
Feb 6, 2018 | news, Sex Abuse
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...
Jan 31, 2018 | Feature
The Stop Abuse Campaign had the privilege of submitting testimony in support of the Child Victims Act that will protect children from sex abuse in New York
Dec 1, 2017 | Feature, Sex Abuse, Trauma: Prevention
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
Oct 22, 2017 | Feature, Sex Abuse
A short story about Halloween, child sexual abuse, and why statutes of limitation are scary.
Sep 15, 2017 | Feature, Sex Abuse
The cost to institutions of sex abuse does not reflect the whole picture. There’s a cost to society as well, and we pick that tab up as taxpayers.
Jul 22, 2017 | Feature, Trauma: Prevention
There are more saints assigned to watch over infants, little boys and girls, and adolescents than any other group, perhaps because they are the most vulnerable members of the human family. Apparently, all the saints together cannot stop priests and other religions...
Jul 21, 2017 | news, Sex Abuse
End New York’s statutes of limitations New York on child sexual abuse. Protesters at Agudath Israel of America for protecting secrets not children.
Jul 1, 2017 | Feature, news, Sex Abuse
Cardinal Dolan refuses to condemn a colleague who refuses to get rid of a predatory priest
Jun 27, 2017 | Sex Abuse
New York lawmakers last week closed their 2017 session in “legislative hell,” as one Senator called it, without resolving a number of important issues, including the Child Victims Act, which would reform New York’s antiquated child sex abuse statutes of limitations...
Jun 26, 2017 | Feature, Sex Abuse
Removing New York’s statute of limitations for child sexual abuse is the right thing to do now and a major step in protecting tomorrow’s children
Jun 22, 2017 | news, Sex Abuse
Penn State is back in the news, making now a good time to remember exactly what happened there
Jun 15, 2017 | news, Sex Abuse
Evidence of a new, recent instance of child sexual abuse has emerged in a NY Jesuit school. We applaud the victims, not the people trying to maintain their silence.
Jun 9, 2017 | Sex Abuse
Sexually abused children are the most vulnerable people, and that they need to be protected by passing the Child Victims Act. NY Attorney General
Jun 6, 2017 | Feature, Sex Abuse
The Boy Scouts of America are lobbying against Statute of Limitations reform in New York. And that’s because they have a history of protecting the secrets of abusers, not the safety of children
Jun 6, 2017 | Feature, Sex Abuse
We’re working together to pass the Child Victims Act in New York. Will you make a call and save a child from sex abuse. Click for numbers and scripts.
