Victims to be able to sue church
VICTIMS of sexual abuse would be able to sue the Catholic Church for compensation as a result of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Child Sexual Abuse, legal experts say. Continue reading →
View ArticleWhere Ban Ki-Moon Meets Pink Floyd
Sigal Samuel reports on the United Nations' self-critique, and the rock star who brought it home. Continue reading →
View ArticleBank Settlement May Leave Tiny Slices of a Smaller Pie
For borrowers, a proposed settlement with big banks over foreclosure practices is likely to mean tiny slices of a shrunken pie. Continue reading →
View ArticleSHOCKING CASE: 14-year-old GIRL RAPED by SEVEN men. Aggressors FILMED their...
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View ArticleGerman Bishops Cancel Study Into Sexual Abuse by Priests
The independent study was meant to shed light on undiscovered cases after about 600 people filed claims against priests in 2010. Continue reading →
View ArticleFBI’s Scientology investigation: Balancing the First Amendment with charges...
The untold story of two dogged FBI agents, witnesses on the lam, and the surrender of self inside the Church of Scientology. Editor's note: This is Part 1 of a special report on an investigation by the...
View ArticleAaron Swartz suicide: honor his memory by fixing the Computer Fraud and Abuse...
Outpourings of grief and calls for change continue to flood the Internet after the suicide of Aaron Swartz, only 26 years old. Aaron was one of our community's best and brightest, and he achieved great...
View ArticleReport Details Sexual Abuse of Children by German Priests
The priests planned their assaults and often abused the same children repeatedly for years, according to a report, based on victim accounts and released by the Roman Catholic Church in Germany....
View ArticleBruce Friedrich: Anti-Whistleblower (AgGag) Laws Threaten Human Health, the...
The industry's response to years of evidence of egregious, and often criminal, animal cruelty and of diseased and adulterated meat entering the market is to attempt to outlaw undercover investigations....
View ArticleSenior British rabbi filmed telling alleged child abuse victim not to go to...
A senior British rabbi has been filmed telling an alleged victim of child sexual abuse not to go to the police. Continue reading →
View ArticleMother pleads guilty to trading sex with daughter for drugs – News – Home
A mother accused of trading her then-6-year-old daughter for sex with four men in exchange for drugs and money pleaded guilty Wednesday morning. Continue reading →
View ArticleChild Sexual Abuse Rampant and Untreated in India, Report Says
When children do report abuses, the police and government response often adds more trauma, Human Rights Watch said. Continue reading →
View ArticlePope will remain in Vatican to avoid prosecution for child sex abuse –...
After resigning Pope Benedict XVI will remain in the Vatican to avoid criminal prosecution for his role in the sexual abuse of children by clergy, according to Continue reading →
View ArticlePope will have security, immunity by remaining in the Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's decision to live in the Vatican after he resigns will provide him with security and privacy. It will also offer legal protection from any attempt to prosecute...
View ArticleNASCAR Abuses DMCA To Try To Delete Fan Videos Of Daytona Crash
Joseph M. Durnal was the first of a whole bunch of you to send in a version of this story showing how NASCAR abused copyright to take down some videos. You may have heard that there was a big NASCAR...
View ArticleHitting Kids Increases Their Risk of Mental Illness: Study
What if we, as a society, could cut down on the incidence of mental illness by backing away from hitting, grabbing or pushing our children? That’s a prospect raised by a new study in Pediatrics, which...
View ArticlePETA Goes After Assassin’s Creed For Its Depiction Of Whaling; Ubisoft...
I'm not sure why it is that PETA feels it needs to pick fights with video games, but it continues to do so even after its last couple of efforts (vs. Pokemon [catch ALL the fake animals!] and Cooking...
View ArticleLA child sex abuse case involving one of the 115 cardinals currently voting...
A child sex abuse case involving one of the 115 cardinals currently voting to elect the next pope has been settled for almost $10 million. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe NHS’s worst sex offender? GP used secret camera in watch to film sex...
A family doctor faces jail after secretly recording more than 200 women and girls using a tiny camera hidden inside his wristwatch during years of abuse at his surgery. Continue reading →
View Article“Paedophiles are not criminals” says Catholic cardinal
One of the cardinals who elected Pope Francis has claimed that in some cases paedophilia is not a crime Continue reading →
View ArticleUS clergy victims make demands of new pope
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most Roman Catholics are rejoicing at the election of Pope Francis, but alleged victims of clergy abuse in the U.S. are demanding swift and bold actions from the new Jesuit pontiff:...
View ArticleStudy: Women Abused As Kids More Likely To Have Children With Autism
The results are the first to suggest a trans-generational contributor to the developmental disorder. The study, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, is the first to examine the potential legacy...
View ArticleNebraska Police Chase Down Man Video Recording Their Abuse While Second Man...
Omaha police displayed an unbridled street gang brazenness when they chased a man who was video recording them abusing his brother into a private home, confiscating his phone and arresting him to...
View ArticleU.S. and the World – 10 Lawsuits Filed against Border Patrol for Abuse –...
After first promising to put her on a plane to New York, where she was born and lived with her parents, CBP agents later told her father they could not return her to “illegals,” and gave him one hour...
View ArticleCongress’ New CFAA Draft Could Have Put Aaron Swartz in Jail For Decades...
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View ArticleExperts Scratching Their Heads At House Judiciary’s Awful CFAA Reform Proposal
On Monday, we broke the news of the House Judiciary Committee circulating a terrible bill that would make the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) much worse, rather than better. It would expand...
View ArticleDoes physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect. [Arch Sex Behav. 2010] – PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and...
View ArticleFormer Wheatland hog farm employees convicted of animal abuse
Five former Wyoming Premium Farms employees were each placed on six months' probation after they were convicted on multiple counts of cruelty to animals. Continue reading →
View ArticleOccidental College Sexual Assault Response Subject Of Federal Complaints
Female Occidental College students, faculty and alumni say in a federal complaint that the Los Angeles school failed to take campus sex crimes seriously by improperly reporting and adjudicating sexual...
View Article“The First Ever Saudi Arabian Female Abuse Ad: It’s a start.”
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