Child Abuse

Priest leaves over child abuse claims

ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Roman Catholic priest in Northern Ireland was asked to leave his post over child abuse claims dating back to the mid-1970’s, it was announced today.

Priest abuse claim investigated

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Police are investigating an allegation of child abuse made against a priest who works in Ballymena.

Suspected child abuse cases soar

Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | yesterday

THE number of investigations into the neglect and abuse of children under the age of two have risen 10 per cent in two years, it emerged yesterday.

• Suspected child abuse cases soar - News Scotsman

Priest leaves post over child abuse allegations

Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Roman Catholic priest in the North was asked to leave his post over child abuse claims dating back to the mid-1970’s, it was announced today.

Grandparents for early Intervention of Child Abuse.

Chatterblog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Rise in child abuse investigations(UKPA) – 1 day ago Cases of children under the age of two being investigated over concerns of neglect and abuse have risen 10% in two years, it has emerged. New research shows the cases of more than 5,600 babies and toddlers are being looked into, the Herald newspaper reported. In the past two years the number of under two-year-olds referred is said to have increased...

Parents of Rape Victim Charged With Felony Child Abuse

Fox News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges.

US father ’shot child abuse son’

American Election 2008 (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

A US man is charged with murder for allegedly shooting his teenage son dead on suspicion he had inappropriate contact with a three-year-old girl.

More social workers for the elderly

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

SINGAPORE: The elderly man was being physically and psychologically abused by his wife, but their son � the sole caregiver to the couple and their intellectually disabled daughter � was unable to effectively intervene because he had to work.

Britblog Roundup - The Power of the Blogosphere edition

Is there more to life than shoes? (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

What ho! Welcome to this latest edition of the Britblog roundup. In writing this edition is has brought home more than ever the importance of the work we all do, no matter what our political persuasion or what we write about. The fact that we do is vital to our culture and freedoms and should be whole heartedly embraced. That leads me straight into the first subject which Matt Wardman has written about....

March for democracy threat to be taken to other cities? LMAO

TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Anti-smacking march may move to other cities The organisers of an Auckland protest against the anti-smacking legislation are threatening to take their march to other cities, but say their next step will be determined by Prime Minister John Key. LMAO – Oh god if you were Colin Craig’s accountant you’d be contemplating suicide wouldn’t you? After blowing $450 000 and promising...

North Logan dad arrested after baby critically injured

Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday

Police have arrested a Cache County man suspected of severely beating his infant son. The 36-year-old North Logan man called 911 Wednesday afternoon to report his 4-month-old son wasn't breathing, said North Park police Sgt.

'Obama Pride' Official Starts 'Church Outing' Website to Expose (or Smear) Catholic Priests

NewsBusters (Free subscription) | yesterday

Blogger Amanda Hess of the Washington City Paper suggests a new story for The Washington Post on the gay left waging war on the Catholic Church over the city council's imposition of "gay marriage" rules without a referendum: A new Web site hopes to use the oldest trick in the book to combat the Catholic Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage : A good, old-fashioned forced outing!...

Cyberspace ≠ big bad wood: children and the Net

Play Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here's an essay I wrote for my old employer, The Sunday Herald in Scotland, on children and the internet (the uncut version is below, here's the edited version). I was commissioned under the headline, "Who's afraid of the big bad...

Saving the World, One Baby Butt at a Time

LA Moms Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's all Katie Couric's fault. I'm a full-time out-of-the-home working mother. I have two little boys under 5. I have an often demanding job and a total of 1.5 hours of commute time daily. I have a giant mountain of...

Last great rock band -- Guns N Roses?

Dusk in Autumn (Free subscription) | yesterday

I've been thinking more about this post on age, generations, and pop music that Steve Sailer posted from a reader. My take is that the decline of quality rock music doesn't stem from a lack of young people: there have been echo booms that should've allowed for something good to emerge, and anyways how many young people does it take to make good music? It's not as though we went through a