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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stung by a television news segment alleging racial discrimination in the settlement process for victims of clergy sexual abuse, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago unveiled a report today showing no evidence of discrimination in determining financial settlements. In fact, the report produced by Chicago law firm Pugh, Jones, Johnson & Quandt, found that the average settlement for African-American...
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The Star (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
The case of two men and a woman arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of children in a home was postponed in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court yesterday.
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TimesDaily.com (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
By Tom Smith, Senior Staff Writer A former Franklin County resident has been indicted after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman when she was a child.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Several family members who say they were sexually abused as children by adult relatives remember being taken to various locations and photographed with naked men, police investigators said in a search warrant released Thursday.
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Kate Addict (Free subscription) | yesterday
It is very real. I have read enough zines to finally be completely fed up with it. Abuse is abuse is abuse every bit as much as love is love is love. The GLBT community does not like to talk about this because of the stigma already associated with being gay, lesbian, bi, or transgendered to [...]
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Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal judge today sentenced three people who concocted a bizarre scheme to stage a sexual assault in Waldo to boost the payoff of a civil lawsuit.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Broward County authorities are looking for a man they say broke into an elderly woman's home and sexually assaulted her.
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | yesterday
( Michigan Technological University ) It's a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB). Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug. Now, a team of Ohio and Michigan scientists have determined new routes by which 4-HB is metabolized by the body. "This is new and important information," said K. Michael Gibson, professor and chair of...
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Holly's Fight for Justice (Free subscription) | yesterday
November 19, 2009, By Tobi Cohen, THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Canada should take a page from the Americans and expand its network of kid-friendly, one-stop shops for treating sexually abused children, says the federal watchdog for crime victims. As the country marks National Child Day on Friday and the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Steve Sullivan is
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rocklin police announced Thursday that a DNA match had led to an arrest in an alleged sexual assault that occurred nearly two years ago. A news release provided these details: On Jan. 1, 2008, officers responded in the early morning hours to a report of a sexual assault in the 5400 block of Quane Road. The alleged victim, 27, was a man who had come to a party there on New Years Eve and decided to...
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Baby Chums (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A Michigan father, Jamar Pinkney Sr, 37, is accused of killing his son after learning the 15-year-old teen may have sexually abused a 3-year-old toddler. The father played both judge, jury and executioner in this bizarre real life story. Jamar Pinkney Sr was enraged after learning his teen son Jamar Pinkney Jr. had, “inappropriate contact” with [...] Source: Baby Chums
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Newswise (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
4-HB is a naturally occurring brain chemical that can be abused or used as a date-rape drug if taken by mouth.
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A preliminary report commissioned by the U.S. Catholic Bishops in response to priest sex abuse scandals finds no evidence that gay priests are more likely to abuse minors than their straight counterparts. This is in rather striking contradiction to a Vatican statement issued September 28 of this year, placing the blame for the sex abuse scandal squarely on the shoulders of gay priests. Once again,...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Missouri investigators say several family members who say they were sexually abused as children by adult relatives remember being taken to various locations and photographed with naked men.
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abyss2hope: A rape survivor's zigza (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
From Homelessness Info (Australia) I found a paper on this often overlooked topic of homelessness and sexual assault: The paper shows the significance of the issues of sexual assault and abuse to the issue of homelessness. It describes the high prevalence of sexual assault of people who are homeless, particularly of young and adult women. It documents ways that standard homelessness "solutions"...