Members said Leo acknowledged the significance of meeting with an activist organization. Popes Francis and Benedict XVI met with individual victims but had kept advocacy groups at arm's length. The post Pope Leo meets with board of global organization of clergy sexual abuse victims to talk zero-tolerance appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
The Vatican’s child protection board said Thursday the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal. The post Vatican report says clergy sex abuse victims need reparations and tangible sanctions to heal appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Johnny Hunt is suing the Southern Baptist Convention, the SBC Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions for defamation and invasion of privacy for making public the story of his “brief, inappropriate, extramarital encounter with a married woman” in 2010.| Baptist News Global
Online rumors about child sexual abuse against Viktor Orbán’s deputy Zsolt Semjén has been brought into the political mainstream by a heated exchange in the Hun| English
Understanding sexual abuse in nursing homes can help protect loved ones and demand accountability from facilities. Get the facts now.| Nursing Home Abuse Center
In recent years, Irish society has started to pay more attention to an issue that has been silently harming people for some time —intimate image abuse, also known as image-based sexual abuse. This happens when someone creates, shares or threatens to share sexual or intimate images of a person without their consent. It can involve […] The post Intimate Image Abuse: The Hidden Harm and How Psychotherapy Can Help appeared first on Mind & Body Works.| Mind & Body Works
In her new book, ‘Rehab: An American Scandal,’ Shoshana Walter explores how the giant substance treatment industry keeps failing many people desperate for help.| The Marshall Project
Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct.| The Marshall Project
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn One persistent criticism we’ve seen recently that’s related to a number of sexual abuse cases at churches is the idea that a big part of the problem is with “megachurches.” It’s true that many of the recent reports of moral failure or abuse have been in large churches, but does the size …| Phil Cooke
Kylelle Brown was sentenced to 60 months for having sexual relations with a minor student on multiple occasions.| Campus Safety Magazine
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers Six Oregon men are on an official SBC list of accused Baptist sexual abusers. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released a list naming over 700 men accused of sexually abusing or assaulting people in Baptist churches. Over 50 of the accused abusers were in western […] The post Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on March 4, 2022 that it has charged former Beaverton mayor Dennis “Denny” Doyle with possessing child pornography. Doyle is 73 years old. He served as a councilman in Beaverton for more than a decade. He was elected as Beaverton’s mayor in 2008. He served three terms until 2020. The […] The post Former Beaverton, OR Mayor “Denny” Doyle Charged with Possessing Child Pornography appeared first on Dum...| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Understanding sexual abuse is hard. And who wants to try? Sexual abuse is not a subject anyone wants to think about, let alone read about and study. But our clients live with the sexual abuse they went through when they were kids, or sexual assault as adults, so Ashley and I try to learn as […] The post Understanding Sexual Abuse – Books, Experience, and Listening to our Clients appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
15-year-old Timothy Ferguson (b.c. 2007) was tortured and starved to death by his mother, Shanda Vander Ark, and his 20-year-old brother, Paul Ferguson (b.c. 2002). Timothy was homeschooled. His 7-year-old brother R. (b.c. 2015) also lived in the home but was not reported to be abused. Timothy was homeschooled because of his disabilities—he was autistic […] The post Timothy Ferguson appeared first on Homeschooling's Invisible Children.| Homeschooling's Invisible Children
Photography by Luis Rosado who has lived with an array of mental health challenges. Being sexually molested as a child, ptsd, anxiety, depression, alcoholism and more have taken their toll on him over the years. He feels like he lost years of growth due to his mental health challenges. About this photo: “This image is called ‘Vanishing […]| Broken Light Collective
