Child Abuse
# child-abuse - Monday 17 June, 2013
Former BBC presenter Stuart Hall jailed for 15 months for sex assaults
The 83-year-old former broadcaster admitted to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls as young as nine.
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# child-abuse - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day…
Over 3,000 disclosures of child abuse to Women’s Aid last year, up 55 per cent
Women’s Aid has said that the more severe the domestic violence against a mother, the more likely as child is to be abused in the home.
# child-abuse - Thursday 6 June, 2013
Many emigrants fled Ireland because they were the victims of sexual abuse
Physical and sexual abuse and parents with alcohol or drug problems were listed as some of the main reasons why people left Ireland in the past.
# child-abuse - Thursday 30 May, 2013
Man found guilty of murdering 5-year-old April Jones
The young girl’s body has still never been found, though blood and tiny bone fragments that were a near-perfect DNA match were found at Bridger’s cottage.
# child-abuse - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
One allegation of abuse within Catholic Church in 2012
The annual report of the National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) said two allegations of abuse have taken place since the turn of the millennium.
# child-abuse - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Seven convicted of operating paedophile sex ring in Oxford
Children as young as 11-years-old were abused by what prosecutors called “vicious sexual predators”.
Accused in Tia Sharp murder sentenced to 38 years in prison
Stuart Hazell unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty yesterday, admitting to killing the 12-year-old before stuffing her body in an attic.
# child-abuse - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Children’s Minister ‘constantly amazed’ at lack of basic services
In a recent broad-ranging interview, Frances Fitzgerald talks about schools being ‘too ashamed’ to stand up to bullying, ‘unacceptable’ waiting lists and ‘bad news’ in service inspections.
# child-abuse - Monday 29 April, 2013
Independent Welsh investigation receives 140 allegations of child abuse
Operation Pallial has now been handed over to the National Crime Agency.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Catholic child abuse: 164 allegations against 85 priests have led to zero convictions
“I am one of the fortunate survivors to have succeeded in securing a criminal conviction against one of two Spiritan priests who sexually abused me,” writes campaigner Mark Vincent Healy.
Catholic Church audits show progress in child protection
The third tranche of reviews have been welcomed by survivor advocacy group One in Four.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
HSE and Education Department also reviewing ‘Donal Lovely’ records
In 2002, the Irish teacher faced 56 charges of sexual abuse involving 11 victims but the case never went ahead.
# child-abuse - Monday 15 April, 2013
Calls for gardaí to reinvestigate Domhnall Ó Lubhlaí case
The deceased founder of one of the largest Irish colleges in the country is the subject of historic allegations of sexual abuse against dozens of children.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Man who killed girlfriend’s baby in sex assault looking for mercy
Steven Smith may face death penalty in Ohio should intent to kill be proven.
# child-abuse - Friday 22 March, 2013
Priest dismissed over complaints of child sexual abuse
A number of complaints of sexual abuse of minors against the priest have been upheld by a canonical penal trial today.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Los Angeles diocese pay out €10 million to four abuse victims
Files released last month revealed how a Cardinal had discussed how to cover up alleged crimes. He is now at the Vatican, choosing a new pope.
# child-abuse - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Mistakes in Savile case ‘could happen all over again’
A review of allegations made against Jimmy Savile during his lifetime found mistakes were made by the police between 1964 and 2012.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
European Court of Human Rights to hear Cork woman’s abuse case
Louise O’Keeffe claims that the State is liable for abuse she suffered at the hands of a school principal in Kinsale, Co Cork in the 1970s.
# child-abuse - Friday 15 February, 2013
DPP to appeal Patrick O’Brien sentence
Fiona Doyle said today that she may also pursue her mother in the courts.
# child-abuse - Thursday 7 February, 2013
Indian child sex victims ‘mistreated, humiliated’ – report
The report found that children who complain of sexual abuse are often dismissed or ignored by police and other officials.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Vatican receives around 600 abuse cases every year, says prosecutor
The Vatican’s new chief prosecutor said many of the cases date back to the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
# child-abuse - Sunday 3 February, 2013
‘Margaret died of her slave-related injuries’: a Magdalene daughter shares her story
“Margaret was committed to industrial school in 1954. She was 2 yrs 4 mths old. She left 49 years later in a coffin.”
# child-abuse - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Catholic Cardinal in LA removed from duties over abuse shielding
Cardinal Roger Mahony has been stripped of his administrative duties and court-ordered to release thousands of pages of confidential files on sexually abusive priests.
# child-abuse - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Fiona Doyle case has ‘filled the nation with revulsion’ – Taoiseach
The release on bail, pending an appeal, of an elderly man who repeatedly raped his daughter when she was younger was raised at Leaders’ Questions.
# child-abuse - Monday 7 January, 2013
Stuart Hall pleads not guilty to indecent assault of young girls
The 83-year-old former BBC presenter was charged in December after allegations were made to police.
# child-abuse - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Poll: Should sex offenders be electronically tagged after prison?
Minister Alan Shatter is expected to introduce laws to increase monitoring of sex offenders, but should they be tagged after serving their sentence?
# child-abuse - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Barnardos highlights problem of ‘loverboys’ in child prostitution
June Tinsely of Barnardos said young men who act as boyfriends to teenage girls coerce them into having sex with other men.
# child-abuse - Friday 7 December, 2012
German Catholic Church says 66 clergy accused of sex abuse
A new study says the clergy has been accused of 576 cases of sexual assault between 2000 and 2010.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
BBC commentator Stuart Hall charged with indecently assaulting children
The charges are that Hall indecently assaulted three girls between 1974 and 1984.
# child-abuse - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Facebook ordered to remove sex offender monitoring page
Facebook was given 72 hours to take down the original page which contained a photo and comments about a convicted sex offender.
# child-abuse - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Man arrested by police investigating Savile scandal
The man in his 60s was arrested in Bedfordshire this morning on suspicion of sexual offences.
# child-abuse - Monday 12 November, 2012
BBC showed ‘basic’ journalistic failings in abuse story
An internal investigation at the BBC has found “basic” journalistic failures in a news report which wrongly accused a senior politician of child abuse.
New York Times in spotlight as ex-BBC chief takes reins
Mark Thompson assumed his new role at The New York Times today amid questions about whether the crisis engulfing the BBC would spill over to the US news organisation.
# child-abuse - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
Victims of child sex abuse wait 25 years to report abuse
New figures from the Rape Crisis Network found people who had been abused as children made up the majority of cases of people seeking counselling last year.
# child-abuse - Friday 2 November, 2012
Newspaper ad from 1838 lays bare how society viewed those in Magdalene Laundries
In announcing a “charity sermon,” it speaks of “numberless unhappy females whom it has reclaimed from vice by religious and moral instructions”.
# child-abuse - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
Man charged in Belfast in relation to 1970s sex offences
The 88-year-old man is due to appear in court next Wednesday.
# child-abuse - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Gary Glitter released on bail
The former singer has been released on bail after being arrested in connection with child abuse allegations as part of investigations into Jimmy Savile.
Column: We must stop claiming that ‘we never knew’ about child abuse
It’s a common refrain that widespread abuse was only exposed in recent decades – but the real story is very different, writes Fin Dwyer.
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