The sexual harm helpline can be accessed free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone, text, website, online chat and email.
Research on barriers that exist for male victims/survivors of sexual abuse in relation to disclosing their experiences is limited. This article shares qualitative data in relation to disclosure and help-seeking…
Lived experience allyship in mental health services: Recommendations for improved uptake of allyship roles in support of peer workforces.
Opinion: As the ink dries on the Royal Commission’s report in abuse in state care, what must it be like for survivors to witness the Government’s direction on boot camps…
Former Marist Brother Charles Afeaki will be sentenced in May for his abuse of two 11-year-old boys in the 1970s. The wealthy Marist Brothers will pay out just $45,000 in…
A study exploring how South Asian cultural norms shape disclosure and help-seeking for male survivors in the UK. By B. Kennath Widanaralalage, Stacey Jennings, Coral Dando, Jay-Marie Mackenzie
A person who says former Whanganui priest Father Damian Carlile sexually abused him has decided to join a settlement case started by another complainant, Bo Tamati.
The Lancet Psychiatry (one of the most influencial journals of Psychiatry globally) now require authors to declare involvement of lived experience in research published in the journal:
Ma te rongo, ka mohio;Ma te mohio, ka marama;Ma te marama, ka matau;Ma te matau, ka ora.Through listening comes awareness; through awareness comes understanding; through understanding comes knowledge; through knowledge comes…
This scoping review of the international literature was commissioned by the Peer Support Five Year Strategy Working Group established by the Health Service Executive (HSE) Mental Health Engagement and Recovery…
A Marlborough sports coach facing a raft of charges relating to sexual offences against children has had four more charges laid against him.
A major police investigation into abuse at Gloriavale has identified more than 100 potential victims of crimes spanning about four decades, Stuff can reveal.
Charles Afeaki, a Marist Brother and schoolteacher, was prolific in his sexual offending against his pupils in the 1970s. This month, he stood trial again on charges which have ruined…
“From that day on, I was terrified,” an alleged victim of sexual abuse by Marist Brother and schoolteacher Charles Afeaki told an interviewing police detective.
A Victorian jury has delivered a stinging rebuke to the Catholic Church, awarding $3.3 million to the victim of a notorious paedophile after the church argued compensation should be only…
Best known for their door-to-door evangelising, Jehovah’s Witnesses are on a quest to save the ‘wicked’ from damnation. For victims of sexual abuse within the organisation, however, that quest has…
Prominent leaders within New Zealand’s Catholic Church are being investigated by police over historical allegations of abuse.
To the Prime Minister and every Member of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Commonwealth Parliament. This is an open letter which will be circulated to the…
Crown lawyers endure strong questioning from a panel of judges as Newsroom goes to court to overturn a ban on a video investigation into Oranga Tamariki. Tim Murphy reports.
A King’s College teacher jailed for child abuse offences in the UK was being supervised by a man now known to be a serial paedophile, a mother of a former…
A man who raped and sexually assaulted fellow high school students at parties is asking the Supreme Court to keep his name secret – despite three survivors of his offending…
A recent report produced by the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, University of Technology Sydney.
A damning independent inquiry into sexual and physical abuse at Auckland’s Dilworth School has uncovered a “catalogue of damage and injustice” spanning more than half a century, from 1950 to…
“Confronting”. That’s how Tim Whaitiri Henderson, of Dove Hawke’s Bay, describes the “Hopeful Horizons” exhibition that will be showcased as part of the 2023 Fotofest in Hawke’s Bay.
The Jehovah’s Witness church has been fighting scrutiny from a national inquiry into the historical abuse of children for three years, court documents show.
