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The Labor senator Kristina Keneally has blasted Melbourne’s Catholic archbishop for his response to Cardinal George Pell losing his appeal against child sexual abuse convictions. Keneally, herself a prominent Catholic,…
On Wednesday, Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal to overturn a conviction of child sexual assault. Chief Justice Anne Ferguson, Justice Chris Maxwell and Justice Mark Weinberg of the Victorian…
In response to concerns expressed within our survivor community, and to foster a more informed understanding of male circumcision as it presents in our contemporary society, MSA commissioned the attached…
There’s hope the government’s Criminal Justice Summit will be more than just talk. The two-day conference kicked off last night, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on all those present…
A study examining the importance of preserving the values and ethos of user-led peer support and self-help in the context of new policies to professionalise peer support. There is a…
The first Procedural hearing of the Abuse in Care Inquiry is on Monday, 19 August at 10am at Rydges Hotel, Federal Street in Auckland. Published in Abuse in State Care…
Boys’ experience of abuse may be construed as consensual or desired. They often aren’t even thought of as potential victims. This has to change Published in The Independent
A 52-year-old man charged with the rape of young girls and making recordings now faces seven additional charges as a police investigation continues. Equestrian Andrew Alan Williams was arrested in…
DRYDEN, Mich. — The visiting priests arrived discreetly, day and night. Stripped of their collars and cassocks, they went unnoticed in a series of tiny Midwestern towns as they were…
A former senior member of Gloriavale Christian Community has been convicted of child sex abuse, the Herald can finally reveal following a long legal battle against court suppression orders. The…
A US study has revealed that female sex offenders are more common than first thought. While cultural stereotypes lead us to consider sexual offences by women as rare, a team…
Sir Anand Satyanand’s sudden resignation from the abuse inquiry is being seen as another sign the Royal Commission is dysfunctional. Published in Radio New Zealand
Sir Anand Satyanand has played down claims that his resignation as chair of the Abuse in Care Inquiry is a sign something is not working with the inquiry. Yesterday Sir…
The head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in Care, Sir Anand Satyanand, has announced he is stepping down from the job. Sir Anand has chaired the…
Sir Anand Satyanand is stepping down as chair of the Royal Commission into Historic Abuse in state and religious institutional care. The first public hearing is scheduled in seven weeks…
The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (SECASA) provides services in Victoria, Australia within the Mornington Peninsula, City of Frankston, Bayside, Port Phillip, Stonnington Glen Eira and Kingston local government…
Braving the stigma of male child abuse by a family member nonetheless is a large ordeal. But nothing could stop the staunch determination of Harish Iyer to come out and…
This data summary is one of six produced by the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (NZFVC) in 2017. The other five data summaries are concerned with Family Violence Deaths, Violence…
Christopher Anderson helps de-stigmitize male sexual abuse and promote male survivors mental health and healing. Watch the video here on YouTube (five minutes) by APA Division 56 – Trauma Psychology…
More than 20 teachers have had their registration cancelled after being convicted of sex offences in the past five years. And more than 330 have had allegations of sexual misconduct…
A 37-year-old woman has been charged following an investigation into sexual allegations at a Blenheim school. Police said the woman, understood to be a former teacher at Marlborough Boys’ College,…
Peter Ellis is dying and has been diagnosed with terminal cancer as his lawyer fights for one last appeal against his convictions for sexually abusing seven children at a childcare…
Pastor Seth Shelley takes us on an emotional and at times difficult journey about male sexual violence. He brings forward his own story of sexual assault to ask men to…
OPINION: Important ideas often stumble on the detail, something the Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical abuse in state care is fast finding out. A potentially life-changing concept that would…
