The sexual harm helpline can be accessed free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone, text, website, online chat and email.
Social networking sites and online forums are becoming a safe space for people to find supportive online communities where they can self-disclose sensitive matters anonymously without fearing an adverse reaction….
The Royal Commission on Abuse in Care has just delivered its much-delayed final report. But an earlier report, filed in December 2021, said abuse survivors needed an independent payment scheme…
Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa publishes part two of a research study on effective support services for male suriviors of sexual violence.
A Christchurch park and road have been renamed to remove the reminder of the dark past of Marylands School. From Thursday, the former Marylands Reserve and Marylands Place will be…
Philip Chapman has been recognised for his support to men in hardship.
Peer support services are rapidly gaining mainstream acceptance thanks to recent federal initiatives, new reimbursement opportunities and the fallout from the opioid crisis.
Report by Jo Reilly, Churchill Fellowship 2023
For the men who survived “evil” sexual and physical abuse in a Catholic boys’ home in Christchurch, last week was the first time authority figures gave them a reason to…
Auckland’s Dilworth boarding school was set up to to provide education to boys from disadvantaged backgrounds for free.
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…
