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Maryland attorney general releases report on Catholic clergy abuse in Baltimore archdiocese

BALTIMORE — A grand jury report revealing the devastating extent of child sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore and its efforts to cover up the problem became public Wednesday, four years after the start of an investigation survivors had long lobbied for and on the cusp of…

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Maryland attorney general releases report on decades of sex abuse by Catholic priests

The redacted report paints a damning picture of abuse allegations against nearly 160 priests, involving more than 600 victims and spanning 80 years, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore's response.

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Maryland AG releases report on Catholic Church sex abuse

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Catholic priests and examining the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s response

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Review: Lizzie Marvelly on abortion

A history of abortion is told by a writer with close ties to the sexual abuse community of Centrepoint

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Twenty-one convicted in West Midlands child sexual abuse inquiry

Investigation uncovered ‘appalling catalogue of sexual abuse’ against seven children over almost a decade

The Guardian - UK

‘Unacceptable delays’: Police leaving vulnerable children at risk of sexual abuse online

Officers are taking up to 18 months to make an arrest after becoming aware that a youngster is at risk

The Independent UK

Police leaving vulnerable children at risk of sexual abuse online, report finds

Time between police becoming aware that a child is at risk and an arrest being made can be as long as 18 months

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Police ‘take up to 18 months’ to make arrests in online child sexual abuse cases

Poor investigative practices and unacceptable delays leave children vulnerable, official report finds

The Guardian - UK

Not even Suella Braverman’s own department agrees with her about ‘grooming gangs’

Child sexual abuse in the UK is rife and requires multiple solutions. All our home secretary gives us is baseless prejudice, writes Ella Cockbain, an associate professor of crime science

The Guardian - UK

Extension granted for Tassie child abuse inquiry report

Tasmania's inquiry into child sexual abuse in government institutions has been granted a four-month extension for its final report.

AAP

Kansas lawmakers pass bill to help child sex abuse survivors

Kansas legislators have given final approval to a bill that would make it easier to pursue criminal charges or file lawsuits over childhood sexual abuse years after the abuse occurred

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Sunak’s grooming crackdown: blunt tools will do more harm than good

Editorial: Child sexual abuse victims deserve more from ministers than divisive stereotypes and inflammatory language

The Guardian - UK

No 10 denies using dog-whistle politics in grooming gangs crackdown

Rishi Sunak claims victims previously ignored ‘due to cultural sensitivity and political correctness’

The Guardian - UK

Malka Leifer found guilty of sexual abuse of former students

Malka Leifer, former principal of the Orthodox Jewish Adass Israel school in Melbourne, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two former students.

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Kentucky Attorney General's office announces nearly $220K in grants for child advocacy centers

Thursday, Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office announced nearly $220,000 in grants for child sexual abuse prevention efforts around the state. Heather Wagers is the executive director of the A-Gs Office of Trafficking and Abuse Prevention and Prosecution.

The Independent UK

Grooming gangs don’t just come ‘from one ethnic background’, Tories warned

‘Vast majority of sexual abuse cases do not involve ethnic minorities’, says Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak pledges to end ‘political correctness’ over grooming gangs

The Prime Minister was warned against focusing on race as Labour said the ‘vast majority’ of sexual abuse cases do not involve ethnic minorities.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak refuses to back Braverman’s widely criticised claim about racial nature of grooming gangs – as it happened

Prime minister says offenders have been protected by ‘political correctness’ as he announces ‘grooming gangs taskforce’

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Manchester Evening News

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to visit Greater Manchester today

The PM is launching a new taskforce to tackle child grooming gangs

The Guardian - UK

NSPCC warns against framing grooming gangs problem as ethnicity-based

Sir Peter Wanless welcomes creation of taskforce but says ‘there must be a focus on more than just race’

The Independent UK

Sunak announces grooming gang crackdown as Tories accused of ‘dog whistle’ politics

Government wants ethnicity data to be used by new police taskforce

The Guardian - AU

Victorian court upholds ruling finding Catholic church liable for sexual abuse by paedophile priest

Landmark decision expected to help countless other survivors achieve more compensation for abuse suffered from clergy

The New Daily

Child abuse is ‘disturbingly prevalent’ across nation

The physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children is "disturbingly prevalent" across the nation with long-term impacts on victims through life,

AAP

Disturbing scale of child abuse delivers 'wake-up call'

One in three Australian children suffer physical abuse while one in four suffer sexual abuse, according to a new nationwide study.

The Independent UK

‘Political correctness’ will not stop crackdown on grooming gangs, says PM

Ministers are promising tougher sentences and new support for local forces to protect children from abuse.

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