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Azra Beach was sexually abused in her foster home and government workers did nothing, commission hears

Azra Beach's earliest memories are not happy ones — she was sexually abused by a member of her foster family. And the state government department responsible for child safety did nothing, she tells the commission of inquiry.

ABC News

Tasmanian foster carer 'broke girl's arm'

A woman who was sexually and physically abused while in Tasmania's foster care system says she is still waiting for an apology from the state government.

AAP

New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward

Bart Barber, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is vowing to expedite sex abuse reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination

The Independent UK

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‘It’s such a horrible thing’: devastating film examines sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts

In Leave No Trace, survivors speak about what they endured under the Boy Scouts of America, leading to the biggest sexual abuse settlement in history

The Guardian - US

Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim approves resolutions designed to fight sex abuse

ANAHEIM, Calif. — More than 8,000 members of the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to take action to stem a sexual abuse scandal that has stunned members and caused rifts within the largest Protestant denomination in America.

Los Angeles Times

Assault evidence limited, Tas inquiry told

An inquiry examining sexual abuse in Tasmania's public institutions has been told evidence gathered about a child-on-child assault is limited.

AAP

Aboriginal children over-represented in out-of-home care and community ignored, abuse inquiry hears

Teenagers at risk of homelessness are allowed by Tasmania's child protection service to live in unsafe environments, the state's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hears.

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Editorial: Bail’s purpose is freedom, not jail

Megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García was sentenced last week to nearly 17 years in state prison after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse, putting an end to a case that in its early days made headlines for the astonishingly high $50 million bail amount set by the court.

Los Angeles Times

Southern Baptist Convention passes 2 reforms on sexual abuse

The reforms passed include a "mechanism to track credible accusations against ministers and pastors."

Axios

EU law would require Big Tech to do more to combat child sexual abuse, but a key question remains: How?

The European Commission recently proposed regulations to protect children by requiring tech companies to scan the content in their systems for child sexual abuse material. This is an extraordinarily wide-reaching and ambitious effort that would have broad implications beyond the European Union’s borders, including in the U.S.

The Conversation

Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal

A devastating yearlong investigation into the executive committee of the largest conservative evangelical denomination in the U.S., the Southern Baptist Convention, has documented widespread claims of sex abuse including accusations of rape, cover-ups and gross mistreatment of women seeking justice.

The Conversation

‘You feel shame’: Patrice Evra opens up about sexual abuse as he joins ‘end violence’ campaign

Evra revealed that ‘shame’ caused him to lie to the police when they enquired about his abuser later in life

The Independent UK

Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry hears of alleged abuse in foster care by man accused of underage sex

A witness tells Tasmania's child sexual abuse inquiry she and her sibling were left at a foster home where an alleged child abuser was living, as figures show the out-of-home-care system receives one report of abuse every week.

ABC News

One abuse claim a week, Tas inquiry told

An inquiry has been told an allegation of child sexual abuse in Tasmania's out-of-home care system is made on average once a week.

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North Texas pastor among candidates for next president of Southern Baptist Convention

DALLAS — Members of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, will have an important decision to make at their annual meeting this week: who to elect as their next president.

The Guardian - US

US Southern Baptist churches facing ‘apocalypse’ over sexual abuse scandal

A report named hundreds of church leaders accused or found guilty of abusing children and says survivors were mistreated

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: Talking about the Southern Baptist sex abuse scandal with Pastor P.J. Tibayan

LOS ANGELES — More than 8,000 Southern Baptists will descend on Anaheim next week for the annual meeting of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States — the first time in 41 years that the two-day meeting has been held in California.

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New confidential helpline 'Stop It Now! Australia' aims to prevent child sexual abuse

From late August, adults who are worried about their sexual thoughts or behaviours involving children will be able to contact 'Stop it Now! Australia', a confidential phone and online service aimed at preventing child sexual abuse.

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Benzinga

Amazon's Encrypted Chat App Faces Charges Of Child Abuse

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) Amazon Web Services' encrypted messaging app Wickr Me has become a thriving destination for the exchange of child sexual abuse images, the NBC News reports citing court documents, online communities, law enforcement, and anti-exploitation activists. Experts and law enforcement officials alleged Amazon hardly addressed the problem, further encouraging such activities…

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Canberra child rapist John Paul Garay sentenced to five years in jail for eight charges of child sexual abuse

John Paul Garay was found guilty of eight historical charges of child sexual abuse against the young son of a family friend in the 1980s.

The Conversation

Virtual child sexual abuse material depicts fictitious children – but can be used to disguise real abuse

Child sexual abuse material (previously known as child pornography) can be a confronting and uncomfortable topic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Episcopal settlement is reminder institutions must do more to protect children from abuse

Transparency about abuse is also essential. Learning from past mistakes will help keep more children from becoming abuse victims.

The Independent UK

Lawsuit: LA shelter for kids was a den for sexual abuse

More than 30 people have filed a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse at a now-closed Los Angeles County shelter for kids waiting placement in foster homes

The Canberra Times

'A global scourge': eSafety Commission records increase in online child abuse material

Australia's eSafety Commissioner is calling for greater global cooperation to stop online child sexual abuse.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘Peter was a goldfish in a shark tank’

The girl described as the “most credible” witness in the infamous Christchurch Civic Creche case speaks out for the first time.

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