Sexual Abuse

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Wilmington Diocese: Pedophile Priests Still Get Benefits

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 11.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Chapter 11, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Francis DeLuca, Diocese, Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse, Pedophile, Pervert, Home News

WILMINGTON, Del. — The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, churc...

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Shaniya Davis Still Missing: 5-Year-Old Girl's Mother Antoinette Nicole Davis Accused Of Child Abuse Involving Prostitution

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Daughter, Girl, Crime, Little Girl, Sold for Sex, North Carolina, Antoinette Nicole Davis, Mario Andrette Mcneill, Sexual Abuse, Pimped, Nc, Human Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Fayetteville North Caroline, Child Abuse, Shaniya Davis, Sold, Home News

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Authorities acted on a tip Sunday and searched a wide area in south-central North Carolina trying to find a 5-year-old girl...

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Precious Girls Everywhere

Malika Saada Saar | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Human Rights, Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Impact News

A powerful movement is emerging to invest in girls in developing nations who are cut down by violence. The voices of two young girls that I heard in Congress show that this is happening right under our noses.

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If It's Art, Must It Be Pornography?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, Children, Books, Writing, Media, Sexual Abuse, Strip Clubs, Pornography, Amazon.com, New Yourk Times, Art, Boston Globe, Reviews, Times Picayune, Eve Ensler, Strippers, Andre Dubus, Book Reviews, New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Vagina Monologues, Books News

I'm all for freedom expression even when it comes to veiled pornography, but I don't want to be tricked into buying it for God's sake.

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A Tough Call for Conservative Anglicans: Openly Gay Clergy, or Closeted Pedophiles?

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Episcopal Church, Catholic Church, Breaking Politics News, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Gay, Sexual Abuse, Episcopal Church Split, Politics News

Now all those disgruntled Episcopalians have a choice to make: stay on the team that accepts openly gay priests, or bolt for another team run by closeted homosexual pedophiles. It's a tough call.

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Mrs. Obama, There's a Call from Australia

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Michelle Obama, Violence Against Women, Child Abuse, Australia, Trish Kinney, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Child Sexual Abuse, World News

Sexual assault and abuse victims deserve our support, encouragement, validation and dignity. In fact, it seems we could learn a lot from our friends in Australia.

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The NFL in Pink and Other October Breast Cancer Surprises

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pink Ribbon, Nfl, Sexual Abuse, Race for the Cure, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Living News

The very symbol of American macho respected, supported, and honored American womanhood by acknowledging a disease that attacks the most visibly feminine part of ourselves.

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Standing with Miss America 1958

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Denver, Marilyn Van Derbur, Miss America, Incest, Sexual Abuse, Colorado, Child Sexual Abuse, Living News

Survivors of abuse cannot all stand in a single auditorium together. God knows there are far too many of us for that. But we can stand together. The time has come for us to be known and heard.

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A Beautiful Life

Deborah Calla | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Victims, Rape, Filmmaking, Incest, Survivors, Film, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Roman Polanski, Living News

I worry about people who are abused who are silent and surrounded by others who continue to blame them for their role as "victims" and perpetrate another painful form of abuse: the malice of ignorance.

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Poland and Polanski: Chemical Castration in the News

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sexual Violence, Pedophiles, Switzerland, Chemical Castration, Sexual Abuse, Swiss Ministry of Justice, California, Child Molestation, Statutory Rape, Poland, Zurich Film Festival, Roman Polanski, Sexual Predators, Child Sexual Abuse, Roman Polanski Arrest, Switzerland Extradition, Entertainment News

Changing people's attitudes about the rich and famous, or their ingrained gender biases, is a slow process, but that's where laws come in handy: some problems do have solutions.

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Mackenzie Phillips, Child Abuse and Divorce

Belinda Etezad Rachman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: MacKenzie Phillips, Child Abuse, Divorce, John Phillips, Sexual Abuse, John-Phillips-Incest, Child Sexual Abuse, Living News

Since the subject of sexual abuse of children is in the news, it might be a good time to review some of the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse.

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12-Year-Old Girl Dies While Giving Birth In Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Child Bride, Women's Rights, Sexual Violence, Sexual Health, Islam, Yemen, Children's Rights, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Women's Health, Underage Marriage, Childhood, World News

SAN'A, Yemen — A 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labor to give birth, a local human rights organization s...

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Sexual Misconduct By Prison Staff Members Doubled In Recent Years: Report

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Prison Reform, Prisons, Sexual Abuse, Prison, Prison Misconduct, Home News

Reports of sexual misconduct by prison staff members with federal inmates doubled over the past eight years, and government watchdogs called Thursday ...

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The Marks on Us

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Port Wine Stain, Self-Esteem, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Birthmark, Anxiety, Confidence, Worry, Living News

When asked about it, I just say "it's a birthmark," usually explaining that it doesn't hurt as children so often fear. Children are the ones who usually have the nerve to ask.

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Do Tell: Letters, Texts and Sleepovers

Trish Kinney | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Pornography, Bone Marrow Transplant, Birds and Bees, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program of North Carolina, Silver Platter Girl, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Texting, Living News

Such old-fashioned letters rarely bothered with the minutiae of a typical electronic transmission but instead were more focused on feelings and hopes and things that came straight from the heart.

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Spare Some Change... Spread Some Hope

Michael Leoni | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Spare Some Change, The Playground, Outreach, Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, Child Molestation, Prostitution, Child Abuse, Homelessness, Volunteering, Psychological-Abuse, Homeless, Child Prostitution, Street-Kids, Living News

Every minute in America, 1 kid will run away. Every day, 13 of those same kids will die on our streets. At this very moment, almost 2 million kids are living on our streets and of those 2 million, 650,000 of them are under the age of 15. These statistics are staggering but what's more shocking is the number of Americans who are unaware of this crisis.

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South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens

Alex Matthews | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

South Africa has a crisis of values in which men are brought up to believe they are entitled to treat women as objects to abuse, hurt, exploit, rape, harass, control and patronize.

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Prison Prevention for Kids: A Little Money Well Spent

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, California Prison System, At-Risk Youth, Camps for at-Risk Youth, Poverty, Prison, Children in Poverty, Alcoholism, Gang Prevention, Overcoming Poverty, Childhood Criminals, Drug Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Us-Prison-Overcrowding, Juvenile Crime, Living News

Intervention at the right age can turn a kid away from gangs, crime, and drugs for good whereas doling out stiff penalties only seems to result in more people going to prison.

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Sexual Abuse Victims Can Now Receive US Asylum In Reverse Of Bush Policy

nytimes.com | JULIA PRESTON | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Abuse Asylum, Obama Sexual Abuse Aslyum, Sex Abuse Asylum, Sexual Abuse Refugees, Sex, Sex Abuse, Asylum Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Immigration, Sexual Abuse, World News

The Obama administration has opened the way for foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse to receive asylum in the Un...

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A Eulogy for Michael Jackson's Childhood

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

Jackson would have been better off if "I Want You Back" wasn't in our iTunes libraries. He would have been better off if Off The Wall had never come out. If no one had ever heard of Bad or Thriller.

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Sexual Abuse Takes Toll on Victims

Trish Kinney | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Abuse, Chronic-Pain, Irritable-Bowel-Syndrome, Healing, Fibromyalgia, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Mayo Clinic, Living News

The emotional stress of being a victim of sexual abuse may lead to physical illness such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and even cancer.

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States Need to Stop Telling Child Victims They're SOL

Irwin Zalkin | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sol, Statute of Limitations, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse Victim, Sexual Assault, Politics News

Most sexual abuse victims will take years to come to grips with the abuse, by which time they are usually left without criminal and civil recourse. Why? Because the governing statutes of limitations ("SOLs") typically block them from seeking a remedy.

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Melissa Huckaby and the Unthinkable Sex Object

Deborah King | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Melissa-Huckaby-Rape, Rape With Foreign Object, Sandra Cantu, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Melissa Huckaby, Living News

As horrifying as the murder of an 8-year-old is, the truly unimaginable aspect of the Melissa Huckaby case, for most people, is her use of a foreign object to rape Sandra Cantu.

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Huckaby: Abuser Was Abused?

Deborah King | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Rihanna, Kidnapping, Chris Brown, Death Penalty, Sandra Cantu, Satanic Ritual Abuse, Tyra Banks, Sexual Abuse, Melissa Huckaby, Living News

As upsetting and shocking as the circumstances of the child's death are, it doesn't mean Huckaby is crazy. Emotionally traumatized, with no functional way to release her pain and anger, yes.

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'Italian Fritzl' Arrested With Son For Enslaving Daughter: Police

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Italian Fritzl, Child Abuse, Abuse, Crime, Josef Fritzl, Italy, Josef Frizl Sentence, Sexual Abuse, Europe, Italian Josef Fritzl, Josef Fritzl Trial, Sexual Violence, Rape, Austria, Fritzl, Italian Frizl, Turin Abused Daughter 25 Years, Italian Man Who Raped His Daughter, World News

An Italian man from Turin has been arrested for sexually abusing his daughter for over 25 years and encouraging his son to do the same. This case has...

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