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page will carry news items of general interest (not specific cases or
anything like that) from around the world that may interest victims and
supporters. Stories will be filed under the order of occurrence. If you have stories of such a nature from your country, we would love you to Email them to us (using the contact form) so that we can include the stories on this page. PLEASE NOTE: Many of the story links on our site are only written in the language of the country concerned. Where a news story details are linked, we cannot guarantee how long the story will remain. The link will open in a fresh Tab/window. If the link does not work, please tell us. |
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2012 February 8: (Australia) Child porn epidemic in Australia DETAILS 2012 January 12: (Holland) New technology for Dutch child porn cops DETAILS |
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2011 December 20: (Germany) Incestuous man fathered daughter's sons DETAILS 2011 December 16: (Europe) Dozens arrested in Europe over child pornography ring DETAILS 2011 December 16: (Holland) Institutional Dutch Catholic abuse 'affected thousands' DETAILS 2011 December 16: (Australia) Sexual predator sentenced to 16 years in jail DETAILS 2011 December 2: (Australia) Fugitive woman 'posed naked with 10yo girl' DETAILS 2011 November 25: Amsterdam crèche worker “abused 67 children” DETAILS 2011 November 18: (Australia) Couple charged with child porn offences DETAILS 2011 November, 14: (Australia) Parents go without to feed kids: survey DETAILS 2011 October 25: (Australia) Notorious pedophile name to remain secret DETAILS 2011 September 29: (Australia) Unmarried mums tied to beds, sedated during birth DETAILS 2011 September 20: (Philippines) NZ woman tells of sex-slave nightmare DETAILS 2011 September 12: Abuse victims seek int'l court case against pope DETAILS 2011 September 11: (England) Five arrests in 'slavery' raid at Greenacre travellers' site DETAILS 2011 September 10: (USA) Mum 'glued toddler's hands to wall' DETAILS 2011 September 6: (Holland) Anti-paedophile petition submitted to Dutch parliament DETAILS 2011 July 22: (Australia) Ten years' jail for child sex abuser DETAILS 2011 June 27: (Australia) ISPs opt into Interpol child abuse filter DETAILS 2011 June 22: Workplace bullying affects witnesses too DETAILS 2011 June 21: (Australia) Child porn charged MP at SA parliament DETAILS 2011 June 17: Teacher jailed for sex with student DETAILS 2011 June 3: (Australia) Sydney doctor a perverted ogre: court DETAILS 2011 June 1: (Australia) 'Child porn' Nintendo game gets PG rating DETAILS 2011 May 20: (Australia) Qld police reveal child porn website bust DETAILS 2011 May 20: (Australia) Man who raped sister avoids jail DETAILS 2011 May, 20: (Australia) MP on child porn charges in court DETAILS 2011 May 19: (Australia) Groundskeeper in court for affair with 13 yo DETAILS 2011 May 19: (Australia) Man jailed for raping 9yo girl DETAILS 2011 May 5: (England) Sexism storm as lineswoman flattened by player DETAILS 2011 May 3: (Australia) Teen abused on school camps: Sydney court DETAILS 2011 April 30: (Australia) NSW man arrested over child porn upload DETAILS 2011 April 26: NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers DETAILS 2011 April 21: (Australia) Child porn charges for Aboriginal children's organisation CEO DETAILS 2011 April 14: (Australia) Teen allegedly sold for sex DETAILS 2011 April 13: Child falls pregnant while under DHS care DETAILS MORE INFORMATION 2011 April 7: (USA) Man tattoos 'Daddy's Boy' on toddler DETAILS 2011 April 6: (Holland) Father arrested as 12-year-old gives birth DETAILS 2011 April 1: (Australia) Sex victims say their lives are shattered DETAILS 2011 March 29: (Holland) The elderly are abused, too DETAILS 2011 March 28: (Australia) Rape victim sues UAE luxury hotel DETAILS 2011 March 23: (Germany) German 'incest trucker' jailed DETAILS 2011 March 22: (Australia) Teen charged over sexually explicit material DETAILS 2011 March 21: (Australia) School mistress gave boys oral sex: court DETAILS 2011 March 17: Australians caught in global paedophile ring DETAILS 2011 March 16: (Holland) Massive Dutch-run child pornography ring revealed DETAILS 2011 March 15: (Australia) Sweet 16 party goes viral DETAILS - Watch the video warning on this link 2011 March 4: (Australia) Vic bullying death leads to more calls DETAILS 2011 March 2: (Japan) Tokyo police target groping rings DETAILS 2011 February 22: (USA) Stepmother charged with Zahra's murder DETAILS 2011 February 22: (Australia) Siblings often separated in foster care DETAILS 2011 February 16: (Germany) German admits to fathering 7 with step-daughter DETAILS 2011 February 11: (Holland) Dutch Cardinal protected paedophile priest DETAILS 2011 February 10: (USA) US girl 'locked in bathroom' for years DETAILS 2011 February 9: (Australia) Attempted abductions in Perth investigated DETAILS 2011 February 9: (Australia) Taskforce to probe sex offender bungle DETAILS 2011 February 2: (China) China 'dungeon rapist' sentenced to death DETAILS 2011 February 2: (Switzerland) Swiss care worker sexually abused 114 people: police DETAILS ** MORE DETAILS 2011 January 31: (Australia) NW couple jailed for 'unacceptable' child neglect DETAILS 2011 January 31: (Australia) Bond for brother who got sister pregnant DETAILS 2011 January 31: (Australia) Police hunt man over attempted child abduction DETAILS 2011 January 28: (Brazil) Brazilian man 'locked up wife for 8 years' DETAILS 2011 January 21: (USA) Doctor's arrest leads cops to abortion 'house of horrors' DETAILS 2011 January 11: (Australia) Church leader charged with child sex DETAILS 2011 January 7: (USA) Woman arrested in sex with a 13-year-old DETAILS 2011 January 4: (Australia) Two teen boys molested at Luna Park DETAILS |
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2010 December 21: (Australia) Court jails incest grandad DETAILS 2010 December 21: (Australia) Childcare centre boss faces new sex charge DETAILS 2010 December 21: (Australia) Female PE teacher jailed for sex with boys DETAILS 2010 December 21: (Australia) Payback causing abused kids to stay silent DETAILS 2010 December 21: (Australia) State care survey DETAILS 2010 December 13: (Holland) Dutch nursery abuse arrest prompts major inquiry DETAILS - DUTCH STORY 2010 December 11: Vatican refused to engage with child sex abuse inquiry DETAILS 2010 November 18: (Australia) Anger as elderly residents evicted DETAILS 2010 November 18: (Thailand) Aust charity frees girls from Thai brothel DETAILS 2010 November 10: (Australia) Girl, 11, gives birth DETAILS 2010 November 2: (Australia) Schoolboy hanged on pole in South Australia DETAILS 2010 November 1: Sex abuse victims march in Rome DETAILS EDITORIAL NOTE: This group is calling on the United Nations to declare child abuse a crime against humanity. 2010 October 28: (Australia) Three found guilty in SA abuse trial DETAILS 2010 October 23: (England) Priest extradited from U.S. jailed for UK sex abuse DETAILS 2010 October 22: (Australia) Queensland to appeal child sex sentence DETAILS 2010 October 21: (Australia) Call to sterilise parents who abuse kids DETAILS 2010 October 20: (Australia) Woman charged with 10 child sex offences DETAILS 2010 October 19: (Australia) Mum jailed for prostituting daughter DETAILS 2010 October 18: (Australia) Former Perth teacher guilty of child porn DETAILS 2010 October 15: (Australia) Couple jailed for sex with son aged nine DETAILS 2010 October 7: (Australia) NSW dad 'led family sex posted on net' DETAILS 2010 October 6: (Australia) System 'failed' child prostitute: Thorp DETAILS 2010 October 6: (Australia) Three men helped starve kids, court told DETAILS 2010 October 6: (Australia) 84yo man charged with indecent assault DETAILS 2010 October 4: (Australia) Teacher jailed for molesting students DETAILS 2010 October 1: (Australia) Ex-Barker College student tells of abuse DETAILS 2010 October 1: (USA) US teacher held for taping sex with kids DETAILS 2010 September 26: (Australia) Child sex charges may be abandoned DETAILS 2010 September 25: (Australia) MacKillop punished over abuse scandal DETAILS 2010 September 25: (Australia) MacKillop exposed pedophile priest DETAILS EDITORIAL NOTE: We need to see more of this happening in our modern world 2010 September 24: (Phillipines) Philippine dad gets 14,400 yrs for rape DETAILS 2010 September 19: Pope apologises on abuse as thousands protest in London DETAILS EDITORIAL NOTE: Apologies mean absolutely nothing without a genuine move to remove the threat. 2010 September 16: (Australia) Child sex offender jailed for 26 years DETAILS 2010 September 15: (Australia) 149 children known to DoCS die in 2009. DETAILS 2010 September 14: (Belgium) Belgian Church moves on abuse but victims still unhappy DETAILS 2010 September 14: (Canada) Sex-trade traffickers exploit Canadian visa rules DETAILS 2010 September 14: (England) UK gang tried to sell virginity of girls DETAILS 2010 September 10: (Australia) Perth man jailed for child porn DETAILS 2010 September 8: (Australia) 80yo jailed for under-age sex DETAILS 2010 September 8: (Australia) Man charged with murder of 3-year-old DETAILS 2010 September 7: Teens urged to think before 'sexting' DETAILS 2010 September 7: (Australia) Child sex groomer jailed in police sting DETAILS EDITORIAL COMMENT: A crime as potentially horendous as this and he gets 2 years. No wonder child abuse is heading for plague proportions in Australia. 2010 September 6: (Austria) Woman recalls eight-year kidnap horror DETAILS 2010 September 6: (Australia) Daughters expose dad's evil DETAILS 2010 August 25: (USA) Parents face child cruelty charges over obese daughters DETAILS 2010 August 24: (Australia) Chaplain accused of accessing child porn DETAILS 2010 August 12: (Australia) Man charged with south coast sex crimes DETAILS 2010 August 10: (Australia) One in five experience drinking problems DETAILS 2010 August 9: (Australia) Drama teacher jailed for spy cam DETAILS 2010 July 27: (Australia) Bus driver accused of molesting children DETAILS 2010 July 26: (Australia) Jail for 'worst category' of child porn DETAILS 2010 July 25: (England) Child-murderer, paedophile, drug addict: so they left Venables living near a school DETAILS 2010 July 23: (Australia) Former principal guilty of sexual assault DETAILS 2010 July 20: (Germany) German man arrested for webcam spying DETAILS 2010 July 16: (USA) Missing girl found alive seven years later DETAILS 2010 July 14: (Australia) Pedophile charged over abduction attempt DETAILS 2010 July 13: (USA) Mum jailed for sex with adopted-out son DETAILS 2010 July 13: (Australia) Abusive mum jailed for five years DETAILS 2010 July 13: Facebook offers panic button DETAILS 2010 July 7: (Australia) Suicide toll 'should be front page news' DETAILS 2010 July 3: (Australia) Baby girl sexually assaulted: police DETAILS 2010 July 2: (Australia) Man charged with grooming minor on internet DETAILS 2010 June 30: (Thailand) Karl Joseph Kraus, 90-year-old Australian arrested and charged with raping four sisters in Thailand DETAILS 2010 June 30: (Australia) Incest dad hid behind happy family front DETAILS 2010 June 26: (Australia) Man charged with 40 sex offences on boys DETAILS 2010 June 25: (Belgium) Belgian church offices raided in abuse inquiry DETAILS 2010 June 22: (England) Bulger killer Jon Venables faces child porn charges DETAILS 2010 June 22: (Australia) Third man arrested over pedophile ring DETAILS 2010 June 17: (Australia) Bullying had a role in schoolboy suicide DETAILS 2010 June 11: (Australia) Bullying rife in fire brigades: report DETAILS 2010 June 11: (Brazil) Sex with daughter consensual: Brazil dad DETAILS 2010 June 11: (Australia) Woman jailed over daughter's sex acts DETAILS 2010 June 11: (Australia) ABC's Muirhead faces child porn charges DETAILS 2010 June 9: (USA) Man 'forced girlfriend to sign abuse contract' DETAILS 2010 June 8: (Australia) New laws to target cyber bullies DETAILS 2010 June 4: (Australia) Man jailed for child rape DETAILS 2010 May 31: (Australia) Foxtel salesman jailed for sex attack DETAILS 2010 May 27: (Australia) Woman pleads guilty to sex with son, 9 DETAILS 2010 May 21: (Australia) Girls 'promised to cult leaders' DETAILS 2010 May 16: (Australia) 5-year supervision for Qld sex offenders DETAILS 2010 May 16: (Australia) Monitor internet use, warns Keneally DETAILS 2010 May 11: (Australia) Brothel pair 'held five women as slaves' DETAILS 2010 May 11: (Australia) Vic music teacher admits raping pupils DETAILS 2010 May 1: (Brazil) Charge three priests: Brazilian police DETAILS 2010 Apr 30: (Singapore) Singapore man jailed for daughter's rape DETAILS 2010 Apr 30: (Scotland) UK sex offender may never be released DETAILS 2010 April 27: (USA) Aussie pedophile faces victims' families DETAILS 2010 April 23: (USA) US man names Pope Benedict in Milwaukee abuse lawsuit DETAILS 2010 April 23: (India) Police arrest "holy man" over sex scandal DETAILS 2010 April 22: Church acting against paedophiles: Pope DETAILS 2010 April 22: (Canada) Canadian judge sought sex from refugee DETAILS 2010 April 19: (Australia) Stranger 'gets into bed with 11yo girl' DETAILS 2010 April 19: (Australia) Two charged with torture of girl, 13 DETAILS 2010 April 16: (Australia) Mum denies swapping girl for fuel: court DETAILS 2010 April 9: (USA) US stepdad defends three accused of rape DETAILS 2010 April 9: (Yemen) Yemeni child bride dies of bleeding after intercourse DETAILS 2010 April 9: (Australia) More child-sex charges for NSW priest DETAILS 2010 April 03: (England) Williams criticises Irish Catholic Church 'credibility' DETAILS EDITORIAL COMMENT: I wonder just how "clean" the Church of England is in this matter." 2010 April 2: (Wales) Girl sexually abused by 23 classmates DETAILS 2010 April 1: (USA) US lawyer wants to question pope DETAILS 2010 April 1: (USA) Teen sells 7yo stepsister for party sex DETAILS 2010 April 1: (Australia) Accused internet sex predator in custody DETAILS 2010 March 30: (Australia) WA man charged over child abuse images DETAILS 2010 March 29: (Australia) Mum left on floor for five days: court DETAILS 2010 March 28: Pope at centre of child abuse storm DETAILS 2010 March 28: (Australia) WA police charge scout leader held in US DETAILS 2010 March 27: Vatican faces calls to end 'secrecy' DETAILS 2010 March 27: (Australia) Former scout leader wanted on child sex charges DETAILS 2010 March 27: (Australia) Parents warned following suspicious acts DETAILS 2010 March 26: (Australia) Paedophile loses appeal against indefinite detention DETAILS 2010 March 26: (Australia) Woman jumps from balcony to escape torture DETAILS 2010 March 25: (Australia) Man jailed for prostituting 12yo girl DETAILS 2010 March 25: (Australia) Kids 'burnt and beaten' in Tennant Creek DETAILS 2010 March 25: (USA) Woman swapped girl, 10, to man for drugs DETAILS 2010 March 24: Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys DETAILS 2010 March 24: (Australia) Police step up child abuse fight DETAILS 2010 March 20: (Ireland) Victims react to pontiff's letter DETAILS 2010 March 20: (Ireland) Pope Benedict apologises for Irish priests' sex abuse DETAILS 2010 March 18: (USA) Cat-calls are detrimental to everyone DETAILS 2010 March 18: (Australia) Minors could be charged over 'sexting' DETAILS 2010 March 18: (USA) Man sold his wife for sex on Craigslist DETAILS 2010 March 18: (Australia) Child sex offender arrested in Sydney DETAILS 2010 March 16: (Australia) NSW Police seize bus driver's computer DETAILS 2010 March 15: (Australia) Girls ordered to spend weekends with sex offender father DETAILS - FURTHER DETAILS 2010 March 14: Now Pope linked to child abuse cover-up DETAILS 2010 March 14: (Ireland) Cardinal Brady 'did not tell gardai of sex abuse' DETAILS 2010 March 13: (USA) US woman jailed for raping daughter DETAILS 2010 March 13: (England) Facebook urged to install 'panic button' DETAILS 2010 March 13: (Australia) Man charged for allegedly spiking drink DETAILS 2010 March 13: (Australia) Man raped son then tried to kill him DETAILS 2010 March 12: (Holland) Dutch nurses: Care does not include sex DETAILS 2010 March 12: (Australia) Dad locks baby in car to go shoplifting DETAILS 2010 March 11: (ENGLAND) Care failings allowed 'British Fritzl' to get daughters pregnant 18 times DETAILS 2010 March 10: (Australia) School did nothing on bullying: father DETAILS 2010 March 9: (ENGLAND) Facebook murder victim's relatives query police tactics DETAILS 2010 March 5: (SOUTH KOREA) Baby starves to death while parents raise online child DETAILS 2010 March 3: (Australia) Boy fleeing bully hit by car: parents DETAILS 2010 March 3: (USA) Three found guilty in boy's starvation DETAILS 2010 March 3: (ENGLAND) Sex offender disclosure scheme to go nationwide DETAILS 2010 March 01: (USA) Study links violent video games to violent thought, action DETAILS 2010 February 27: (HOLLAND) Child sex abuse in Dutch Catholic Church revealed DETAILS 2010 February 27: (ENGLAND) Woman from Teesside jailed after sex with 12-year-old DETAILS 2010 February 26: (ENGLAND) Children 'over-exposed to sexual imagery' DETAILS 2010 February 24: (USA) US pediatrician charged with child rapes DETAILS 2010 February 19: (IRELAND) Pontiff angry over handling of abuse, says Archbishop DETAILS 2010 February 19: (IRELAND) Victims' groups insist embattled bishop must go DETAILS 2010 February 18: (USA) US man says he tossed baby off bridge DETAILS 2010 February 18: (Australia) Teacher jailed over child abuse images DETAILS 2010 February 16: (IRELAND) Brady pledges co-operation after meeting with pope DETAILS 2010 February 16: (Australia) Ex-cop admits sex offences with girl DETAILS 2010 February 15: (IRELAND) Abusing clergy must admit responsibility, bishops told DETAILS 2010 February 13: (SCOTLAND) Abuse accused allowed to return DETAILS 2010 February 12: (AUSTRALIA) New party drug can cause self mutilation DETAILS 2010 February 12: (USA) Girl, 15, beaten as security guards watch DETAILS 2010 February 11: (USA) Man accused of tattooing baby girl DETAILS 2010 February 6: (AUSTRALIA) Bullying led to death of waitress: court DETAILS 2010 February 6: (TURKEY) Girl buried alive for 'befriending boys' DETAILS 2010 January 16: (ENGLAND) Paedophile ran teaching website DETAILS |
2009 December 28: (AUSTRALIA) Man 'struck baby's head while driving' DETAILS 2009 December 23: (AUSTRALIA) Mum charged for leaving child in hot car DETAILS 2009 December 4: (WALES) Couple kept children, three and five, in squalor DETAILS 2009 December 02: (AUSTRALIA) Woman in compo battle over 500 rapes DETAILS 2009 November 27: (IRELAND) Church admits it 'stole childhoods of hundreds' DETAILS 2009 November 23: (IRELAND) He washed his hands in the altar bowl after abusing girl DETAILS 2009 November 23: (IRELAND) Paedophile priests can't be named and shamed DETAILS 2009 November 22: (IRELAND) Archbishops’ cover-up of child sex abuse revealed DETAILS 2009 November 18: (AUSTRALIA) Woman who had sex with boy avoids jail DETAILS 2009 November 12: (USA) Five charged for ritual child sex crimes DETAILS 2009 November 07: (ENGLAND) Claims of sex abuse by women grow DETAILS 2009 October 30: (AUSTRALIA) Wood weighs into child protection debate DETAILS 2009 October 23: (AUSTRALIA) Pedophile ring inside Customs: inquiry DETAILS 2009 October 19: (AUSTRALIA) DOCS education campaign begins DETAILS 2009 December 10: (AUSTRALIA) Successful operation against child sex offenders on the Internet DETAILS 2009 October 08 : (GENERAL) UN unveils child online protection guide DETAILS 2009 October 07: (GENERAL) 'Severe child sex abuse' in rich nations DETAILS 2009 October 06: (AUSTRALIA) Agencies 'could have saved' starved girl DETAILS 2009 August 21: (AUSTRALIA) Underage sex law changes 'disturbing' DETAILS 2009 August 04: (GENERAL) Teenagers 'bullied by sex texts' DETAILS 2009 August 02: (SCOTLAND) SNP urge end to child detentions DETAILS 2009 August 02: (USA) Praying man let his daughter die DETAILS 2009 July 29: (GERMANY) 13-Jährige jahrelang eingesperrt DETAILS 2009 July 27: (SCOTLAND) Rise in Childline calls from boys DETAILS 2009 July 27: (IRELAND) Suspect priests were shielded, report reveals DETAILS The following is an external link and, as such, is beyond our control as to how long the story will remain. 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Priests abused 'thousands of children over 30-year period' 2009 July 23: (BELGIUM) Dutroux heeft ruzie met andere gevangenen DETAILS 2009 July 22: (ENGLAND) Guidance aims to spot child abuse DETAILS 2009 July 22: (USA) Parents 'raped, abused and starved kids' DETAILS 2009 July 21: (SCOTLAND) Rapes by children under spotlight DETAILS 2009 July 21: (AUSTRALIA) Fourth Geelong student commits suicide DETAILS 2009 July 17: (AUSTRALIA) A shame we won’t reveal DETAILS 2009 July 17: (AUSTRALIA) Alleged school assault filmed on phone DETAILS 2009 July 10: (AUSTRALIA) Woman placed on sex offender's register DETAILS 2009 July 10: (ENGLAND) Student fighting for life after teacher 'bashing' DETAILS 2009 July 07: (AUSTRALIA) Australian man arrested over child sex DETAILS 2009 July 04: (AUSTRALIA) Mum jailed for shaking baby son to death DETAILS 2009 July 02: (AUSTRALIA) Former TV host witnessed abuse: court : DETAILS 2009 June 23: (AUSTRALIA) Ninth man accused of St Stannies' abuse DETAILS 2009 June 19: (AUSTRALIA) Twelve-year-old to be sentenced for rape DETAILS 2009 June 19: (AUSTRALIA) Bullying victim awarded over $450,000 DETAILS 2009 June 17: (AUSTRALIA) POLICE WANT THIS MAN DETAILS Wanted in connection to attempted abductions in Inverell. 2009 June 17: (AUSTRALIA) Church reviews anti-abuse strategy DETAILS 2009 July 16: (THAILAND) Three accused paedophiles arrested DETAILS 2009 July 16: (USA) Girl, 5, may have been buried alive DETAILS 2009 June 16: (AUSTRALIA) NSW girl, 12, about to become a mum DETAILS Pregnant 12-year-old back with mum again DETAILS 2009 June 12: (SCOTLAND) Paedophile network members jailed DETAILS Minister warns child sex abusers DETAILS Eight guilty in child abuse case DETAILS Abuse families react to verdict DETAILS Single image uncovered abuse network DETAILS Scotland's largest paedophile web DETAILS 2009 June 09: (FRANCE) Frenchwoman on trial for 'freezer baby' murders DETAILS 2009 June 08: (HONG KONG) Teen swaps sex for handbag DETAILS This is abuse of a really bad type 2009 June 08: (AUSTRALIA) Dad's assault leaves baby with 38 broken bones DETAILS 2009 June 06: (AUSTRALIA) Couple guilty of daughter's manslaughter DETAILS 2009 Jun 04: US husband 'arranged wife's rape online' DETAILS 2009 June 01: (AUSTRALIA) Child abuse rates to increase: agency DETAILS 2009 June (AUSTRALIA) 01: Police arrest 16 over child rape film DETAILS 2009 May 30: (USA) US man guilty of trying to sell girl DETAILS 2009 May 09: (AUSTRALIA) Starved girl weighed 9kg at death: court DETAILS 2009 May 05: (AUSTRALIA) Parents 'put social life before baby's health' DETAILS 2009 May 03: (AUSTRALIA) Parents urged to stop teens 'sexting' (the practice of sending sexual images by mobile phone or placing them on social network sites) DETAILS 2009 May 01: (USA) Death sentence for dad who killed 4 kids DETAILS 2009 April 28: (USA) Child rapist cult leader escapes jail in chopper DETAILS : People, especially teenagers, need to be aware of cults such as mentioned in this story. 2009 April 27: (AUSTRALIA) Dad charged with rape of two-yr-old son DETAILS 2009 April 24: (AUSTRALIA) Priest gets nine months' jail for abuse DETAILS 2009 April 23: (AUSTRALIA) Drink and drugs raise infant death risk: Ombudsman DETAILS 2009 April 22: (AUSTRALIA) A father whose "forceful kick" left his toddler with severe internal injuries has been spared jail because a judge says his actions are explainable and unlikely to be repeated. DETAILS 2009 April 20: (AUSTRALIA) Brave girls pay high price for exposing evil This is just a further example of the injustice being done when people expose various kinds of abuse. EDITORIAL COMMENT: It is a sad reflection on our society when those who report abuse to the proper authorities, are then punished for doing it. Is it any wonder that people won't report abuse. 2009 April 17: (GENERAL) German police say they have smashed a global child-porn ring of some 9,000 suspected paedophiles in 92 countries. DETAILS 2009 April 17: (AUSTRALIA) Sex-victims' details to be kept private Sexual assault victims will receive free legal representation to fight attempts by their attackers to access their medical and counselling records. A six-month pilot project in NSW developed by law firms Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz and Freehills with the Bar Association and Director of Public Prosecutions will seek to ensure privileged information is withheld and only documents relevant to the case are released, Fairfax reports. Some material will continue to be made available to the defence, but legal representatives are being urged to ensure this does not include privileged material. Manager of the Rape Crisis Centre Karen Willis said confidential information falling into the hands of the alleged perpetrators or outsiders only served to further intimidate and humiliate victims. AAP
From 1st January, 2009, several new laws relating to abuse came into effect. These included increased penalties for the sexual abuse and exploitation of children; a drastic increase in the maximum amount of damages that can be paid to a victim; increases in the penalties for child sex offences and adult sexual assault; removal of the anomolies in the laws relating to child sex offences and adult sexual abuse; and the doubling of the maximum penalty for possessing child pornography (a hideous form of child abuse) to 10 years imprisonment. 2009 April: (USA) There is an alarming video in our video section called Linda Smith, discusses sex trafficking of children in the USA on the Dr. Phil program that you need to see. While this realtes to the USA it is rife right across the world, especially in western countries. Children as young as six years of age are being sold for sex in the market place. Further details of the organisation she represents can be found at http://www.sharedhope.org/. The site is recommended. March 2009: (AUSTRALIA) Tasmania has introduced new laws that, in part, increase penalties and scope of laws on child abuse. Details will folllow. |