Sunday, October 28, 2012

Child abuse

  • Former BBC chief Mark Thompson's office 'had TWO alerts about Savile child ...

    The office of former BBC director-general Mark Thompson was formally alerted twice about child abuse accusations concerning Jimmy Savile.

    www.dailymail.co.uk

  • Child abuse nearly all in the family

    Support group Adults Surviving Child Abuse has released the research to coincide with Blue Knot Day today, an annual event uniting Australians in support of adult survivors of childhood trauma.

    www.heraldsun.com.au

  • Penn State will hold a conference on child sex abuse this week

    Hoping to raise awareness, Pennsylvania State University this week will hold a two-day conference on child sex abuse, nearly one year after the release of the blistering grand jury presentment outlining child rape and and molestation by the former ...

    www.philly.com

  • Chinese teachers get boot after child abuse photos

    The head of a private kindergarten in China's Zhejian province has been removed after a child abuse scandal at the school evoked widespread criticim.

    www.dnaindia.com

  • Gary Glitter reportedly arrested in sex abuse investigation

    LONDON - The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.

    www.latimes.com

  • States don't often share child-abuse records. And sometimes kids like Jeanette ...

    An investigation by The Oregonian finds child welfare workers in different states often fail to communicate about a family's history or a child's needs.

    www.oregonlive.com

  • Maori 'need to tackle abuse'

    There are 21,000 substantiated cases of child abuse a year in New Zealand, while New Zealand also has the third-highest rate of child deaths by maltreatment in the OECD, with an average of nine children a year being killed, he said.

    www.stuff.co.nz

  • To protect children and youth from sexual abuse, groups raise standards, vigilance

    The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the measure in its 2007 report, "Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-Serving Organizations." Representatives of the Boy Scouts and roughly a dozen other youth organizations ...

    www.kjrh.com

  • Knoxville man convicted in child abuse death

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Knox County jury has convicted a man in the child abuse death of his girlfriend's 18-month-old daughter.

    www.sfgate.com

  • Rick Curl charged with child abuse

    WASHINGTON -- Banned swim coach Rick Curl turned himself in Thursday to face a child abuse charge stemming from allegations of a sexual relationship with an underage swimmer in the 1980s.

    espn.go.com

  • Project Self-Sufficiency to host training to prevent child sexual abuse

    Local residents are invited to help prevent child sexual assault by joining the Enough Abuse Campaign, a joint effort of Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, Project Self-Sufficiency and the Sussex Warren Partnership to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse.

    www.nj.com

  • Tony Wawrzynski Reunited With Long Lost Son, Mitch Comer, After Ex-Girlfriend ...

    Paul and Sheila Comer appear in court during a hearing in Dallas, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The Comers are accused of locking their teenaged son in a bedroom with little food for years.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Former Olympic Swim Coach Charged With Child Abuse

    A once prominent swim coach who trained Olympic athletes and thousands of other young hopefuls was charged today with abusing one of his teen swimmers 30 years ago. It is the latest blow to USA Swimming, the sport's national governing body, since ABC ...

    abcnews.go.com

  • Man convicted in noted child abuse case attacked woman with broom, curtain ...

    A man who was convicted in one of Travis County's more notorious child abuse cases is in trouble with the law again, having been recently arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

    www.statesman.com

  • Jerry Sandusky's Victim #1 Speaks Out Against Child Abuse

    Many of the folks that came out today were wearing these ribbons, the blue ones for child abuse, the purple for bullying, which was the entire point of the rally, to make sure the tragic things that happened to Aaron Fisher, formally known as victim ...

    wearecentralpa.com

  • Bivona center, YMCA lead initiative to fight child abuse through education

    Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard signs a commitment to the 'Darkness to Light' collaboration to fight child sexual abuse, with Mary Whittier, executive director of the Bivona Child Advocacy Center. / MEGAN DEMARCO//STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ...

    www.democratandchronicle.com

  • Chickasha Daycare Worker Arrested, Accused Of Child Abuse

    A daycare worker is behind bars Friday night, accused of child abuse. Police started investigating Kaitlyn Murphy after a 1-year-old boy ended up in the hospital with a fractured arm.

    www.newson6.com

  • Silence hurt children badly in Phila., 2 other areas

    And in Philadelphia, priests sexually abused children, and reports of their behavior were suppressed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

    www.philly.com

  • A new phase of child protection

    The steps taken in the last 30 years to prevent the devastating trauma of child sexual abuse are making a difference.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Child abuse bill provides vote-switch case study

    The official recorded vote in the California Assembly shows that 64 of the 80 lawmakers voted "yes" on AB1707, which would allow people listed on a central child abuse registry as minors to eventually have their name removed. In fact, the legislation ...

    www.mercurynews.com

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