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1 week agoHow conversion therapy actually works, according to a former program attendee
Garrard Conley was enrolled in the now defunct Love in Action conversion therapy program in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 19. He was sent there by his parents after a classmate disclosed his sexual orientation to them following an assault. Conley grew up in a deeply religious family in rural Arkansas. He says he had to attend the program or face rejection from his family, and he ultimately agreed to enter the program.
LGBT
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoGrooming gang survivors risk becoming pawns in a political game that is no place for vulnerable people | Gaby Hinsliff
Systemic failures by social services, police, and local authorities allowed the grooming and repeated rape of vulnerable children like Fiona Goddard to continue for years.
fromwww.amny.com
3 months agoWhy a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein is demanding that the NYC Council reopen civil lawsuit window for sex abuse claims: You have a choice' | amNewYork
When I was a child, I was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein. I could not come forward before. I wasn't ready. Awareness and courage take time. Now I am.
New York City
Law
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
3 months agoSanta Rosa Diocese's bankruptcy paused 260 sexual abuse lawsuits against Catholic church. Now some may proceed to trial
A small set of sexual-abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa moved toward trial after the diocese's 2023 bankruptcy paused about 260 claims.
fromThe Mercury News
3 months agoSanta Rosa Diocese's bankruptcy paused 260 sexual abuse lawsuits against Catholic church. Now some may proceed to trial
About 260 sexual abuse lawsuits were paused when the Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa filed for bankruptcy in 2023. That has been a frustration for survivors who want the actions of their abusers, and the failings of the powerful institution that obscured the crimes, dragged into the daylight. Now, it looks like a few of those survivors may have their days in court. RELATED: Diocese of Oakland seeks to pull plug on bankruptcy, send sex abuse cases back to court
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fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago'How in the world could this happen to children?' Former residential school in Ontario to open as museum | CBC News
The former Mohawk Institute the longest-running residential school in Canada is now named the Woodland Cultural Centre and is preparing to open to the public for the first time as a museum on Sept. 30, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. WATCH | Canada's longest-running residential school to reopen as a museum: Canada's longest running residential school, known as the Mohawk Institute, has reopened as a museum at Ontario's Woodland Cultural Centre
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Social justice
fromIrish Independent
6 months ago'It was long overdue': Move to remove disgraced Bishop Eamonn Casey from Galway Cathedral praised by clergy and campaigners
The family of Bishop Eamonn Casey must decide whether to cremate or bury his remains after removal from Galway Cathedral due to child abuse allegations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months agoMet's plan to update alleged Mohamed Al Fayed victims by video not good enough'
Dozens of women have come forward with allegations of abuse by the late Harrods owner going as far back as 1977, with numbers steadily increasing since the broadcast last year of the BBC documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods.
Social justice
Non-profit organizations
fromNew York Post
9 months agoFamous ex-victim Elizabeth Smart says America's National Human Trafficking Hotline is failing those who need it the most - there should be federal reform
Awareness without action in human trafficking worsens victims' situations and hope is abandoned.
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