news items: Rotherham abuse, Gary Glitter convicted, Bill Cosby accuser, Virginia Roberts/Jeffrey Epstein

This week there were news articles on Britain condemning Rotherham town leaders for ignoring child abuse reports, former pop star Gary Glitter being  convicted of child sex abuse, rape and prostitution probes, Bill Cosby’s new accuser and Virginia Roberts claiming the FBI has videos of her having underage sex with Jeffrey Epstein and ‘powerful friends.’

Britain Condemns Leaders in Town of Rotherham for Ignoring Reports of Child Abuse
The British government on Wednesday severely criticized legislators in the northern English town of Rotherham for a culture of “complete denial” that led to a long-running ring involving the sexual abuse of up to 1,400 children from 1997 to 2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/world/europe/britain-child-abuse-scandal-rotherham-city-council.html
http://goo.gl/U8DbDN

Rotherham abuse: Researcher’s warning ‘ignored in 2002’
A former Home Office researcher says a bullying culture at Rotherham Council led to her warnings of child sexual exploitation being suppressed in 2002, years before action was finally taken.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31327781

Gary Glitter, former British pop star, convicted of child sex abuse
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/gary-glitter-pop-star-convicted-child-sex-abuse-article-1.2104387
http://goo.gl/kIXX0k

Gary Glitter three-year prison sentence for molesting two girls aged 11 and 12, occurred in a Vietnam court, outside the jurisdiction of the UK
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/05/gary-glitter-guilty-child-sex-offences
http://goo.gl/U2KG0N

Gary Glitter, former British pop star, convicted of child sex abuse
Gary Glitter — who is now 70 years old — could spend the rest of his life in prison. A London jury found him guilty of six crimes: one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one count of unlawful sex with a girl under the age of 13, which carries a life sentence.
He fell into disgrace after being convicted and imprisoned on child abuse charges in Vietnam.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/gary-glitter-pop-star-convicted-child-sex-abuse-article-1.2104387
http://goo.gl/kIXX0k

Gary Glitter found guilty of child sex offences
Singer convicted of string of offences in 1970s and 1980s, including attempted rape of an eight-year-old child
child abuse images. He was convicted in 1999 of building up a library of 4,000 such images, some involving children as young as two….
Gadd’s 2006 conviction and three-year prison sentence for molesting two girls aged 11 and 12 occurred in a Vietnam court
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/05/gary-glitter-guilty-child-sex-offences
http://goo.gl/U2KG0N

Rape and prostitution probe: 20 Tyneside men charged
rape, arranging child prostitution, sex trafficking, sexual assault
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-31151445
http://goo.gl/YTHp2p

Northumbria Police have charged 20 people with sexual offences as part of Operation Sanctuary
31 people have been charged as part of the operation and the latest charges relate to 12 victims, aged between 13 and 25
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-police-charged-20-people-8587632
http://goo.gl/YTHp2p

MP Geoffrey Dickens accused Sir Peter of being a paedophile in Parliament
Margaret Thatcher told officials not to publicly name a senior diplomat connected to a paedophile scandal despite being fully briefed on allegations made against him, a newly revealed secret file has shown.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/thatcher-stopped-officials-publicly-naming-sir-peter-hayman-as-suspected-paedophile-10020852.html

Spoken-Word Artist Captures Pain and Fear of Child Abuse
Yewande was the artistic director for Facing Sex Trafficking: Atlanta’s Dirty Little Secret. She wrote and performed this first-person story of Kasey McClure who suffered years of sexual abuse from her father before she left home and fell into the trap of the sex industry
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelsey-timmerman/spokenword-artist-capture_b_6607344.html
http://goo.gl/v6A8CH

New accuser emerges as Cosby cancels shows in Boston
The 77-year-old entertainer faces sexual assault accusations from at least 15 women. He denies the allegations and has never been charged with a crime.
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/02/08/new-accuser-emerges-bill-cosby-cancels-shows-in-boston/21140358/
http://goo.gl/BWvaLa

Virginia Roberts claims FBI has videos of her having underage sex with Jeffrey Epstein and ‘powerful friends’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/prince-andrew-sex-allegations-virginia-roberts-claims-fbi-has-videos-of-her-underage-sex-with-jeffrey-epstein-and-powerful-friends-10031803.html
http://goo.gl/aqEiXI

Child abuse royal commission: Rabbi Yosef Feldman resigns as director of Yeshiva centre
Rabbi Feldman called for leniency for paedophiles who had been treated and had not offended for decades during his testimony.
The director of the ultra-orthodox Jewish Yeshiva centre in Sydney has resigned after last week telling a royal commission hearing he did not know it was a crime for an adult to touch a child’s genitals.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-11/rabbi-yosef-feldman-resigns-after-royal-commission-evidence/6085654
http://goo.gl/oykn9Q

news items: Leon Brittan, secret Westminster paedophile ring, Gary Glitter, Boy Scouts, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, Vatican City Child Abuse Images

This week in the news there were articles on allegations connecting former British Home Secretary Leon Brittan to  the cover-up of a secret Westminster paedophile ring,  Gary Glitter connected to child abuse images, the Boy Scouts settling a sex abuse case and the ‘perversion’ files being sealed, the US Government trying to block Prince Andrew’s alleged ‘sex slave’ from the Jeffrey Epstein case and images of child abuse found in Vatican City.

New Allegations Of Child Abuse Emerge After Former British Home Secretary Leon Brittan’s Death
Leon Brittan’s death last week has reignited claims that the former home secretary was involved in the cover-up of a secret Westminster paedophile ring that operated in the 1970s and 1980s.
Days after Brittan’s death, Labour MP Tom Watson said he spoke to several people who allege they were raped by the late politician.
Brittan remains the subject of an investigation into the disappearance of a 40-page dossier naming eight senior civil servants and politicians who were allegedly involved in a secret paedophile ring.
http://www.businessinsider.com/leon-brittan-death-and-child-abuse-allegations-2015-1
http://goo.gl/M4Ol2p

Gary Glitter breaks down in tears over child abuse images
as he explained to jurors why he had been in possession of child abuse images.
Glitter denies 10 charges relating to three girls between 1975 and 1980.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31015347

Boy Scouts settle sex abuse case, sealing years of ‘perversion’ files    
The Boy Scouts of America settled a sex abuse case Thursday involving a 20-year-old California man who was molested by a Scout volunteer in 2007 — a decision that will keep years’ worth of “perversion” files detailing sex abuse allegations secret from the public.
….In 2012, the Oregon Supreme Court ordered the Scouts to make public a trove of files from 1965 to 1985. The records showed that more than one-third of abuse allegations never were reported to police and that even when authorities were told, little was done most of the time.
Those documents came to light after a jury in 2010 imposed a nearly $20 million penalty against the Scouts in a molestation case in Portland, Oregon, that dated to the early 1980s.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/29/boy-scouts-settle-sex-abuse-case-sealing-years-of-perversion-files/
http://goo.gl/XMFphn

Boy Scouts of America Settles California Child-Abuse Suit
Case Involves Man Molested When He Was 13 Years Old in 2007 by Scout Volunteer
A lawsuit alleging the Boy Scouts of America negligently allowed boys to be sexually molested by Scout leaders has been settled during the first week of a trial in a Santa Barbara, Calif., courtroom.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/boy-scouts-of-america-settles-california-child-abuse-suit-1422561742
http://goo.gl/Ljyfy4

US Government trying to block Prince Andrew’s alleged ‘sex slave’ from Jeffrey Epstein case 
US Government is trying to bar Prince Andrew’s alleged ‘sex slave’ Virginia Roberts from Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit case with a new filing.
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-us-government-trying-to-block-prince-andrew-s-alleged-sex-slave-from-jeffrey-epstein-case-2057560
http://goo.gl/3MDbjU

Woman’s Claims About Prince Andrew, Others Reignite Sex Case
First came the allegations late last year that Britain’s Prince Andrew and a prominent American lawyer took part in a wealthy sex offender’s abuse of teenage girls aboard private jets, in luxury homes and on the financier’s Caribbean island.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/womans-claims-prince-andrew-reignite-sex-case-28657678
http://goo.gl/dYrFni

Images of child abuse found in Vatican City
Holy See’s prosecutor general says two cases involving indecent material came to light last year, along with other crimes
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/01/images-child-abuse-found-vatican
http://goo.gl/dfZPGw

Boy Scouts, Mind Control, Memory, Trauma, Loftus, BBC – Savile

This week there were several new articles about the Boy Scout scandal, the Jimmy Savile – BBC scandal, 22 faces – MPD ritual abuse book, memory and mind control.

Boy Scouts and Catholic Church were inclined to silence on abuse: James Gill
http://goo.gl/5D5ha
http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/10/scouts_and_church_were_incline.html

CKLN-FM Mind Control Series http://goo.gl/Di9q9

How our brains work to erase bad memories? The brain has a unique way of helping you forget.  http://goo.gl/T6lrc

Survivorship Webinar: Trauma Treatment by Judy Byington author of 22 Faces
https://survivorshipwp.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/survivorship-webinar-trauma-treatment-by-judy-byington-author-of-22-faces/
http://goo.gl/3pkgU

22 Personalities: A Ritual Abuse Survival Story
http://goo.gl/apgjc
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/22-Personalities-A-Ritual-Abuse-Survival-Story/t1p2neiN0k2LEdutF2O1Bg.cspx

New York Times Dragged Into BBC Sex Abuse Scandal Through New CEO Mark Thompson
http://goo.gl/7TyGo
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/new-york-times-mark-thompson-jimmy-savile_n_2007906.html

Elizabeth Loftus – critiques of her research http://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/elizabeth-loftus-critiques-of-her-research/
http://goo.gl/4kZVz

Met Police investigating Savile prepare to examine files into historic claims a Downing Street aide had links to a paedophile network
http://goo.gl/dhVcA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222459/Jimmy-Savile-rumours-Met-police-look-claims-Downing-Street-aide-links-paedophile-network.html

Jimmy Savile scandal: the evil we do in giving celebrities a free pass
http://goo.gl/1Gj93
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/27/jimmy-savile-celebrities-free-pass

Jimmy Savile: police heard seven sexual assault complaints before he died
http://goo.gl/9JerG
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/25/jimmy-savile-sexual-assault-complaints-alive

Jimmy Savile: Newsnight investigation halted two days after BBC Christmas schedule announced
http://goo.gl/ZRsvX
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9637079/Jimmy-Savile-Newsnight-investigation-halted-two-days-after-BBC-Christmas-schedule-announced.html

Jimmy Savile ‘grabbed woman’s chest in front of MPs and journalists’
http://goo.gl/70Exm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/jimmy-savile/9636879/Jimmy-Savile-grabbed-womans-chest-in-front-of-MPs-and-journalists.html

Who Was Jimmy Savile?
http://goo.gl/lsMLH
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/who-was-jimmy-savile/

Millions watched as Jimmy Savile molested me on TV
I told BBC boss but he snapped ‘get lost’
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4612576/Millions-watched-as-Jimmy-Savile-molested-me-on-tv.html

BBC in a spin as sex scandal escalates  –  Jimmy Savile    
http://goo.gl/oPhb6
http://www.smh.com.au/world/bbc-in-a-spin-as-sex-scandal-escalates-20121026-28axg.html

Former UK pop star Gary Glitter held in Savile probe
http://goo.gl/02clA
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-britain-savilebre89q06g-20121027,0,7295122.story