news items – French Schools, MI5 ‘hid’ child abuse, VIP paedophile ring, sex trafficking sting, Margaret Thatcher, Cyril Smith, Scotland’s child abuse survivors, child abuse streamed live, former Devon headmaster organist jailed

This week there were several news articles, including a major child abuse cover-up in French schools, MI5 ‘hid’ child abuse at boys’ home, Kincora historic VIP paedophile ring, sex trafficking sting operation – 25 to 35 million people are enslaved worldwide, Scotland’s child abuse survivors, child abuse streamed live to gang, Former Devon headmaster and organist jailed for abuse and charity steps up removal of child sex abuse images (31,266 pages last year).

National Scandal Over Major Child Abuse Cover-Up in French Schools
The French education system is set to become the focus of a national scandal after minister for education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem was forced to admit last week that 16 teachers were allowed to work in schools last year despite holding previous convictions for paedophilia.
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/04/10/national-scandal-break-france-over-decades-paedophile-cover-320218.html
http://goo.gl/ldYUPI

MI5 ‘hid’ child abuse at boys’ home: Former Army intelligence officer claims security chiefs told him to ‘stop digging’ when he reported possible paedophile ring
Brian Gemmell said spy chiefs ordered him to ‘stop digging’ at boys’ home
Former Army Intelligence officer claims MI5 covered up the sexual abuse
Staff jailed in 1980s for sexual abuse at notorious Kincora children’s home
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029553/MI5-hid-child-abuse-boys-home-Former-Army-intelligence-officer-claims-security-chiefs-told-stop-digging-reported-possible-paedophile-ring.html
http://goo.gl/Ope32K

Kincora historic VIP paedophile ring
A Kincora abuse victim from Northern Ireland has told Channel 4 News how he was also abused at London’s Elm Guest House and Dolphin Square at the hands of “very powerful people”
http://www.channel4.com/news/vip-paedophile-ring-westminster-abuse-elm-guest-dolphin
http://goo.gl/437scy

Utah Attorney General speaks on sex trafficking sting operation
The U.S. Department of Justice and State Department say that 25 to 35 million people are enslaved worldwide — more than “all of the slaves in the transatlantic slave trade over generations cumulatively,”
http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/utah-attorney-general-speaks-on-sex-trafficking-sting-operation/article_d7ecb842-de58-11e4-85b9-1becbc2589e5.html
http://goo.gl/yBKw0A

British Child-Abuse Survivors Are Threatening Direct Action if They Don’t Get Justice from the Government
“People are beginning to realize that this is not about ‘conspiracy theorists’ as David Cameron called us. This is about real cover-up and real politicians involved in the worst sort of crimes,” added Phil. “It’s now become quite clear the Cabinet Office—David Cameron and Nick Clegg attempted to suppress evidence about Margaret Thatcher’s role in covering up what Cyril Smith got up to. The Cabinet Office tried to block Freedom of Information requests on the subject on four occasions.”
http://www.vice.com/read/child-abuse-survivors-inquiry-whitewash-923
http://goo.gl/PtRb8P

Scotland’s child abuse survivors call for compensation
SURVIVORS of historical child abuse in care homes, educational institutions, by religious orders and high-profile members of the Scottish establishment are calling for compensation to be granted as part of a forthcoming public inquiry.
In Care Abuse Survivors (INCAS), which represents nearly 400 victims of institutional abuse, said that, over the past 17 years of campaigning for an inquiry, scores of victims have died of old age, ill-health and suicide while waiting for justice for the shocking abuse they suffered as children while in care
http://www.thenational.scot/news/child-abuse-survivors-call-for-compensation.1914
http://goo.gl/2Aphuf

Child abuse was streamed live to gang, jury hears
Paedophiles who raped and abused a baby and a young boy streamed attacks online for other members of an alleged child sex ring to watch, a court has heard.
They would connect to the internet using the “dark web” – hiding their online activity – the jury heard
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32255592

Former Devon headmaster and organist jailed for “cruel and shocking” abuse regime on vulnerable school boys
A boarding school teacher has been jailed for 21 years after being found guilty of inflicting a reign of terror over vulnerable boys for two decades.
Downing has been the organist at Torrington church for 50 years during which his activities at the school have remained a secret. He went on to be a teacher at schools all over North and Mid Devon before he retired.  Downing, of Warren Lane, Torrington, denied 39 charges of indecent assault or gross indecency against seven boys aged seven to 12 between 1970 and 1985.
He was jailed for 21 years by Judge Graham Cottle who told him that some of his assaults would now be classified as rape….  http://m.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Devon-headmaster-organist-jailed-cruel-shocking/story-26320051-detail/story.html
http://goo.gl/TidjS7

Charity steps up removal of child sex abuse images 
The UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said it assisted in the removal of 31,266 pages last year, compared with 13,182 in 2013.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32288650
http://goo.gl/jYdi26

 

news items – How Thatcher’s Government Covered Up a VIP Pedophile Ring, Leon Brittan and the Westminster child abuse scandal, Knox Grammar, ‘Satanic sex abuse’, Oxford Child Abuse

This week there were many news articles regarding trauma and rape.  These include Leon Brittan and the Westminster child abuse scandal, How Thatcher’s Government Covered Up a VIP Pedophile Ring, MP child sex ring scandal, Former Knox head admits he impeded child abuse investigation on purpose, Oxford child abuse report’s key findings, Pastor held over ‘satanic sex abuse’, District Attorney affirms the 1988 child sexual abuse conviction of Jesse Friedman and Police may charge data centre in largest ever child abuse images bust.

Leon Brittan and the Westminster child abuse scandal: ‘his fingerprints were over everything’
Don Hale, former editor of the Bury Messenger, has alleged that former Home Secretary Leon Brittan was actively involved in a cover up of child abuse by a paedophile ring including prominent Westminster MPs.
http://www.businessinsider.com/westminster-child-abuse-scandal-and-leon-brittan-2015-3
http://goo.gl/fNqTCk

How Thatcher’s Government Covered Up a VIP Pedophile Ring
Now that most of the major figures are dead, the truth is emerging about the systematic sexual abuse of children by members of the British government. MI5 is alleged to have repeatedly blocked investigations into a sex abuse ring at the Kincora children’s home in Northern Ireland in order to protect its intelligence-gathering operation.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/06/britain-s-horrific-vip-pedophile-cover-up.html
http://goo.gl/YfkJ9P

Raids on 4 homes in MP child sex ring scandal
Police have searched two homes belonging to the late Lord Brittan as part of an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/08/raids-on-4-homes-in-mp-child-sex-ring-scandal-5094175/
http://goo.gl/Uy2Bq1

Former Knox head admits he impeded child abuse investigation on purpose
Ian Paterson told police investigating paedophile teachers at the school he was not aware of any complaints, which he admits was a lie, royal commission hears  http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/04/former-knox-head-admits-impeded-child-abuse-investigation-purpose
http://goo.gl/elzAtH

Former Knox Grammar headmaster Ian Paterson’s admissions rock Royal Commission
THE former headmaster of Knox Grammar has addressed allegations he groped a teenage girl at a school musical production in 1989.
GLOWING REFERENCES FOR OFFENDERS
http://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/former-knox-grammar-headmaster-ian-patersons-admissions-rock-royal-commission/story-fns0kb3z-1227247304556
http://goo.gl/9hYprx

Oxford child abuse report’s key findings 
Up to 370 girls may have been the victims of child sexual exploitation (CSE) across the county over the past 15 years.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-31708492

Oxford officer was silenced over sex abuse fears
Police treated abuse victims as if they were ‘wayward girls’, report says http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/oxford-officer-was-silenced-over-sex-abuse-fears-10083504.html   http://goo.gl/ABPDBu

Pastor held over ‘satanic sex abuse’
A suspected satanic ritual at a Boksburg church is at the centre of a case in which a 9-year-old boy was allegedly raped and molested by his grandparents, uncle and pastor. http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/pastor-held-over-satanic-sex-abuse-1.1825989
http://goo.gl/aefxLO

Four alleged rapists, molesters granted bail
The magistrate granted bail, saying the case against the four accused wasn’t strong enough. http://ewn.co.za/2015/03/03/Alleged-rapists-molesters-granted-bail-in-Boksburg
http://goo.gl/29xLzZ

Alleged satanic priest gets bail
The grandparents of a nine-year-old boy, his uncle, and a pastor were granted bail after a suspected satanic ritual that led to the boy’s alleged rape and molestation
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/03/04/alleged-satanic-priest-gets-bail
http://goo.gl/7O5Nvn

‘Rape den’ initiation school branded girls with hot irons: testimony
An initiation school in Mpumalanga was used as a sex den where 21 girls aged between nine and 17 were repeatedly raped and physically abused, the Nelspruit circuit of the High Court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/03/04/rape-den-initiation-school-branded-girls-with-hot-irons-testimony
http://goo.gl/TU4Lf2

The District Attorney affirms the 1988 child sexual abuse conviction of Jesse Friedman. In a 155-page report released Monday by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, the Review Team tasked with conducting the conviction integrity investigation wrote that “…by any impartial analysis, the re-investigation process…has only increased confidence in the integrity of Jesse Friedman’s guilty plea and adjudication as a sex offender.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20141020110148/http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/DA/NewsReleases/2013/062413friedman.html
http://goo.gl/5NzxSA

Police may charge data centre in largest ever child abuse images bust
Canadian police have seized over 1.2 petabytes of data from the dark net in what could be the largest child abuse image investigation ever.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/03/04/police-may-charge-data-centre-in-largest-ever-child-abuse-images-bust/
http://goo.gl/IEwNDp

Thousands of Vulnerable Children Go Missing from Britain’s Protective Services
South Yorkshire Police are launching an independent investigation into its handling of the Rotherham child abuse scandal and will also probe the role of public bodies and council workers. A report claims at least 1,400 children as young as 11 were sexually abused from 1997- 2013 in Rotherham Care Homes but no council staff will face disciplinary action.
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/03/13/britains-missing-children-310701.html
http://goo.gl/JOUdbn

New lawsuit alleges sexual abuse in Fort Worth Catholic Diocese
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article12653882.html
http://goo.gl/yvMvhd

 

news items: MI5 – Kincora children’s home, Aboriginal women, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Rotherham abuse scandal, Anonymous to target paedophiles, Fred Talbot

This week there were several news articles covering rape and trauma issues. These include the MI5 being accused of covering up sexual abuse at the Kincora children’s home, the story of aboriginal women in Canada: 54% of girls sexually assaulted, beaten, choked or threatened with a gun or a knife, possible coverup by Jehovah’s Witnesses of child sex abuse, the Rotherham abuse scandal: police alleged unwilling to pursue claims of sexually exploitation, 233 recorded cases of child abuse and 33 cases of reported sexual assault in Australia detention camps, Anonymous to target paedophiles using the ‘dark web’ to carry out child abuse and Fred Talbot TV weatherman history of child abuse.

MI5 accused of covering up sexual abuse at boys’ home
Court case to address alleged cover-up of British state involvement at the Kincora children’s home in Northern Ireland
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/15/mi5-kincora-childrens-home-northwen-ireland-sexual-abuse
http://goo.gl/0E01om

Silent no more
How do you tell the story of aboriginal women in Canada today? 54% of girls like you will be sexually assaulted, beaten, choked or threatened with a gun or a knife; you are four times more likely to be victims of a homicide….
40% of aboriginal women die at the hands of spouses or boyfriends, 23% are killed by family….
1,181 documented cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women…. http://news.nationalpost.com/silent-no-more/   http://goo.gl/oD2jrs

Did leaders of Jehovah’s Witnesses cover up child sex abuse
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/leaders-jehovahs-witnesses-cover-child-sex-abuse/
http://goo.gl/2relo3

Rotherham abuse lawyer: More evidence will link perpetrators to police   
Complaints have been made about the late Pc Hassan Ali alleging he was unwilling to pursue claims of exploitation
1,400 children found to have been sexually exploited in the South Yorkshire town.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11399556/Rotherham-abuse-lawyer-More-evidence-will-link-perpetrators-to-police.html
http://goo.gl/Xeu00v

Essex Police under investigation over ‘failings’ by child abuse unit
Essex Police apologise to alleged victims of child abuse after ‘uncovering problems’ with 30 investigations over a three year period
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11405598/Essex-Police-apologises-to-child-abuse-victims-after-its-revealed-30-investigations-were-flawed.html
http://goo.gl/BM9ja7

Hacking group Anonymous to target paedophiles using the ‘dark web’ to carry out child abuse
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2924864/Hacking-group-Anonymous-target-paedophiles.html

‘Australia is ashamed,’ Human Rights Report Records Hundreds Child Abuse Cases In Detention
According to reports, there were 233 recorded cases of child abuse and 33 cases of reported sexual assault, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. http://au.ibtimes.com/australia-ashamed-human-rights-report-records-hundreds-child-abuse-cases-detention-1420904   http://goo.gl/s3WiXN

Kids In Detention Have Spoken Their Minds About Australia In The New “Forgotten Children” Report
http://junkee.com/kids-in-detention-have-spoken-their-minds-about-australia-in-the-human-rights-commissions-new-forgotten-children-report/50970
http://goo.gl/soCV6a

The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (2014)
Australia currently holds about 800 children in mandatory closed immigration detention for indefinite periods, with no pathway to protection or settlement.
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/forgotten-children-national-inquiry-children-immigration-detention-2014
http://goo.gl/Z6Zqrl
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/forgotten_children_2014.pdf
http://goo.gl/ccFqj7

Fred Talbot: TV weatherman hid history of child abuse
Former television presenter Fred Talbot found fame aboard a floating weather map in Liverpool’s Albert Dock, but behind his quirky on-screen persona a history of child abuse lay hidden.
The 65-year-old, who has been found guilty of indecently assaulting two teenage boys, trained as a biology teacher in the 1960s.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-31323793
http://goo.gl/WJLszP