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Russell Stagg

@russellstagg.bsky.social
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Therapist/survivor in Canada specializing in sexual abuse/assault. Former chaplain for emergency, intensive care, and burn units at Foothills Hospital. Former Jewish chaplain at University of Calgary. Cited more than 4,000 times in academic literature.

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Michael Nuccitelli @ipredator.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
#OnlinePredators, #CSAM, Child Safety, Online Gaming, #iPredator www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264977/...
catholicnewsagency.com
Monitoring organization reports pedophilic videos online have tripled
Moreover, in its annual report for 2024, Association Meter identified over 8,000 links to pedophilic content, with U.S.-based servers hosting half the links.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Child psychiatrist Laelia Benoit on Bétharram school scandal: 'It's chilling that children tried to raise the alarm but weren't heard' #CPA Child Physical Abuse #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #CoverUp #PrivateSchool #VictimBlaming #SexualAssault #Rape France paywall www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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Child psychiatrist Laelia Benoit on Bétharram school scandal: 'It's chilling that children tried to raise the alarm but weren't heard'
The case of violence within the private Catholic educational institution Notre-Dame de Bétharram, in southwest France, tragically illustrates a culture of submission that allows violence against minor...
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Barcelona court investigates 15 more men over child abuse ring #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #AbuseInCare #OrganisedAbuse #Rape #SexualAssault #ChildSafety #ChildProtection Leader of network accused of repeatedly raping and exploiting child in state care Spain www.catalannews.com/society-scie...
catalannews.com
Barcelona court investigates 15 more men over child abuse ring
Leader of network accused of repeatedly raping and exploiting child in state care
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 07/05/2025
"The government has a compelling interest in protecting children from abuse," FFRF Legal Director Patrick Elliott said. "This law does not target Christianity or Catholicism. Religious freedom does not include the right to conceal abuse." www.christianpost.com/news/doj-pro...
christianpost.com
DOJ launches probe into Washington law forcing Catholic priests to violate confessional seal
The U S Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the state of Washington s new law that could require priests to violate the Catholic Church s prohibition on sharing information
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sexual abuse survivor urges Timor-Leste president not to pardon paedophile ex-priest Richard Daschbach #CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy #AbuseInCare Catholic Topu Honis children's shelter www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Timor-Leste proposes pardon for 'evil' paedophile former priest
A woman who survived sexual abuse at the hands of a convicted paedophile former priest fears he will hurt her again if the Timor-Leste government succeeds in having him pardoned.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
At the trial of pedophile doctor Le Scouarnec, the victims' growing desire to be heard Since February 24, the criminal court in Brittany has been hearing the case against the former surgeon accused of #Rape and #SexualAssault against 299 patients. #CSA France www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...
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At the trial of pedophile doctor Le Scouarnec, the victims' growing desire to be heard
Since February 24, the criminal court in Brittany has been hearing the case against the former surgeon accused of rape and sexual assault against 299 patients. The testimonies before the court have en...
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Angi C 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🎼 ⛸️ 👩‍🦽‍➡️ @spokensong.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
But they care about people! The new pope is “progressive!” The CSA was all bad apples in the past! #catholicchurch #CSA #childsexabuse #religiousabuse #spiritualabuse www.kptv.com/2025/05/09/c...
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Catholic Church to excommunicate priests who follow new Washington state law
The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement.
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Mick Finnegan @mickfinnegan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
They take their photos. They draft their empty statements. Then they look away just like they always do. I am a child sexual abuse survivor. I remember. Ireland’s ‘great forgetting’ isn’t passive. It’s a choice. And it’s killing us. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/grea... #CSA
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The new Pope was accused of covering up child abuse. Why is no-one talking about it? #CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy #Coverup Catholic womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-n...
womensagenda.com.au
The new Pope was accused of covering up child abuse. Why is no-one talking about it?
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV faces serious allegations of covering up child abuse, yet media coverage remains disturbingly silent.
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Tom Perry @tom-perry.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This @bbclaurak.bsky.social i/v with Alex Burghart revealed subject unawareness of both questioner + respondent. Munro's review excluded institutional safeguarding. In the >82% of countries that have #MR of #CSA data shows 'haystacks' of such referrals do not occur /1 youtube.com/watch?v=ml13...
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Alex Burghart: ‘The risk [with mandatory reporting] is that everyone will over-report’
YouTube video by OldQueenTV
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Russell Stagg @russellstagg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
#csa
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St Joseph's Survivor ⚖️ @csajoes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Personally, I'd prefer the Catholic Church disintegrated and people got back to pre Romanisation of faith, but come on then #PopeLeo , about time YOU did something for survivors of #csa www.snapnetwork.org/survivors_re...
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Survivors respond to Pope Leo XIV’s election with grave concern about his record managing abuse cases
Protect the vulnerable. Heal the wounded. Prevent the abuse.
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Ungaslited @ungaslited.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Sarito Carroll was just a child when she endured abuse at Rajneeshpuram in the early 1980s. 📢 Share to raise awareness about abuse in spiritual communities. #wildwildcountry #wildwildcountrynetflix #bagwan #bagwanrajneesh #rajneeshpuram #osho #oshocommune #cult #oshointernational #childsexualabuse
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Of 111 state servants suspended over abuse allegations since 2020, 42 had been cleared to return to work, while 24 had either had their jobs terminated, resigned or not renewed their contract. #InstitutionalAbuse #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #AYDC Tas Australia www.canberratimes.com.au/story/895629...
canberratimes.com.au
Public service child abuse reports spike after inquiry
An inquiry into child sexual abuse in institutions has resulted in a substantial rise in misconduct allegations against...
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Clár Ní Chonghaile @clarnic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
European countries host the most child sexual abuse content online, but proposed rules to protect victims and identify perpetrators have stalled. @jogill.bsky.social has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social #csam www.context.news/big-tech/in-...
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In Data: What's behind Europe's online child sex abuse dilemma? | Context by TRF
European countries host the most child sexual abuse content online, but proposed rules to protect victims and identify perpetrators have stalled
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday that France failed to offer effective protection to three minors when they filed #Rape complaints. #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #VictimBlaming #LegalSystem #HumanRights #ChildSafety #SexualAssault www.jurist.org/news/2025/04...
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European rights court finds France failed to protect child victims of sexual assault
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday that France failed to offer effective protection to three minors when they filed rape complaints. The ECtHR highlighted serious shortcoming...
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
French PM stunned as daughter reveals she was abused at scandal-hit school #PrivateSchool #ChildSafety #Safeguarding #CPA Child Physical Abuse #AbuseByClergy Catholic Notre-Dame de Bétharram France www.bbc.com/news/article...
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French PM Bayrou stunned as daughter reveals abuse at Bétharram school
Hélène Perlant alleges that a priest at Notre-Dame de Bétharram beat her at a summer camp when she was 14.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Virginia Giuffre, a prominent accuser of #JeffreyEpstein and #PrinceAndrew, has died by #Suicide. Her family confirmed she died at her property in Neergabby in the shire of Gingin, about 80 km north of Perth. #ChildSexTrafficking #CSA #Trauma Western Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
abc.net.au
Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre found dead
Virginia Giuffre, a prominent accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, has died by suicide.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Legislation that would void Non-Disclosure Agreements in Child Sexual Abuse cases received unanimous approval from Missouri’s House on Tuesday #NDAs #CSA #coverup MO USA missouriindependent.com/2025/04/22/m...
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Missouri bill to void NDAs in child sex abuse cases approved by House • Missouri Independent
Legislation that would void nondisclosure agreements in child sexual abuse cases received overwhelming approval from Missouri’s House.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Ex-Royal household priest investigated over alleged #Rape of teenage girl #CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy #SexualAssault #Grooming #AbuseByClergy Church of England Anglican www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
mirror.co.uk
Ex-Royal household priest investigated over alleged rape of teenage girl
The alleged victim, now in her 40s, told police officers last month that she was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted by the Church of England clergyman for more than 18 months
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
For survivors of clergy sex abuse in PA. and beyond, Pope Francis changed little #CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy Catholic www.pennlive.com/news/2025/04...
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For survivors of clergy sex abuse in Pa. and beyond, Pope Francis changed little
When he was installed as head of Roman Catholic Church in 2013, Pope Francis was heralded as a progressive change-maker. For survivors of clergy sex abuse, however, the pope did little to overhaul the...
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
All three types of #Rape equally serious, says High Court as it dismisses man’s appeal #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #SexualAssault Singapore www.straitstimes.com/singapore/co...
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All three types of rape equally serious, says High Court as it dismisses man’s appeal
The offender argued that the type of rape he committed was less serious. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
After Francis, advocates say the next pope must do more for #SexualAssault survivors #CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy Catholic Australia www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
After Francis, advocates say the next pope must do more for sexual assault survivors
Around 12 months before he died Pope Francis said much progress had been made on holding people to account for committing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. But victims say the next Pope needs t...
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
RTÉ Investigates examines the Christian Brothers handling of their wealth and assets #CCSA #CSA #AbuseByClergy Brand New RTÉ documentary this Wednesday reveals how jailed abusers were at the heart of their leadership and asset management. Catholic Ireland dublingazette.com/dublinlocalm...
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RTÉ Investigates examines the Christian Brothers handling of their wealth and assets
RTÉ Investigates examines the Christian Brothers handling of their wealth and assets, as they continue to fail victims of abuse in a brand new documentary to air
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Magistrate removed from the bench for use of slur, handling of #SexualAssault case #LegalSystem #MaleSurvivor #FemaleAbuser #CSA Child Sexual Abuse Fayette County magistrate is ‘unsuited to be a judge,’ justices rule IA USA iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/18/m...
iowacapitaldispatch.com
Magistrate removed from the bench for use of slur, handling of sexual assault case • Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Iowa Supreme Court has removed from the bench a magistrate who asked whether a defendant in a traffic case was a 'wetback.'
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Cath Pickles not only rebuilt her family's lives after her child survived a violent crime but set about revolutionising support for third-party victims on a national scale #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #Trauma England www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2039...
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My daughter was sexually abused as a child – now I'm helping parents of victims
Cath Pickles not only rebuilt her family's lives after her child survived a violent crime but set about revolutionising support for third-party victims on a national scale
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Case shows why Child Sexual Abuse victims often recant, and how to support them #CSA A young girl who was molested by her father for years testified at his trial that she once recanted the because she felt no one believed her. sgfcitizen.org/schools/chil...
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Case shows why child sexual abuse victims often recant, and how to support them - Springfield Daily Citizen
A young girl who was molested by her father for years testified at his trial that she once recanted the because she felt no one believed her.
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Clare Lavery @clerotto.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
A decade on...Still TOP priority #LanguageMatters Uninvestigated Hear that lads? Understatement of the Century When investigators pass the buck for their shoddy work Now did you ever bother entering the crime scene? Nah Well Why not? #CSA #Policing www.stephensons.co.uk/site/blog/fa...
stephensons.co.uk
Family Court Judge Calls for Sex Abuse Cases To Be Better Investigated - Stephensons Solicitors LLP
Mr Justice Peter Jackson, a senior family court judge, has made national headlines by speaking out about sex abuse cases not being investigated and going...
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
When Greg Thompson was made Bishop of Newcastle, he refused to turn a blind eye to the area's Anglican paedophile network. #CCSA Clerical Child Sexual Abuse #CSA #AbuseByClergy #Compass ABC TV #MaleSurvivor NSW Australia www.abc.net.au/religion/com...
abc.net.au
Coming up: The Bishop Who Knew Too Much - ABC Religion & Ethics
When Greg Thompson was made Bishop of Newcastle, he refused to turn a blind eye to the area's Anglican paedophile network. The NSW city was home to multiple child sex abuse scandals. For Greg, the fig...
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Two of B.C.’s most prestigious private schools have been named as a defendant in a B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit alleging teacher sexual abuse of a Grade 7 student. #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #AbuseByTeacher #PrivateSchool #SexualAssault #Rape Catholic Canada www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/b...
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B.C. private schools named in lawsuit alleging 'violent' child sex abuse
Teacher Ray Clavin and Father John Kilty have come up in multiple lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of boys.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
More women than men have been convicted under the country's laws against online sex trafficking and sexual abuse of children. #ChildSexTrafficking #ChildSexualAbuseMaterial #FemaleAbuser #CSA Child Sexual Abuse Philippines plus.inquirer.net/news/trust-a...
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Trust a factor: More women than men convicted for child abuse since 2019 - Philippine Daily Inquirer
More women than men have been convicted under the country’s laws against online sex trafficking and sexual abuse of children, highlighting the fact that more often than not, the perpetrators are withi...
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
And yet, somehow, he was still an upgrade on Jacob Rees Mogg #DanNorris #CSA
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Clare Lavery @clerotto.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#NDA #whistleblowing #speakingup #FTSO #betrayaltrauma #moralinjury #CSA #welby #churchabuse Listen here: podbean.com/ew/pb-ncgm5-... In this episode, David Jones and Dr Naomi Murphy meet with Julie McFarlane, a prominent figure in the fight against exploitative non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
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Russell Stagg @russellstagg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
2 million users!!! #csam
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StopSO: Tackling Sexual Abuse charity @stopso.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
INHOPE insightful annual report has landed. It is reports like these that show us how imperative it is to get across the message that #PreventionIsBetterThanCure and when it comes the challenges of #CSAM we are all #StrongerTogether inhope.org/EN/articles/...
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INHOPE Releases Annual Report 2024
INHOPE has released its 2024 Annual Report, revealing unprecedented challenges in the fight against online child sexual abuse and exploitation
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Lana Lawrence @msfocused.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I hope and pray that #VirginiaGuiffre gets the dialysis she'll need to stay alive and that her kidneys can rebound. Remember her bravery for speaking out re: #Epstein and #Maxwell. Holding her in the light. #WomenToo #CSA
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Russell Stagg @russellstagg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I can relate
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Patricia Debney @patriciadebney.com · 29/03/2025
If you need help, you create structures to help. If more people need to be part of the process, you find the people. You figure it out. You think outside the default. Not investigate sexual abuse because it was ‘overwhelming’? This smells of fear. #CSA #welby www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Justin Welby was too ‘overwhelmed’ by scale of abuse in C of E to take action
In first interview since resigning, former archbishop of Canterbury says more cases were arriving every day and he ‘got it wrong’
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
#ChildSafety #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #Peer2PeerAbuse “ #RapeCulture was being embedded among 7 to 11-year-olds, from the casual sexist language used by very young boys to dismissive attitudes towards gender equality, groping, upskirting, sending nude pics and penetration of fellow pupils.”
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A female teacher accused of molesting four boys in the late 1970s has argued there was no duty under societal standards of the time that prevented her having sex with students #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #FemaleAbuser #AbuseByTeacher #MaleSurvivor NSW Australia aapnews.aap.com.au/news/collusi...
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Teacher denies duty 'not to have sex with students'
A female teacher accused of decades-old child abuse has claimed that by 1970s' standards she was under no obligation to refrain from sex with students.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Abuse survivors watch in tears as Katanning hostel of horrors is demolished #InstitutionalAbuse #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #MaleSurvivor #AbuseInCare Katanning Residential College, formerly known as St Andrew's Hostel Western Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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'House of horrors' demolished as 'part of cleansing process' for survivors
Demolition has begun at the site of one of state's worst cases of institutionalised child sexual abuse, where dozens of boys were harmed by paedophile Dennis John McKenna.
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Peter (Wry T) Wright @wrt-t.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Military chaplains' Child Sexual Abuse records elusive, as Catholic church turns its back on transparency #CSA #Coverup #AbuseByClergy #CCSA USA chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Military chaplains' child sex abuse records elusive, as Catholic church turns its back on transparency
The arm of the church serving U.S. Armed Forces and veterans hospitals is one of the few Catholic groups that has not created a public list of credibly accused priests. And there are lots of them — ro...
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