According to Times of India, Rai was a resident of Ballia district and had planned to return there after her exams, with her roommate, whom she was supposed to meet at the railway station at 8am. Although Rai did leave her house, she never made it to the station.
Police officials stated that Rai had suffered grievous injuries to her head, as if from a blunt and heavy object, with multiple bruises on her hands and face.
No arrests have been made, so far.
Some social media users criticised the lack of attention her brutal death was receiving, and questioned the media’s priorities.
He was referring to the controversial Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, released earlier this year, which was based on a 14th century queen. The film’s release prompted months of protests across India, as Hindu right-wing groups believed it distorted history.
Other tweeps demanded that government officials look into the case.
@Prem_Kumar912 tweeted to Yogi Adityanath, the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, saying: “Crime is crime. Don’t differentiate on the basis of caste and religion. Same goes for justice. It’s your duty to find criminals of such crime and ensure that they get hanged till death.”
Paedophile priest investigation turns to regional Western Australia to reveal full extent of child abuse
ABC Mid West and Wheatbelt By Laura Meachim
A close up of the cross above St Mary's Cathedral in Perth.
The sex abuse royal commission went to some dark places — here's a snapshot
The horrific crimes of paedophile priest, Denis McAlinden, are being investigated in regional Western Australia by lawyers committed to revealing the full extent of his abuse of young children.
McAlinden died in 2005 before he could be charged over five decades of sexual abuse that spanned Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
Now, Canberra-based law firm, Ken Cush and Associates, is turning its attention to the Diocese of Geraldton, where McAlinden was sent in the 1980s.
The prolific paedophile priest spent time at the Diocese of Geraldton in the 1980s and the Diocese of Bunbury in the 1990s. (ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt: Laura Meachim)
It wants to hear from witnesses and victims from the Diocese of Geraldton, Bunbury and the parish of Wickham and Kojonup.
Senior Associate Nick Kitchin said the firm was currently working on several cases, both in Australia and overseas, involving the former priest.
"We are retracing his steps to gather information on his past actions," he said.
"As we undertake this work, we are encountering more people who were abused by him."
While McAlinden's name is well-known, Mr Kitchin said the extent of the priest's abuse was not. "He is known to be one of the worst well-known paedophile priests," he said. "The number of victims could be in the tens of people, it could be even more.
"We do not know, despite the various inquiries and the commission that has taken place. People are still coming forward for their own reasons and in their own time.
"The number of victims could only increase."
Five decades of abuse
McAlinden started abusing young children in 1949, before he was incardinated in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle as a parish priest.
In 1976, a letter, revealed the Catholic Church knew of McAlinden's abuse and suggested he be moved to the Diocese of Geraldton in a bid to cover up his actions.
Exposing a national shame
The letter detailed McAlinden's "inclination to interfere [touching only] with young girls, perhaps aged seven to 12" and that the church did not believe it was really serious.
Mr Kitchin said this was a key piece of evidence used in inquiries and the
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
"The 1976 letter is really significant because it is in writing," he said.
"If there was any doubt about what they knew beforehand, there was absolutely no doubt that the diocese that was responsible knew about this."
"From that day forward, there was absolutely nothing stopping them whatsoever from approaching an authority, approaching the police to say this person is abusing children. Nothing whatsoever."
In 1981, McAlinden arrived in WA's north-west and in 1982 he abused a young girl, who was 10 years old at the time.
She reported the events to police in 1991 and in 1992 McAlinden went on trial in the District Court of Western Australian.
He was acquitted based on the evidence presented in the trial, but later a warrant for his arrest was issued as more complaints were heard.
McAlinden went into hiding and died in a nursing home without ever being charged.
Shattered faith
The current Geraldton Bishop, Michael Morrissey, said he was a young priest starting his career when he met McAlinden.
Diocese of Geraldton Bishop, Michael Morrissey, says it will take years for the church to recover from "this terrible disease". (ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt: Laura Meachim)
Bishop Morrissey said priests within the Diocese were not told of McAlinden's cruel past, nor were they aware of his actions until the 1990s.
He said when he found out he was shocked and extremely disappointed.
"It makes me feel terrible," he said.
"I would not want my own personal faith to be shattered. In some way it is tested by what other people have done."
"It really affects me in my own commitment to what I do and how I would like to operate as a priest and now as a bishop." He said there would always be support at the church for those who wanted it.
"As we know, a lot of these people do not come forward for 30 years or more," he said. "This has been like a cancer within them, affecting their whole life and their wellbeing and all their relationships.
"Often we can have these physical wounds and mental wounds that are there, but I think the wound that is much deeper than that is actually like a spiritual wound, it goes to the core of your being."
WA's new legislation helps victims
In April, the WA Government lifted the statute of limitations on reporting child abuse, meaning time restrictions on when victims can launch civil action have been removed.
Mr Kitchin said it had encouraged people to share their stories.
"That was a very positive development. I think that victims of child sexual abuse come forward at different times for different reasons.
"Obviously it is incredibly difficult circumstances for them."
Ex-teacher from Sydney Grammar jailed for sex with teen boy
Andrew Koubaridis@akoubaridis news.com.au
A PREGNANT ex-teacher — who labelled herself a “f****** monster” for having sex with a student — has been jailed for her crimes.
The 34-year-old mother-to-be will have to give birth in May behind bars after being sentenced to 15 months’ jail at the Sydney District Court this morning. She will serve a minimum term of seven months.
When her supporters in court heard she was going to be sentenced to jail, several gasped and one woman doubled over and cried.
Judge Paul Lakatos said it was a “sad result”
she would have her first baby in custody and wished her a “successful” pregnancy.
The woman pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual intercourse with a person under her care over three months in 2016 while she worked at the elite Sydney Grammar School.
The father of her baby is her husband, not the teenage boy.
She cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, who was 17 when she began to abuse him. The pair began to meet in relation to a school activity but their text messages soon became emotionally charged.
“The nature of the interaction changed between them,” Judge Paul Lakatos said.
A former teacher from an elite Sydney school has been jailed after having sex with a male student.
A former teacher from an elite Sydney school has been jailed after having sex with a male student.Source:News Corp Australia
The teacher performed oral sex on the student on school grounds and in a store room as well as in her home. Their relationship turned sexual after she showered him with gifts, including books of poetry, and told him personal details of her life, including problems in her relationship with her husband.
The court heard “she made him write sex fantasies for her and they exchanged sexual fantasies”.
Judge Lakatos said the ex-teacher had no criminal history and was a “high achieving, well regarded” teacher “which in itself is a tragedy”.
He said it was “difficult and unpalatable for judges and magistrates to impose jail for the first time ... But in my view I consider no other alternative to full custodial term.
“It was her duty to care for her student’s welfare and exercise proper regard for his welfare in circumstances where he could not.”
He said the jail term would be “onerous” due to her pregnancy, the nature of her offending and her mental health issues.
The teacher met the 17-year-old victim at her home, a classroom and a school storage cupboard as they embarked on what she thought was a “very mutual love affair”.
She also wrote in a report to his parents that the boy was “a delight to teach”.
The then-teacher bombarded the student with text messages for months after he ended their sexual relationship, apologising, telling him she loved him and referring to herself as a “f****** monster”.
One extraordinary message was sent on behalf of her dog, who “would like to say hello and ask how you are”. The message read: “He knows it’s over between us, but he still cares about you. He hopes you won’t stay angry too long and that maybe we can talk before school goes back.”
In his victim impact statement, the victim said he felt harassed and stalked and “didn’t feel safe at school”. He said the ex-teacher was “domineering” and he felt “overwhelmed” by her advances. Despite her emotional blackmail” he tried to end the relationship a number of times
According to a pre-sentence report, the former teacher later said she knew the relationship wasn’t appropriate but “it felt right”. However, she admitted to feeling “shame and remorse” about the “damage she’d done”.
She had already been the subject of several complaints and had been reprimanded over her conduct with other male students. “If all boys had his sense of humour and level of engagement with the world around them, then teachers would skip to school,” the teacher wrote in the school report.
Prosecutors this week sought a jail term for the woman, despite her being pregnant.
The police facts state the relationship continued despite the victim being “scared to end the sexual relationship with the offender because he ... was worried she would self-harm”.
They continued: “He repeatedly said to her, ‘I can’t’ ... The offender responded to the complainant in a dismissive way saying, ‘what do you mean you can’t?’”
The teen finally ended the relationship in April but the teacher continued to contact him.
He attempted suicide in the school toilets at the end of 2016. Judge Lakatos said he accepted the victim believed the offending led to the attempt on his own life, but there was no medical evidence before the court “that was the cause”.
When the teacher found out a friend of the victim knew about the relationship, she asked, “Am I going to jail?” The student replied: “No, you’re not.”
The ex-teacher will be eligible for parole on September 1.
President of Alberta College of Family Physicians charged with child exploitation
CBC News
Dr. Fred Janke, 62,
has been charged with making arrangements to commit sexual offences against a child, making child pornography, and distribution of child pornography, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams said Friday.
He was arrested Thursday in Edmonton.
The charges of making and distributing child porn charges stem from conversations Janke had with an undercover officer.
"One of the things that a lot of the accused will do when they're engaging in conversations with undercover operators is
write lots of narrative in regards to the descriptions of what they have done or want to do," said Staff Sgt. Stephen Camp.
"That, under the Criminal Code, is making child pornography. When you press the send button that's distribution."
Janke has been a practising physician in Sylvan Lake for almost 30 years. He was in the second year of his term as president of the Alberta College of Family Physicians, but was removed from the position Friday, spokesperson Susan Wong Armstrong said.
The college said in a statement it was "shocked and saddened by this news announced today." Dr. Vishal Bhella has assumed the role of president.
Janke is identified on the University of Alberta website as an associate professor in the department of family medicine. The institution initially said privacy laws prevent them from commenting on Janke's employment, but later provided an update on his status.
"Dr. Janke has been placed on leave and his duties have been reassigned," the U of A said in a statement Friday.
Janke's U of A biography cites numerous accolades, including Outstanding Clinician of the Year for the David Thompson Health Region in 2000 and recipient of a fellowship from the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada in 2009.
'Must not and will not practise medicine'
While this matter is pending, it's "unacceptable" that a physician in this position would practise, said Steve Buick, spokesperson for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. "Our position is simply, Dr. Janke must not and will not practise medicine while this matter is pending," Buick said Friday.
Janke will be asked to voluntarily withdraw immediately from providing medical services. If he refuses, the college will suspend his licence using the emergency powers it has under the Health Professions Act. "We will get that done today, if possible, or as soon as we can," Buick said.
The college is responsible for the registration, regulation and discipline of physicians in Alberta.
Whether or not the criminal charges against Janke result in a conviction, the college could lay additional sanctions as a disciplinary action, said Buick.
The Sylvan Family Health Centre in Sylvan Lake, Alta. (Michelle Bellefontaine / CBC)
He added that the college has no records of disciplinary action against Janke. "The truth is, it's a shock to us as the regulator, just as it is to the public and to his patients," Buick said.
Dating back to October 2017, a suspect is alleged to have been engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a person he met online, ALERT said in a news release.
The sexual conversations allegedly progressed to attempts being made to arrange for sex with the person's five-year-old daughter.
However, the daughter did not exist and the conversations were actually with an undercover operator with the Victoria Police Department, said ALERT.
The Victoria police department's Internet Child Exploitation Unit had been conducting an investigation involving a website that is known to host online chat rooms geared toward child sex. Once it was determined the person being monitored was from Alberta, police in Victoria referred the case to police in Edmonton.
While the investigation and charges are related strictly to online offences, ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation Unit is asking anyone with information about this case to come forward and contact police or cybertip.ca.
ALERT is an integration of law enforcement resources committed to tackling serious and organized crime.
Former Rochdale social worker jailed for
child sex abuse in the 1970’s
By Nigel Barlow
A former Rochdale social worker who sexually abused a young boy during the 1970s has been jailed.
James Peter Gavin aged 82, of College Bank Way, has been
sentenced to 17 years in prison at Minshull Street Crown Court yesterday
He was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault on a boy under 14 and one count of attempted buggery on a child under 16
The court heard how t
hroughout the 1970s Gavin – who had access to the boy through his role as a social worker – sexually abused him on a number occasions.
This abuse took place while the boy stayed at foster homes as well as the former Foxholes Children’s Home in Rochdale.
Gavin would often drive the victim to a location where he would sexually assault him.
The boy never told his carers at the time out of fear he’d get in trouble or that no one would believe him. Gavin also threatened him.
He bravely reported it to police in 2015. Following an investigation, Gavin was arrested and interviewed where he continued to deny the offences.
PC Karen Bancroft, from GMP’s Rochdale borough, said: “Gavin preyed on a vulnerable boy who should have been cared for and supported during an unsettling time in his life. “Instead, for his own sick sexual gratification, he sexually abused him knowing the distress it would cause.
“Not once did he care about the emotional damage he was inflicting on an innocent child who has had to carry this pain with him his entire life.
“Gavin is a twisted, manipulative predator and thanks to the courage of the victim, his patience and his strength, he is now where he belongs.”
Historic UK sex offender forced child to watch sex act and took indecent photos of children
A grotesque paedophile who admitted to a string of sex crimes against children has been jailed for more than a decade.
Adam Austin-Andrew, 38, was arrested by police in March in connection with recent sex offences involving
children under 13 years old.
Following his arrest, officers received shocking details of historic sexual abuse dating back the 1990s on a child, who was aged under 13 at the time.
Austin-Andrew, from Harwich, came before Chelmsford Crown Court on Thursday (June 28) where he
admitted to 12 vile crimes, including five counts of sexual assault against a child.
The charges admitted by Austin-Andrew
One count of engaging in sexual activity in front of a child;
Two counts of indecent assault;
Two counts of causing a child to watch a sexual act;
Five counts of sexual assault on a child; and
Two counts of taking indecent images of children.
He was sentenced to 10 years and nine months in total for his sickening acts.
Investigating officer detective constable Vicky Blackmore, of Essex Police’s Child Abuse Investigations Team, said:
“Austin-Andrew subjected young children to horrendous and sickening sexual crimes, which will have a life-long impact on them.
“I would like to praise the victims and their families for their courage throughout our investigation and subsequent court case. Austin-Andrew is a dangerous abuser and has received a lengthy prison sentence. I hope this outcome offers some justice to his victims.”
NSPCC respond to Austin-Andrew's sentence
A spokeswoman for the charity said: “Offenders like Austin-Andrew pose a serious risk to children and it is right that he is now behind bars for the vile abuse he has perpetuated over the years.
“It’s vital that all victims of sexual abuse know it is never their fault and are fully supported when they come forward and report it – the survivors in this case must be commended for their extraordinary bravery in speaking out against their attacker.
But they need counselling support to overcome the abuse, and it may have to go on for many years.
“We want young people to be able to recognise and report abuse, which is why the NSPCC visited 194 schools in Essex last year with our Speak Out Stay Safe assemblies and workshops.”
Any child who needs help and support can contact ChildLine 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on 0800 1111 or by visiting www.childline.org.uk.
