tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65320656452514576432024-03-18T17:54:27.954-07:00Save A Child from Sexual Abuse by 3:15 PMSo far in the 21st century nearly a third of a billion children have been sexually abused, most of them multiple times, some thousands of times. 6 out of 7 are girls. Anything you can do to get this message to as many people as possible will help save abused children all over the world, and maybe even some of the abusers. Please read "Save A Child from Sexual Abuse by 3:15 PM" under "First Time Visitor?" May God bless you and anoint this ministry.Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.comBlogger6632125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-25804815605491498162024-03-18T17:53:00.000-07:002024-03-18T17:53:50.668-07:00Wolves among the Sheep > Christian School Teacher Arrested in Colorado; Columbus School Employee gets probation for CSAM; Aussie cops strip-searching kids<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Normally, I would just count Christians as being sheep, but there are many flocks out there including school children, and any child in the care of someone who should command respect.</i></b></span></p><p><br /></p><h1 class="Page-body ArticlePage-headline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; left: 0px; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 35px 0px 0px; text-align: center; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Affidavit details child sex abuse claims against</span></h1><h1 class="Page-body ArticlePage-headline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; left: 0px; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 35px 0px 0px; text-align: center; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">former Centennial Christian school teacher</span></h1><div class="Page-body ArticlePage-subHeadline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="alternativeHeadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 5px; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="Page-body ArticlePage-subHeadline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="alternativeHeadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 5px; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;">Authorities believe there may be more victims in Parker and Douglas County</span></div><div class="Page-body ArticlePage-subHeadline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="alternativeHeadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 5px; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="Page-body ArticlePage-subHeadline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="alternativeHeadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 5px; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><div class="Page-body ArticlePage-byline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin-top: 17px; overflow: hidden; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><div class="Page-body ArticlePage-authorTexts" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table; left: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><div class="Page-body Longform ArticlePage-authorName" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="name" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; display: table-cell; font-size: 15px; left: 0px; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 7px; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="accent">By:</span> <a class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="https://www.denver7.com/oscar-contreras" style="color: #005687; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;">Óscar Contreras</a>, Denver7ABC</span></div></div></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><div class="published" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="accent">Posted at</span> 1:34 PM, Mar 13, 2024</div> <div class="last-updated" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4d4d4d; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="accent">and last updated</span> <span class="last-updated-date" data-bsp-plugin="Module81627">8:27 PM, Mar 14, 2024</span></div></span></div><div class="Page-body ArticlePage-subHeadline" data-bsp-plugin="Module63684" itemprop="alternativeHeadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 5px; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;"><div class="last-updated" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="last-updated-date" data-bsp-plugin="Module81627" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">DENVER — An arrest warrant affidavit obtained Wednesday by Denver7 details an array of child sex abuse claims against a former <b><u>Centennial Christian school</u></b> teacher who says his actions "plagued him for years."</p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #222222; 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transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;" target="_blank">arrested last week on nearly two dozen felony charges</a> including sexual assault on a child, sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful sexual contact and obscenity.</b><p style="font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif;"></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">His arrest follows an investigation by the Parker Police Department that began in early March after police were contacted by parents and founders of the Journey Academy, located at 7691 S. University Boulevard in Centennial, which <a class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="https://journeyacademycolorado.com/" style="color: #2972a3; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;" target="_blank">bills itself</a> as “a school for the 21st century” where students “discover their unique abilities with which they can impact the world for Christ.”</p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">The arrest affidavit states that parents at the academy contacted police on a report of a sexual assault on a child the evening of March 2 after <b>parents came forward accusing Ballard of inappropriately touching students, showing them pornography and making them run naked as punishment.</b></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">Ballard had been a teacher, or “guide,” at the academy since 2021 and was tasked with performing certain school-type activities for middle-aged children at least three times a week, the affidavit states.</p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">One of the parents told police he “initially believed the boys could be making the information up,” but after talking to other students at the academy who confirmed those allegations, the parent called Ballard that night to confront him about the accusations.</p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">During the phone conversation, <b>Ballard confirmed he <i>“engaged inappropriately with a couple of (students),”</i> and told the parent and founder of the academy some of the things he did with them.</b></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;"><b>On several occasions, the affidavit states, Ballard admitted to showing boys under his care pornographic material. Ballard also admitted to sexually abusing students during several other incidents.</b></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><b>The suspect told the parent that <i>“these things had been plaguing him for years”</i> but never sought help <i>“for the guilt and shame”</i> and thought <i>“he had dealt with the situation,”</i> according to arresting documents.</b></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Narcissist - Only concerned about himself, not the least bit concerned about the children whose lives he messed up.</span></i></b></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; text-align: justify;">The affidavit details several additional claims against Ballard, including alleged abuse using bribery and other forms of coercion. Some students alleged Ballard would tell them not to tell anyone about his actions, according to the affidavit.</p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><i><b>Authorities believe there may be additional victims. Anyone who believes their child may have been victimized is asked to contact Parker Police Detective Bev Wilson at 303-805-6561 or <a class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="mailto:bwilson@parkerco.gov" style="color: #2972a3; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;" target="_blank">bwilson@parkerco.gov</a>. You can also contact Douglas County Sheriff's Office Detective Randy Allen at 303-784-7802 or <a class="Link" data-cms-ai="0" href="mailto:rallen@dcsheriff.net" style="color: #2972a3; transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;" target="_blank">rallen@dcsheriff.net</a>.</b></i></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4TqyPAJYVj4G_Cqbupdu-b1XJ2ndk03ZzKltGPOdc7Vq92QV_Q6KJDb-Xa72iCjiCDdwCeXqnSqjAmGHU5y3vZHFyJhiS4Man4vrdole7aJHmltvo2FvG17X19oj6PdrZeo6TznoXEsaHjwcGV3e5qYvzjdsrbN-ELK-KQlZFrrhutvKF0XzLJIJeqeM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="574" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4TqyPAJYVj4G_Cqbupdu-b1XJ2ndk03ZzKltGPOdc7Vq92QV_Q6KJDb-Xa72iCjiCDdwCeXqnSqjAmGHU5y3vZHFyJhiS4Man4vrdole7aJHmltvo2FvG17X19oj6PdrZeo6TznoXEsaHjwcGV3e5qYvzjdsrbN-ELK-KQlZFrrhutvKF0XzLJIJeqeM=w640-h264" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p style="font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif;"></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h1 class="gnt_ar_hl" elementtiming="ar-headline" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 38px; margin: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ex-Columbus schools controller gets probation</span></h1><h1 class="gnt_ar_hl" elementtiming="ar-headline" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 38px; margin: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">for sharing images of child sexual abuse</span></h1><div class="gnt_ar_by" style="display: inline-flex; flex-flow: column wrap; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; justify-content: center; margin: 12px 6px 3px 0px; min-height: 48px; padding-left: 60px; position: relative;"><a class="gnt_ar_by_a gnt_ar_by_a__fi" data-t-l=":byline with photo|o|c|text" href="https://www.dispatch.com/staff/5539383002/jordan-laird/" style="align-items: center; color: #303030; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;"><br /></a><a class="gnt_ar_by_a gnt_ar_by_a__fi" data-t-l=":byline with photo|o|c|text" href="https://www.dispatch.com/staff/5539383002/jordan-laird/" style="align-items: center; color: #303030; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Unify Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: 700; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;"><i>Jordan Laird</i></a><div class="gnt_ar_pb" style="color: #303030; display: inline; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 20px; margin: 4px 0px 0px; order: 4;"><i>Columbus Dispatch</i></div></div><div class="gnt_ar_b" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Georgia Pro", Georgia, "Droid Serif", serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 27px; margin: 6px 0px 0px;"><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_img" style="clear: both; contain: content; display: flex; flex-flow: wrap; margin: 12px 0px 30px; width: 660px;"><img alt="Columbus City Schools headquarters in downtown Columbus" class="gnt_em_img_i" decoding="async" elementtiming="ar-lead-image" fetchpriority="high" src="https://www.dispatch.com/gcdn/presto/2021/11/15/NCOD/52dfd68f-aab4-4ce3-9883-eaed2957ac63-1026709127_ccs.JPG?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="/gcdn/presto/2021/11/15/NCOD/52dfd68f-aab4-4ce3-9883-eaed2957ac63-1026709127_ccs.JPG?width=1320&height=880&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: white; height: 440px; object-fit: contain; width: 660px;" /><div class="gnt_em_img_ccw gnt_em_img_ccw__cap gnt_em_img_ccw__crd" data-c-caption="Columbus City Schools headquarters in downtown Columbus" data-c-credit="Courtney Hergesheimer/Columbus Dispatch" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Arial Nova", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 15px; margin: 6px 0px 0px; width: 660px;"></div></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><b>A former Columbus City Schools employee will spend three years on probation and have to register as a sex offender after admitting to sharing sexually explicit images of children online in 2021.</b></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><a class="gnt_ar_b_a" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/03/04/columbus-city-schools-employee-arrested-child-porn-charge/6912721002/" style="color: #303030; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;"><b>Michael McCammon</b>, 60, of Dublin</a>, <b>pleaded guilty</b> Thursday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court in <b>a plea agreement with county prosecuting attorneys to one count of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor.</b></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><b>Judge Chris Brown sentenced McCammon to three years of community control, often called probation, and ordered him to register as a Tier II sex offender.</b></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;">McCammon worked as the controller in the central office for Columbus Public Schools from 2006 until his <a class="gnt_ar_b_a" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2021/05/06/columbus-city-schools-employee-arrested-child-porn-charge-resign/4940659001/" style="color: #303030; text-decoration-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;">arrest in 2021, after which he resigned</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;">According to court records, <b>McCammon admitted to sharing images of underage girls engaged in sexual activities via messages on the social media site X, then-called Twitter. In those messages, he also discussed sexually abusing children as young as 2.</b></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p" style="margin: 14px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;">In a sentencing memo, McCammon’s defense attorney, Steve Nolder, said the arrest served as a wake-up call for McCammon and caused him to “recognize the dark place where his life had taken him.”“Seeing the crossroads at which he had arrived, within a month of his arrest, he began treatment with (a psychologist) and Mike faithfully participated in these sessions in the ensuing three years. Therapy has occurred every 2-3 weeks and Mike’s completed more than 30 sessions,” Nolder said. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPc0Um_UR4FO-KZ3wbSfgFUkpNkYQz1IAIwfR0rqTpT1nYya8-z3Q4QguVTVSS3XKNBGqtdGxS_l4YTZqbyiCXcaSyZGnJQz7zksagE_DtABSqDBf5mgYDXoTfhazSGdiMjer85g3_fNOPnJKDn6QnQbkjitq5D5FsO9EfmvKbSrMgRMVn6eoQfMhsYw/s640/Columbus,%20Oh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="640" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPc0Um_UR4FO-KZ3wbSfgFUkpNkYQz1IAIwfR0rqTpT1nYya8-z3Q4QguVTVSS3XKNBGqtdGxS_l4YTZqbyiCXcaSyZGnJQz7zksagE_DtABSqDBf5mgYDXoTfhazSGdiMjer85g3_fNOPnJKDn6QnQbkjitq5D5FsO9EfmvKbSrMgRMVn6eoQfMhsYw/w640-h310/Columbus,%20Oh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="proxima-nova, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: fixed; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><b>SMH</b></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(69, 79, 100); border-top: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: fixed; vertical-align: middle;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="margin: 0px;"><h1 style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 42px; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;">Morning Edition</h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px;" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 0px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td align="left" style="margin: 0px; width: 299px;" width="35%"><p style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"><b>Tuesday, March 19, 2024</b></p></td><td align="right" style="margin: 0px;" width="35%"><p style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"><b>James Manning</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px;" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; min-height: 0px; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td align="left" style="margin: 0px; width: 598px;" width="100%"><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 24px 0px;"><b>Police continue to strip-search children despite a review of the controversial practice.</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKOfKt8QsXskallq-XLo5HIdK5__6B8kLD9O6iQNK8T20f8aq6XabzawcLUaQFGMoO5P_N3uDKBsvWLdAtfbNyhpnUsllmk8iqRG4snthHeX74sL-hQ7GlVHFxE1bUC5K4KUtjw71nNxfnqAqRF0VpzDh4eWplqtmhu836udI__QpTkJSsI77quE7UxY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkKOfKt8QsXskallq-XLo5HIdK5__6B8kLD9O6iQNK8T20f8aq6XabzawcLUaQFGMoO5P_N3uDKBsvWLdAtfbNyhpnUsllmk8iqRG4snthHeX74sL-hQ7GlVHFxE1bUC5K4KUtjw71nNxfnqAqRF0VpzDh4eWplqtmhu836udI__QpTkJSsI77quE7UxY=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 800px; table-layout: fixed; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 16px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: fixed; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><h2 style="color: #0a1633; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 32px; margin: 12px 0px;">Police strip-search dozens of children</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><p style="color: #0a1633; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 12px 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>NSW Police strip-searched more than two dozen children, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://click.email.fairfaxmedia.com.au/?qs%3D50c79f58b53584c547d110637902d6c7776f313261cb0e646e08607ec77c246808204e70ed43db9e9cbd1ccb410b2a642bdd5210a9892a9f&source=gmail&ust=1710887195647000&usg=AOvVaw29JiStxPTZOkIufI_iDP5I" href="https://click.email.fairfaxmedia.com.au/?qs=50c79f58b53584c547d110637902d6c7776f313261cb0e646e08607ec77c246808204e70ed43db9e9cbd1ccb410b2a642bdd5210a9892a9f" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #096dd2;" target="_blank">including a 12-year-old</a>,</b> in the four months to mid-February, despite a Minns government promise to review the controversial practice. Police strip-searched 26 children between October 18, 2023 and February 14, 2024, data released after a freedom-of-information request by the <em>Herald</em> shows. Police found weapons only three times, prompting legal concerns that officers are often not meeting the legal threshold to justify a strip search.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><p style="color: #0a1633; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 12px 0px;"><b>Strip-searching minors, in which police direct children to remove their clothes and sometimes lift their genitals – usually without a parent or guardian present</b> – has been criticised by health experts for causing serious long-term <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://click.email.fairfaxmedia.com.au/?qs%3D50c79f58b53584c59231e141e6a1ead551c5522b2a6655b48c5853c1f427daaff62efe33ac754f9c4138191c807381669b3a3c4ddee41db5&source=gmail&ust=1710887195647000&usg=AOvVaw0xtpqgICThSrnMrC-hTUwJ" href="https://click.email.fairfaxmedia.com.au/?qs=50c79f58b53584c59231e141e6a1ead551c5522b2a6655b48c5853c1f427daaff62efe33ac754f9c4138191c807381669b3a3c4ddee41db5" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #096dd2;" target="_blank">trauma and harm</a>. In October, after the <em>Herald</em> reported that at least <b>115 girls and boys aged 12 to 17 </b>were strip-searched in the two years to June 2023, the government committed to <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://click.email.fairfaxmedia.com.au/?qs%3D50c79f58b53584c5217ead2033ad5b9f5b1e610b47b5b32df3ef1bc8d364a3bd8a1f6bcebe7d9328ca4745e72866196022be428c006e802f&source=gmail&ust=1710887195647000&usg=AOvVaw1_IkqZw1fZZc_qI38E457v" href="https://click.email.fairfaxmedia.com.au/?qs=50c79f58b53584c5217ead2033ad5b9f5b1e610b47b5b32df3ef1bc8d364a3bd8a1f6bcebe7d9328ca4745e72866196022be428c006e802f" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #096dd2;" target="_blank">review the policies</a> underpinning the practice and directed NSW Police to do likewise. But the new data suggests police have continued strip-searching children at the same rate as before the review was announced, and Indigenous children are being disproportionately searched.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; table-layout: fixed; text-align: justify; width: 600px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px;"><p style="color: #0a1633; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 12px 0px;">Police Minister Yasmin Catley said she knew the data would be concerning for the community and she has met with key stakeholders. Her office declined to give a timeframe for the review and NSW Police declined to comment. Redfern Legal Centre senior solicitor Samantha Lee said there should be a pause on all strip searches of children while the review is ongoing. Greens justice spokeswoman Sue Higginson described the practice as <b><i>“a terribly degrading exercise and a genuine violation of somebody’s dignity”. </i></b></p><p style="color: #0a1633; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 30px; margin: 12px 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Dean Sewell</span></em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><b>=======================================================================</b></p></span></div></div>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-46537886534252884512024-03-18T16:22:00.000-07:002024-03-18T16:22:27.371-07:00South Yorks man jailed for despicable child sex abuse - sentence is not sufficient<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">South Yorks man jailed for despicable child sex abuse</b></span></p><p><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Irish Post</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="702" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhhnxiwnGgQsjkqtZhYl3q3l8j9XS4SAi3FQkq2rVH7NI7_i3vvpJMNnett_8v5Kb9RZ-wjRJJ9CjKXN1ErOJ53YDUDJoXsRrVceq9UbKYg7Bkn-8AKrTv59_FVGX2-FzsiF3Knu_GMKsXPP4S9POaWNBDantljAv19nZ8BJ7vGRb2Od93_LZzvz-XJk4" width="274" /></span></a></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><u>Steven McGibbon</u></b>, 49, <b>targeted the girl as she slept before subjecting her to a sickening sexual assault when she was just 12 years old.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>McGibbon was sentenced to five years in prison at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday,</b> March 8, <b>having previously been found guilty of sexual assault by penetration.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>"McGibbon's victim was left absolutely traumatised as a result of his despicable actions and it was her courageous testimony which has led to this conviction," </b></i>said Detective Constable Kay Morgan of South Yorkshire Police.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"McGibbon couldn't even bring himself to own up to his crimes, forcing his victim and her family to endure a trial and relive the horrific events he put them all through."</b></i></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 14px; position: relative; text-align: start;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ead1dc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: green; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">TRIAL</em></span></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A statement from South Yorkshire Police said McGibbon's young victim was powerless to stop her attacker but told her mother about the assault before opening up to officers.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">McGibbon, previously of Apley Road in Doncaster, was subsequently <b>arrested and charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He denied both offences but was found guilty of sexual assault by penetration following a five-day trial in December 2023.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He was found not guilty of sexual assault by touching.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: start;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Well, now, how is that possible? He raped her but didn't touch her sexually? And then he gets 5 years in prison, half of which will be forgiven, and so he will be back on the street while that little girl is still a teenager. How fair is that?</span></i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As well as his custodial sentence, McGibbon was handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order preventing him from having contact or communication with a child under 16.</span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 14px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ead1dc; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: green; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px 18px 0px 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">'BRAVERY'</em></span></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">DC Morgan said both she and the victim's family were relieved at both the verdict and sentence.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"I cannot commend enough the bravery of the young victim in this awful case, and I want to thank her and her family for the support they have shown us through this difficult investigation," she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"I know they share our relief in knowing that McGibbon has been found guilty and is now behind bars, and I hope this sentence allows them to begin the healing process.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #171107; font-family: overpass, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"We will not tolerate any form of violence against women and girls and we will use all the resources we have at our disposal to secure justice against dangerous offenders like McGibbon."</span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDAf2uLTPP3NOvp1G91b1NxL9N5bNu_D3cZj3KIf0RsuymXwaEH_T_s5bbIEFB6y7KggxGiYEFccFzlr5dhoyY8w6iI7wIxF79lVDpPuZUJ945psPqte_hv7R-lMsvM_LOojcw3lhOV6MGqFqpoL1k9q8oIRdSHE2g4sAj-Z1k_dAC8GMMtGpQ0V1Mxg/s678/Doncaster,%20UK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; 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font-size: medium;"><i>Can't, or won't?</i></span></b></p><p><br /></p><h1 class="art-sec-ttl literatafont" style="background-color: #0f0f0f; border: 0px; color: white; font-family: literata, sans-serif; font-size: 39px; line-height: 59px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meta can’t stop paedos from using Messenger, Pay to buy child sexual abuse material</h1><div class="art-dtls-info-wrap" style="align-items: center; background-color: #0f0f0f; border: 0px; display: flex; font-family: inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; justify-content: space-between; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="art-dtls-info" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline; width: 450px;"><a href="https://www.firstpost.com/author/fp-staff/" style="border: 0px; color: #ef4f37; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="FP Staff">FP Staff</a> <em style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">•</em> March 15, 2024, 11:04:00 IST</div></div><section class="article-sec" style="border: 0px; font-family: inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="art-desc" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="art-cont" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="less-cont" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p class="art-cont" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="less-cont" style="background-color: #ead1dc; border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paedophiles are using Meta’s Facebook Messenger and Meta to buy and sell child sexual abuse material, mainly videos. An investigation into various court proceedings revealed that on many occasions, Meta failed to flag suspicious messages and activities, whereas other chat services did.</span></p></div></section><div class="dtl-vdo-wrap" style="border: 0px; font-family: inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 32px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="dtls-bg-vdo" id="nwartbximg" style="border-radius: 4px; border: 0px; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 314px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="Meta can’t stop paedos from using Messenger, Pay to buy child sexual abuse material" src="https://images.firstpost.com/uploads/2024/03/Meta-cant-stop-paedos-from-using-Messenger-Pay-to-buy-child-sexual-abuse-material-2024-03-de6b802526ca9ee6eff75b8193ff956d-1200x675.jpg?im=FitAndFill=(596,336)" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 596px;" title="Meta can’t stop paedos from using Messenger, Pay to buy child sexual abuse material" /></span></div><div class="phtcptn" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meta has often been accused of harbouring paedophiles and not being strict enough on child abusers, and CSAM content. Image Credit: AFP</span></div><div class="phtcptn" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div class="phtcptn" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;"><b>Meta is falling short of its own standards when it comes to curbing the dissemination of CSAM or child sexual abuse material.</b> A recent investigative report by <b>The Guardian</b> has revealed that <b>paedophiles and child abusers often use Meta’s Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay to buy and sell videos and images of children getting abused.</b></span></div><div class="phtcptn" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;">The investigation started off authorities in the US state of Pennsylvania, arrested one <b><u>Jennifer Louise Whelan</u></b> in November 2022 on multiple charges, including <b>sex trafficking and indecent assault involving three young children, some of whom were as young as six.</b> <b>Whelan would create photos and videos of her abusing the children and then would sell the content to paedophiles via Facebook Messenger.</b></span></div><div class="phtcptn" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Authorities came to know of Whelan when one <b><u>Brandon Warren</u></b> was indicted in February 2022. Warren was accused of <b>distributing explicit material involving minors.</b> Warren, like Whelan, pleaded not guilty to the charges.</span></p><div id="local18_widget" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Both Whelan and Warren were using Meta’s Facebook Messenger to send and receive the content. They also used Meta Pay for financial transitions in lieu of the abuse materials.</b></p></div><div class="phtcptn" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meta Pay, formerly Facebook Pay, is a simple peer-to-peer payment service integrated with Meta’s social networks.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Court documents reveal that M<b>eta failed to flag Whelan and Warren’s activities.</b> Instead, <b>it was Kik Messenger, a different messaging app that first reported Warren’s suspicious uploads to authorities,</b> which triggered a police investigation in West Virginia.</span></p></div><div class="phtcptn" style="border: 0px; color: #727272; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 8px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Subsequent findings led to the discovery of videos and images allegedly purchased from Whelan via Facebook Messenger.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>Former Meta content moderators claim they observed suspicious transactions related to child sex trafficking via Meta Pay but lacked avenues to report them to compliance teams. </b>Former moderators also note the ease of using Meta Pay within Messenger, facilitating potentially illicit transactions. Despite this, Meta’s systems reportedly do not flag such transactions, especially those involving relatively small amounts of money.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="art-content" style="border: 0px; font-family: inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: 650px; list-style: none; margin: 32px 0px 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meta Pay, as a money services business, is subject to US anti-money laundering regulations. Failure to detect and report illicit transactions could constitute violations of these laws.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Experts highlight the need for better detection mechanisms, especially given the visibility social media platforms have into users’ activities.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The siloed nature of Meta’s operations further complicates the situation. <b>Former moderators highlight their inability to communicate internally about suspicious transactions they encounter.</b></span></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #050505; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As scrutiny intensifies, questions arise about Meta’s effectiveness in combating illicit activities facilitated through its platforms. The implications extend beyond regulatory compliance, touching on broader issues of child safety and corporate responsibility.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">It seems corporations have only one responsibility, to their shareholders. The days of good corporate citizenship have long passed by.</span></i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; line-height: 24px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">=======================================================================</span></i></b></p></div>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-45153306149817380732024-03-18T12:39:00.000-07:002024-03-18T12:39:16.004-07:00Canadian Convulsions > The Trudeau Government does absolutely nothing as child sexual abuse explodes in Canada<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Welcome to Justin Trudeau's Canada. He has been Prime Minister since 2015 and has done absolutely nothing to protect children from the explosive growth in child sexual abuse whether online or in person. Of all the G20 countries, Canada is probably the only one that has completely ignored the harrowing fate of our children.</i></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Online child sexual exploitation rates have tripled</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>in Canada since 2014</b></span></p><p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQlXwr_71oqU-OSbHuLxkiDaROh90Ea0_bWwdPt4dYxT5RamusBRNtg7bcrBbLkOEAKvt86fEvHSIyC8AELdSzfAQR7wckVl0L3k22q2VBskRlv-x46Wtyxn1AuryIXeCmXKjM8z7jqBoCQ-Sp88KYBZac-qdnw-yCKd6aYPl_HnYnpzRc80KW47Gc56Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1020" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQlXwr_71oqU-OSbHuLxkiDaROh90Ea0_bWwdPt4dYxT5RamusBRNtg7bcrBbLkOEAKvt86fEvHSIyC8AELdSzfAQR7wckVl0L3k22q2VBskRlv-x46Wtyxn1AuryIXeCmXKjM8z7jqBoCQ-Sp88KYBZac-qdnw-yCKd6aYPl_HnYnpzRc80KW47Gc56Q=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div></i><p><i>A stock image shows a hand typing on a computer keyboard. 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(Soumil Kumar/Pexels)</i></p><p><i>Daniel Otis</i></p><p><i>CTVNews.ca Journalist</i></p><p><i>Published March 12, 2024 11:45 a.m. PDT</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Online child sexual exploitation rates more than tripled in Canada between 2014 and 2022.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">According to <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240312/dq240312b-eng.htm" target="_blank"><b>new research from Statistics Canada</b></a> (opens in a new tab), <b>police were only able to solve <u>two in five online sexual offences</u> against children in that period.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>"Online child sexual exploitation, including the transmission of material related to child sexual abuse, sexting, sextortion, grooming and luring, and live child sexual abuse streaming has been on the rise,"</b></i> the Statics Canada report explained.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">It attributed the increase to a possible combination of factors, including a potential rise in crime, more awareness and reporting from the public, and improved police detection efforts.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Police-reported data shows online child sexual exploitation rates in Canada have risen sharply from 50 incidents per 100,000 children in 2014 to 160 in 2022</b>. This was largely driven by an almost <b>fourfold increase in the incident rate of online child sexual abuse material, </b>which is also referred to as child pornography. Overall, <b>Canadian police recorded 15,630 incidents of online sexual offences against children and 45,816 incidents of online child sexual abuse material between 2014 and 2022.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE1NoDLgpgqGiyR4Q35dAqVLxdA36cW7q56hLGBQqLxwkBkr5PixTjIAoPmqD_hYx-1DepU_T1mM7cad_pnqvvFQpo_9M-uF6zjYnEi69ptwnHfPQ21vW81hN9zp0ao1eBfyp2g0_iVmh8ZyWje7sRHpdq70U3dCZ0VaDzD5Vf6AG3YbS3niJ9QESnvB0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="911" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjE1NoDLgpgqGiyR4Q35dAqVLxdA36cW7q56hLGBQqLxwkBkr5PixTjIAoPmqD_hYx-1DepU_T1mM7cad_pnqvvFQpo_9M-uF6zjYnEi69ptwnHfPQ21vW81hN9zp0ao1eBfyp2g0_iVmh8ZyWje7sRHpdq70U3dCZ0VaDzD5Vf6AG3YbS3niJ9QESnvB0=w640-h362" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In that period, <b>just 41 per cent of online sexual offences against children were considered solved by police.</b> <b>Charges were laid or recommended in 74 per cent of solved incidents.</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Only 34 per cent of adults, however, were found guilty after being charged, compared with 44 per cent of those tried in youth court.</b> <b>The majority of all charges were stayed, withdrawn, dismissed or discharged.</b> <b>Of those found guilty, adult offenders were most likely to receive prison sentences (78 per cent) while young offenders were more likely to receive probation (62 per cent).</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">And what were the average sentences for adults? Was it a matter of months or weeks in prison? Canadian justice almost never accounts for the victims.</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Statistics Canada report also tracked the <b>non-consensual distribution of intimate images</b>, which became an offence in 2015. <b>Over 1,700 incidents like this were reported to police between 2015 and 2022, with victims largely being youth aged 12 to 17 (97 per cent) and girls (86 per cent).</b> <b>The accused in such cases tended to be male, similar in age and known to their victims</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>"Like trends in violent crime overall, especially sexual offences, boys and men accounted for the vast majority of accused persons in incidents of online sexual offences against children from 2014 to 2022,</i></b>" Statistics Canada explained. "An incident may remain uncleared (that is, unsolved) for various reasons: it could still be under investigation or there may be insufficient evidence to proceed with a charge."</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>=====================================================================================</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-6469246185123619572024-03-18T11:45:00.000-07:002024-03-18T11:55:45.747-07:00A Powerful new voice standing up for the voiceless > NM's AG takes on Meta<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i>I don't mean to insult <span style="text-align: justify;">Raúl Torrez by calling him a new voice, he has obviously been standing up for abused children all through his career. He's just new to me, and possibly on the national stage. Pray for him please, he could do a lot of good for suffering children.</span></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="headline__wrapper" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><h1 class="headline__text inline-placeholder" data-editable="headlineText" id="maincontent" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--theme-headline__text-color); font-family: var(--theme-headline__font-family); line-height: var(--theme-headline__line-height); margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding-bottom: 32px; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">He prosecuted child sex predators. Now, he’s</span></h1><h1 class="headline__text inline-placeholder" data-editable="headlineText" id="maincontent" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--theme-headline__text-color); font-family: var(--theme-headline__font-family); line-height: var(--theme-headline__line-height); margin: 0px 0px 32px; padding-bottom: 32px; position: relative; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">going after Meta for allegedly enabling them</span></h1></div><div class="headline__footer" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><div class="headline__sub-container" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; align-items: center; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; justify-content: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><div class="headline__sub-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Clare Duffy</span></a>, CNN</i></div></div><div class="headline__byline-sub-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-flex; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><div class="headline__sub-description" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #6e6e6e; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 2px 4px 0px 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"> 9 minute read </div><div class="timestamp" data-editable="settings" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/timestamp/instances/cltiqqf0z000d57qkg1q2em26@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #6e6e6e; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 4px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Updated 5:33 PM EDT, Mon March 11, 2024</div><div class="timestamp" data-editable="settings" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/timestamp/instances/cltiqqf0z000d57qkg1q2em26@published" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; color: #6e6e6e; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 4px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></div></i></div></div></div></div><div><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">New York</i></span></div><div><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">CNN</i></span></div><div><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> — </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIkGIenQyxLeyK4VMRmEGlkr7wQ4ZtCqr9XRtBucAiyrPouq-cN4LKY7EUnMbQV0Ei6S7sbY3R_toZV7FBgSHqqAjIC_hPssVoDUP7NAF5JsYilY_kwyS11HtvCMtcFIoGJ08J6TkxPdA-eRx5ICblv_BxG8q6EmzvQ2HUyXxfcFd_ONwnv2iHbFBLHNA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="1160" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIkGIenQyxLeyK4VMRmEGlkr7wQ4ZtCqr9XRtBucAiyrPouq-cN4LKY7EUnMbQV0Ei6S7sbY3R_toZV7FBgSHqqAjIC_hPssVoDUP7NAF5JsYilY_kwyS11HtvCMtcFIoGJ08J6TkxPdA-eRx5ICblv_BxG8q6EmzvQ2HUyXxfcFd_ONwnv2iHbFBLHNA=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br />When <b><u>Raúl Torrez</u></b>, then a young prosecutor in a rural New Mexico, was preparing one of his first child abuse cases, he went to his father for advice.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Torrez expected his dad, a career prosecutor, to offer some tips about preparing evidence or addressing the jury. Instead, Presiliano Torrez asked: <i><b>“Have you met this little boy?”</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>“He really had me focus on thinking about the impact on this child,”</b></i> the younger Torrez said, recalling the case against the father of an infant suffering from shaken baby syndrome.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The guidance changed the way Raúl Torrez thought about his work as a prosecutor. His dad had <b><i>“made it clear that the work I was doing, especially in that space, was to try and give voice to people that didn’t have the abilities to go and advocate for themselves,”</i></b> he said.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Now, Torrez is applying that same focus as he takes on a powerful new opponent in court: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Less than a year into his new role as New Mexico’s attorney general, <b>Torrez in December filed a lawsuit accusing Meta of creating a “breeding ground” for child predators and exposing young users to sexually explicit material.</b> The complaint alleges that <b>Meta employees have for years raised alarms that children may be at risk of sexual abuse on its platforms, but that the company has failed to adequately address the issue.</b> (Meta has firmly pushed back on the claims and says it has more than 30 safety and well-being tools for teens and parents.)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meta, along with other major social media companies, faces growing scrutiny over the safety of young users on its platforms. Lawmakers, parents and online safety advocates have raised concerns about the impact of social media on teens’ mental health, body image and overall wellbeing. But of the several lawsuits filed against Meta over child safety in recent years, none have focused as pointedly as Torrez’s case on alleged child sexual exploitation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">It’s a case that in some ways has been years in the making, based on Torrez’s experience prosecuting child pornographers and sexual predators and learning about the tools they frequently use to carry out those crimes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Still, Torrez faces a tough road: Meta is among the richest companies in the world. And Big Tech in general has proven a formidable opponent thanks to unique legal protections for online platforms. But with proposed legislation to address social media and child safety stalled for years, some online safety advocates see the courts as their best hope to make progress.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face="cnn_sans_display, helveticaneue, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX9puWRuWPMlUQgh1x_xGutjMkwwb8xy02MQAP8k-Q-lXTFlvV1YolKciaUNNS6TcxyWcxchn7oTulHA-K237rmMupmC-HFquYrzJrn0OaxiS0693TiQgdFfDVrCE8d_1_HMJPVoopD1BHR5SkFe8K0RiIZDz3eoYbPCz1liyJ1ZqV1xiAhOKvWJURmO4" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="1110" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX9puWRuWPMlUQgh1x_xGutjMkwwb8xy02MQAP8k-Q-lXTFlvV1YolKciaUNNS6TcxyWcxchn7oTulHA-K237rmMupmC-HFquYrzJrn0OaxiS0693TiQgdFfDVrCE8d_1_HMJPVoopD1BHR5SkFe8K0RiIZDz3eoYbPCz1liyJ1ZqV1xiAhOKvWJURmO4=w640-h434" width="640" /></a></div><div><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-small;">New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez speaks during a rally organized by Accountable Tech and Design It For Us to hold tech and social media companies accountable for protecting teens on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Accountable Tech</span></i></div><div><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“As a prosecutor, and as a father, I am very concerned about the way in which our digital economy and social media platforms have been allowed to evolve in ways that are just so obviously dangerous to kids,” Torrez told CNN in an interview last month in Washington, DC, on the eve of a Senate subcommittee hearing with Zuckerberg and other social media leaders about potential harms from their platforms to young users.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Torrez’s lawsuit seeks an order blocking Meta from “engaging in unfair, unconscionable, or deceptive practices.” A ruling against Meta could also be an indicator that other big tech firms could be successfully sued for similar issues — and that there might be a workaround to the powerful law known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields social media platforms from being held liable for content posted by their users.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I do think there’s precedent here” for using the court for corporate accountability, said Frances Haugen, the former Facebook employee whose 2021 whistleblower disclosure helped bring public awareness to the risks to young people from social media. “We didn’t pass a law … for tobacco. We didn’t do it for opiates. In both of those cases, (progress) came through lawsuits.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meta declined to comment for this story.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">‘IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO PROTECT’</b></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Torrez was born and raised in Albuquerque and left to study government at Harvard. He later earned degrees at the London School of Economics and Stanford Law School.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">After Harvard, Torrez briefly worked for the tech startup GovWorks, which went bankrupt when the dot.com bubble burst in the early 2000s. He said his experience with Silicon Valley’s culture then continues to influence his work, adding that “the culture oftentimes lends itself to this cavalier attitude about overcoming the next technological challenge or attracting a new investor … and moral and ethical and legal considerations are oftentimes not a priority.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In 2009, Torrez took a White House fellowship in the Obama administration, where he advised the US deputy attorney general on issues such as reducing southwest border violence and cracking down on drug cartels.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He went on to work as an assistant US attorney in his home state, where he prosecuted dozens of cases related to internet crimes against children and sexual abuse. In some cases, Torrez said he volunteered to take child abuse cases and to visit safe houses to conduct interviews with child victims.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“If you’re an adult or you’re a business owner or you’re somebody that has access to resources, you can go find a lawyer,” Torrez said. “If you’re an abused child and your parents have harmed you or somebody that you count on has not protected you, you need somebody to step in.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As district attorney for Bernalillo County, which includes Albuquerque, Torrez worked with a nonprofit called New Mexico Victim’s Rights Project to try to improve the experience for victims in the courtroom — especially children — and in some cases to allow victims to have their own representation in the courtroom.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“It’s unusual for many attorneys to want to have a third-party attorney in the courtroom,” said the group’s executive director, Linda Atkinson. “But with [Torrez], I don’t see an ego like I have with other attorneys.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Among the other actions Torrez has taken in his first year as the state’s top prosecutor is rebranding his office as the New Mexico Department of Justice, from the Attorney General’s Office.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“What we’re really trying to do is to signal … that we are in the business of trying to protect,” Torrez said. “And that this is an institution that will be looking out to give voice and perspective to people and to stakeholders that oftentimes aren’t heard, either in government or in corporate boardrooms.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">TAKING ON META</b></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Although Meta is far from the only online platform used by criminals, Torrez’s lawsuit against the social media giant was borne in part out of his experience prosecuting sex crimes against children.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I had been aware for a number of years that we had both adult offenders and … child victims who had been approached and contacted,” through Meta’s platforms, Torrez said. But it wasn’t until his team started investigating the company that he says he realized the scale of the alleged issue.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">By the company’s own accounting, an estimated 100,000 children received sexual harassment on its platform each day in 2021, according to an internal Meta document cited in an unredacted version of the New Mexico complaint last month. (Meta said the unredacted complaint “mischaracterizes our work using selective quotes and cherry-picked documents.”)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Investigators in Torrez’s office created multiple fake Facebook and Instagram profiles posing as young teens, which the suit alleges were served sexually suggestive content and, in some cases, urged to send pornographic content of themselves.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOk--hwRMH3dn4SPxfm6islD6d96kr71p6WfabqXUPLn3tsXulPTtF8yBbq2jIdb8EX-TGhdRnxV8E7xhcAhKlB_o9clzYSuP70Gu6V8yiCQnT1czWI3Q0H5vh6PNx-b_qXXPCjSAmiFYiHSp42XR8S94ZEo-r-UEcVfvt1ghqOYSJ5C39o5vPi7bNKSo" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1110" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOk--hwRMH3dn4SPxfm6islD6d96kr71p6WfabqXUPLn3tsXulPTtF8yBbq2jIdb8EX-TGhdRnxV8E7xhcAhKlB_o9clzYSuP70Gu6V8yiCQnT1czWI3Q0H5vh6PNx-b_qXXPCjSAmiFYiHSp42XR8S94ZEo-r-UEcVfvt1ghqOYSJ5C39o5vPi7bNKSo=w640-h485" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The New Mexico Attorney General's office alleges it found in an investigation of Facebook and Instagram accounts promoting sexualized images of minors. CNN</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">One of the fake accounts belonged to a fictional 13-year-old girl named Issa Bee. The account listed Bee’s birth year as 2002, which would make her 21 years old in the company’s systems, to “avoid having to create a children’s Facebook profile.” But it posted about things like losing a baby tooth and the first day of 7th grade and mentioned her age as 13 in private messages, according to the complaint.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The account received comments appearing to be from adult men “telling Issa they love her and calling her beautiful, sexy, or gorgeous,” as well as messages “filled with pictures and videos of genitalia,” the complaint states.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I’m looking for a sugar baby to spoil with $5000 for your weekly allowance via PayPal just text me (hi daddy) if you’re interested,” one man said on Facebook Messenger to the Issa Bee account, according to the complaint.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meta has pushed back on the claims in Torrez’s lawsuit and cited its various existing efforts to protect young users.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We use sophisticated technology, hire child safety experts, report content to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and share information and tools with other companies and law enforcement, including state attorneys general, to help root out predators,” Meta spokesperson Nkechi Nneji said in a statement in December.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The company said in a December blog post that it had launched technology to proactively detect and disable accounts displaying suspicious behaviors and that it formed a Child Safety Task Force. Meta also says it has removed hundreds of thousands of accounts, groups and devices for violating its child safety policies.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoqELi4IxdCQOqC6bQSxEWyAkPY1mgd5OKZg_XPB-8UXxFNU4t8fryZT8-A9hTzGAhMi5n2K8p7-UUmzym3GUCyEVDNn8mMxREPsez2YYsXpxZfThGArNeV03GuVObDlQgVYEQ_-Pt4Iaflj2P1GuvjyCeO3-6bvhMivxRq0m0HQFnHKU-UoCNy2LdL_M" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1110" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoqELi4IxdCQOqC6bQSxEWyAkPY1mgd5OKZg_XPB-8UXxFNU4t8fryZT8-A9hTzGAhMi5n2K8p7-UUmzym3GUCyEVDNn8mMxREPsez2YYsXpxZfThGArNeV03GuVObDlQgVYEQ_-Pt4Iaflj2P1GuvjyCeO3-6bvhMivxRq0m0HQFnHKU-UoCNy2LdL_M=w640-h400" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg stands and apologizes to families harmed by social media during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 31, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">An apology is absurd when you continue to do what you apologized for!</i></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In January — after Torrez’s lawsuit was filed and ahead of the Senate committee hearing on online youth safety — Meta rolled out additional youth safety features, including updating teens default privacy settings to restrict anyone they don’t follow from messaging them, including other teens. The move comes after Meta in 2021 restricted adults over the age of 19 from messaging teens who don’t follow them.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Ann Olivarius, senior partner at the law firm McAlister Olivarius who has worked on cases related to sexual abuse and exploitation, said similar cases against other internet firms have not been successful because of the power of Section 230 protections.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">But she said that if New Mexico can “prove their case, it means that maybe section 230 will be amended, and at least there will be carve outs, there’ll be exceptions, for porn, for trafficking, for rape, for child abuse, for gender violence.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A ‘CANCEROUS EFFECT’ ON VICTIMS</b></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">New Mexico’s suit against Meta came two months after a group of 33 state attorneys general filed a separate complaint against Meta, alleging that the company’s platforms have harmed minors and contributed to a mental health crisis in the United States. Meta said in response to the multi-suit complaint that it is committed to “providing teens with safe, positive experiences online.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Torrez opted not to join that case but rather pursued a separate action because he says he felt the alleged child sexual exploitation risks were “misunderstood” and deserved individual attention.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Because of my experience and the capabilities of my office, we were uniquely positioned to put together an undercover operation and really pull the curtain back on the scale of the harm,” he said.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Torrez said he sees his effort to fight alleged child abuses on Meta’s platforms as part of a larger effort to make New Mexico safer.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The state frequently ranks low on measures of youth well-being: it’s among the US states with the highest child poverty rates, per the Census Bureau. High school graduation rates in New Mexico are also among the lowest in the country, according to US News and World Report.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“If we don’t highlight and find ways to prevent this type of harm, it has a cancerous effect,” Torrez said. “Almost all of the hands-on abusers that I encountered in my time as a prosecutor were themselves abused.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He added: “We have to break that cycle, both by holding individual offenders accountable, but by also holding corporate leaders accountable if they allow that kind of behavior to manifest itself in any community.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">=====================================================================================</b></div><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><br /></div></span></div>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-58584390256134128472024-03-17T21:11:00.000-07:002024-03-17T21:13:47.088-07:00Wolves Among the Sheep > 'Church with no name' is making headlines for all the wrong reasons; Polish Catholics can't avoid reckoning; Mormon Bishop arrested for years of incest<p> </p><h1 class="detailHeadline" lang="en" style="font-family: "Stag Medium", Trebuchet; line-height: 1.3; margin-block: 16px; margin: 16px 0px 0.67em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Historical sexual abuse charges filed against B.C. minister belonging to church with no name</span></h1><h2 class="deck" lang="en" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></h2><h2 class="deck" lang="en" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.5rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Complainant says she is speaking out about what happened in 1989 to protect others</span></h2><div class="byline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; align-items: center; color: #545454; display: flex; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 16px;"><figure class="imageMedia author-image full" style="display: inline; height: 40px; margin: 0px 0.5rem 0px 0px; min-width: 40px; padding: 0px; width: 40px;"><div class="placeholder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.3041530.1505849156!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/square_140/karin-larsen.jpg" style="aspect-ratio: 1 / 1; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; object-fit: cover; width: 40px;" /></div></figure><div class="bylineDetails"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="authorText" data-cy="author-text"><a class="" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/author/karin-larsen-1.3041527" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #0550c8; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s;">Karin Larsen</a></span> <span class="bullet">· </span>CBC News <span class="bullet">· </span><time class="timeStamp" datetime="2024-03-08T12:00:00.728Z" style="display: inline-block;">Posted: Mar 08, 2024 4:00 AM PST | Last Updated: March 8</time></i></div></div><div data-cy="storyWrapper" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;"><figure class="imageMedia leadmedia-story full" style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;"><div class="placeholder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: radial-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(203, 203, 203)); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; margin: 1rem 0px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="woman with short hair" fetchpriority="high" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134779.1709679286!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/lyndell-montgomery.JPG" style="aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; border: 0px; display: block; object-fit: cover; width: 720px;" /></div><figcaption class="image-caption" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #545454; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Former 2x2s member Lyndell Montgomery said she decided to go public with allegations of being sexually abused within the church when she was 14 after seeing a newspaper story about the conviction of another minister. 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font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A Vancouver Island woman is speaking out about the alleged sexual abuse she suffered as a teenager while a member of an insular and secretive Christian sect that has no official name, but is most commonly called the Two-by-Twos, or 2x2s.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><u>Lyndell Montgomery</u></b> was 14 years old in 1989 when the alleged abuse happened. She claims her alleged abuser was 2x2s minister, <b><u>Lee-Ann McChesney</u></b>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">McChesney, 60, was arrested in January and charged with one count of sexual abuse and one count of sexual exploitation after an investigation by the Delta Police Sexual Offence Section and Vulnerable Sector Unit. </b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">According to court documents, the charges stem from incidents in 1989 in or around the B.C. communities of <b>Terrace, Delta and Surrey.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">None of the allegations have been proven in court.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-weight: 700;"><em>WATCH | Lyndell Montgomery explains why she's telling her story of alleged sexual abuse:</em> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #545454; font-size: 0.875rem;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #545454; font-size: 0.875rem;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2314646595593" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="620" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhG2SZi1a7Zw_hyb6DDTa-1eAj87t5Iu-pGXew_O_pKd1wmjzBA-iUL5tCpeVE7BTlojqeeag1_LVLx17cq7bvVdlbvIBXO_ZcEubm7y0wFgFAQeueiA-y4UMkRmXO_IiezeDZIfOdZZ5HErqGS0s9oQcUIipjJsljNkmRbPFiZVmRJDoE75lY-lcCsWo=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><i>Lyndell Montgomery says she wants to tell her story of alleged sexual abuse within the 2x2s church so other survivors don't feel alone.</i></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Now 49, Montgomery says she wants to go public with her story to protect others in the church. She's asked that her name not be put under a publication ban by the court, as is usually the case with victims of alleged sexual violence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"My story is one of thousands within this organization," she said in an interview. "I want to protect other kids that are still in that high control environment. I want to bring publicity to the fact that I am not the only [one]."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The 2x2s organization is being rocked by a wave of child sexual assault allegations making headlines in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. </b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">According to the co-founder of a 2x2 victim hotline in the U.S. called Advocates For The Truth, <b>1,500 unconfirmed reports of child sexual abuse and other offences have been submitted in one year of operation.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"The response to the hotline has been overwhelming," said Cynthia Liles, who is also a private investigator specializing in child sex abuse cases against institutions of trust. "It's been a fire hose — just a deluge of reports coming in."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On Feb. 20, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it was investigating the 2x2s in the United States, and issued an appeal for<a href="https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/victim-services/seeking-victim-information/seeking-victim-information-in-2x2-investigation" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #0550c8; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s;"> <span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216);">victims to come forward.</span></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"The group has often been referred to by others outside of the group as <i><b>'2x2,' 'The Way,' 'The Truth,' and 'The Church With No Name,' among others,"</b></i> reads the FBI alert. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"If you … believe your child or other children may have been victimized by individuals affiliated with 2x2, the FBI requests you complete a short online <a href="https://forms.fbi.gov/2x2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #0550c8; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s;">questionnaire</a>."</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Who are the 2x2s?</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The roots of the 2x2s trace back to 19th-century founder William Irvine, an evangelist Scotsman. Followers brought the faith to Canada in the early 1900s. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">2x2s do not own places of worship, publish a leadership structure or keep public records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The sect is largely a home-based fellowship, but Sunday gospel meetings — like one CBC attended at a Port Coquitlam, B.C., funeral chapel — are held at public venues.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;"><figure class="imageMedia image full" style="line-height: 0; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="placeholder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: radial-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(203, 203, 203)); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="aerial shot of funeral home and parking lot" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134475.1709743328!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/2x2.jpg" srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134475.1709743328!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/2x2.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134475.1709743328!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/2x2.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134475.1709743328!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/2x2.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134475.1709743328!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/2x2.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134475.1709743328!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/2x2.jpg 1180w" style="aspect-ratio: 1.86186 / 1; border: 0px; display: block; object-fit: cover; text-align: justify; width: 720px;" /></div><figcaption class="image-caption" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #545454; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The sect has no official name but is known as 2x2, The Truth, The Way and the Church with No Name, according to the FBI. It is largely a home-based ministry but larger gospel meetings take place in public venues like this funeral chapel in Port Coquitlam, B.C. (Ben Nelms/CBC)</i></figcaption></figure></div><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Ministers, called "workers," are supposed to be free of worldly possessions and rely on church members, called "friends," for support.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Workers are dispatched to communities in pairs — two-by-two — to preach the faith while living in the homes of congregants, moving frequently. <b>They are expected to be celibate.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Workers in top leadership positions are called "overseers." </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>Estimates put the number of 2x2 followers in the world today at 75,000</b>. Liles says the <b>majority live in Canada, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand.</b></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Adopted into the faith</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Montgomery says her membership in the 2x2 sect began when she was adopted at six weeks old by a family of devout first- and second-generation followers. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Growing up, there was violence in the family home, she says. After one particularly terrible blowup in 1989, she was sent to live with McChesney, who as a worker, held a position of authority and trust. </b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"My parents had implicit trust in the organization, in the workers, in all of it. They truly believed it was the one true way," said Montgomery.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;"><figure class="imageMedia image full" style="line-height: 0; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="placeholder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: radial-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(203, 203, 203)); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="older man with grey hair looks at camera" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7135902.1709760440!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_780/bruce-murdoch.JPG" srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7135902.1709760440!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_300/bruce-murdoch.JPG 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7135902.1709760440!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_460/bruce-murdoch.JPG 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7135902.1709760440!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_620/bruce-murdoch.JPG 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7135902.1709760440!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_780/bruce-murdoch.JPG 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7135902.1709760440!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_1180/bruce-murdoch.JPG 1180w" style="aspect-ratio: 1.69863 / 1; border: 0px; display: block; object-fit: cover; text-align: justify; width: 720px;" /></div><figcaption class="image-caption" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #545454; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Wings of Truth website co-founder Bruce Murdoch is a 2x2s member who posts about child sexual abuse cases within the church. (Corey Bullock/CBC)</i></figcaption></figure></div><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Soon after the alleged abuse, Montgomery cut ties with her family and the 2x2s. In the intervening 35 years, she resisted overtures from church members to come back into the fold, wanting to keep her trauma firmly in the past.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">But last year, a story in her local newspaper changed everything. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">It was about the conviction of 2x2s worker <b><u>Aaron Farough</u></b>, <b>who was found guilty on two counts of child pornography and sentenced to 175 days in prison.</b> The offences took place while Farough was living in the family homes of 2x2 members on northern Vancouver Island. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>"He was on the front page of the <a href="https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/minister-who-worked-in-courtenay-and-area-guilty-on-child-pornography-charges-1640129" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #0550c8; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s;">Comox Valley Record</a>, and as soon as I started reading it, I was like, oh my God," </b></i>said Montgomery. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"I thought that I was in a silo, that no one ever in a million years would believe that anything happened to me … and certainly not by a female minister-slash-worker."</b></i></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">CBC reached out to <b><u>Merlin Affleck</u></b>, the man identified by current and former church members as the 2x2 leader or "overseer" in British Columbia. <b>Affleck declined to speak</b> on camera or answer written questions about McChesney's charges, her status in the church and the FBI investigation. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2315350595723" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="931" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIMyQKtJOc7i_5UkFsa3ouhTL74a_sDiku2dIhGMeGiLzCDVDhbShJdRrbF_3Ci9-4G7s6gBZV5JnESEshNzfZ2xq1M7aXmXis3nu9miszJO48Ep0fPc3hEFq6WcnZrp44R-kqvECd7Yrq8iKblFRNy8HM9RbDOeJkwt5dGSGu0daod7nr77fZyDREvaw=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: white; font-size: 0.8rem; font-weight: 700;">ation</span><p></p><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;"><span class="mediaEmbed" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><div class="player-placeholder-ui-container player-0691203c-4a7e-42b7-8f8c-a06105625219" style="display: grid;"><div class="player-placeholder-video-ui" role="button" style="display: grid; 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font-weight: 700; line-height: normal;"><div class="durationLabel" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; padding: 0px;">6:03</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span class="media-caption" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #545454; display: block; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 16px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;">In an email, <b>Affleck said steps have been taken to protect children, including development of a child safe policy and a minister's code of conduct. </b></span></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"In the last few years we've implemented many positive measures to insure the safety of children," he wrote. "But positive things don't usually make for interesting news, so I will respectfully decline your request for an interview."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">CBC also asked a 2x2 worker leading the gospel meeting in Port Coquitlam last weekend for an interview. She declined.</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1.625rem; line-height: 1.3; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Public reckoning</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">To some in the faith and many who have left it, 2x2 leadership needs to answer for the public reckoning that is now taking place. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><u>Bruce Murdoch </u></b>is one of them. The lifelong and current 2x2 member has been pushing the issue for over a decade as co-founder of a website that posts about child sexual abuse within the church.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem;"><figure class="imageMedia image full" style="line-height: 0; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="placeholder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: radial-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(203, 203, 203)); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="woman carrying box of hymn books" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 300px,(max-width: 460px) 460px,(max-width: 620px) 620px,(max-width: 780px) 780px,(max-width: 1180px) 1180px" src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134483.1709669537!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/2x2.jpg" srcset="https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134483.1709669537!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/2x2.jpg 300w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134483.1709669537!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_460/2x2.jpg 460w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134483.1709669537!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/2x2.jpg 620w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134483.1709669537!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_780/2x2.jpg 780w,https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134483.1709669537!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/2x2.jpg 1180w" style="aspect-ratio: 1.50121 / 1; border: 0px; display: block; object-fit: cover; text-align: justify; width: 720px;" /></div><figcaption class="image-caption" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); color: #545454; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 16px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A 2x2s member is pictured attending a gospel meeting in Port Coquitlam on Sunday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)</i></figcaption></figure></div><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>"One of the things that the church does is it denies that it's even an organization, even though it's quite well organized ..</b></i>. So the denial of the fact that we are even an organization has really prevented proper management," Murdoch said, speaking from his home in Cranbrook, B.C.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"<i><b>There are hundreds and hundreds of allegations that have not gone to the legal authorities, and for many, many years, the leadership of the church would not go to the authorities on purpose," </b></i>he said. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As someone who studies alternative and controversial religions, Steve Kent says a lack of public accountability is common in groups with antagonistic attitudes to the outside world. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"The outside secular world is evil, fallen, even Satanic, and consequently they almost never go to outside authorities to report incidents of abuse," said Kent, professor emeritus at the University of Alberta. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"What often happens is these groups have either internal investigative procedures that are very, very poor, or they get their abusers to repent and say they had a conversation with God and God has forgiven them."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">CBC reached out to the FBI and RCMP to ask if the agencies were co-ordinating across borders on 2x2 allegations. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">B.C. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark said he could not confirm or deny any investigation before charges are laid.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>"We would encourage any survivor of sexual abuse regardless of when the offence occurred, to contact their local police to report it,"</b></i> he said. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In an email, the FBI said in order to preserve the integrity and capabilities of its investigation, no details would be shared. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">McChesney is next scheduled to appear in Surrey Provincial Court on March 14.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">There is no update to be found.</span></i></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">=======================================================================</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">A Bishop who hides the sexual abuse of children from the law is no better than the pedophile who committed the abuse. He has blood on his hands, and is apparently too stupid to know that you cannot hide anything from God.</span></i></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">If you are wondering why Poland has moved to the political left while the rest of Europe is leaning to the right, this is why. God removed the conservative government because it was protecting the Catholic Church from the reckoning that is beginning to come down.</span></i></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Breuer Bold", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Vatican announces resignation of Polish bishop due to “negligence in handling sexual abuse”</span></h1><p class="post-meta" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-size-adjust: 100%; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="published" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f6f6f; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">MAR 11, 2024</span> | <a href="https://notesfrompoland.com/category/society/" rel="category tag" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 1.5px !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">SOCIETY</a></i></p><p class="post-meta" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-size-adjust: 100%; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Notes from Poland</i></p><p class="post-meta" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; text-size-adjust: 100%; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Qqc0G481O3EgLul9CdhMQgwSoAgq9qcxVWoki4w0NISqLq3-oijqwltM2rzFakrcIrpVMGy9y-Muv7gsJ_a3oSffDPVgvtSTpZd6VMRGszfuoxQWQEJeCAvxrXNj8dNVt6pm-YB4pU9nBy0cGgNI7-knM0I9BIVA6bP7jhQswZEWhLMnTQC-FnmWr0I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="725" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Qqc0G481O3EgLul9CdhMQgwSoAgq9qcxVWoki4w0NISqLq3-oijqwltM2rzFakrcIrpVMGy9y-Muv7gsJ_a3oSffDPVgvtSTpZd6VMRGszfuoxQWQEJeCAvxrXNj8dNVt6pm-YB4pU9nBy0cGgNI7-knM0I9BIVA6bP7jhQswZEWhLMnTQC-FnmWr0I=w640-h549" width="640" /></a></i></div><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></i><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Vatican has announced the resignation of <b><u>Andrzej Dziuba</u></b>, the<b> bishop of Łowicz,</b> due to his <i><b>“negligence in handling cases of sexual abuse against minors”</b></i>. However, a leading Catholic commentator has criticised the church for allowing the bishop to go into retirement rather than facing real punishment.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meanwhile, criminal proceedings against Dziuba are ongoing, after Poland’s <a href="https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/11/17/polish-parliament-approves-new-powers-for-sex-abuse-commission-despite-church-concerns/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; 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background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On Saturday, the apostolic nunciature, the Vatican’s embassy in Poland, released two statements about Dziuba’s resignation. The <a href="https://nuncjatura.pl/2024/03/09/lowicz-bp-andrzej-dziuba-przechodzi-na-emeryture-bp-wojciech-osial-administratorem-apostolskim-sede-vacante/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #49b783; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">first</a> informed that Pope Francis had accepted Dziuba’s resignation and appointed a new bishop, Wojciech Osial, as his temporary replacement.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The <a href="https://nuncjatura.pl/2024/03/09/wyjasnienia-zwiazane-z-rezygnacja-biskupa-lowickiego/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #49b783; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">second</a> cited the reasons behind the decision as being “difficulties in the management of the diocese”, particularly “negligence in handling sexual abuse cases committed by some clergy against minors”, saying this had been confirmed in proceedings conducted by the Holy See.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; 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background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Vatican’s investigation was prompted by a series of reports by investigative news website OKO.press regarding the claims that Dziuba, who had served as bishop of Łowicz since 2004, had failed to act on knowledge of sexual abuse of children by priests under his authority.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In 2020, the website published a secret recording of a conversation the bishop held in 2020 with a victim of one such priest, in which Dziuba admitted that the diocese had first received reports about the priest’s crimes in the mid-1990s but there had been “ommissions on our part” in the church’s response.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">OKO.press reported that, despite being aware of the allegations against the priest, Dziuba had allowed him to continue working with children, including leading an altar boys’ football team.</span></p><div class="et_post_video" style="background-attachment: initial; 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background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A preliminary investigation into the priest, which should have taken weeks, lasted three years, only after which he was removed from contact with children, reports the website. In 2018, the Vatican removed Dziuba from overseeing the investigation and transferred responsibility to another bishop.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In 2021, the priest in question, named only as Piotr S. in Polish media was found guilty of abuse in church proceedings and expelled from the priesthood. In 2023, he was convicted in a public court and handed a three-year prison sentence.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In a separate case reported by OKO.press, Dziuba was found to have allowed three priests who had previously been caught in a room with naked altar boys watching a pornographic film to continue having unrestricted access to children, including one who taught Catholic catechism classes in a primary school,</span></p><div class="et_post_video" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 624px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"></p></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The latest case of Dziuba’s alleged negligence, reported by OKO.press in 2022, concerned him launching an investigation into another priest’s abusive behaviour five years after having initially learned about it and doing so only after prosecutors started looking into the matter.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Dziuba then suspended the priest from his duties and sent him to a monastery. Later, a court sentenced the clergyman to two years in prison.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Last year, prosecutors in Poland began an investigation into whether Dziuba had failed in his obligation to notify the authorities of child sex abuse. They did so following a notification to this effect that was submitted to them by Poland’s state commission on paedophilia.</span></p><div class="et_post_video" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1571596475930378247" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-4" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-4&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1571596475930378247&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnotesfrompoland.com%2F2024%2F03%2F11%2Fvatican-announces-resignation-of-polish-bishop-due-to-negligence-in-handling-sexual-abuse%2F&sessionId=671e8222d48837c5db5ee6067dd48c1354696951&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 679px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"></p></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Separately, in 2020 the Vatican ordered an investigation into negligence by Dziuba following the reports by OKO.press. Another Polish bishop, Grzegorz Ryś, was tasked with overseeing it.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">That process has led to Saturday’s announcement of Dziuba’s retirement. However, a leading Catholic journalist, Tomasz Terlikowski, criticised the church for such lenient treatment of the bishop.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In a column for RFM24, Terlikowski noted that the retired bishop will benefit from a monthly pension and a food allowance. Additionally, his rent, including all bills, will be covered, as will all healthcare costs and remuneration for one person helping him at home.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">We must “ask ourselves whether what the Vatican did was a punishment or a mockery”, added Terlikowski, who has been a longstanding and vocal critic of failings by the church to deal with cases of sexual abuse.</span></p><div class="et_post_video" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin: 10px 0px; max-width: 550px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1766459935217406155" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-5" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-5&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1766459935217406155&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnotesfrompoland.com%2F2024%2F03%2F11%2Fvatican-announces-resignation-of-polish-bishop-due-to-negligence-in-handling-sexual-abuse%2F&sessionId=671e8222d48837c5db5ee6067dd48c1354696951&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 412px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"></p></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In recent years, the Catholic church in Poland has come under increased scrutiny and criticism for its alleged failures in dealing with such cases, hundreds of which have come to light. In response, the Vatican has taken <a href="https://notesfrompoland.com/2021/03/29/vatican-punishes-polish-bishops-over-negligent-response-to-child-sex-abuse/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #49b783; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">disciplinary action against a number of Polish bishops</a>.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Last year, the Vatican for the first time <a href="https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/03/29/vatican-hands-over-files-of-priest-accused-of-abuse-to-polish-court-for-first-time/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #49b783; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">handed over to a Polish court</a> the case file of a former priest on trial for child sex abuse. The move came after the local Polish archbishop informed the judge that he was unable to make the documents available himself.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Shortly afterwards, one of Poland’s most senior bishops <a href="https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/05/19/church-was-naive-over-child-sex-abuse-says-polish-bishop-after-report-indicates-1000-victims/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; 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font-size: x-large;">We Exposed the Mormon Church’s Protection of an Ex-Bishop Accused of Sexual Abuse. He Was Just Arrested.</span></h1><h2 class="dek" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 1.1875rem; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></h2><h2 class="dek" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 1.1875rem; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I hope this case will finally bring justice for my childhood sexual abuse.”</span></h2><div class="widget mj-author-links" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px;"><ul class="author-bios article end group" style="border-bottom: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: normal; padding: 0px;"><li class="author-bio group vcard" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Mallory, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden;"><div class="author-data" style="box-sizing: inherit; float: left; padding: 0.25rem 0px 0.5rem;"><h3 class="byline" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #ff6900; font-feature-settings: normal !important; font-kerning: auto !important; font-optical-sizing: auto !important; font-size: 0.75rem !important; font-stretch: normal !important; font-variant-alternates: normal !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal !important; font-variant-numeric: normal !important; font-variant-position: normal !important; font-variation-settings: normal !important; letter-spacing: 0.2em; line-height: 1.25 !important; margin: 0px 0px 0.125rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-transform: uppercase; width: 199.2px;"><span class="fn n" style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;"><a class="url" data-ga-action="https://www.motherjones.com/author/michael-montgomery/" data-ga-category="TopOfArticle" data-ga-label="authorName" href="https://www.motherjones.com/author/michael-montgomery/" rel="author" style="background-image: none; background-position: 0px 90%; box-sizing: inherit; color: #ff6900; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-decoration-line: none;" title="See all posts by Michael Montgomery"><i>MICHAEL MONTGOMERY</i></a></span></h3></div></li><li class="author-bio group vcard" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Mallory, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden;"><div><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Mother Jones</i></div></li></ul></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG_Qbf9oTIXhT357AzKFe17E0YSSgiVyhOSIqGrbOykvCJRKfyqG1HRNL77SRKAVDyCoWKwh_qOPxY5Jb6PEG-oxIW_lGrbsSvV7qcOh4JjiewEkBkNLuWdcWxqZhVATnmUoTQS6Ip0qcDmBC7b886qzZ29r6F5Bey0n4m_T4290AvnBXLVk97nD6Tb74" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="990" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhG_Qbf9oTIXhT357AzKFe17E0YSSgiVyhOSIqGrbOykvCJRKfyqG1HRNL77SRKAVDyCoWKwh_qOPxY5Jb6PEG-oxIW_lGrbsSvV7qcOh4JjiewEkBkNLuWdcWxqZhVATnmUoTQS6Ip0qcDmBC7b886qzZ29r6F5Bey0n4m_T4290AvnBXLVk97nD6Tb74=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="section-lead" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Mallory, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">In 1999, <u>John Goodrich</u>,</span> <b>an Idaho dentist who was also a bishop with the Mormon church, accompanied his teenage daughter Chelsea on a school field trip to the East Coast. During a stay in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, he allegedly abused her sexually, as she later claimed he had done since she was at least nine. </b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Nearly a quarter-century later, Goodrich—whose story was at the center of an Associated Press/<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Reveal</em> radio <a href="https://revealnews.org/podcast/hidden-confessions-of-the-mormon-church/" style="background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/motherjones/css/../img/orange-border.png"); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px;">collaboration</a> about how <b>the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints protects itself from sexual abuse allegations</b>—<b>has been arrested in Virginia following a grand jury indictment on multiple felony charges, including forcible rape, forcible sodomy, and aggravated sexual battery by a parent of a child.</b> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The indictment came in January, weeks after AP investigative reporters Jason Dearen and Michael Rezendes <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mormon-church-investigation-child-sex-abuse-9c301f750725c0f06344f948690caf16" style="background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/motherjones/css/../img/orange-border.png"); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px;">exposed</a> how the Mormon church used a legal playbook to keep accusations against Goodrich secret, despite numerous recordings and witnesses supporting the allegations. Goodrich has been accused of similar abuse in Idaho. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i>“</i></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><i>Chelsea and her mother, Lorraine, went to Idaho police in 2016 to report wide-ranging allegations of abuse during her childhood,”</i> Dearen and Rezendes <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mormon-church-investigation-child-sex-abuse-aedc8cfc9175ebadb18420ec25a5f99c" style="background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/motherjones/css/../img/orange-border.png"); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px;">write</a>. </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Those charges were eventually dropped after a key witness in the case, another Mormon bishop to whom John had made a spiritual confession about him and his daughter, refused to testify. While the details of that confession have not been made public, the church excommunicated Goodrich.</span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;"><i>Did they excommunicate the creep that refused to testify?</i></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;">John Goodrich’s defense lawyer declined to comment.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The AP/<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Reveal</em> episode, which first aired in December, drew on </span><a href="https://revealnews.org/podcast/hidden-confessions-of-the-mormon-church/" style="background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/motherjones/css/../img/orange-border.png"); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">hours of audio recordings</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> of Chelsea Goodrich’s meetings with Paul Rytting, a Utah attorney who directs the church’s risk management division. The recordings show how Rytting, despite expressing concern for what he called John Goodrich’s “significant sexual transgression,” discouraged the local bishop to whom John Goodrich confessed from testifying. Rytting cited Idaho’s clergy-penitent privilege that exempts clergy from having to divulge information to authorities that is gleaned in a spiritual confession.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As the AP reports: </span></p><blockquote style="border-left: 10px solid rgb(182, 186, 190); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 1rem;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;">Invoking the clergy privilege was just one facet of the risk management playbook that Rytting employed in the Goodrich matter. Rytting offered Chelsea and her mother $300,000 in exchange for a confidentiality agreement and a pledge to destroy their recordings of their meetings, which they had made at the recommendation of an attorney and with Rytting’s knowledge. The AP obtained similar recordings that were made by a church member at the time who attended the meetings as Chelsea’s advocate.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;">In a statement in December, a church spokesperson told the AP and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Reveal</em> that “the abuse of a child or any other individual is inexcusable.” The church said it dedicates “tremendous resources” to preventing and reporting abuse and noted that John Goodrich, following his excommunication, “has not been readmitted to church membership.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lawmakers in Utah, where the Mormon church is headquartered, recently passed a</span> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/clergy-child-abuse-utah-1308393ede33ea81d190c2fc567224d1" style="background-image: url("/wp-content/themes/motherjones/css/../img/orange-border.png"); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; text-decoration-line: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">bill</span></a> <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">that provides legal protections to clergy if they notify authorities of ongoing child abuse based on information obtained from a perpetrator during a confession. </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The measure extends to clergy the same legal protections that exist for mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect, such as doctors, teachers, or therapists. However, religious leaders who report abuse still will not be required to testify. </span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;">“I hope this case will finally bring justice for my childhood sexual abuse,” Chelsea Goodrich, now in her 30s, said in a statement to the AP. <i><b>“I’m grateful it appears that the Commonwealth of Virginia is taking one event of child sexual assault more seriously than years of repeated assaults were treated in Idaho.” </b></i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Idaho needs a slap upside the head! Yes, Virginia, there is justice in America, sometimes.</span></b></i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Calluna, serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: normal; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5FEFMImmhTiVjXyIe6ty-UzkTRYnf9VCyvZSKzrX_Qu2UvhxEzJiZ7OBLfoBlO4Iq4I6c8o3MA34sxMu37C4ssc9tUseqqeUJpjF5uE0zORHKfaStwIQTHKks1Wnqeqtkwl_7L1BxQLdSkizVSsWIkltoMRZ5aR_YF3hw2BqU6pnyDojz5-IlME9aBU/s626/Salt%20Lake%20City,%20Utah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="626" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5FEFMImmhTiVjXyIe6ty-UzkTRYnf9VCyvZSKzrX_Qu2UvhxEzJiZ7OBLfoBlO4Iq4I6c8o3MA34sxMu37C4ssc9tUseqqeUJpjF5uE0zORHKfaStwIQTHKks1Wnqeqtkwl_7L1BxQLdSkizVSsWIkltoMRZ5aR_YF3hw2BqU6pnyDojz5-IlME9aBU/w640-h252/Salt%20Lake%20City,%20Utah.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-24824092567354161152024-03-17T20:07:00.000-07:002024-03-17T20:08:57.857-07:00More Reports of Catholic Child Abuse and Child Sex Abuse > Nun child sex abuse; Almost 500 victims compensated by French Catholic Church<p> </p><h1 class="article__headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Victims of Catholic nuns rely on one another</span></h1><div class="row justify-content-md-center" style="-webkit-box-pack: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: Georgia, Baskerville, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: center; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-12" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; 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color: #666666; text-decoration-line: none;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">By Tiffany Stanley, The Associated Press</i></a></div></div></div></div><div class="article-date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 0px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="article-pubdate" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Saturday, Mar 16, 2024 7:36 PM</span> <span class="article-modifieddate" color="rgb(135, 163, 203) !important" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 4px;">Updated Saturday, Mar. 16, 2024 7:37 PM</span></i></div><div class="article-body-container" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="article-restofcontent article-body-text" id="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 12px;"><div class="image-container col-12 float-none pl-0 pr-0" data-target="#articleImageModalb4753fdf-7932-5493-bcca-b493cde89a8e" data-toggle="modal" data-uuid="b4753fdf-7932-5493-bcca-b493cde89a8e" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex: 0 0 100%; float: none; max-width: 100%; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 628px;"><div class="image clear-both" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px;"><img class="image w-100" src="https://imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com/?uuid=b4753fdf-7932-5493-bcca-b493cde89a8e&function=cover&type=preview&source=false&width=3300&height=2200" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 628px;" /></div><div class="bottom-container" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(215, 215, 215); box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 12px;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gabrielle Longhi poses for a portrait March 8 in Los Angeles. In a recent lawsuit, Longhi alleges she was sexually abused at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland. Eric Thayer/The Associated Press</span></i></div><div class="byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 15px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eric Thayer</span></i></div><div class="expand" data-target="#articleImageModalb4753fdf-7932-5493-bcca-b493cde89a8e" data-toggle="modal" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="fa fa-arrows-alt" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: FontAwesome; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; text-rendering: auto;"></span></div></div></div><div class="article__subheadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 26px; margin: 1rem 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Abuse of children was overshadowed by reports about male clergy</span></div><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse. Women in religious orders have been not only abuse victims but also perpetrators, though few dioceses or religious orders publicly name abusive nuns. Survivors of nun abuse hope to raise awareness of the issue. Each week a support group for them gathers online. Among its members is Gabrielle Longhi, who is suing her alleged abuser’s religious order and her former Catholic school, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, in Bethesda, Maryland. Her case exists because of a new law in Maryland removing the civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On Wednesdays, the support group meets over Zoom. The members talk about their lives, their religious families and their old parochial schools. But mostly, they are there to talk about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Catholic nuns.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The topic deserves more attention, they say. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic sisters and nuns has been overshadowed by far more common reports of male clergy abuse. Women in religious orders have also been abuse victims – but they have been perpetrators too.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We’ve heard so much about priests who abuse and so little about nuns who abuse that it’s time to restore the balance,” said the group’s founder, Mary Dispenza, herself a former nun, in a speech to abuse survivors last year.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Dispenza, who endured abuse from both a childhood priest and a nun in her former order, started the online support group five years ago with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. More victims had been contacting her in the wake of #MeToo, as they reassessed past sexual abuse. She has since seen a growing awareness of abusive nuns at former Catholic orphanages and Native American boarding schools.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“The general public would rather not consider the fact that religious women rape, molest and torture children,” Dispenza told The Associated Press. Women are seen as nurturers and caregivers, an assumption only heightened with the “spiritual halo” of religious women.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“It’s something most of us don’t want to entertain or really believe,” she said.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><div class="article__subheadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 26px; margin: 1rem 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">New law offers chance for justice</span></div><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Before she found the support group and its 10 or so members, Gabrielle Longhi had spent years looking for someone with a story like hers, once posting in the comments of SNAP’s website: “I never hear about abuse by nuns.”</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Now 66 and living in Los Angeles, Longhi was a sophomore at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland, when she alleges a teacher, who was then a Catholic sister with the Society of the Sacred Heart, sexually abused her in an office.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Unlike most child sexual abuse victims, she spoke up right away. She told other teachers, her sister and friends that Sister Margaret Daley had tried to sexually force herself on Longhi. Neither her parents nor the police were notified.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“She also kind of retreated after that. She became more closed down,” said her sister, Carol O’Leary, who was then a student at Stone Ridge’s middle school. The sisters say they were soon asked to leave Stone Ridge.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Longhi always wondered if there were other victims. Daley, her alleged abuser, left the order in 1980 and died in 2015.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Last year, Longhi learned from another support group member that Maryland was removing its civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims. After the new law went into effect, Longhi sued her former school and the religious order.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Stone Ridge, which has educated Kennedys and the daughters of other Washington luminaries, sent a letter to its community about the allegations last fall. The school declined to comment further on active litigation.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Society of the Sacred Heart declined to discuss the allegations, but issued a statement saying the order and its schools have implemented robust child protection policies. “We are deeply saddened,” the statement read. “Our prayers go out to all involved in this matter, and to all survivors of sexual abuse.”</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">An anticipated constitutional challenge to Maryland’s law is pending, but the policy change “makes all the difference in the world,” Longhi said. “Before you have no case and now you do.”</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><div class="article__subheadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 26px; margin: 1rem 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">’I interpreted it as love’</span></div><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><u>Paige Eppenstein Anderson</u></b> is still hoping for her day in court. Like many group members, it took her decades to see that what happened to her was abuse, and once she did in 2020 at age 40, the statute of limitations had run out on her claim in her home state of Pennsylvania.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i>“It was abuse. I interpreted it as love,”</i> she said of the sexual relationship she had as a student with a Catholic schoolteacher, who later joined a religious order.</b></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As a teenager, she spent much of her free time with her teacher. Their bond was so noticeable that a yearbook entry from a friend called her <b>the woman’s “companion.”</b></span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“It was very confusing to me,” Eppenstein Anderson said.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><u>Anne Gleeson</u></b> was also nearly 40 and in therapy before she understood that she was sexually abused for years, <b>starting at age 13, by a nun who was 24 years her senior.</b> She received a settlement from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 2004.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“The nun brainwashed me into thinking we were head over heels in love,” she said. “God’s love, that’s why no one else could know about it – it was so special.”</b></i></p><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-bottom: 1em;"><div class="row sponsored-content-container" id="nativo-article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"></div></span><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A longtime SNAP activist in St. Louis, Gleeson had felt that the advocacy group’s name – which only mentioned those abused by priests – neglected victims like her.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The nun abuse group brought “a great sense of relief,” she said.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><div class="article__subheadline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 26px; margin: 1rem 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Little tracking of abusive nuns</span></div><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Few dioceses or religious orders publicly list abusive nuns – a fact group members want to change. <b>The advocacy group Bishop Accountability lists 172 Catholic sisters who have been accused of sex abuse.</b></span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>“I feel that it’s vastly underreported,” </b></i>said Marya Dantzer, a group member who settled her nun abuse case in Michigan in 1996.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Dantzer noted that nuns, especially as teachers, arguably spend more time with young people than priests.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">For years, Dispenza and others have been asking without success for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious – which represents two-thirds of U.S. Catholic sisters – to allow nun abuse survivors to speak at their annual meeting.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We agree with SNAP that women religious need to keep working for the healing of victims and the prevention of further abuse and that hearing directly from survivors is essential,” said Sister Annmarie Sanders, LCWR spokesperson, in an email.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Sanders said the LCWR meeting was not “the proper venue for discussion on this issue.” Victims should instead contact their abuser’s religious order.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Each of the more than 400 U.S. religious institutes for women is relatively autonomous.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In a 2019 speech about Catholic sex abuse, LCWR’s then-president Sharlet Wagner acknowledged <b><i>“that in some instances, our own sisters have been perpetrators of the abuse.”</i></b></span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">That speech followed an apology for abuse from an international organization of Catholic sisters, as well as Pope Francis’ creation of an abuse reporting system, which includes nuns.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The support group members would like the church to accept more responsibility, and for all religious orders to expel known abusers from their ranks.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In the meantime, the support group continues to welcome new members, even as others move on. It remains mostly women, many over age 60.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Dispenza recently stepped back from facilitating the group, with Dantzer taking over as leader.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">After seeing a growing need, Dispenza opened a second group in 2022 that includes international victims of nun abuse, and she will focus her efforts there.</span></p><p class="article__body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: grad, Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Members of the international cohort are contemplating the launch of nun abuse support groups in <u>Peru</u> and the <u>Balkans.</u> They have put their contact information on the SNAP website, there for anyone looking for stories like their own.</b></p></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">=====================================================================================</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">It's a drop in a large bucket, but it's a start. The slower the church is at meting out compensation, the fewer survivors will live to receive it.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="headline" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-daily-serif); letter-spacing: -0.25px; line-height: 48px; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-align: center; word-spacing: -0.5px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation</span></span></h1><div class="asset-summary" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: "Merriweather Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 1.47; margin: 16px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><i>NICE, France (AP)</i> — <b>Hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse by priests or church representatives have received financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, an independent body in charge of the process said Thursday.</b></span></p><div class="authorList list migrated" style="align-items: center; 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More than 500 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or </i></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>other church representatives have received financial compensation from France's Catholic Church under </i></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>a sweeping reparations program, the independent body in charge of the process said Thursday </i></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><i>March 14, 2024. 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font-family: var(--font-daily-text); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">An annual report by the Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation said <b>1,351 victims came forward to claim compensation and seek psychological support in an effort to recover from childhood trauma.</b></span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>The average age of victims who have come forwards is 61,</b> Marie Derain de Vaucresson, the head of the body said during a news conference Thursday.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Of them, <b>66%, are men and 34% are women, </b>she said. The claims process started in 2022.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">So far, the reparations authority has approved compensation claims of <b>489 victims</b>, the report said. Of those, <b>88 people were granted the maximum of 60,000 euros ($65,000).</b> Last year, <b>358 victims’ compensation claims were approved, with each individual granted an average amount of 35,310 euros,</b> the report said.</span></p><div class="subscriber-hide" id="magniteoutstream" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0px;"><div class="mia-outstream-397_onscreen mia-outstream" id="mia-outstream-397_onscreen" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: grid; line-height: 0; max-height: 0px; transition: max-height 0.7s ease 0s; width: 690px; will-change: max-height;"><div class="mia-outstream-397" id="mia-outstream-397" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; height: 1px; max-width: 603px; text-align: justify; width: 603px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><iframe class="mia-iframe" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; height: 1px; margin: 0px; opacity: 0; transform: scaleY(0.1); transition: transform 0.3s ease 0s; width: 603px; will-change: transform;" title="in-article advertisement"></iframe></span></div></div></div></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">France’s Catholic bishops’ conference <a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-religion-france-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-03691abc3c32130c7dda083e4cdc5bbf" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0550c8; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s;">agreed to provide reparations</a> after <b>a 2021 report estimated that some 330,000 children <a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-child-abuse-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-religion-ab5da1ff10f905b1c338a6f3427a1c66" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0550c8; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.25s linear 0s;">were sexually abused for over 70 years</a> by priests or other church-related figures in France.</b></span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The estimates were based on broader research by France’s National Institute of Health and Medical Research into sexual abuse of children.</span></p></div><div class="subscriber-only" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-daily-text); font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.75rem; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The report described a “systemic” coverup by church officials and urged the French Catholic Church to respect the rule of law in France.</b></p></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; line-height: 1.47; margin: 16px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Or, they should at least respect the Word of God and what it has to say about children. 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Jacksonville Police took 14 years to bring pervert to justice<p> </p><div class="dcr-1djovmt" data-gu-name="headline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; grid-area: headline; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="dcr-14emo0l" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="dcr-1msbrj1" style="border: 0px; 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line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">The revelations are contained in documents released under right to information laws showing that the </span><b>then police minister, Michael Ferguson, was provided information about allegations of criminal conduct against <u>Senior Sergeant Paul Reynolds</u> after his death.</b></span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; 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vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A day after the search, Reynolds took his own life.</b></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The note outlining these allegations was provided to Ferguson on 17 September 2018. It was signed three weeks later by Ferguson on 8 October, indicating the time at which he read it.</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A police funeral was held for Reynolds on 19 September in Launceston.</b></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; 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line-height: 1.15; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">Read more</div></div></div></a></div></div></gu-island></figure><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Speaking to reporters on Sunday, the Tasmanian Greens leader, Rosalie Woodruff, said she did not believe it was “credible” that Ferguson was not aware of the allegations.</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We want to understand why he didn’t stop any support for that funeral,” she said. “We want to understand why it took him weeks to sign off on it. He obviously had the information before the funeral.</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“This is the sort of culture that the commission of inquiry has spoken or, or they have spoken of things being dismissed and things not being acted on. And we are very concerned.”</b></i></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><i><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">This attitude revictimizes Reynolds victims, apparently, without so much as a thought to their suffering.</span></b></i></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Labor MP Dean Winter echoed these concerns, saying he believed it was “impossible” that the former minister was not aware.</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“If information relating to a police officer committing child sex offences comes in, the Police Minister would have been made aware of it,” he said. “Why else was the information provided?”</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Ferguson rejected claims he was aware of the issue but had ignored them as a state election was looming. He also said he agreed that the decision by the police commissioner to grant a police funeral was a mistake.</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: #121212; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“I note this RTI was released in November last year and it does seem unusual that it has not been raised until an election,” Ferguson said. “The briefing not </span><i><b><span style="color: #741b47;">(note?)</span></b></i><span style="color: #121212; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> is logged as being received by my office on September 18th, 2018.</span></span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I can’t say exactly when I read it, but my usual practice is to sign such a note immediately after I have done so.</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I note the current police commissioner has said the decision to grant a police funeral was a mistake. I agree.”</span></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Tasmanians <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/13/tasmania-premier-jeremy-rockliff-pulls-trigger-on-early-state-election" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--article-link-border); border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">go to the polls</a> on 23 March as an embattled Liberal government has been <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/08/tasmania-election-looms-after-liberal-defector-rejects-premiers-ultimatum" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--article-link-border); border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">rocked by the defection</a> of two independents.</b></p><p class="dcr-4cudl2" style="--source-text-decoration-thickness: 2px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMTz8FP2yJBhbMlELJyEUofa1d7riOlcI2BPdMxPgwN5XhpTLyzA_hMBfzmzHDKE9kdy0Zn0fR-AxYOaOuDk5By6kZMpyg34y_OEtzbymC-Ac1BgmLvtktg25my466Xf6gLLljphtCAq0fxA72gvIS21WiCe7pCKJs3KNTBeXXW9lYjmNQ_rCTRf4Xg4/s698/Tasmania.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="698" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMTz8FP2yJBhbMlELJyEUofa1d7riOlcI2BPdMxPgwN5XhpTLyzA_hMBfzmzHDKE9kdy0Zn0fR-AxYOaOuDk5By6kZMpyg34y_OEtzbymC-Ac1BgmLvtktg25my466Xf6gLLljphtCAq0fxA72gvIS21WiCe7pCKJs3KNTBeXXW9lYjmNQ_rCTRf4Xg4/w640-h366/Tasmania.jpg" width="640" /></a></p></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">JSO failed to follow up on multiple complaints of child sex abuse against man years before he was charged</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ54gUiLAKkKQOoUmzNeoguJBNrJ0MQ8EpwBB-1PaB1ZN0f7ua6ml1KLFzavyEKms14j78TCZSu5eDAw-JUC8eAUbJ1Zpcv4QHEx8tmshaMQ8m1ZJTmYiXps855MC3l7Nu9_LTMtuq628LK6rTKoJdXTBGTJvcJybeRCM2xBsh0kBxoquA34sy0I4hhX0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="975" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ54gUiLAKkKQOoUmzNeoguJBNrJ0MQ8EpwBB-1PaB1ZN0f7ua6ml1KLFzavyEKms14j78TCZSu5eDAw-JUC8eAUbJ1Zpcv4QHEx8tmshaMQ8m1ZJTmYiXps855MC3l7Nu9_LTMtuq628LK6rTKoJdXTBGTJvcJybeRCM2xBsh0kBxoquA34sy0I4hhX0=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Video available at <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2024/03/13/i-team-jso-failed-to-follow-up-on-multiple-complaints-of-child-sex-abuse-against-man-years-before-he-was-charged/" target="_blank">News 4 JAX</a>.</span></i></b></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.</strong> – <b>The News4JAX<a href="https://www.news4jax.com/i-team/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b82f6; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank"> I-TEAM</a> has obtained records showing for years, police didn’t thoroughly investigate allegations against a Jacksonville man now charged with operating a <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/topic/Human_Trafficking/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b82f6; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">child sex trafficking ring.</a></b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Records uncovered by the News4JAX I-TEAM show <b>from 2010 to 2015, multiple people told police <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/topic/Duane_Sikes/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b82f6; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Duane Sikes </a>was abusing boys,</b> but JSO’s own records show <b>some of those allegations were never followed up on.</b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">It wasn’t until 2018, when <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2024/03/01/man-in-jail-for-embezzling-millions-from-vystar-now-accused-of-dozens-of-child-sex-crimes/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b82f6; font-weight: 900; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Sikes was investigated, and eventually convicted, for embezzling millions of dollars from his employer, VyStar Credit Union, </a>that investigators made the connection to <b>potential victims, who he’s accused of paying for nude photos.</b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Sikes is now charged with three counts of child sex trafficking and 50 counts of producing child sexual abuse material.</b></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The News4JAX I-TEAM showed<a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2024/02/07/welcome-tom-hackney-new-crime-and-safety-analyst-at-news4jax/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b82f6; font-weight: 900; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank"> Crime and Safety Analyst, Tom Hackney,</a> the multiple reports on Duane Sikes received starting in 2010.</span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I’m embarrassed. I’m flabbergasted,” Hackney said.</span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He spent nearly three decades as an investigator at JSO, including when these reports were made.</span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">We asked Hackney if he was in the units that would have investigated these complaints.</span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“At that point in time, 2010, I would have been the Assistant Chief of crimes against persons. So, these are things that would have fallen under my purview. And honestly, they should have been something that I was aware of, but I can only be aware of it if somebody makes me aware of it,” he said. “And you know, the connection with these things are something that should have been moved up the chain of command.”</span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">According to police records and a federal prosecutor, <b>the first report against Sikes came in January of 2010, when a man told police his son was staying with a pedophile named Duane, who gave him money for sexual acts. The child denied it, and the report shows the investigation lasted one hour before the report was closed.</b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>Three months later</b> another report was made, alleging that at <b>Sikes “may be conducting child pornography“ at his home </b>involving someone who’s name is redacted. The person who complained said he was told of the information from <b>several individuals who knew the subject well, whose names he shared with JSO. </b>The complainant also shared the name of a neighbor of Sikes who “has heard suspicious activity through her fence involving the subject and [redacted].” <b>It appears the report was closed.</b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Records show<b> in 2012</b>, police made more of an effort to interview witnesses after yet another complaint about <b>Sikes possibly abusing a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. The child denied it. But later, when Sikes was being sentenced for financial crimes, the child told the court they had been abused but were scared to come forward. The case was closed in 2012 before being reopened when the investigation into Sikes’ financial crimes linked him to the victim through financial records.</b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Hackney says even in a case where a potential victim denies there is anything wrong, there is more officers can do, like confronting the potential suspect.</span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I was a big fan of doing just that when there were times that you couldn’t prove anything...[knock on the door], ‘Hi, I’m so and so with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, this is the allegation that we have. Let’s sit down and talk about it,’” Hackney said.</span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>Two additional reports to JSO were made in 2013 and 2015 about <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2024/03/04/trust-money-and-drugs-accusations-against-bank-embezzler-illustrate-textbook-examples-of-child-grooming-expert-says/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3b82f6; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Sikes offering money, alcohol or drugs for photos. </a></b>In the 2015 report,<b> two people told police victims will sometimes perform sex acts on Sikes or each other, calling Sikes home <i>“a revolving door” and “strongly advis[ing] that he be looked into.”</i></b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The officer noted the previous reports involving similar allegations against Sikes, but again, the report was closed without further investigation.</b></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">We reached out to JSO for comment. A spokesperson said, “Upon receiving the information at the time, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and our partners at the State Attorney’s Office investigated these reported incidents. It was determined there was not enough probable cause to make an arrest. Please note, that despite the outcomes of the incidents you provided, detectives continued to work methodically, and<b> eventually Mr. Sikes was arrested for three life felonies.”</b></span></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">But how many boys did he go through while detectives worked methodically for years?</span></i></b></p><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;"><br /></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxn7kADLzbuCrpEHgMykWaCIte7au6srvPDFU6tTuQG5CJUk9V2sLnA9glv34w3ZRAp2thgx1MmvGrnQeUs8btcyrOT6SuQPItgkbXnYKorfCkSPJNpGpIfzkwIY0-HvjRYqyeTZqpwe6Xq7ewQ_qt16jkBSQflv5FiZK70LEPjxYP0LDo6JmqLscOkE/s654/Jacksonville,%20Fla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="654" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxn7kADLzbuCrpEHgMykWaCIte7au6srvPDFU6tTuQG5CJUk9V2sLnA9glv34w3ZRAp2thgx1MmvGrnQeUs8btcyrOT6SuQPItgkbXnYKorfCkSPJNpGpIfzkwIY0-HvjRYqyeTZqpwe6Xq7ewQ_qt16jkBSQflv5FiZK70LEPjxYP0LDo6JmqLscOkE/w640-h274/Jacksonville,%20Fla.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><p class="sc-bczRLJ dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-2 hxNyjp itaLjB" style="--stack-gap: 1rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f172a; font-family: OpenSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: var(--stack-gap); text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-7627415999631554682024-03-15T18:30:00.000-07:002024-03-15T18:30:48.920-07:00The astonishing level of violence that American kids have to survive > Two disturbing stories<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">The post <a href="https://northwoodssaveachild.blogspot.com/2024/03/new-orleans-cop-takes-14-yo-girl-for.html" target="_blank">immediately above</a> reveals a Washington Post survey that shows that Police in America have been implicated in 1800+ sexual assaults on teenage girls. The first story is about a 14 y/o who was taken to the hospital by a cop for a rape kit exam, and was then raped by the cop on the way home.</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">For Christian America, this story and the other 1800 or so reveal a complete lack of the Fear of God. How do we rectify that with being a Christian country?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></b></p><div class="single__header" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="article-header" style="border-bottom: 1px solid var(--wp--preset--color--gray-b); border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.25rem; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="headline headline--single-fallback" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--black); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-display, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Parents of Missouri teen left convulsing after shocking</span></h1><h1 class="headline headline--single-fallback" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--black); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-display, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">school beatdown break their silence: ‘Remain hopeful’</span></h1><div aria-label="Byline" class="article-header__meta" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="byline meta meta--byline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--black); font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.14; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div class="byline meta meta--byline" style="border: 0px; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--black); display: flex; flex-direction: row; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.14; margin: -0.125rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-wrap: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="date--updated__item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Published </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 14, 2024</span></i></div><div class="date--updated__item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.4375rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Updated </span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 14, 2024, 9:15 a.m. ET</span></i></div><div class="date--updated__item" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.4375rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div></div></div></header></div><div class="single__content entry-content m-bottom " style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: footnotes 0; margin-bottom: 1.25rem !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #585858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; letter-spacing: -0.16px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #585858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/us-news/parents-of-missouri-teen-severely-injured-in-shocking-school-beatdown-break-their-silence-remain-hopeful/" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="906" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLXC2fVzFU1w1ojbXfCeHP2LXR2eqreOJtg1PPtI1DcTJKjZJ25AdxQ5kv_8ckRYB1OiI-dsxuVZpSABB5MmF2Z3_UKBq_LMui2lPIKWGxPFqg70TYSy3xyyUEen-Ufc3psEJABw6aR7o_txsy798r1nlpZruovc-ySyIFgWtZpnP2Af_wQJp_NpN1BNs=w640-h354" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #585858; font-family: Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; letter-spacing: -0.16px;"><b>The parents of the 16-year-old Missouri girl who was viciously beaten and left convulsing on the pavement last week said they “remain hopeful” for a full recovery and thanked the public for the outpouring of support.</b></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/missouri-teen-in-shocking-high-school-beatdown-pictured/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Kaylee Gain</b></a> <b>is still in critical condition and possibly suffering brain damage after her head was smashed into concrete during the sickening, caught-on-camera brawl near Hazelwood East High School on Friday.</b></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We are so grateful for the amazing medical staff who have been working tirelessly to give her the best possible chance at a full recovery,” the girl’s parents wrote in a statement appended to a GoFundMe started by a relative.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We know she has a very long road ahead of her but we remain hopeful. We are so overwhelmed by all <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/us-news/bill-ackman-gives-10000-to-gofundme-for-kaylee-gain/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">the support</a> and love,” they added.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." data-slideshow-modal="trigger" data-slideshow-slide-number="1" data-slideshow-slides-total="3" 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https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/parents-16-year-old-missouri-78351084.jpg?resize=300,617&quality=75&strip=all 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/parents-16-year-old-missouri-78351084.jpg?resize=28,58&quality=75&strip=all 28w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/parents-16-year-old-missouri-78351084.jpg?resize=76,156&quality=75&strip=all 76w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/parents-16-year-old-missouri-78351084.jpg?resize=150,309&quality=75&strip=all 150w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/parents-16-year-old-missouri-78351084.jpg?resize=24,50&quality=75&strip=all 24w" style="aspect-ratio: 0.486441 / 1; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0 3px 0 0 var(--wp--preset--color--white),0 7px 0 0 var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 7px; max-height: 36.875rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: auto;" width="287" /></a></p><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: inherit;"><i>Kaylee Gain’s parents “remain hopeful” after her head was smashed into concrete during a caught-on-camera brawl.</i></span></div><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As of Thursday morning, the fundraiser had raked in nearly $3,400 of its $10,000 goal.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A second GoFundMe started by a family friend had also raised over $100,000 after increasing its initial $40,000 goal.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Gain’s parents’ update comes after the family friend, Sarah Hall, explained that <b>they will not know the extent of the teen’s brain damage until she wakes up.</b></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“The path to recovery will be extremely hard on the family,” Hall added.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The vicious fight broke out just blocks from the high school on Friday afternoon.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The disturbing clip shows Gain and another girl, who has not been identified, hitting each other before the girl shoved Gain to the ground and started pummeling her.</b></p><figure class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large" style="--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); --slideshow-modal--icon--color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary-complement); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #585858; display: table; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25rem auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><a aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." data-slideshow-modal="trigger" data-slideshow-slide-number="2" data-slideshow-slides-total="3" href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/us-news/parents-of-missouri-teen-severely-injured-in-shocking-school-beatdown-break-their-silence-remain-hopeful/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alert&utm_content=20240314?&utm_source=sailthru&lctg=638bdd6f29502d4f4607fdab&utm_term=NYP%20-%20News%20Alerts#" style="background-color: #ead1dc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images."><img alt="“We are so grateful for the amazing medical staff who have been working tirelessly to give her the best possible chance at a full recovery,” the girl’s parents wrote in a statement appended to a GoFundMe started by a relative." class="wp-image-31232045" decoding="async" height="590" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 2000w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=300,200&quality=75&strip=all 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=768,512&quality=75&strip=all 768w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=1024,682&quality=75&strip=all 1024w, 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https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=360,240&quality=75&strip=all 360w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=340,227&quality=75&strip=all 340w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=320,213&quality=75&strip=all 320w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=314,209&quality=75&strip=all 314w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=306,204&quality=75&strip=all 306w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=280,187&quality=75&strip=all 280w, 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https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=160,107&quality=75&strip=all 160w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=144,96&quality=75&strip=all 144w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=140,93&quality=75&strip=all 140w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=107,71&quality=75&strip=all 107w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=93,62&quality=75&strip=all 93w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=84,56&quality=75&strip=all 84w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=200,133&quality=75&strip=all 200w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=231,154&quality=75&strip=all 231w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=322,215&quality=75&strip=all 322w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=600,400&quality=75&strip=all 600w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=87,58&quality=75&strip=all 87w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=150,100&quality=75&strip=all 150w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/brutal-school-fight-erupted-hazelwood-78195712.jpg?resize=50,33&quality=75&strip=all 50w" style="aspect-ratio: 1.50169 / 1; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0 3px 0 0 var(--wp--preset--color--white),0 7px 0 0 var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 7px; max-height: 36.875rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: auto;" width="886" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon" style="border: 1px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color); bottom: 1.6875rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); left: 1.4375rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.3125rem 0.375rem; position: absolute; transform: skew(-10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text" style="border: 2px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0.0625rem 0.1875rem; transform: skew(10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-slideshow-modal="count" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">3</span></span></span></a></div><figcaption style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); display: table-caption; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.14; margin: 0.625rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">“We are so grateful for the amazing medical staff who have been working tirelessly to give her the best possible chance at a full recovery,” the girl’s parents wrote in a statement appended to a GoFundMe started by a relative.</span></div><span class="credit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); display: block; font-size: 0.75rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.17; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">@Tomhennessey69/X</span></span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The girl repeatedly called Gain a “bitch” before smashing her head into the ground several times.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Gain was eventually left twitching on the pavement while the brawl continued around her.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The other girl, who is believed to be 15 years old, was later taken into custody.</b></p><figure class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large" style="--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); --slideshow-modal--icon--color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary-complement); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #585858; display: table; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25rem auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><a aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images." data-slideshow-modal="trigger" data-slideshow-slide-number="3" data-slideshow-slides-total="3" href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/us-news/parents-of-missouri-teen-severely-injured-in-shocking-school-beatdown-break-their-silence-remain-hopeful/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alert&utm_content=20240314?&utm_source=sailthru&lctg=638bdd6f29502d4f4607fdab&utm_term=NYP%20-%20News%20Alerts#" style="background-color: #ead1dc; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Open a slideshow of all 3 article images."><img alt="Scenes from the attack." class="wp-image-31218087" decoding="async" height="590" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?w=914" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1190w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=268,300&quality=75&strip=all 268w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=768,860&quality=75&strip=all 768w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=914,1024&quality=75&strip=all 914w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=633,709&quality=75&strip=all 633w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=223,250&quality=75&strip=all 223w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=526,589&quality=75&strip=all 526w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=443,496&quality=75&strip=all 443w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=80,90&quality=75&strip=all 80w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=576,644&quality=75&strip=all 576w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=438,491&quality=75&strip=all 438w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=252,282&quality=75&strip=all 252w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=300,336&quality=75&strip=all 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=180,202&quality=75&strip=all 180w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=83,93&quality=75&strip=all 83w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=63,71&quality=75&strip=all 63w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=179,200&quality=75&strip=all 179w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=231,259&quality=75&strip=all 231w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=322,361&quality=75&strip=all 322w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=52,58&quality=75&strip=all 52w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=139,156&quality=75&strip=all 139w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=150,168&quality=75&strip=all 150w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/School-fight8.jpg?resize=45,50&quality=75&strip=all 45w" style="aspect-ratio: 0.89322 / 1; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0 3px 0 0 var(--wp--preset--color--white),0 7px 0 0 var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 7px; max-height: 36.875rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: auto;" width="527" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon" style="border: 1px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color); bottom: 1.6875rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); left: 1.4375rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.3125rem 0.375rem; position: absolute; transform: skew(-10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text" style="border: 2px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0.0625rem 0.1875rem; transform: skew(10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-slideshow-modal="count" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">3</span></span></span></a></div><figcaption style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); display: table-caption; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.14; margin: 0.625rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Scenes from the attack.</span></div><span class="credit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); display: block; font-size: 0.75rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.17; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">@Tomhennessey69/X</span></span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Gain’s grandmother, Terry Nordstrom Thompson, called the attack “unforgivable” in an emotional Facebook post.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We are beyond devastated for her. Senseless act of violence,” Thompson added in a reply to a comment on the post.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Just a few months ago, on December 14, the grandmother had wished Gain a happy 16th birthday with a carousel of photos from happier times.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Gain has a brother and a stepsister, the concerned grandmother responded to a commenter.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Her injuries prompted some lawmakers to call for the other girl involved in the fight to be charged as an adult and face maximum penalties.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>“The criminal should be charged and tried as an adult. If the victim dies, that offense should rise to a homicide,” </b></i>Attorney General Andrew Bailey wrote on X.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>The other teen “must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,”</b></i> Lt. Gov. 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(AP) </i>— <b>The father of a Michigan school shooter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, a second conviction against the teen’s parents who were accused of failing to secure a gun at home and doing nothing to address acute signs of his mental turmoil.</b></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The jury verdict means <b><u>James Crumbley</u></b> has joined <b><u>Jennifer Crumbley</u></b> <b>as a cause of the <span class="LinkEnhancement" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px);"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/shooting" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); touch-action: manipulation;">killing of four students</a></span> at Oxford High School in 2021, even without pulling the trigger.</b></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">They had separate trials as the<b> <span class="LinkEnhancement" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px);"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/oxford-high-school-shooting-shootings-education-violence-crime-31b054a2e403275f119b5e919f7fbc43" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); touch-action: manipulation;">first U.S. parents to be charged</a></span> in a mass school shooting committed by their child. Jennifer Crumbley, 45, was <span class="LinkEnhancement" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px);"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/oxford-high-school-mother-charged-01f336607a496c5f9ff0cb3a7434d073" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); touch-action: manipulation;">convicted of involuntary manslaughter in February</a></span>.</b></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The verdicts — one each for the four victims — were read around 7:15 p.m. at the end of a full day of deliberations in Oakland County court.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">James Crumbley, 47, who heard the outcome through headphones because of a hearing problem, slowly shook his head from side to side as the jury foreman said “guilty.” A sheriff’s deputy removed a dress tie from his neck, shackled him at the waist and returned him to jail.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Family of some of the fallen students wept quietly and gripped each other’s hands in the second row of the courtroom.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: var(--font-1);">Later at a news conference, county prosecutor Karen McDonald stood next to them and praised their “unwavering courage” through extraordinary tragedy and grief.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; 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box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Defense attorney Mariell Lehman said James Crumbley “obviously feels terrible” about what happened at the school. <b>He and his wife each face a possible minimum sentence of as much as 10 years in prison when they return to court April 9.</b></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“While we are disappointed with the verdict, we know that the jury had a very difficult task in front of them,” Lehman told The Associated Press.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Prosecutors focused on two key themes at the trial: the parents’ response to a morbid drawing on Ethan Crumbley’s math assignment a few hours before the shooting, and the teen’s access to a Sig Sauer 9 mm handgun purchased by James Crumbley only four days earlier.</b></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Ethan, 15, made a ghastly drawing of a gun and a wounded man on a math assignment and added disturbing phrases, <i>“The thoughts won’t stop. Help me. My life is useless.”</i></b></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">But James and Jennifer Crumbley declined to take Ethan home following a brief meeting at the school, and staff didn’t demand it. <b>A counselor, concerned about suicidal ideations, <span class="LinkEnhancement" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px);"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/oxford-school-shooting-james-crumbley-4156bb0b1fc0596e03f872a4f9972af0" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); touch-action: manipulation;">told them to seek help</a></span> for the boy within 48 hours.</b></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Ethan had told counselor Shawn Hopkins that he was sad over the death of his dog and grandmother and the loss of a friend who had abruptly moved away. He said the drawing was simply his jottings for a video game and that he wasn’t planning to commit violence.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">But neither he, nor his parents, told school officials about the gun they had just bought, according to testimony.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Hopkins had hoped Ethan would spend the day with his parents. But when that was ruled out, the counselor felt the teen would probably be safer around others at school.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Ethan pulled the Sig Sauer from his backpack and began shooting later that same day, killing Justin Shilling, 17; Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Tate Myre, 16. Six more students and a faculty member were wounded. No one had checked the backpack, though a school administrator had joked about its heaviness.</b></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“James Crumbley is not on trial for what his son did,” McDonald told the jury Wednesday. “James Crumbley is on trial for what he did and for what he didn’t do.”</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He “doesn’t get a pass because somebody else” actually pulled the trigger, she said.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Hopkins told the jury that James Crumbley showed empathy toward his son during the meeting about the drawing but took no additional action.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">When James Crumbley heard about the shooting, he rushed home from his DoorDash job and looked for the gun.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>“I think my son took the gun,”</b></i> he said in <b>a frantic 911 call</b>.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Investigators found an empty gun case and empty ammunition box on the parents’ bed. <b>A cable that could have locked the gun was still in a package, unopened.</b></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Ethan told a judge when <span class="LinkEnhancement" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px);"><a class="Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement" data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/pontiac-michigan-oxford-high-school-shooting-crime-shootings-ff69e26f96bb07af5dcb76bddc650bb4" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: calc(1em + 4px); touch-action: manipulation;">he pleaded guilty</a></span> to murder and terrorism that the gun was not locked when he stuffed it in his backpack.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Lehman, the defense lawyer, tried to emphasize to jurors that James Crumbley did not consent to any gun access by his son.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“He did not know he had to protect others from his son. ... He had no idea what his son was planning to do,” she said.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">There was no testimony from experts about Ethan’s mental health, and no records were introduced. But the judge allowed the jury to see excerpts from the teen’s handwritten journal.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><i>“I have zero help for my mental problems and it’s causing me to shoot up the ... school,”</i></b> Ethan wrote. <i><b>“I want help but my parents don’t listen to me so I can’t get any help.”</b></i></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Now 17, he is serving a life sentence with no chance for parole.</b></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Because his parents didn't listen to his cries for help!</span></i></b></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">After Judge Cheryl Matthews lifted a gag order that had prevented lawyers from speaking to reporters, Jennifer Crumbley’s attorney, Shannon Smith, declined to comment Thursday night, saying the community needs time to heal.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The father of one victim said after the verdict that more must be done to address gun violence.</span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>“Our children are dying on a daily basis in mass murders, and we do very little about it,” </b></i>Steve St. Juliana said. <i><b>“We complain about Second Amendment rights or we say, ‘Well, there’s not enough money for mental health issues.’ ... We do not want any other parents to go through what we have gone through.”</b></i></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Again, where does America's Christianity fit into this? I'm having a difficult time figuring that out.</i></b></span></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMkLqbLZ2H8iDVIhETHDGTS1PA_93Vv6AbRayTQNMeFt3XkojIy3bKOfHeZ0qo4odzHJZ8IVvaZyXvyouGcRXjWmbm0xJng93UMEYJb67uV9bIt4oFkk16VRByLze9ZDFd3_dxQN72HRtl3tFSVYipAC8ucHjIrsdwKGmGV0orX7Cv2eWWn02ytAHcQfE" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="501" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMkLqbLZ2H8iDVIhETHDGTS1PA_93Vv6AbRayTQNMeFt3XkojIy3bKOfHeZ0qo4odzHJZ8IVvaZyXvyouGcRXjWmbm0xJng93UMEYJb67uV9bIt4oFkk16VRByLze9ZDFd3_dxQN72HRtl3tFSVYipAC8ucHjIrsdwKGmGV0orX7Cv2eWWn02ytAHcQfE=w640-h352" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-77102844736507030832024-03-15T16:40:00.000-07:002024-03-15T16:40:53.072-07:00New Orleans Cop takes 14 y/o Girl for Rape Kit exam, then Rapes her<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>They practice the death penalty in Louisiana, I can't think of a better use for it.</i></b></span></p><p><br /></p><h1 class="wpds-c-hbKkTl wpds-c-hbKkTl-dGCgyL-as-h1" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--gray20,#111); font-family: "Postoni Standard", Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; line-height: 1.36; margin: 1.5rem auto; max-width: 700px; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-box-decoration-break: clone; background-color: #ead1dc; background-image: url("https://wp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/police-abuse/tape/tape_01.png"), url("https://wp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/police-abuse/tape/tape_02.png"), url("https://wp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/police-abuse/tape/tape_03.png"); background-position: 0px center, 30px center, 100% center; background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%, calc(100% - 58px) 100%, 30px 100%; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 24px 4px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A police officer took a teen for a rape kit.</span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1rem;"><span style="-webkit-box-decoration-break: clone; background-color: #ead1dc; background-image: url("https://wp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/police-abuse/tape/tape_05.png"), url("https://wp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/police-abuse/tape/tape_06.png"), url("https://wp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/police-abuse/tape/tape_07.png"); background-position: 0px center, 30px center, 100% center; background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%, calc(100% - 58px) 100%, 30px 100%; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 24px 4px; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then he assaulted her, too.</span></span></div></h1><h2 class="wpds-c-hbKkTl wpds-c-hbKkTl-kbIrgA-as-h2" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-subhead); margin: 36px auto 0px; max-width: 600px; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-025); text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Hundreds of law enforcement officers have been accused of sexually abusing children over the past two decades, a Post investigation found</span></h2><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2JomVZYE40CyFyl_lnphpvvPTmyoNOoM8JU_DU5f-uPfEYM5-lb622EmskfXUZmkR5zJf9Q7QiEZ1GrIE95W7o5eFRGRaEoRa7RKz492i6qDAfdpx5tGgcv5hsi3PUUWyfb98SmA_Bj01sYiCNLLKIM1eplynhyNs1e7_K909A3KRTRo5qhVmFXCzXFE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1229" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2JomVZYE40CyFyl_lnphpvvPTmyoNOoM8JU_DU5f-uPfEYM5-lb622EmskfXUZmkR5zJf9Q7QiEZ1GrIE95W7o5eFRGRaEoRa7RKz492i6qDAfdpx5tGgcv5hsi3PUUWyfb98SmA_Bj01sYiCNLLKIM1eplynhyNs1e7_K909A3KRTRo5qhVmFXCzXFE=w640-h390" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="wpds-c-ePTSSh" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); display: inline-block; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-100); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-100);"><i style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-fMKbiT-isAuthorBio-false wpds-c-PJLV-bNXRIK-singleAuthor-false wpds-c-PJLV-iPJLV-css" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wpds-c-Phqfw" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-075);"><div class="wpds-c-lmBKyD" style="align-content: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><div class="wpds-c-cuiwGc" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: column wrap; place-content: center;"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-AsWAM-isSingleAuthor-false" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><span class="wpds-c-IFAgZ" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray20);">Story by </span><a class="wpds-c-cqnWhH" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jessica-contrera/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial !important; border-left: none !important; border-right: none !important; border-top: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-100); text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;">Jessica Contrera</a><span class="wpds-c-IFAgZ" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray20);">, </span></span></div></div><div class="wpds-c-lmBKyD" style="align-content: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><div class="wpds-c-cuiwGc" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: column wrap; place-content: center;"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-AsWAM-isSingleAuthor-false" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><a class="wpds-c-cqnWhH" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jenn-abelson/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial !important; border-left: none !important; border-right: none !important; border-top: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-100); text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;">Jenn Abelson</a><span class="wpds-c-IFAgZ" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray20);"> and </span></span></div></div><div class="wpds-c-lmBKyD" style="align-content: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><div class="wpds-c-cuiwGc" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: column wrap; place-content: center;"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-AsWAM-isSingleAuthor-false" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block;"><a class="wpds-c-cqnWhH" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/john-harden/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial !important; border-left: none !important; border-right: none !important; border-top: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-100); text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;">John D. Harden</a></span></div></div></div></div><div class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-fMKbiT-isAuthorBio-false wpds-c-PJLV-iPJLV-css" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wpds-c-Phqfw" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-075);"><div class="wpds-c-lmBKyD" style="align-content: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="wpds-c-cuiwGc" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: column wrap; place-content: center;"><span class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-eAWoxN-isSingleAuthor-true" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><span class="wpds-c-IFAgZ" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray20); white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">Photos by </span><a class="wpds-c-cqnWhH" data-qa="author-name" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/carolyn-van-houten/" rel="author" style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial !important; border-left: none !important; border-right: none !important; border-top: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-100); text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;">Carolyn Van Houten</a></span></div></div></div></div></i></div><div class="wpds-c-hedtns" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box;"><i>Updated March 14, 2024 at 5:54 p.m.</i></span></div><div class="wpds-c-hedtns" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray80); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-087); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150);"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box;"><i>The Wahsington Post</i></span></div><div class="story relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 4rem; position: relative;"><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bynywM-dropcap-true wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The 14-year-old did not want to go to the emergency room. Her mother had begged her. Her therapist had gently prodded. And now there was a police officer in her living room."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The 14-year-old did not want to go to the emergency room. Her mother had begged her. Her therapist had gently prodded. And now there was a police officer in her living room.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“You really should think about it,” he said."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“You really should think about it,” he said."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“You really should think about it,” he said.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="He introduced himself as Officer Rodney Vicknair. His New Orleans Police Department cruiser was waiting outside, ready to take her to the hospital for a rape kit. Early that morning, the girl said, a 17-year-old friend had forced himself on her."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="He introduced himself as Officer Rodney Vicknair. His New Orleans Police Department cruiser was waiting outside, ready to take her to the hospital for a rape kit. Early that morning, the girl said, a 17-year-old friend had forced himself on her."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He introduced himself as Officer Rodney Vicknair. His New Orleans Police Department cruiser was waiting outside, ready to take her to the hospital for a rape kit. Early that morning, the girl said, a 17-year-old friend had forced himself on her.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Under the police department’s rules, a case like this was supposed to be handled from the start by a detective trained in sex crimes or child abuse. But on this afternoon in May of 2020, it was Vicknair, a patrol officer with a troubled past, who knocked on the girl’s door."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Under the police department’s rules, a case like this was supposed to be handled from the start by a detective trained in sex crimes or child abuse. But on this afternoon in May of 2020, it was Vicknair, a patrol officer with a troubled past, who knocked on the girl’s door."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Under the police department’s rules, a case like this was supposed to be handled from the start by a detective trained in sex crimes or child abuse. But on this afternoon in May of 2020, it was Vicknair, a patrol officer with a troubled past, who knocked on the girl’s door.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="He tried to coax her into changing her mind. “If I’m a young man that has done something wrong to a young lady and she doesn’t follow up and press the issue,” Vicknair said as his body camera recorded the conversation, “then I’m gonna go out and do it to another young lady.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="He tried to coax her into changing her mind. “If I’m a young man that has done something wrong to a young lady and she doesn’t follow up and press the issue,” Vicknair said as his body camera recorded the conversation, “then I’m gonna go out and do it to another young lady.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He tried to coax her into changing her mind. “If I’m a young man that has done something wrong to a young lady and she doesn’t follow up and press the issue,” Vicknair said as his body camera recorded the conversation, “then I’m gonna go out and do it to another young lady.”</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“And it’s gonna be worse, maybe, the next time,” Vicknair said, “because I’m gonna think in my head, ‘Oh, I got the power. I can go further this time.’ ”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“And it’s gonna be worse, maybe, the next time,” Vicknair said, “because I’m gonna think in my head, ‘Oh, I got the power. I can go further this time.’ ”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“And it’s gonna be worse, maybe, the next time,” Vicknair said, “because I’m gonna think in my head, ‘Oh, I got the power. I can go further this time.’ ”</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The girl didn’t want that. She just wanted this to be over."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The girl didn’t want that. She just wanted this to be over."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The girl didn’t want that. She just wanted this to be over.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="She didn’t know it was only the beginning. Four months later, police would arrest a man for sexually assaulting the girl. But it wouldn’t be her teenage friend. It would be Officer Rodney Vicknair."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="She didn’t know it was only the beginning. Four months later, police would arrest a man for sexually assaulting the girl. But it wouldn’t be her teenage friend. It would be Officer Rodney Vicknair."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">She didn’t know it was only the beginning. Four months later, police would arrest a man for sexually assaulting the girl. But it wouldn’t be her teenage friend. It would be Officer Rodney Vicknair.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The day the 14-year-old met 53-year-old Vicknair was the day the officer began a months-long grooming process, prosecutors would allege. Within hours of meeting the girl, Vicknair wrapped his arm around her while they took a selfie. He let her play with his police baton. He joked with her about “whipping your behind.” He showed her multiple photos of a young woman dressed only in lingerie."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The day the 14-year-old met 53-year-old Vicknair was the day the officer began a months-long grooming process, prosecutors would allege. Within hours of meeting the girl, Vicknair wrapped his arm around her while they took a selfie. He let her play with his police baton. He joked with her about “whipping your behind.” He showed her multiple photos of a young woman dressed only in lingerie."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The day the 14-year-old met 53-year-old Vicknair was the day the officer began a months-long grooming process, prosecutors would allege. Within hours of meeting the girl, Vicknair wrapped his arm around her while they took a selfie. He let her play with his police baton. He joked with her about “whipping your behind.” He showed her multiple photos of a young woman dressed only in lingerie.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The day the 14-year-old met 53-year-old Vicknair was the day the officer began a months-long grooming process, prosecutors would allege. Within hours of meeting the girl, Vicknair wrapped his arm around her while they took a selfie. He let her play with his police baton. He joked with her about “whipping your behind.” He showed her multiple photos of a young woman dressed only in lingerie."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><div class="wpds-c-jmWSEB wpds-c-jmWSEB-aDEA-type-default video" id="video-707c0db0-af04-4f4d-b665-817d27e42fd4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem auto 2.5rem; max-width: 672px; padding-left: 1rem; padding-right: 1rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-ijSeQpT-css w-100" data-testid="orca-wrapper" style="background-image: url("https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fd1i4t8bqe7zgj6.cloudfront.net%2F02-22-2024%2Ft_f2e78dee9f44429da7aa5bb3e9de9fa8_name_policeabuse_nola_hospital_thumb.jpg&w=960"); background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 360px; 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font-weight: 700; margin-left: 8px; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Officer Vicknair talks to teen at the hospital</span></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="white" data-testid="promo-duration" id="promo-module_duration__hxkQ9" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray700); text-align: justify; visibility: visible;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">0:23</span></div></div></div></div><wp-ad data-adunitpath="/701/wpni.video.oodef" data-json="{"prefetchAd":false,"targeting":{}}" data-media-player="imaPlayer" data-media-type="video" data-org="wapo" id="ad-wrapper-707c0db0-af04-4f4d-b665-817d27e42fd4" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;"><div class="PJLV wpds-c-fGHEql wpds-c-bJEbyA wpds-c-bJEbyA-gCYbFg-position-outerWrapper" id="ad-container-undefined" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 360px; position: absolute; text-align: justify; top: 0px; width: 640px;"></div></wp-ad></div></div><figcaption style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray60-static); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: var(--wpds-space-050); padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-small;">The Washington Post blurred the teen’s face to protect her identity. (Obtained by The Washington Post)</span></i></figcaption></figure></div></div><section class="subsection bg-gray" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2.5rem; margin-top: 3rem;"><div class="subsection--content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 1rem 0px;"><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Americans have been forced to reckon with sexual misconduct committed by teachers, clergy, coaches and others with access to and authority over children. But there is little awareness of child sex crimes perpetrated by members of another profession that many children are taught to revere and obey: law enforcement."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Americans have been forced to reckon with sexual misconduct committed by teachers, clergy, coaches and others with access to and authority over children. But there is little awareness of child sex crimes perpetrated by members of another profession that many children are taught to revere and obey: law enforcement.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="A <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/police-child-sex-abuse-how-we-reported/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" target="_blank">Washington Post investigation</a> has found that over the past two decades, hundreds of police officers have preyed on children, while agencies across the country have failed to take steps to prevent these crimes."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="A <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/police-child-sex-abuse-how-we-reported/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" target="_blank">Washington Post investigation</a> has found that over the past two decades, hundreds of police officers have preyed on children, while agencies across the country have failed to take steps to prevent these crimes."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/police-child-sex-abuse-how-we-reported/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" style="border-bottom: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">Washington Post investigation</a> has found that over the past two decades, hundreds of police officers have preyed on children, while agencies across the country have failed to take steps to prevent these crimes.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="At least 1,800 state and local police officers were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse from 2005 through 2022, The Post found."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="At least 1,800 state and local police officers were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse from 2005 through 2022, The Post found."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">At least 1,800 state and local police officers were charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse from 2005 through 2022, The Post found.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Abusive officers were rarely related to the children they were accused of raping, fondling and exploiting. They most frequently targeted girls who were 13 to 15 years old — and regularly met their victims through their jobs."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Abusive officers were rarely related to the children they were accused of raping, fondling and exploiting. They most frequently targeted girls who were 13 to 15 years old — and regularly met their victims through their jobs."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Abusive officers were rarely related to the children they were accused of raping, fondling and exploiting. They most frequently targeted girls who were 13 to 15 years old — and regularly met their victims through their jobs.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Abusive officers were rarely related to the children they were accused of raping, fondling and exploiting. They most frequently targeted girls who were 13 to 15 years old — and regularly met their victims through their jobs."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Abusive officers were rarely related to the children they were accused of raping, fondling and exploiting. They most frequently targeted girls who were 13 to 15 years old — and regularly met their victims through their jobs."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);">The Post identified these officers through an exclusive analysis of the nation’s most comprehensive </span><a href="https://policecrime.bgsu.edu/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" style="border-bottom: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">database</a><span style="color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);"> </span><span style="color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);">of police arrests at Bowling Green State University, as well as a review of thousands of court documents, police decertification records and news reports.</span></span></p><section class="subsection bg-gray" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 2.5rem; margin-top: 3rem;"><div class="subsection--content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 1rem 0px;"><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="In case after case, officers intentionally earned the trust of parents and guardians, created opportunities to get kids alone and threatened repercussions for broken silence. Unlike teachers and priests, they did it all while wielding the power of their badges and guns."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In case after case, officers intentionally earned the trust of parents and guardians, created opportunities to get kids alone and threatened repercussions for broken silence. Unlike teachers and priests, they did it all while wielding the power of their badges and guns.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Chuck Wexler, who leads the Police Executive Research Forum, a law enforcement policy and training organization, said the number of officers charged with these crimes is “very troubling.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Chuck Wexler, who leads the Police Executive Research Forum, a law enforcement policy and training organization, said the number of officers charged with these crimes is “very troubling.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Chuck Wexler, who leads the Police Executive Research Forum, a law enforcement policy and training organization, said the number of officers charged with these crimes is “very troubling.”</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“Whatever we can do to prevent this and hold those accountable will help restore the trust in the police,” Wexler said."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“Whatever we can do to prevent this and hold those accountable will help restore the trust in the police,” Wexler said."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Whatever we can do to prevent this and hold those accountable will help restore the trust in the police,” Wexler said.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But while many school systems and churches have created practices and policies to root out predators, law enforcement agencies have largely treated child sexual abuse as an isolated problem that goes away when an officer is fired or prosecuted — rather than an always-present risk that requires systemic change."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But while many school systems and churches have created practices and policies to root out predators, law enforcement agencies have largely treated child sexual abuse as an isolated problem that goes away when an officer is fired or prosecuted — rather than an always-present risk that requires systemic change."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">But while many school systems and churches have created practices and policies to root out predators, law enforcement agencies have largely treated child sexual abuse as an isolated problem that goes away when an officer is fired or prosecuted — rather than an always-present risk that requires systemic change.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="There is no national tracking system for officers accused of child sexual abuse. At a time when police departments across the country face staffing shortages and are desperate to hire, there are no universal requirements to screen for potential perpetrators. When abuse is suspected, officers are sometimes allowed to remain on the job while investigations of their behavior are left in the hands of their colleagues."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="There is no national tracking system for officers accused of child sexual abuse. At a time when police departments across the country face staffing shortages and are desperate to hire, there are no universal requirements to screen for potential perpetrators. When abuse is suspected, officers are sometimes allowed to remain on the job while investigations of their behavior are left in the hands of their colleagues."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">There is no national tracking system for officers accused of child sexual abuse. At a time when police departments across the country face staffing shortages and are desperate to hire, there are no universal requirements to screen for potential perpetrators. When abuse is suspected, officers are sometimes allowed to remain on the job while investigations of their behavior are left in the hands of their colleagues.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="There is no national tracking system for officers accused of child sexual abuse. At a time when police departments across the country face staffing shortages and are desperate to hire, there are no universal requirements to screen for potential perpetrators. When abuse is suspected, officers are sometimes allowed to remain on the job while investigations of their behavior are left in the hands of their colleagues."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray0); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="There is no national tracking system for officers accused of child sexual abuse. At a time when police departments across the country face staffing shortages and are desperate to hire, there are no universal requirements to screen for potential perpetrators. When abuse is suspected, officers are sometimes allowed to remain on the job while investigations of their behavior are left in the hands of their colleagues."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><div class="statistic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 1rem;"><div class="statistic--title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 20px; line-height: 45px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">The Post’s findings</span></b></div><div class="statistic--container mr-auto ml-auto mw-md pr-sm pl-sm" style="box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 2rem; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 672px; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.5rem; padding-right: 1rem;"><div class="statistic--num" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Postoni Standard", Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 40px; line-height: 45px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">1,800+</span></b></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">officers charged with crimes involving child sexual abuse from 2005 through 2022</span></b></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.5rem; position: relative;"><div class="statistic--num" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Postoni Standard", Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 40px; line-height: 45px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">13 to 15</span></b></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">year-old girls are the children most often targeted by officers</span></b></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0.5rem; position: relative;"><div class="statistic--num" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Postoni Standard", Postoni, BodoniSvtyTwoITCTT-Book, georgia, serif; font-size: 40px; line-height: 45px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">90%</span></b></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">of victims were not reported to be related to accused officers</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></section><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="In the New Orleans Police Department, child sexual abuse has been a problem before. The city recently paid $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over its 1980s Police Explorers program led by a lieutenant who was accused of sexually exploiting 10 boys. The case was investigated by the head of NOPD’s juvenile sex crimes unit — who in 1987 was convicted of child sex crimes, too."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In the New Orleans Police Department, child sexual abuse has been a problem before. The city recently paid $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over its 1980s Police Explorers program led by a lieutenant who was accused of sexually exploiting 10 boys. The case was investigated by the head of NOPD’s juvenile sex crimes unit — who in 1987 was convicted of child sex crimes, too.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="In the New Orleans Police Department, child sexual abuse has been a problem before. The city recently paid $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over its 1980s Police Explorers program led by a lieutenant who was accused of sexually exploiting 10 boys. The case was investigated by the head of NOPD’s juvenile sex crimes unit — who in 1987 was convicted of child sex crimes, too."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="In more recent years, two officers remained on the force after they were accused of abusing young girls. Then they sexually assaulted other children. They are among six NOPD officers who have been convicted of crimes involving child sexual abuse since 2011."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In more recent years, two officers remained on the force after they were accused of abusing young girls. Then they sexually assaulted other children. They are among six NOPD officers who have been convicted of crimes involving child sexual abuse since 2011.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Vicknair is the latest. His case reflects larger problems that police departments confront in conducting background checks, identifying red flags and responding to complaints of inappropriate behavior. To reconstruct what happened in New Orleans,<b> </b>The Post obtained hundreds of internal law enforcement records, hours of video footage and dozens of text messages."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Vicknair is the latest. His case reflects larger problems that police departments confront in conducting background checks, identifying red flags and responding to complaints of inappropriate behavior. To reconstruct what happened in New Orleans,<b> </b>The Post obtained hundreds of internal law enforcement records, hours of video footage and dozens of text messages."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Vicknair is the latest. His case reflects larger problems that police departments confront in conducting background checks, identifying red flags and responding to complaints of inappropriate behavior. To reconstruct what happened in New Orleans,<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"> </span>The Post obtained hundreds of internal law enforcement records, hours of video footage and dozens of text messages.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Vicknair was hired in 2007 despite a record that included multiple arrests and a conviction for battery on a juvenile. His sexually charged interactions with the girl he drove to the hospital, though witnessed by another officer, went unreported to superiors. He frequently visited the girl’s home in the summer of 2020, telling new cops he was training that they should stay in the car while he went inside alone. And when concerns about Vicknair’s behavior were reported to the department, police officials allowed him to remain on duty for a week. During that week, the girl said, Vicknair sexually assaulted her."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Vicknair was hired in 2007 despite a record that included multiple arrests and a conviction for battery on a juvenile. His sexually charged interactions with the girl he drove to the hospital, though witnessed by another officer, went unreported to superiors. He frequently visited the girl’s home in the summer of 2020, telling new cops he was training that they should stay in the car while he went inside alone. And when concerns about Vicknair’s behavior were reported to the department, police officials allowed him to remain on duty for a week. During that week, the girl said, Vicknair sexually assaulted her."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Vicknair was hired in 2007 despite a record that included multiple arrests and a conviction for battery on a juvenile. His sexually charged interactions with the girl he drove to the hospital, though witnessed by another officer, went unreported to superiors. He frequently visited the girl’s home in the summer of 2020, telling new cops he was training that they should stay in the car while he went inside alone. And when concerns about Vicknair’s behavior were reported to the department, police officials allowed him to remain on duty for a week. During that week, the girl said, Vicknair sexually assaulted her.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Reached by phone last year, Vicknair declined to comment for this story. In November of 2022, he pleaded guilty to violating the girl’s civil rights, admitting that he locked her in his truck and touched her under her clothing."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Reached by phone last year, Vicknair declined to comment for this story. In November of 2022, he pleaded guilty to violating the girl’s civil rights, admitting that he locked her in his truck and touched her under her clothing."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Reached by phone last year, Vicknair declined to comment for this story. In November of 2022, he pleaded guilty to violating the girl’s civil rights, admitting that he locked her in his truck and touched her under her clothing.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The city of New Orleans and its police department also declined to discuss the case with The Post, citing pending litigation. The victim and her mother filed a federal civil rights<b> </b>lawsuit against the city and its superintendent of police in 2021."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="The city of New Orleans and its police department also declined to discuss the case with The Post, citing pending litigation. The victim and her mother filed a federal civil rights<b> </b>lawsuit against the city and its superintendent of police in 2021."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The city of New Orleans and its police department also declined to discuss the case with The Post, citing pending litigation. The victim and her mother filed a federal civil rights<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"> </span>lawsuit against the city and its superintendent of police in 2021.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="In court filings, the city has repeatedly denied that the police department is responsible for the girl’s abuse, arguing that Vicknair was not on duty at the time of the assault he pleaded guilty to and was not acting on behalf of NOPD “while performing any of the inappropriate actions alleged against him.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="In court filings, the city has repeatedly denied that the police department is responsible for the girl’s abuse, arguing that Vicknair was not on duty at the time of the assault he pleaded guilty to and was not acting on behalf of NOPD “while performing any of the inappropriate actions alleged against him.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In court filings, the city has repeatedly denied that the police department is responsible for the girl’s abuse, arguing that Vicknair was not on duty at the time of the assault he pleaded guilty to and was not acting on behalf of NOPD “while performing any of the inappropriate actions alleged against him.”</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Soon, the case will go before a jury. A trial over what, if anything, the girl is owed by NOPD was scheduled to begin March 18. But hours after The Post published this<b> </b>story online, a judge ordered that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/trial-new-orleans-police-child-abuse/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" target="_blank">the trial be delayed.</a>"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Soon, the case will go before a jury. A trial over what, if anything, the girl is owed by NOPD was scheduled to begin March 18. But hours after The Post published this<b> </b>story online, a judge ordered that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/trial-new-orleans-police-child-abuse/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" target="_blank">the trial be delayed.</a>"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Soon, the case will go before a jury. A trial over what, if anything, the girl is owed by NOPD was scheduled to begin March 18. But hours after The Post published this<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"> </span>story online, a judge ordered that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/14/trial-new-orleans-police-child-abuse/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" style="border-bottom: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">the trial be delayed.</a></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="With the permission of the victim and her mother, The Post is identifying the girl only by her middle name, Nicole."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="With the permission of the victim and her mother, The Post is identifying the girl only by her middle name, Nicole."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">With the permission of the victim and her mother, The Post is identifying the girl only by her middle name, Nicole.</span></p><div class="wpds-c-imvhKp wpds-c-imvhKp-idZwvW-type-default wpds-c-imvhKp-ihRZwjE-css single-image--container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1rem auto 2.5rem; padding-left: 1rem; padding-right: 1rem;"><figure class="wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-kCYLAp-type-medium single-image anim-true" id="image-U7IVECBOTAS2GW4NBRH46FQUA4" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px; margin-inline: 0px; margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100);"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16) 0px 1px 4px; height: auto; transform-origin: center top; transition-property: transform;"><img alt="" data-nimg="future" decoding="async" height="4000" loading="lazy" src="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/U7IVECBOTAS2GW4NBRH46FQUA4_size-normalized.JPG&high_res=true&w=2048" srcset="https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/U7IVECBOTAS2GW4NBRH46FQUA4_size-normalized.JPG&high_res=true&w=2048 1x" style="box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16) 0px 1px 4px; box-sizing: border-box; color: transparent; display: block; height: auto; position: relative; text-align: justify; transform-origin: center top; transition: transform 0s ease 0s; width: 640px; z-index: 2;" width="6000" /></span><figcaption class="wpds-c-kFXclz wpds-c-kFXclz-cHnxlm-type-notLarge" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wpds-colors-gray60-static); font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-subhead); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-125); margin: 0.5rem auto auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-small;">The teen, Nicole, poses for a portrait at her mother’s home in New Orleans in May 2023.</span></i></figcaption></figure></div><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="At 14, Nicole was barely 100 pounds. She hadn’t yet gotten braces. A large stuffed giraffe still watched over her bedroom."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">At 14, Nicole was barely 100 pounds. She hadn’t yet gotten braces. A large stuffed giraffe still watched over her bedroom.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="At 14, Nicole was barely 100 pounds. She hadn’t yet gotten braces. A large stuffed giraffe still watched over her bedroom."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="She’d spent her preteen years in custody battles between divorced parents, in a domestic violence shelter with her mom and in a hospital for self-harm. She believed all adults just wanted to tell her what to do. But on the day Vicknair persuaded her to go to the emergency room and then sat with her and her mother for hours, Nicole felt like he actually wanted to listen."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">She’d spent her preteen years in custody battles between divorced parents, in a domestic violence shelter with her mom and in a hospital for self-harm. She believed all adults just wanted to tell her what to do. But on the day Vicknair persuaded her to go to the emergency room and then sat with her and her mother for hours, Nicole felt like he actually wanted to listen.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“If you ever just want to shoot, talk, text me,” he told her as his body camera continued recording. “You having problems, just need somebody to talk to, if I’m working I’ll come swing by and talk to ya, okay? ... We’ll go get some ice cream in McDonald’s or something.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“If you ever just want to shoot, talk, text me,” he told her as his body camera continued recording. “You having problems, just need somebody to talk to, if I’m working I’ll come swing by and talk to ya, okay? ... We’ll go get some ice cream in McDonald’s or something.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“If you ever just want to shoot, talk, text me,” he told her as his body camera continued recording. “You having problems, just need somebody to talk to, if I’m working I’ll come swing by and talk to ya, okay? ... We’ll go get some ice cream in McDonald’s or something.”</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Nicole saved Vicknair’s number in her phone as “Officer Rodney.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Nicole saved Vicknair’s number in her phone as “Officer Rodney.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Nicole saved Vicknair’s number in her phone as “Officer Rodney.”</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“Now hit call so I know it’s you and I can save you as a contact,” Vicknair said before leaving. He lifted his phone and aimed his camera down at her. Her bare legs were dangling off the hospital bed."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“Now hit call so I know it’s you and I can save you as a contact,” Vicknair said before leaving. He lifted his phone and aimed his camera down at her. Her bare legs were dangling off the hospital bed."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Now hit call so I know it’s you and I can save you as a contact,” Vicknair said before leaving. He lifted his phone and aimed his camera down at her. Her bare legs were dangling off the hospital bed.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“No,” Nicole objected, raising her hand to block his view."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“No,” Nicole objected, raising her hand to block his view."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“No,” Nicole objected, raising her hand to block his view.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Vicknair took the picture anyway. “There we go,” he said. “Perfect.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Vicknair took the picture anyway. “There we go,” he said. “Perfect.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Vicknair took the picture anyway. “There we go,” he said. “Perfect.”</span></p><div class="wpds-c-kEfdAn dividerX--container" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100);"><div class="dividerX" style="aspect-ratio: 270 / 43; background-image: url("https://wp-stat.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/police-abuse/x-divider.jpg"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 3.75rem auto 5rem; text-align: justify; width: 200px;"></div></div><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bynywM-dropcap-true wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="Nicole was just a year old when Vicknair applied for the job that would make it possible for him to meet her and other children."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Nicole was just a year old when Vicknair applied for the job that would make it possible for him to meet her and other children.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“I always wanted to be a police officer in New Orleans,” Vicknair wrote on his NOPD application in 2006. “I truly love helping + serving my community.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="“I always wanted to be a police officer in New Orleans,” Vicknair wrote on his NOPD application in 2006. “I truly love helping + serving my community.”"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I always wanted to be a police officer in New Orleans,” Vicknair wrote on his NOPD application in 2006. “I truly love helping + serving my community.”</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="He was far from the typical police recruit. He’d worked as an EMT and a hospital security guard, but he was about to turn 40 — an age that would have disqualified him from joining some departments at the time. At 5-foot-11, he weighed 237 pounds. He had lifelong tremors that regularly made his hands shake."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="He was far from the typical police recruit. He’d worked as an EMT and a hospital security guard, but he was about to turn 40 — an age that would have disqualified him from joining some departments at the time. At 5-foot-11, he weighed 237 pounds. He had lifelong tremors that regularly made his hands shake."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He was far from the typical police recruit. He’d worked as an EMT and a hospital security guard, but he was about to turn 40 — an age that would have disqualified him from joining some departments at the time. At 5-foot-11, he weighed 237 pounds. He had lifelong tremors that regularly made his hands shake.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="A department spokesperson told The Post that, today, NOPD has some of the most stringent hiring requirements in the state of Louisiana. Since entering into <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-consent-decree-city-new-orleans-resolve-allegations-unlawful?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" target="_blank">a consent decree </a>with the Justice Department in 2012, NOPD has been working to reform its policies and practices."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="A department spokesperson told The Post that, today, NOPD has some of the most stringent hiring requirements in the state of Louisiana. Since entering into <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-consent-decree-city-new-orleans-resolve-allegations-unlawful?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" target="_blank">a consent decree </a>with the Justice Department in 2012, NOPD has been working to reform its policies and practices."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A department spokesperson told The Post that, today, NOPD has some of the most stringent hiring requirements in the state of Louisiana. Since entering into <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-consent-decree-city-new-orleans-resolve-allegations-unlawful?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" style="border-bottom: none; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: var(--wpds-colors-gray40); text-decoration-thickness: 0.0625em; text-underline-offset: 0.125em;" target="_blank">a consent decree </a>with the Justice Department in 2012, NOPD has been working to reform its policies and practices.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="A department spokesperson told The Post that, today, NOPD has some of the most stringent hiring requirements in the state of Louisiana. Since entering into <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-consent-decree-city-new-orleans-resolve-allegations-unlawful?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template" target="_blank">a consent decree </a>with the Justice Department in 2012, NOPD has been working to reform its policies and practices."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. <span style="font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);">Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. </span></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);">According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks.</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body);"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i>There is much more to this story on <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2024/new-orleans-police-child-sexual-abuse-rodney-vicknair/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3d11bce%2F65f324a7715ef2295fc50f19%2F5d129971ae7e8a08a532f6e1%2F5%2F53%2F65f324a7715ef2295fc50f19#:~:text=In%20his%20application%2C%20Vicknair%20disclosed" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a>.</i></b></span></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);">=====================================================================================</span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><span style="font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125);"><br /></span></p><p class="wpds-c-hcZlgz wpds-c-hcZlgz-bkfjoi-font-georgia wpds-c-hcZlgz-jDmrXh-width-mdCenter wpds-c-hcZlgz-ibdLmgo-css" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--wpds-fonts-body); font-size: var(--wpds-fontSizes-125); line-height: var(--wpds-lineHeights-160); margin: auto; max-width: 42rem; padding-bottom: var(--wpds-space-150); padding-left: var(--wpds-space-100); padding-right: var(--wpds-space-100); text-align: justify;" text="But at the time Vicknair applied, NOPD was in disarray following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Public outcry over officers’ actions had resulted in intense scrutiny from the outside and low morale on the inside. Recruiters needed to find people willing to wear the badge. According to the Justice Department, NOPD began lowering hiring standards and performing less rigorous background checks."><br /></p></div></section></div>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-86396908294820331132024-03-14T18:28:00.000-07:002024-03-14T18:28:29.721-07:00Is Trudeau dropping the only good program his gov't created to help rape victims?<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">This may have been the only program designed to help rape victims get justice in Canada that was funded by the federal government of Justin Trudeau. Meager as it is, it appears Justin no longer has the money to ensure women victims get justice. Trudeau has done absolutely nothing to help children avoid sexual predators in the 8.5 years he has been in office. Not a single thing! He will answer to God for that!</span></b></i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h1 class="l-article__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Federal funding drying up for program that reviews</span></h1><h1 class="l-article__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">sex assault cases</span></h1><div class="c-byline l-article__byline" id="article-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; display: flex; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.51008px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><div class="c-byline__text" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color-text-main); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center;"><div class="c-byline__attribution" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.25rem;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Paola Loriggio</span> <span class="c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5rem;"> The Canadian Press</span></i></div><div class="c-byline__datesWrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="c-byline__dates" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="c-byline__date c-byline__date--pubDate" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color-text-details); display: flex; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 1.25rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Posted March 14, 2024 4:38 am</i></span></div><div class="c-byline__date c-byline__date--modDate is-expandable " id="bylineDateUpdated" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color-text-details); font-size: 0.875rem; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 1.25rem; overflow: hidden; transition: visibility 0s ease 0.3s, height 0.3s ease-out 0s; visibility: visible;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Updated March 14, 2024 8:54 am</span></i></div><div class="c-byline__date c-byline__date--modDate" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color-text-details); font-size: 0.875rem; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 1.25rem; visibility: visible;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">5 min read</span></i></div><div class="c-byline__date c-byline__date--modDate" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color-text-details); font-size: 0.875rem; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 1.25rem; visibility: visible;"><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></i></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTCgfnC9xInIbKmRDYPtDqQh5c-jsp__HohwBJ2jEwDeEqb1WFTnRkuULcydddOIR4QrQmDCD4P6ZaS6xRsHKsX8qyYv2HGvZyhOnY0zfbWT7tStdXMEZJEvWRqp0VP46OMuyt4mabf0gpyyavSE_NoEW9HB7S6EmwQEIy9gqv9mRy4UGumm0683luYao" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="903" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTCgfnC9xInIbKmRDYPtDqQh5c-jsp__HohwBJ2jEwDeEqb1WFTnRkuULcydddOIR4QrQmDCD4P6ZaS6xRsHKsX8qyYv2HGvZyhOnY0zfbWT7tStdXMEZJEvWRqp0VP46OMuyt4mabf0gpyyavSE_NoEW9HB7S6EmwQEIy9gqv9mRy4UGumm0683luYao=w640-h332" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="letter-spacing: 0.25008px;">Yes, this is Canadian news</i></div></i><br /></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A unique Canadian program meant to ensure sexual-assault cases aren’t closed inappropriately by police is set to run out of federal funding at the end of the month, its national co-ordinator said.</span></p><p><img alt="" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net/70c8fc80" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 1px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; position: absolute; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 1px;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Violence Against Women Advocate Case Review program is the only system in the world that brings together front-line experts and advocates to review every police sexual-assault investigation that doesn’t lead to charges in the areas it operates, according to Sunny Marriner, who leads the project.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The program was first set up in a few communities in 2016 but drew national attention after the Globe and Mail’s 2017 investigation into sexual-assault allegations dismissed as unfounded. It’s currently in place in more than two dozen communities across several provinces, including Ottawa, Kingston, Ont., Saint John, N.B., Regina, and Calgary.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Committees are also in various stages of development in a handful of other communities, some of them held up by the uncertainty regarding funding, said Marriner, who previously worked as the executive director of the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The program received a three-year grant from Women and Gender Equality Canada that is set to run out on March 31, Marriner said. It previously received a similar grant in its earlier years. Organizers have spoken to the federal government about the need for sustainable funding but haven’t heard anything back, and there are “no other avenues” at this time, she said.</span></p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-listener-i-d="0" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_10287126_65f39bf2539e0" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline-sticky="true" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-video-id="10287126" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/10287126/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_10287126_65f39bf2539e0" data-iframe-receiver="" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative; width: 640px;"><div class="c-video__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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display: block; height: 360px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 640px;" width="640" /><span class="c-video__overlay" style="align-items: flex-end; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847) 99.91%); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; left: 0px; padding: 16px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;"><div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-button--mini" style="align-items: center; border-radius: 2px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: grid; font-family: inherit; gap: 8px; grid-auto-flow: column; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; line-height: 1rem; outline: none; padding: 8px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;"><svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"></svg></div><div class="c-video__data" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1; margin-left: 16px; min-width: 0px; padding: 4px 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #aeacac; font-family: roboto-mono, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; text-transform: uppercase;">5:26</span></div><span class="c-video__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: block; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5rem; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Hockey Canada CEO says organization undergoing major changes in midst of sexual assault case</span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A spokesperson for Women and Gender Equality Canada said the project was funded over 38 months under the ministry’s gender-based violence program. It received funding through the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“At the federal level, WAGE provides time-limited funding through the ongoing GBV program to support organizations working in the gender-based violence sector; but provinces and territories have their own jurisdiction over operational and core funding,” spokesperson L. Kronick said in an emailed statement.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Information about future funding opportunities will be communicated by WAGE with stakeholders and the public. WAGE does not offer ongoing operational funding to organizations.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Some local committees have received money provincially through sexual assault support centres, but that funding has been “piecemeal,” Marriner said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“What it really needs is consistency,” she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Without new funding, “it’s going to be hard to support communities if they want to start (their own committee),” she added.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Though the committees – which consist of advocates and front-line staff from sexual assault support centres – work on a volunteer basis, they need support over time to function smoothly, Marriner said. That can involve training or travel, all of which requires funding, she said.</span></p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-listener-i-d="1" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_10115163_65f39bf254177" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline-sticky="true" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-video-id="10115163" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/10115163/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_10115163_65f39bf254177" data-iframe-receiver="" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative; width: 640px;"><div class="c-video__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><span class="c-video__placeholder" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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display: block; height: 360px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 640px;" width="640" /><span class="c-video__overlay" style="align-items: flex-end; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847) 99.91%); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; left: 0px; padding: 16px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;"><div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-button--mini" style="align-items: center; border-radius: 2px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: grid; font-family: inherit; gap: 8px; grid-auto-flow: column; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; line-height: 1rem; outline: none; padding: 8px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;"><svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"></svg></div><div class="c-video__data" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1; margin-left: 16px; min-width: 0px; padding: 4px 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #aeacac; font-family: roboto-mono, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; text-transform: uppercase;">3:55</span></div><span class="c-video__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: block; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5rem; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women</span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Marriner and other advocates started laying the groundwork for the program in 2011 after hearing of a similar initiative in Philadelphia, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">While the Canadian program has some overlap with the Philadelphia model – both rely on front-line, independent experts in sexual violence – there are key differences, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Philadelphia program is based on random sampling and seeks to identify overarching best practices rather than helping individual complainants, she said. Under the Canadian model, the experts review “every single case that does not proceed to charges” in local areas, under strict confidentiality agreements, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Marriner said it’s been apparent to those in the field for decades that the vast majority of sexual assaults reported to police were not leading to charges.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“What we always hear is this huge emphasis on people saying that survivors are not reporting (allegations to police), and I will always say that they’re not focusing on the important question, which is that the survivors who are reporting, the vast majority of them get sent home … without any explanation why or scrutiny or oversight,” she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“There’s no safety net for survivors when their cases don’t proceed. So it’s entirely about filling that gap.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Every local committee operates in the same way, with each member reviewing a share of the cases independently on a quarterly basis, she said. That’s partly because police compile crime statistics quarterly, and partly so that there’s still “some investigative potential,” she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">They then make recommendations as needed, including on whether cases should be reopened and other investigative avenues explored, she said.</span></p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-listener-i-d="2" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_9519034_65f39bf2551b2" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline-sticky="true" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-video-id="9519034" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/9519034/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_9519034_65f39bf2551b2" data-iframe-receiver="" style="border: none; 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display: block; height: 360px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 640px;" width="640" /><span class="c-video__overlay" style="align-items: flex-end; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847) 99.91%); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; left: 0px; padding: 16px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;"><div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-button--mini" style="align-items: center; border-radius: 2px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: grid; font-family: inherit; gap: 8px; grid-auto-flow: column; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; line-height: 1rem; outline: none; padding: 8px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;"><svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"></svg></div><div class="c-video__data" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1; margin-left: 16px; min-width: 0px; padding: 4px 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #aeacac; font-family: roboto-mono, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; text-transform: uppercase;">2:34</span></div><span class="c-video__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: block; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5rem; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Staffing issues still affecting care for sex, domestic assault victims in Winnipeg: nurse</span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Police services are not required to follow those recommendations, however – nor are they required to work with the program in the first place, Marriner said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">While the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has championed the model, some police services have been “adamantly opposed” to implementing it, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">It’s normal for the committee and police to disagree, but over time, if the committee feels the process is being treated as “an optics exercise,” they can and should walk away, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“If police are going to agree to do this, they need to be all in. It can’t be kind of agreeing to do it because it looks good externally, but still determining internally to not allow it to have impact,” she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I definitely have communities where we struggled with that and continue to struggle with that. And then other communities where the chief is immediately meeting with the team and implementing their recommendations the next day.”</span></p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="tp_video" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div class="c-video c-videoPlay " data-autoplay="" data-displayinline-featured="false" data-displayinline-listener-i-d="3" data-displayinline-player-id="miniplayer_10275022_65f39bf255817" data-displayinline-ratio="16:9" data-displayinline-sticky="true" data-displayinline-type="video" data-displayinline-video-id="10275022" data-displayinline="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/10275022/#autoplay&stickyiframe=miniplayer_10275022_65f39bf255817" data-iframe-receiver="" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; position: relative; width: 640px;"><div class="c-video__inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><span class="c-video__placeholder" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 360px; left: 320px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 180px; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%); width: 640px;"><img alt="Click to play video: 'London police chief apologizes to woman in Hockey Canada sex assault case'" class="c-video__image" data-loaded="true" data-sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px" data-src="https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all" data-srcset="https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&strip=all 450w,https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&strip=all 720w,https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&strip=all 1040w," height="360" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px" src="https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&strip=all 450w,https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&strip=all 720w,https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/u2a8tn6270-y4k84ts06s/240205-ERIC.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&strip=all 1040w," style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 360px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 640px;" width="640" /><span class="c-video__overlay" style="align-items: flex-end; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847) 99.91%); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; left: 0px; padding: 16px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 640px;"><div class="c-button c-video__icon c-videoPlay__icon c-button--mini" style="align-items: center; border-radius: 2px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: grid; font-family: inherit; gap: 8px; grid-auto-flow: column; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; line-height: 1rem; outline: none; padding: 8px; pointer-events: none; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;"><svg class="c-icon c-button__icon" focusable="false"></svg></div><div class="c-video__data" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1; margin-left: 16px; min-width: 0px; padding: 4px 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #aeacac; font-family: roboto-mono, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.03125rem; text-transform: uppercase;">4:35</span></div><span class="c-video__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f2f2f2; display: block; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.5rem; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">London police chief apologizes to woman in Hockey Canada sex assault case</span></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Marriner said she hopes to develop a national framework to collect statistics on the program’s activities, including how many files have been returned for additional investigation. While reducing the number of inappropriately dismissed cases is the first priority, the program has had other effects anecdotally, particularly on improving investigative documentation, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Even if new funding isn’t immediately secured, “I’m not going to stop,” Marriner said, noting advocacy work is often plagued by financial insecurity.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The program has recently come under the spotlight again as the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team makes its way through the courts.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Police last month said the case – which was closed without charges in 2019 before being reopened three years later – had not been referred to the review program, as it should have been. They declined to explain why, and why the file was closed in the first place, citing the court case.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged with sexual assault earlier this year in connection with an alleged sexual assault at a London, Ont., hotel. McLeod is also facing an additional charge of sexual assault for “being a party to the offence.” All five plan to defend themselves against the allegations and have opted for a jury trial.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">===================================================================================</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-80662185814444695712024-03-14T17:57:00.000-07:002024-03-14T17:57:02.366-07:00Islamic Sex Insanity > Mohammed's 9 y/o bride not open for discussion - death sentence; 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color: #741b47;">And it really takes so little to outrage Muslim feeling and provoke them to hysteria.</span></i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/quran2.jpg" style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-219631" decoding="async" height="174" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/quran2-300x174.jpg" srcset="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/quran2-300x174.jpg 300w, https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/quran2-640x370.jpg 640w, https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/quran2.jpg 700w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">Pakistani student, 22, awarded death sentence</span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages</span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistani-student-granted-death-sentence-over-blasphemous-whatsapp-messages-101709954457172.html" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Hindustan Times</a>, March 9, 2024:</i></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 24px 40px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>A 22-year-old student was sentenced to death in Pakistan on the charges of blasphemy over WhatsApp messages</b>, reported BBC on Friday. According to the Pakistani court, <b>the student had prepared ‘blasphemous’ pictures and videos on the messaging application that contained derogatory words about Prophet Muhammad and his wives.</b> The court ruled that <b>the messages were intended to outrage the religious feelings of Muslims.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Another 17-year-old student has also been sentenced to life imprisonment for sharing the ‘blasphemous’ material. The teenager has not been awarded the death sentence as he is a minor.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A complaint regarding the two students’ messages was filed in 2022 by the cybercrime unit of <b>Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)</b> in Lahore. In the complaint, FIA said that it had examined the students’ phones and found “obscene material”.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>Both the students have denied the accusations, saying that they have been “trapped in a false case”,</b> reported BBC….</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Blasphemy is the action of writing or speaking about God that shows a lack of respect. <b>It is a sensitive issue in Pakistan, where anyone deemed to have insulted Islam or Islamic figures can face the death penalty. 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box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%;" width="400" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Christian Rape Victim in Pakistan Pressured to Withdraw Charges</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://morningstarnews.org/2024/03/christian-rape-victim-in-pakistan-pressured-to-withdraw-charges/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Morning Star News</a>, March 8, 2024:</i></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 24px 40px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i>LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News)</i> – <b>Police in Pakistan are pressuring a young Christian woman to withdraw charges against two Muslims who raped, blackmailed and tried to forcibly convert her to Islam,</b> sources said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The <b>26-year-old woman,</b> a resident of Islamabad whose name is withheld as a rape victim, said <b>Sub-Inspector Muhammad Mehboob was harassing and warning her to drop the charges against Raja Waleed and Shah Hussain, alias Badshah.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Blackmailing her into silence with mobile phone video recordings of the sexual assaults, Waleed and Hussain raped her multiple times over the past four months, she said.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In September Hussain borrowed a large sum of money from the woman’s mother, and the following month he told the young woman to accompany him to the home in Rawalpindi of a friend who would give him the money so he could repay her, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“When we reached the house, Hussain left me in a room on the pretext of making a phone call,” she told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>As soon as Hussain left, his friend Waleed entered the room brandishing an AK-47 rifle</b>, she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“He fired a bullet on the wall to scare me and then sexually assaulted me, disregarding my cries for mercy,” she said. “I cannot express the horror I suffered in those moments as my mind and body went completely numb. After assaulting me, Waleed made videos of me with his cell phone and threatened that he would share them on social media if I reported the incident to the police and did not surrender to his demands.”</i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The nightmare was only beginning, she said, as <b>Waleed continued to blackmail her with videos, compelling her to meet with him repeatedly.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I was completely helpless and had no choice,” she said. “My father has passed away, and I did not want my widowed mother to suffer the pain of my harrowing fate.<b><i> Waleed also started forcing me to meet with his friends, threatening to release the videos if I did not comply with his wishes.”</i></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>In November she found out that she was pregnant due to the repeated assaults,</b> she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“When I told Waleed and Hussain about my condition, they forced me to convert to Islam on gunpoint,” she said. “When I resisted, Waleed attacked me with kicks and punches, resulting in a miscarriage.”</i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As the ordeal continued, she decided she had to share her plight with her mother.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“My mother broke down when she heard about my suffering, but she told me not to worry,” she said. “She then took me to the police station where I narrated my story, showed evidence of the blackmailing and filed a rape case against Waleed and Hussain. I also appealed to the police to recover the blackmail content from their phones.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>The charges were filed on Feb. 13, but instead of arresting the two suspects, police tipped them off, and they obtained pre-arrest bails, </b>she said….</span></p></blockquote><p><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">=====================================================================================</b></p><p><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </span></p><h1 class="t-content__title a-page-title" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 22px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">'I’m a bitch too': Women in Iran launch hashtag against harassment by mullahs</span></h1><p class="t-content__chapo" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 22px 16px; max-width: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="t-content__chapo" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 22px 16px; max-width: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">At a hospital in the holy city of Qom, a young woman squats in a corner with a sick child in her arms. Her headscarf has slipped down to her shoulder revealing her hair, and a mullah is seen using his phone nearby. Surveillance video of the scene published on March 9 has caused a furore in Iran, with women angrily accusing the mullah of planning to denounce the mother for hijab violations on a special app created by the Islamic regime. Users supporting the regime have labelled the mother a “bitch”, and Iranian women in response have flooded social networks with the hashtag “I’m a bitch too”.</b></span></p><div class="t-content__dates t-content__dates--reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 0; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; display: flex; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px 22px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p class="m-pub-dates" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #616972; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="m-pub-dates__date" style="margin-inline-end: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Issued on: <time datetime="2024-03-13T16:35:19+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">13/03/2024 - 17:35</time></i></span></span></p><div class="a-reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 1; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #616972; display: flex; flex: 1 0 auto; gap: 5px; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-svg a-svg--picto-clock" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"2179 -3523 24 24\"><path fill=\"%23616972\" d=\"M2190.99-3521a10 10 0 1 0 10.01 10 10 10 0 0 0-10.01-10zm.01 18a8 8 0 1 1 8-8 8 8 0 0 1-8 8z\"/><path fill=\"%23616972\" d=\"M2191.5-3516h-1.5v6l5.25 3.15.75-1.23-4.5-2.67z\"/></svg>"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; display: inline-flex; height: 20px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -999999px; width: 20px;" title="Reading time"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">5 min</i></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBZ-XjVSGFsLVe2m2ECMJQshxtE48gd_I03ImHrKZf4lG-NtYEmAjCMDzive0-UGl5ogTftxGlRZjSsVQbMzRTCysZdz_sLGmwTMAMXWSJMsGUSlWUJg7XO_fsyUwKOZHMmhS9YBtvgODzIb23wGgw9eKzxYEICDZgDIoOMzmaOjjTMuOLKLaghWXaKFQ" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="980" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBZ-XjVSGFsLVe2m2ECMJQshxtE48gd_I03ImHrKZf4lG-NtYEmAjCMDzive0-UGl5ogTftxGlRZjSsVQbMzRTCysZdz_sLGmwTMAMXWSJMsGUSlWUJg7XO_fsyUwKOZHMmhS9YBtvgODzIb23wGgw9eKzxYEICDZgDIoOMzmaOjjTMuOLKLaghWXaKFQ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="t-content__main-media" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 22px 40px; padding: 0px;"><figure class="m-figure m-figure--16x9 m-figure--disable-loading" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><figcaption class="m-figure__caption" style="padding: 8px 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="a-media-legend" style="color: #616972; line-height: 1.4;">A video emerged on social media in Iran on March 9, 2024 showing a young mother angrily accusing a mullah of taking photographs of her and her sick child without asking permission. Social media users accuse the mullah of using a government-supplied app to denounce the mother for hijab violations.</span> <span class="a-media-legend" style="color: #616972; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 2px;">© Sima Sabet</span></i></span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="t-content__authors-tts" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; -webkit-box-pack: start; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px auto 20px; max-width: 850px; padding: 0px;"><div class="m-author-n-reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 0; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex: 0 1 auto; gap: 15px; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="m-author-n-reading-time__authors" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; -webkit-box-pack: start; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex: 0 1 auto; gap: 3px; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="m-from-author" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 0; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #616972; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex: 0 1 auto; gap: 5px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="m-from-author__by-label"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">By:</i></span></span><a class="m-from-author__name" data-tms-tr="" href="https://observers.france24.com/en/author/alijani-ershad/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Alijani Ershad"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Alijani Ershad</i></span></a><a class="a-twitter-follow-button" data-tms-tr="" href="https://x.com/intent/follow?screen_name=ErshadAlijani" rel="nofollow noopener" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 0; align-items: center; border-radius: 2px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: flex; flex: 0 1 auto; gap: 6px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 4px 6px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank"><span class="a-svg a-svg--picto-social-twitter-x-follow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"13.555\" height=\"13.853\"><path d=\"M6.429 7.77 5.893 7 1.627.9h1.837l3.443 4.925.536.767 4.476 6.4h-1.837zM11.918 0 7.536 5.093 4.036 0H0l5.292 7.7L0 13.853h1.2l4.623-5.378 3.7 5.379h4.036L8.067 5.866 13.114 0z\" fill=\"%23fff\"/></svg>"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; display: inline-flex; height: 12px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -999999px; width: 11px;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Follow</i></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The video that emerged on social media was recorded by a surveillance camera in a hospital in Qom, one of Iran's most religious cities.</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">An initial excerpt shows the mother squatting in a corner, her headscarf on her shoulders and her hair visible, as a mullah stands nearby using his phone. <a href="https://twitter.com/Sima_Sabet/status/1766600480820437410/video/1" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">A second excerpt</a> shows the mother angrily accusing the mullah of taking photographs of her and her sick child without permission. “Give me your phone, let me see the photo, delete it,” she tells him. Several other women, some wearing the Islamic hijab and some not, come to her aid, and one of them takes the mullah's phone to check it.</span></p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjtXS7GXgfE4NwP1Blq3LwoCrI5amg7UyJIOU-RZDiYpRVo97IJnYo4lYgYsOzOlsOFOId-jNPovLbYlBaqZXE3NIfC9cb-m9t9SbC0rttgPVFS2ohspOze-HmML3KhpCerarXey0_e9Iatslc9lwMJ4GgixrhBv1IKK1EaMHYhGJyb2M1d7S8hADKF-A" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1706" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjtXS7GXgfE4NwP1Blq3LwoCrI5amg7UyJIOU-RZDiYpRVo97IJnYo4lYgYsOzOlsOFOId-jNPovLbYlBaqZXE3NIfC9cb-m9t9SbC0rttgPVFS2ohspOze-HmML3KhpCerarXey0_e9Iatslc9lwMJ4GgixrhBv1IKK1EaMHYhGJyb2M1d7S8hADKF-A=w640-h272" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A year and a half after the “Woman Life Freedom” protests kicked off in September 2022, the reaction from women in Iran has been fierce. The videos have been seen hundreds of thousands of times on social networks, with comments suggesting the mullah was using a government-supplied app on his phone to report the mother for hijab violations. The app, known as “Nazer” (“watcher / informant” in Persian), is issued to government-vetted informers to allow them to report hijab violations to the authorities. Women who are reported receive "unveiling notifications" sent via text message, and in some cases receive punishments such as having their vehicle impounded. </span></p><div class="m-em-flash" data-telegram-script="" id="em-WBMZ7610-OBS-EN-20240313" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-flex: 0; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #202427; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: center; margin: 0px auto 28px; padding: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="" id="telegram-post-mamlekate-85818" scrolling="no" src="https://t.me/mamlekate/85818?embed=1" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; color-scheme: light dark; height: 808px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 320px; overflow: hidden;" width="100%"></iframe><figcaption class="m-em-flash__legend" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="a-media-legend" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #616972; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.4;"><br /></span></figcaption><figcaption class="m-em-flash__legend" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="a-media-legend" style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #616972; line-height: 1.4;">In this March 9, 2024 post on Telegram Iranian women share extracts from a surveillance video at a hospital in Qom in which a mother is seen accusing a mullah of taking photographs of her with her sick child. The posters call the mullah a “dirty pig” who was using a government-supplied app to report her for hijab violations.</span></figcaption></div><h2 style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5; margin: 40px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><strong><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;">Pro-regime users accuse the mother of 'bitchy behaviour'</span></strong></h2><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On March 10, Qom’s chief prosecutor, Hasan Gahrib, also a mullah, announced his staunch support for the mullah in the video. “We are pursuing the disruptors of public order and the people involved in spreading the video footage on social media and the Persian opposition media abroad,” he said. The city’s Deputy Prosecutor Rohollah Moslemkhani told local media March 12 that four people had been arrested so far in connection with the dissemination of the video footage.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Pro-regime social media users placed the blame on the mother, with some accusing her of “bitchy behaviour,” using the Persian insult “saliteh,” for allowing her headscarf to fall as she tended to her child. </span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Supporters of the “Woman Life Freedom” protests reacted by creating the hashtag “I’m a bitch too” to express their support for the mother. “The Woman Life Freedom revolution is alive,” one woman wrote on X. “It is unstoppable and is impacting our lives and culture at every opportunity. Sometimes we resist by taking off our scarves, sometimes by using words: #I’m_a_bitch_too.”</b></p><p class="empty" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span style="text-align: justify;">Another woman wrote: <b><i>“#We_are_bitches, and to overthrow the perverted mullahs, we will get even bitchier.”</i></b></span></span></p><p class="empty" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zjeSbDmMYMBSzDxDxN5GvQVcppF1tVwUiLkpng-EqMKLI_Hi9WmLuc-k6R9BpqoB3Be-wdZxrHhZZ78TaV040J9ksMsNBztZXWZuzlf6_lQUOgNEk-t_GcFCwAk0yQVGDUPsemseW8oPMeMWxVTCavC3jMIadzJvXmEyk5SOqhTH2d3Wb25LYFnhxjY/s864/Iran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; 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--tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: var(--font-source-serif),Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-variation-settings: "wght" 650, "opsz" 40; line-height: 54px; margin: 0.5rem 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Disciplinary Hearing to Resume for BC Nurse</span></h1><h1 class="sm:title-bold font-source my-2 text-[25px] font-medium leading-[30px] sm:text-[45px] sm:font-bold sm:leading-[54px]" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: var(--font-source-serif),Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-variation-settings: "wght" 650, "opsz" 40; line-height: 54px; margin: 0.5rem 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Over Gender Comments</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinZNFyjtBVlmcYKENd4pe_MI_N4k75sArPJb_I740VX0C8IYPkj8BDvlMN9BLveHThY_qUReW_7Bg84AUKJwuHs0ZzrNHRfv64rl1vwtWs6vfSQ2Av3sN8973mDLIuQgT-D0WbmyyK61EqHEVIEXLaa_gB9U2Nj4sYmS0jtIVt-K8lg2vfiXv1DqoA_JY" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><figcaption class="post_caption mt-2 pb-2" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--post-caption-color); font-family: var(--post-caption-font); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5rem; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.5rem; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><i>Amy Hamm, a nurse from Vancouver, B.C., is seen in a file photo. (Courtesy of Amy Hamm/JCCF)</i></figcaption></figure><div class="mx-auto max-w-[600px] my-4 flex items-center justify-between" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; display: flex; font-family: __Roboto_a782de, __Roboto_Fallback_a782de, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: space-between; margin: 1rem auto; max-width: 600px;"><div style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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margin-left: 1rem;"><i>Updated:</i></span><div class="whitespace-nowrap text-sm text-gray-500" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(107 114 128/var(--tw-text-opacity)); font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; text-wrap: nowrap;"><i>3/12/2024</i></div></div></div></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px; text-align: justify;"><b>A disciplinary hearing for a B.C. nurse accused of making “discriminatory” comments online about gender issues is set to resume on March 18.</b></span></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"><b><u>Amy Hamm</u></b> <b>was accused of making </b></span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"><b>“discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people”</b></span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"><b> by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) </b>in connection with <b>comments made in podcasts, videos, and social media between 2018 and 2021,</b> the organization said in a June 28, 2022, </span><a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.bccnm.ca/Documents/complaints/2022_06_28_BCCNM_Hamm_Citation.pdf" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;">citation</span></a><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;">. </span></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">The regulatory body began its investigation in November 2020. <b>Ms. Hamm has already appeared before the panel four times.</b></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><b>The upcoming two-day hearing will be the <i>“end of the disciplinary hearing phase of my fight,” </i></b>Ms. Hamm said in a March 11 <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://twitter.com/preta_6/status/1767222336472727945" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">post </a>on platform X.</div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">“This ordeal (that started more than three years ago) has been the most personally and (obviously) professionally challenging thing I’ve ever faced,” she added.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><b><i>“I’ve been to the brink of insanity and despair many times over;</i></b> it has steeled me and transformed me in a way that I am grateful for, despite the deep anger and resentment I have for being put through it all. I’ve done my best, and I hope it was good enough.”</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Many of us on the sane side of this issue are very proud of you for your courage and determination.</span></i></b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">The Epoch Times contacted the nurses college for comment but was told it does not comment on disciplinary hearings.</p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;">The organization also confirmed that these were the last two scheduled days of the hearing, but that more could be added if additional time was needed for completion.</span></div><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 2.375rem; margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Allegations</span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;"><b>The BCCNM, which is the largest health profession regulator in Western Canada, said Ms. Hamm’s conduct violated standards and was deemed unprofessional.</b></span></div></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><b>It had also previously accused her of making “medically inaccurate” statements but ended up <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/bc-nurses-regulator-drops-medically-inaccurate-allegation-in-charge-against-nurse-for-endorsing-sex-based-rights-4577678" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">dropping that charge</a>.</b></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;">One of the issues the agency cited was Ms. Hamm’s involvement in <b>erecting a billboard in Vancouver that said, <i>“I [love] JK Rowling.”</i></b> The sign was displayed after the British author spoke up for sex-based rights and was subsequently labelled “transphobic” by activists. </span></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Rowling claims she is not transphobic. But she brings an air of reality that the issue is desperate for.</span></i></b></span></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;">“You made discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people, while identifying yourself as a nurse or nurse educator,” the citation says, adding that the “questionable statements” were made between July 2018 and March 2021 on various online platforms. </span></div><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify;">Ms. Hamm spoke out in another social media post about World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) documents in which staff raised questions about transgender health procedures, according to the <a class="article-hover-class" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/wpath-files-transgender-care-children" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">National Post</a>.</div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word;"><i><b>“Many of you have asked me how the WPATH files or other new developments exposing gender ideology will affect the arguments: we cannot introduce new evidence at this stage, unfortunately,” she said. “But no matter—the truth is emerging by the hour and more and more of us are seeing it.”</b></i></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word;">The ruling on her case could take many months, she said, adding that during that time, <i><b>“we can be certain of one thing: the gender ideology house of cards will keep falling.”</b></i></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify;">Ms. Hamm could face suspension or cancellation of her nursing registration, according to the BCCNM<a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.bccnm.ca/Public/complaints/Pages/hearings.aspx" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"> website</a>. However, decisions can be appealed at the British Columbia Supreme Court.</div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word;">“I hope this is the end, and I pray it ends in justice,” she said in her social media post.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word;">“<i><b>All I want is to have held the line for women, children, and freedom. 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Photo by Jiji Press/EPA-EFE" height="534" src="https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/i/9591710413985/2024/1/17104148281924/Japanese-high-court-rules-lack-of-same-sex-marriage-recognition-unconstitutional.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-height: 430px; vertical-align: middle; width: 658.5px;" title="Plaintiffs hold a banner before the ruling on same-sex marriage at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Thursday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA-EFE" width="800" /></div><div class="stph_caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; padding-top: 15px; text-align: center;"><i>Plaintiffs hold a banner before the ruling on same-sex marriage at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Thursday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA-EFE</i></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><article itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="story_dl" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>March 14 (UPI) </i>--</span> <b>A Japanese high court said on Thursday the government has violated its constitution's right to equality by not legally recognizing same-sex marriage.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The ruling by the Sapporo High Court <a href="https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/44aa6f4888ea-japan-court-says-same-sex-marriage-ban-in-unconstitutional-state.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">backed a 2021 decision</a> by a lower court saying that the lack of protections went against Article 14 of the Japanese constitution.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The court, however, rejected giving three couples that filed the lawsuit <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240314_19/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">$40,600 in damages</a> for emotional distress. The lower court also denied the couples, all from Hokkaido, compensation in the original case as well.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The Japanese government had argued that Article 24 of its constitution said that <b>marriage "<i>shall be based on the mutual consent of parties of both sexes," </i>and thus does not include same-sex marriage.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><a class="tpstyle" href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Amnesty_International/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> said Thursday's ruling<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/03/japan-groundbreaking-same-sex-marriage-rulings-a-long-awaited-victory-for-lgbti-rights/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> was a "step forward"</a> for Japan in recognizing same-sex marriage.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">And a step forward in approaching Sodom and Gomorrah. And, a step further from God.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"The ruling in Sapporo, the first high court decision on same-sex marriage in the country, emphatically shows the trend towards acceptance of same-sex marriage in Japan," said Boram Jang, the East Asia researcher for Amnesty International.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"These rulings make clear that such discrimination has no place in Japanese society. The Japanese government now needs to be proactive in moving towards the legalization of same-sex marriage so that couples can fully enjoy the same marriage rights as their heterosexual counterparts."</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Discrimination has no place in Japanese society, just like God!</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Last June, Japan's lower house <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/06/13/Japan-same-sex-marriage-LGBTQ/7921686664705/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">passed a bill</a> of understanding regarding legal protections of sexual minorities there. The bill says that there should be "no unfair discrimination" based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Some Japanese political parties, though, said the bill does not go far enough in providing protections.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSMzeud5K45e3eXHf693TR7WE4ipGSMSl8X_AQk8iN-f_L83mKPYk1l6Xa3WpNT9qL5jZ9PY7hYoQIo6RBI7gWgsb35FDISw8hSglh1vw9tU_h1W2igyVhpgKaelVxLmYWFV4k8iogW12r5b6AeaX_pM19vg3Mth5VKAAw0l9H9r4w5mMT0UxIjohQiRc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="617" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSMzeud5K45e3eXHf693TR7WE4ipGSMSl8X_AQk8iN-f_L83mKPYk1l6Xa3WpNT9qL5jZ9PY7hYoQIo6RBI7gWgsb35FDISw8hSglh1vw9tU_h1W2igyVhpgKaelVxLmYWFV4k8iogW12r5b6AeaX_pM19vg3Mth5VKAAw0l9H9r4w5mMT0UxIjohQiRc=w640-h290" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p></article></div></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p></div><p></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-75765610484703345202024-03-13T15:47:00.000-07:002024-03-13T15:47:36.105-07:00The Perverted Lives of the Rich and Famous > Another saga in Andrew Tate's useless Life<p> </p><h1 class="l-article__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Andrew Tate, brother detained in Romania over ‘sexual aggression’ allegations</span></h1><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="c-byline l-article__byline" id="article-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; display: flex; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.51008px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><div class="c-byline__images c-byline__images--single" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-shrink: 0; margin-right: 16px;"><img alt="" class="c-byline__image" height="68" src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sarah-do-couto.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=136&h=136&crop=1" style="border-radius: 50%; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 48px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 48px;" width="68" /></div><div class="c-byline__text" style="align-self: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color-text-main); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center;"><div class="c-byline__attribution" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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display: flex; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 1.25rem;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Posted March 12, 2024 9:22 am</i></span></div><div class="c-byline__date c-byline__date--modDate" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--theme-color-text-details); font-size: 0.875rem; height: auto; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 1.25rem; visibility: visible;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">4 min read</span></i></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10353741/andrew-tate-detained-in-romania-on-uk-arrest-warrant/" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="930" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijBH9L19BXTvZDm8rlX3hbSW10afPYlN9sgiKDYpp4AzF2Xtogge8u8JhhcSnC2_13iEoNa9oT_wGykhuz4CMPgGz4wVL0io-SwBE2igCq23rlSI1ZqN-LZv_cnjVHlGxHQhkZ2pUs6Ghy4wb1nkwsSeI5MKeB81hVCtt_IzPnikEQb_FKwoEoR7ZNu7Y=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Social media influencer <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/andrew-tate/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Andrew Tate</a> and his brother can be extradited to the U.K. on an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, a Romanian court has ruled.</span></p><p><img alt="" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net/70c8fc80" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; height: 1px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; position: absolute; text-align: justify; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 1px;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Andrew, a 37-year-old British-U.S. citizen and <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9394425/andrew-tate-arrest-social-media-misogyny/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">self-proclaimed misogynist</a>, along with his brother Tristan Tate, were detained for 24 hours in Romania on Monday night, a representative for the Tate brothers said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">They were taken into custody for allegations of “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/world/europe/andrew-tate-arrested-uk-romania.html" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">sexual aggression</a>” from 2012 to 2015 in the U.K., the New York Times reported.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On Tuesday, a judge at the Bucharest Court of Appeal said the brothers can be extradited only after the conclusion of their separate trial in Romania involving sex trafficking charges from 2022. Both Andrew and Tristan were released from custody Tuesday and were seen in handcuffs as they were escorted by police outside the courthouse.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The British arrest warrant stems from claims made by four women in the U.K., who have accused Andrew of sexual violence and abuse.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The accusations against Tristan are currently unclear.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Andrew’s spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said the charges listed in the U.K. arrest warrant had already been dismissed by the Crown Prosecution Service. The case has since been reopened, though the reasoning is not yet known.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Petrescu said the brothers “categorically reject all charges and express profound disappointment that such serious allegations are being resurrected without substantial new evidence.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The brothers are already being <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9780097/andrew-tate-charged-rape-human-trafficking-romania/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">investigated by Romanian authorities</a> in a separate case involving allegations of rape, human trafficking in Romania, Britain and the U.S. and the formation of a criminal gang.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Andrew and Tristan have adamantly denied these charges, and Andrew has told his followers the investigation is a political hoax intended to silence his voice. They were ordered not to leave Romania.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A controversial albeit popular figure online, Tate is best-known for his openly misogynistic rhetoric and for flaunting his <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9413085/andrew-tate-arrest-human-trafficking-supercars-romania/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">seemingly wealthy lifestyle</a>, complete with luxury cars, private jets and designer clothing.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He’s been <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwilson/2022/08/30/the-downfall-of-andrew-tate-and-its-implications/?sh=220a21efca07" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“The Matrix is afraid, but I only fear God,” he wrote.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The “Matrix” is commonly used in Andrew’s self-directed lore and is in reference to the 1999 movie of the same name. 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color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Bedfordshire Police, which ordered the arrest warrant, said they “understand this is a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68547871" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">distressing subject</a>, and people may be impacted by what they are seeing in the news.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Meanwhile, a lawyer for the Tates told the BBC, “We appreciate the Bucharest Court of Appeal’s decision to postpone the extradition of Andrew and Tristan Tate.”</span></p><section class="sc-189fa0a-0 insmih" data-component="text-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“This ruling provides an opportunity for the brothers to participate fully in their defence and for the legal process to proceed in a transparent manner,” said lawyer Eugen Vidineac.</span></section><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The brothers are still awaiting trial over the 2022 Romanian sex trafficking allegations. Many of the details surrounding the case are confidential. The Tates were <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9780097/andrew-tate-charged-rape-human-trafficking-romania/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">arrested in Romania</a> alongside two women, who also maintain their innocence in the matter.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A trial date has not been established.</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;">Who is Andrew Tate?</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Andrew, a former professional kickboxer, rose to social media fame for his showy displays of wealth and claims that he could teach young men how to become an “alpha male.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">His brazen misogyny has always made Andrew a polarizing figure online, but his platform grew when he appeared as a contestant on the British version of reality TV show <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Big Brother</em> in 2016. Tate was removed from the competition after a video of him surfaced in which he can be seen attacking a woman with a belt. Both Andrew and the woman in the video have since said the act was consensual.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In the years afterward, Andrew became an idolized figure to some men who admired his anti-feminist messaging.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He also became a Muslim, which fits his personna much better than being a Christian.</i></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Among his more famous quotes, Andrew has said it is impossible to be a realist, as he claims to be, while also <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64125045" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">believing in gender equality</a>. He once had his X account deactivated for saying that <b>women should “bear responsibility” for being sexually assaulted</b>, though his account has since been reinstated.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">This is straight out of Islam!</span></i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Andrew told the BBC in 2023 that he has not harmed young people with his misogynistic views but is rather “acting under the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65780107" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">instruction of God</a> to do good things.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">This is not the God of the Bible, or the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. </i></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He used to run a now-defunct online coaching course, called Hustlers University, where he advertised teaching men various pickup techniques for a fee.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Prior to his arrests, <b>Andrew claimed to be a “self-made multi-millionaire” as a result of running an adult entertainment webcam business that would see women allegedly working for him, livestreaming explicit content.</b></span></p><p><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">And God surely blessed him for doing that!!!???</span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A4VRZ-wNVZ1-lyAHZRMp6bjmkI1crRpuWrwjhz0bjktCXdM8Itu47CQGazpRt1BS3zA40udiJXzY-_RVRAFas-E_AATl-g3wlTzOU2Nrh0brpF2eUG2g1cw3Kjb4RxtqsxA9mzqWBADlk62NqmB05YLeoWlvB75TThr5b3WJF4xHFvO6VgS5oeReIGk/s640/Romania.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="640" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A4VRZ-wNVZ1-lyAHZRMp6bjmkI1crRpuWrwjhz0bjktCXdM8Itu47CQGazpRt1BS3zA40udiJXzY-_RVRAFas-E_AATl-g3wlTzOU2Nrh0brpF2eUG2g1cw3Kjb4RxtqsxA9mzqWBADlk62NqmB05YLeoWlvB75TThr5b3WJF4xHFvO6VgS5oeReIGk/w640-h336/Romania.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-27489258943835879812024-03-12T18:09:00.000-07:002024-03-12T18:12:27.580-07:00Christian Insanity > The Archbishop of Canterbury sorely needs updating; Catholics to pray with Islam in Ramadan; Lost Pastor finds his real home<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Justin Welby seems to be completely unaware of the tens of thousands of British girls who have been raped and gang-raped and trafficked by Muslim men, almost all from Pakistan, over the past 30 years. He seemed surprised and horrified by the kidnapping of 287 children in Nigeria last week, as if Muslim gangs there have not kidnapped several thousand children, mostly girls, and mostly Christians, to become wives and sex-slaves for insane men. </i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Retire Justin, it seems like you have been in retirement mode for many years now.</i></b></span></p><p><br /></p><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: x-large;">Archbishop of Canterbury hails Muslims for</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; 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If he did, his Ramadan greetings might catch in his throat.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">“As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4)” — Al-Mawardi, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah</em> (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Laws of Islamic Governance</em>).</span></p></div><p><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">=====================================================================================</b></p><p><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large;"><i style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Watch this Justin!</i></span></b></p><p><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; color: #741b47; font-size: medium;">Muslim men destroy girls/women, and they often start when the girls are in single digits of age. The truth be known, Muslim men hate women, women only point out the weakness of Muslim men, just by being there. That's why they keep them at home or invisible when they are not.</span></i></b></p><p><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1767022007898775685" style="background-color: #fce5cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="625" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAsaV050l7YXcf0NNW51qP2Filo6cpBk6_3qzgvMMPjHfnVE0swQa_SGvZR2zlT4s-L5EwLVnhLLEScOZiFpnox1kdQ1N-mH7FMoQTKY-gsXZYdhB_RvccMnEzwEANLXiiPR0t_5UbwHNfR-oDHg5yN7v4KqAFR2Mmzk5FTBZOAyy_Ci5CaBzfpP4aa6k=w640-h350" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span></p><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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When will Muslim leaders tell Muslims to participate in Christian worship to show friendship with Christians? Don’t hold your breath.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">The <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/italian-diocese-urges-catholics-to-join-muslims-for-prayers-and-meals-in-ramadan/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Catholic Herald</a> reported Friday that <b>the Italian diocese of Bergamo is <i>“instructing its priests to participate in Islamic rituals, citing Pope Francis’ directives on interreligious dialogue.”</i></b> Diocesan officials issued a directive <i><b>“urging priests to seek out opportunities for interreligious dialogue during the ‘holy month’ of Ramadan by inviting the faithful to join in praying with Muslims and joining in the Iftar ritual meal.”</b></i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">This directive was the handiwork of Fr. Massimo Rizzi, who is the director of the diocese’s Office for Interreligious Dialogue. Fr. Rizzi is such a hip, up-to-date, Church-of-what’s-happening-now type of priest that he even went so far as to give this letter the date 23 Sha’ban 1445. He wasn’t trying to fool anyone into thinking that the directive had been written nearly six hundred years ago; the date he gave was that of last Monday according to the Islamic calendar.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Given Fr. Rizzi’s clearly firm commitment to multiculti pieties, it’s no surprise that is directive is also heavily larded with today’s fashionable cant and blather. <i><b>He asks Catholics to pray for “a continuous realization of all the dimensions that make up humanity desired by the Creator,” </b></i>as well as for <i><b>“continuous growth in the dialogue between peoples and different faiths.”</b></i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Yeah, we gotta keep that dialogue growing. Fr. Rizzi was, however, too busy racing to the multicultural mountaintop to take the time to explain that dialogue’s effects. Why do so few Christians in the West speak out about the rampant persecution of Christians in the Islamic world? Because they don’t want to harm the “dialogue.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Yet this “dialogue” has not saved one single Christian from being murdered. <a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/05/bishop-mcmanus-of-worcester-arrested-for-drunken-driving-admits-terrible-error-in-judgment" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Mass., said it on Feb. 8, 2013</a>, as he was suppressing a planned talk (by me) at a Catholic conference on that persecution: “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Remember also that Mohamed Atta, about the plane he had hijacked on Sept. 11, 2001, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/17/911.hijackers/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">told passengers over the intercom</a>: “Stay quiet and you’ll be okay.” The Catholic Church appears to have adopted that statement as its policy regarding Muslim persecution of Christians.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">There is more. Read the rest <a href="https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/03/11/italy-catholic-diocese-urges-faithful-to-participate-in-islamic-prayers-during-ramadan-n4927192" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">======================================================================</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #fce5cd;">You don't have to be a Christian to become the pastor of a Christian church. There are lots of pastors who have no real relationship with Jesus Christ. Shaun King didn't convert from Christianity to Islam, he just found his real home.</i></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Progressive activist, former Christian pastor</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Shaun King converts to Islam</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i style="background-color: #fce5cd;">By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, March 11, 2024</i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM_c6V7oFcPA4E1RueL4_PYvTfUUTWxbfrn7gmSx95WnlW6hz-OcEedMTuJqBfSvrBbZzVBG6WDLf8jzVPAZi15aRurr9HFr5oLEpxaV-_Cs_8i6bQwwXqwZ5BmwIU1FI6YOpXZVd3v7DKiC8A1lV6YpQOSk05FYR8UdA8gS_OHjjn9mt0C7Cv7AoIhDw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="699" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM_c6V7oFcPA4E1RueL4_PYvTfUUTWxbfrn7gmSx95WnlW6hz-OcEedMTuJqBfSvrBbZzVBG6WDLf8jzVPAZi15aRurr9HFr5oLEpxaV-_Cs_8i6bQwwXqwZ5BmwIU1FI6YOpXZVd3v7DKiC8A1lV6YpQOSk05FYR8UdA8gS_OHjjn9mt0C7Cv7AoIhDw=w640-h400" width="640" /></a></i></span></div><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i>Activist Shaun King speaks at the fifth anniversary memorial event marking the death of Eric Garner at Canaan Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, on July 30, 2019. </i></span><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> | <i>The Christian Post/Leonardo Blair</i></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">A well-known progressive activist and former Christian pastor has announced his conversion to Islam and expressed solidarity with Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. </b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">In a post on Telegram early Monday morning, <b><u>Shaun King</u> announced that he and his wife “converted to Islam to start off Ramadan” at their mosque in Dallas, Texas.</b> A video excerpt from the conversion ceremony shows King agreeing that <i><b>“there is only one God and his messenger is Muhammad.” </b></i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">After describing his conversion as a “beautiful, powerful, meaningful” experience that he will “never forget,” King said he planned to “begin fasting in the morning with over 1 billion Muslims around the world.” King’s post about fasting reflects that fasting from sunrise to sunset is a custom practiced by various Muslims sects when they observe Ramadan.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">King added, “My heart is with my dearest friends in Gaza and I’m proud that we were able to provide meals tonight to thousands and thousands of families from the North to the South in Gaza and will do so every day of Ramadan.” His Telegram account consists of multiple posts documenting the situation in Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israeli civilians, expressing sympathy with the Palestinians there and outlining his efforts to provide them with hot meals during Ramadan. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">In a subsequent post Monday afternoon, King vowed to “begin sharing our journey with Islam this Ramadan.” He also expressed gratitude that “we have received hundreds of messages from all over the world of men, women, and children that want to convert to Islam with us.” </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">King first became a source of national controversy in 2015, when he emerged as one of the most prominent voices in favor of the <b>Black Lives Matter</b> movement. King, a former Christian pastor, suggested that the man listed as his biological father on his birth certificate was not his biological father and that his real biological father was a “light-skinned black man” whom his white mother had relations with. His comments led to allegations that he was merely pretending to be black. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><b>King has also been mired in several controversies surrounding the accounting of money he managed for social justice causes and his relaunch of Frederick Douglass’ abolitionist newspaper, The North Star. </b>While The Daily Beast noted he’s never faced criminal or civil charges related to the accusations of wrongdoing, professor and author <b>Keisha N. Blain said in a post on Twitter/X in 2020 that she was “warned” about King. Blain claimed that she learned through personal experience that he is a “<i>liar and a fraud</i>.”</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Which means, of course, that he was never a real Christian. There are no liars in Christendom, only pretend Christians.</span></i></b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Oct. 1, 2017, King suggested that “whiteness, somehow, protects men from being labeled as terrorists.” He noted that the perpetrator behind the Las Vegas mass shooting was white and contrasted the treatment he received from the media with the treatment directed at non-white mass shooters by the media. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">In 2020, following the death of George Floyd in police custody, King generated backlash for proclaiming that “the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down” along with statues memorializing historic figures who owned slaves and/or supported slavery. King described the depiction of Jesus as a “form of white supremacy.” </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">“In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down,” he demanded. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">King maintained that “all murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down.” Characterizing them as a “gross form of white supremacy,” he claimed they were “racist propaganda” and “tools of oppression.” </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">“I am a practicing Christian. I am an ordained minister and was a senior pastor for many years,” he noted in response to the blowback and alleged death threats he received for his condemnation of “white Jesus.” King defended his comments, doubling down on his belief that “Christian whiteness has ALWAYS been dangerous.” </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">King elaborates more on his background and experience on his personal website. An archived version of the website as it appeared in 2020 highlights King’s “astounding 1,500 articles on injustice” that have appeared in The Intercept, New York Daily News, Harvard Law’s Fair Punishment Project and the Daily Kos. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">The website portrays the speaker and writer as a journalist, humanitarian, and activist as well as a “magnetic element of the Black Lives Matter movement” and a “humane and passionate advocate for justice and families.” It mentions that King previously served as a “popular high school history and civics teacher in Atlanta, then a traveling teacher and counselor at a dozen different jails, prisons, and youth detention centers in Georgia–speaking and teaching 5 times a day, 5 times a week, for years.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fce5cd;">“Shaun started and pastored a church in inner city Atlanta and launched several award-winning social good campaigns that raised millions of dollars for causes around the world,” the website added. A 2016 interview with BuzzFeed News identifies the church King started as Courageous Church.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_eJzd2SWl_Pa1Wq5pm0ZVeaNoLoAPfhTY8huUmGExTJesCdDXcSv0QpM3IgBhtB2mGtcP7t8O__GeWqB509TLN5PzoHpBjzxUItO1tW9ki4rbKAlFcqyfAS6UpVBF39dowpm79kEdWj5ih3gAU_E0OOWLn_jaEoxumy1k0Tj3E5PDDFbMMjhUnScGIs/s618/Atlanta,%20Ga.jpg" style="background-color: #fce5cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="618" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_eJzd2SWl_Pa1Wq5pm0ZVeaNoLoAPfhTY8huUmGExTJesCdDXcSv0QpM3IgBhtB2mGtcP7t8O__GeWqB509TLN5PzoHpBjzxUItO1tW9ki4rbKAlFcqyfAS6UpVBF39dowpm79kEdWj5ih3gAU_E0OOWLn_jaEoxumy1k0Tj3E5PDDFbMMjhUnScGIs/w640-h334/Atlanta,%20Ga.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><br /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-75604770155223136862024-03-11T15:46:00.000-07:002024-03-11T15:46:14.598-07:00Islamic Sexual Insanity > Muslim gang of teens rapes two Austrian teens; Campaign reveals Hamas homophobia - Are you reading this Judith Butler?<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Austria: Nine Muslim migrant teens sexually abuse </span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; 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clear: both;"></div></div><div class="heateorSssClear" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Why does this keep happening? Yes, sexual molestation happens all over. But we see Muslim migrants involved in this kind of story is seen on a not infrequent basis. Why? One reason may be because such treatment of infidel women is sanctioned in the Qur’an.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">See bottom for more on the Quran</span></i></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/austrian-police.jpg" style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-241966" decoding="async" height="232" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/austrian-police-300x174.jpg" srcset="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/austrian-police-300x174.jpg 300w, https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/austrian-police-640x370.jpg 640w, https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/austrian-police.jpg 700w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; max-width: 100%;" width="400" /></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">The latest ‘isolated incident’: Migrant group abuses</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">two girls in Salzburg</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">translated from “Der nächste „Einzelfall“: Migrantengruppe missbraucht zwei Mädchen in Salzburg,” <a href="https://exxpress.at/der-naechste-einzelfall-migrantengruppe-missbraucht-2-maedchen-in-salzburg/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Exxpress</a>, March 9, 2024 (thanks to <a href="https://medforth.biz/the-next-isolated-incident-migrant-group-abuses-two-girls-in-salzburg-austria/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Medforth</a>):</i></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 24px 40px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The horror continues: Vienna is still in shock over the serial abuse of a 12-year-old student by a 17-member multicultural gang. Then the next incident comes to light: two young Salzburg women were abused. The suspects are young again, migrants and at large.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>The two female victims are 15 and 16 years old.</b> <b>They are said to have been massively sexually abused by a group of nine migrants. Two of the suspected perpetrators also filmed with their cell phones.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">This sounds familiar: Something similar happened in Vienna last year, when 17 migrant teenagers severely mistreated a girl in parking garages, stairwells and a rented hotel room and filmed it.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>The accused are between 15 and 18 years old and come from immigrant families. They are Turks, Serbs or Austrians with a migration background.</b> As the “Salzburger Nachrichten” reports, the crime took place last year, shortly after Christmas, on the night of <b>December 26th</b>. <b>The nine young people – eight boys, one girl – committed serious sexual abuse against two student friends in Bischofshofen.</b></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The alleged perpetrators and their victims knew each other. The younger woman from Salzburg (15) was alone in her parents’ apartment with her older friend (16). The eight boys came over “to chill out” – but it didn’t stop there. The multicultural gang apparently had evil plans.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The boys had brought “hard alcoholic drinks” with them, which were now consumed, especially vodka. The two Salzburg women are said to have become very drunk within a very short period of time. At least four to five of the male youths are said to have attacked the defenseless girls. There is talk of “coitus” and “sexual intercourse”. At least two teenagers also took cell phone videos of it all.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">These recordings are now important pieces of evidence. They show two sleepy girls who are barely able to react and are being massively abused at the same time.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Both victims have now testified separately in court. Her alleged tormentors are once again at large. The criminal proceedings against her are primarily based on the crime of “sexual abuse of a defenseless and mentally impaired person” (Section 205 of the Criminal Code).</span></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">==========================</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </span></p><p style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;"> In France, a Muslim <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/10/france-muslim-who-quoted-quran-while-raping-his-victim-takes-two-prison-guards-hostage" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">quoted Qur’an</a> while raping his victim. A survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK has <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/03/uk-survivor-of-muslim-rape-gangs-says-rapists-would-quote-quran-to-her-believed-their-actions-justified-by-islam" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">said</a> that her rapists would quote the Qur’an to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. Thus it came as no surprise when Muslim migrants in France raped a girl and videoed the rape <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/12/france-muslim-migrants-rape-girl-and-video-the-rape-while-praising-allah-and-invoking-the-quran" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">while praising Allah</a> and invoking the Qur’an. In India, a Muslim <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/07/india-muslim-kidnaps-australian-surfer-repeatedly-rapes-her-gives-her-quran-and-prayer-rug" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">gave a Qur’an and a prayer rug</a> to the woman he was holding captive and repeatedly raping. And the victim of an Islamic State jihadi rapist <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/08/he-said-that-raping-me-is-his-prayer-to-god" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">recalled</a>: “He told me that according to Islam he is allowed to rape an unbeliever. He said that by raping me, he is drawing closer to God…He said that raping me is his prayer to God.” <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/11/india-muslim-kidnaps-and-rapes-14-year-old-hindu-girl-forces-her-to-read-quran-and-islamic-prayers" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">In India</a>, a Muslim kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old Hindu girl, and forced her to read the Qur’an and Islamic prayers. In Pakistan, another Christian woman <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/06/pakistan-he-started-to-rape-me-he-demanded-i-convert-to-islam-he-said-if-i-would-not-agree-he-would-kill-me" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">recounted</a> that her rapist was also religious: “He threw me on the bed and started to rape me. He demanded I marry him and convert to Islam. I refused. I am not willing to deny Jesus and he said that if I would not agree he would kill me.” Rapists demanded that another girl’s family turn her over to them, <a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/06/pakistan-she-recited-kalama-islamic-professions-of-faith-during-rape-she-cant-live-with-infidels" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">claiming</a> that she had recited the Islamic profession of faith during the rape and thus could not live among infidels.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59) The implication there is that if women do not cover themselves adequately with their outer garments, they may be abused, and that such abuse would be justified.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5abwITFZf1JrPskQddtH4s0QDECnKdGGU3M1enNM-FKsoRh62nJkCcwIdR0FR4FrbOcBtNeKxuyPhZ2wEEfNPKN7tKVLnu_jP5mQgLvF8HQkiiOZgDftmmUZD9vT2tw4SWQ91InePO7Lth7xiV2xMc5eH4ePk_bxvK6lhQmfFiLPtzoV9J6xw5di7B8/s640/Salzburg,%20AU.jpg" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="640" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5abwITFZf1JrPskQddtH4s0QDECnKdGGU3M1enNM-FKsoRh62nJkCcwIdR0FR4FrbOcBtNeKxuyPhZ2wEEfNPKN7tKVLnu_jP5mQgLvF8HQkiiOZgDftmmUZD9vT2tw4SWQ91InePO7Lth7xiV2xMc5eH4ePk_bxvK6lhQmfFiLPtzoV9J6xw5di7B8/w640-h238/Salzburg,%20AU.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Some <a href="https://northwoodssaveachild.blogspot.com/2024/03/can-there-be-any-hope-for-women-on.html" target="_blank">fools in the West</a> think that Hamas is a progressive organizarion. Hamas is Islam, and Islam has never progressed in 1400 years.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">‘Queer in Gaza’ campaign launched to raise awareness</span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">about how gays are really treated by Hamas</span><span style="font-size: 48px;"> </span></span></h1><p class="entry-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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clear: both;"></div></div><div class="heateorSssClear" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Unlike the absurd “<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://quillette.com/2023/11/02/queers-for-palestine/&source=gmail&ust=1709997845590000&usg=AOvVaw2gaxoHdjk6FAJgK6QGD3Hd" href="https://quillette.com/2023/11/02/queers-for-palestine/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Queers for Palestine</a>,” a group that advocates for the Palestinian leadership and its agenda, the “Queer in Gaza” campaign aims to tell the truth about how gays are actually treated by Hamas. And it’s worthwhile to remember that such treatment toward gays is not just by Hamas, but by the Palestinian leadership; also, any group or country that adheres to the sharia persecutes gays.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://www.queeringaza.com/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Some of facts</a> put forth by <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Queer in Gaza</em>:</b></p><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">Living as a Queer person in Gaza is punishable by torture and death by Hamas, the rulers of Gaza.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">There is no transgender population in Gaza, because any trans person who lives openly will be hunted down by Hamas.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #0b5394;">Israel grants asylum rights to LGBT Palestinians who face death in Gaza and the Palestinian Territories; there are hundreds of Queer Palestinians living safely in Israel right now, who will face death if they are sent back to Gaza or the Palestinian Territories.</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Richard Grenell, who was the first openly gay member of a presidential cabinet during the Trump presidency, told The Jerusalem Post that ‘It’s shameful for the gay community in America to ignore the reality of what gays in the Middle East face.” It isn’t only the gay community that ignores “<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">the reality of what gays in the Middle East face</em>”; it is also hardcore feminists who claim to care about the well-being of women, but ignore the reality of women being treated as inferiors in Islam.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">’Queer in Gaza’ campaign aims to raise awareness</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">about Hamas homophobia</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">by Benjamin Weinthal, <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-790635?utm&source=gmail&ust=1709997845590000&usg=AOvVaw2PhWdleCOG7O8Er1xi-Ovr" href="https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-790635?utm" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Jerusalem Post</a>, March 7, 2024:</i></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 24px 40px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A new campaign launched a website to raise awareness about the Hamas terrorist movement’s lethal actions targeting the persecuted <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.jpost.com/j-spot/article-771739&source=gmail&ust=1709997845590000&usg=AOvVaw1-RnQ-HG3rQ2FO8ZShU8-l" href="https://m.jpost.com/j-spot/article-771739" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">LGBTQ+ community in the Gaza</a> Strip.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Equality Campaign Inc. created a website called <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.queeringaza.com/&source=gmail&ust=1709997845590000&usg=AOvVaw0kIdticDCgj56ktcLPyP5V" href="https://www.queeringaza.com/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">“Queer in Gaza”</a> that states “Learn the Facts about Hamas’ treatment of LGBT Palestinians.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The website declares, “Living as a Queer person in Gaza is punishable by torture and death by Hamas, the rulers of Gaza,” and “There is no transgender population in Gaza because any trans person who lives openly will be hunted down by Hamas.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The former acting director of US National Intelligence, Richard Grenell, who was the first openly gay member of a presidential cabinet during the Trump presidency, told The Jerusalem Post that “It’s shameful for the gay community in America to ignore the reality of what gays in the Middle East face….</span></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Irish voters on Saturday profoundly rejected two referendums to change language around families and caregivers in Ireland's constitution, prompting Varadkar to concede defeat hours before the final votes were even tallied. File photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI" height="532" src="https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/7851710025796/2024/1/471667e2719a7b7285a50e6150e09957/Irish-voters-hand-resounding-defeat-to-proposed-family-and-care-amendments.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-height: 430px; vertical-align: middle; width: 658.5px;" title="Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks during a St. Patrick's Day reception and Shamrock presentation at the White House in 2023. Irish voters on Saturday profoundly rejected two referendums to change language around families and caregivers in Ireland's constitution, prompting Varadkar to concede defeat hours before the final votes were even tallied. File photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI" width="800" /></div><div class="stph_caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; padding-top: 15px; text-align: center;"><i>Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaks during a St. Patrick's Day reception and Shamrock presentation at the White House in 2023. Irish voters on Saturday profoundly rejected two referendums to change language around families and caregivers in Ireland's constitution, prompting Varadkar to concede defeat hours before the final votes were even tallied. File photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | <a href="https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/lp/471667e2719a7b7285a50e6150e09957/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">License Photo</a></i></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><article itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="story_dl" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>March 9 (UPI)</i> --</span> <b>Voters on Saturday rejected two amendments to Ireland's constitution that aimed to give more inclusive language around family and caregivers.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b>Some 67% of voters <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/03/09/family-care-referendum-counts-live-updates-tallies-no-votes/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">said "no"</a> to the Family referendum</b>, which proposed changes to the 39th Amendment, <b>expanding the definition of family in the constitution to recognize "durable relationships" such as unmarried couples with children.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">Did this definition also include gay or lesbian couples with children as families?</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b>The Care referendum,</b> a proposed change to the 40th amendment that <b>would have replaced language around <i>"women in the home"</i> with language recognizing family caregivers who are not mothers, lost by an even wider margin, with almost 74% voting no.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">In other words, the Irish decided that Mothers are women and men are not mothers.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b>Taoiseach Leo Varadkar <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/09/vote-referendum-modernise-ireland-constitution-women-home" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">admitted defeat</a> in both referendums hours before the full results were announced.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"The family amendment and the care amendment referendums have been defeated -- defeated comprehensively on a respectable turnout," he said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Turnout <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0309/1436882-referendum/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">was 44.36%</a>, a 19% drop from turnout in Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Before ballots were cast, Varadkar had said "no" votes would be a "step backwards," sending the wrong message to unmarried couples and maintaining "very old-fashioned language" about women.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b>Few people, however, regarded the results as conservative backlash</b>. Some feminist and progressive groups have criticized the referendums "vague" and "insipid."</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Critics accused the government of running a "lackluster" campaign that confused voters and alienated progressive allies.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Some groups worried widening the definition of families could affect rules on taxes and citizenship. Similarly, there were worries that expanding the burden of care from women to the whole family ignored the state's responsibility.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Regarding the Family referendum, <b>Aontú party leader Peadar Toibín said voters did not say "no" to cohabiting parents but rather "no" to government incompetency in developing the amendments. He said nobody understood what the phrase "durable relationship" was supposed mean, not even government ministers.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">The government and the media will not admit that the amendments were onorous to the Irish, but rather blame their rejection of government incompetancy. That may be part of the answer, but the other part is a mis-reading of the Irish attachment to family values.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><i><b>"The leadership of those parties are marooned from their support base... That's a very dangerous place to be in advance of an election,"</b></i> Toibín said.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik, who had campaigned for "yes" votes, laid responsibility for defeat solely on the government.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"There was a very lackluster government campaign, and I think that's unfortunate," she said, noting the government ignored alternative wording proposed by the legislature's gender equality committee.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The defeat in both referendums prompted calls for prominent campaign leaders, such as Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman to resign.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Eamon Ryan, Green party leader and transport minister, said there will not be another attempt at a referendum before the next election.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSyriARKijOBZExi8f_TahqJNpS8bD0PMpT1pDxPuNnX8zeeigjuNYwq_5z_6_T0Pqjv71YoWIm6bFfeQO2XniqtcGm-FhKxbMP7EalugLCD9Exlbn-Ydgyh90ww0QMvXhs3JXl9bGyWaOL7D7N9_cHn1obXWZg_Lb7tkMkhkyLdwnSmljstFuSVxn10Q/s880/Ireland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;">Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country’s northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years.</span></p><div class="t-content__dates t-content__dates--reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 0; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; display: flex; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px 22px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p class="m-pub-dates" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #616972; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="m-pub-dates__date" style="margin-inline-end: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Issued on: <time datetime="2024-03-08T17:36:21+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">08/03/2024 - 18:36</time></i></span></span><span class="m-pub-dates__date" style="margin-inline-end: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Modified: <time datetime="2024-03-09T16:19:20+00:00">09/03/2024 - 17:19</time></i></span></span></p><div class="a-reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">attack</a> was the second mass <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/kidnapping/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">kidnapping</a> in a week in Africa’s most populous state,</b> where heavily armed criminal gangs on motorbikes target victims in villages and schools and along highways in the hunt for ransom payments.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Local <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/government/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">government</a> officials in Kaduna State confirmed the kidnapping attack on <b>Kuriga school</b> on Thursday, but they have still not given figures as they said they were still working out how many <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/children/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">children</a> had been abducted.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">At least one person was shot dead during the attack, local residents said.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Sani Abdullahi, a teacher at the GSS Kuriga school in Chikun district, said staff managed to escape with many students when the gunmen known locally as bandits attacked early Thursday firing in the air.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He told local officials <b>187 pupils had been snatched from the main junior school along with another 100 from the primary classes. Three local residents also said between 200 and 280 children and teachers had been snatched.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Early in the morning... we heard gunshots from bandits, before we knew it they had gathered up the children,” local resident Musa Mohammed told AFP.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We are pleading to the <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/government/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">government</a>, all of us are pleading, they should please help us with security.”</b></i></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Kaduna abduction and the mass kidnapping a week ago from camps for people displaced by jihadists in northeast Borno state illustrate the challenge facing Tinubu who promised to make Nigeria safer and bring in more foreign investment.</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I have received briefing from security chiefs on the two incidents, and I am confident that the victims will be rescued,” Tinubu said in a statement ordering armed forces to track down the kidnappers.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Nothing else is acceptable to me and the waiting family members of these abducted citizens. Justice will be decisively administered.”</b></i></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Brave words from a government that has supported the jihad movement of genocide against Christians and farmers in Nigeria for many years now. Brave, but empty. The only way they will get the students back is to pay a hefty ransome. This is one way in which the Nigerian government supports jihad.</span></b></i></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The two mass kidnappings also came <b>almost ten years after <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/boko-haram/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Boko Haram</a> jihadists triggered huge international outcry in April 2014 by kidnapping more than 250 <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/schoolgirls/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">schoolgirls</a> from Chibok in Borno state.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Some of those girls are still missing.</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>More than 100 people are reported missing after militants carried out the mass kidnapping last week targeting women and children in camps for those displaced by the jihadist conflict in Borno.</b> But conflicting accounts have emerged about the time and number of victims. </span></p><h2 style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 40px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: small;"> ‘No stone unturned’ </span></h2><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Police did not provide figures for the Kuriga school kidnapping. But the numbers of those reported abducted in <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/nigeria/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Nigeria</a> are often lowered after people who went missing while fleeing attacks return home.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“The Kaduna State Government and Security Agencies are working round the clock to ensure the safe return of the school children,” state governor Uba Sani said on X, formerly Twitter.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I have received strong assurances from the President and National Security Adviser that no stone will be left unturned to bring back the children.”</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In the last three years, hundreds of schoolchildren and college students have been kidnapped in mass abductions in the northwest and central region, including in Kaduna.</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Almost all were released for ransom payments after weeks or months spent in captivity at bandit camps hidden in the forests that stretch across northwestern states.</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/united-nations/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">UN</a> child welfare agency <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/unicef/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">UNICEF</a> also condemned Thursday’s attack and called on the government to do more to protect students.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Schools are supposed to be sanctuaries of learning and growth, not sites of fear and violence,” UNICEF Nigeria director Christian Munduate said in a statement.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Nigeria’s armed forces are battling on several fronts, including against armed criminals in the northwest and the long-running jihadist <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/insurgency/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">insurgency</a> in the northeast that has killed 40,000 and displaced more than two million since 2009.</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Nigeria's forces also battle astonishing corruption in the government and higher levels of the military, as well as a lack of enthusiasm to disrupt the Islamic genocide of Christians.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Fighting in Borno has eased as militants have been pushed back from the territory they once controlled, but they still carry out attacks, kidnapping and raids in remote areas.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Last September, gunmen abducted more than 30 people, including 24 female students, in a raid around a <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/university/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">university</a> in northwest Zamfara State.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>In February 2021, bandits raided a girls’ boarding school in the town of Jangebe in Zamfara, kidnapping around 300 students</b>. <b>Months earlier, gunmen snatched more than 300 students from a boys school in Kankara in Katsina state before releasing them days later.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>Between July 2022 and June 2023, 3,620 people were abducted in 582 kidnap-related incidents in Nigeria,</b> according to local risk analysts SBM Intelligence. <b>It has recorded 4,777 people abducted since Tinubu took office in May last year.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(AFP) </span></em></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em></em></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOa9AkgLQwtqHepxa8VNRR4NFI046FG0y-BPNZCh9SbzGZoKzlqljKwfGqiMehLcKVHh1ufDwoGeqwbcUC9XnTCGsx_3YRnRIubY_b46nqyN_bvAxpNd7JDrgftopSsSfPSPf5pxtff5aSEuBVi1vOmpbLXYC4cOLSBkWdkIO6AYw8i7-qo4GZcPQ8_s/s781/Kaduna,%20Nigeria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="781" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOa9AkgLQwtqHepxa8VNRR4NFI046FG0y-BPNZCh9SbzGZoKzlqljKwfGqiMehLcKVHh1ufDwoGeqwbcUC9XnTCGsx_3YRnRIubY_b46nqyN_bvAxpNd7JDrgftopSsSfPSPf5pxtff5aSEuBVi1vOmpbLXYC4cOLSBkWdkIO6AYw8i7-qo4GZcPQ8_s/w640-h286/Kaduna,%20Nigeria.jpg" width="640" /></a></em></div><em><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></em><p></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-3688748920234972342024-03-08T20:09:00.000-08:002024-03-08T20:10:21.019-08:00Canadian Justice > Convicted Child Sex Offender allowed to sexually assault 11 y/o girl by BC's Justice system<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>‘Massive Failure of Judgment’: BC Premier</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Criticizes Decision to Allow Subcontractor</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>to Monitor Convicted Sex Offender</b></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;"><b>British Columbia Premier David Eby is calling the decision that allowed a convicted child predator to attend an equestrian centre that subsequently led to the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl a <i>“massive failure of judgment.”</i></b></span></div><p class="p1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">Mr. Eby and his NDP government faced repeated questions from the B.C. United (BCU) Party about why known sex offender <b><u>Taylor Dueck</u></b> was released in Kelowna last month without the public being notified.</p><p class="p1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhO1e5bXhhx8tCsyb4HsUaMEa4onLs9iaEGHkDTpHqZjX-JktZhGJF_Th1MMwwSbCydWIdguKCpzNeHpHGcLuld-eT-2hqhAEe1vgrpV_MjxriPMEgIppuAPRU7N8LBbFlIVKlAxh9LjvRiHU15YXUL5COqx_9YJG_Ou9MteFfQKIlRdBPi9jCF_BthHI" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="844" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhO1e5bXhhx8tCsyb4HsUaMEa4onLs9iaEGHkDTpHqZjX-JktZhGJF_Th1MMwwSbCydWIdguKCpzNeHpHGcLuld-eT-2hqhAEe1vgrpV_MjxriPMEgIppuAPRU7N8LBbFlIVKlAxh9LjvRiHU15YXUL5COqx_9YJG_Ou9MteFfQKIlRdBPi9jCF_BthHI=w640-h368" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;">Mr. Dueck was permitted to attend riding lessons Feb. 9 at an equestrian centre that runs after-school programs for children.</span></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon called the incident “nothing short of horrific,” during question period, saying a <b><i>“pedophile with a history of violent sexual assault”</i> should never have been allowed to attend such a facility.</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><b><i><span style="color: #741b47;">For that matter, he should never have been released from prison, ever! But Canadian judges are far more concerned about murderers and rapists than about their victims.</span></i></b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">BCU MLA Renee Merrifield, who represents Kelowna-Mission, told the legislature March 5 that <b>a subcontractor arranged by Community Living B.C., who was charged with monitoring Mr. Dueck, sat in his car for more than two hours during which time an 11-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted in a bathroom at the centre.</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">Ms. Merrifield, who was near tears during her recounting of the events, laid blame on the NDP government for failing to notify the public about Mr. Dueck’s release into the community.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; word-break: break-word;"></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">“Who is going to take responsibility for this complete and utter failure so it never happens again?” she asked.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">Mr. Falcon also called on the government to take action.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><b><i>“This NDP government apparently thought that not only was it a good idea to give this pedophile free horseback riding lessons, they decided to book those lessons at a riding camp that was easily identifiable as a venue for children,”</i></b> he said during question period March 6.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">“The premier needs to take accountability for this latest catastrophic failure of his government. <i><b>Who is going to be fired for this utterly despicable failure to keep our children safe?”</b></i></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">Premier Eby acknowledged there had been a <i><b>“profound lack of judgement</b></i>” by Community Living B.C. (CLBC) in allowing Mr. Dueck to go to the equestrian school. He said <b>a government investigation will “hold accountable” the individuals responsible.</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><i><b>“For CLBC to take on responsibility for someone with a criminal record like this, for them to subcontract that responsibility to an obviously negligent and incompetent subcontractor, for that person who had one job to do—to make sure that this individual was not in contact with any children—to fail at that job, to decide that a horse barn was the right place to take this person, it is outrageous,” Mr. Eby said. “It is the absolute most unbelievable string of incompetent decision-making that one could even imagine.”</b></i></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth assured the legislature March 5 an investigation had been launched and would demand an accounting from all provincial and federal agencies “to find out exactly what happened.”</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">“Was it a systemic failure or was it a failure of an individual? That work is underway to ensure that this never happens again,” Mr. Farnworth said.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">Ms. Merrifield’s response was emotional, saying the victim and the community “deserve better.”</p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;">“Our communities are not going to be protected by some investigation and analysis and report,” she said. “People are sick and tired of the premier and this minister’s feigned indignation in the face of horrific failures that leave innocent people victimized.”</span></div><h2 style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em; line-height: 2.375rem; margin: 3rem 0px 1rem; text-align: justify;">‘Special Needs’ Arrangement</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px;">Ms. Merrifield told CityNews <b>Mr. Dueck was at the equestrian centre as part of <i>“an arrangement between the social worker and the farm owner.”</i></b></span></div></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">“Having said that, at no point when the farm owner had asked about that particular individual and what sort of special needs he had — because that was the premise she was given — when that was asked, the response from the social worker was <i><b>‘he needs emotional support,'</b></i>” she said.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><b><i>“At no time was there ever disclosure that there was a criminal record</i></b>, that there was supervisory necessity that they were not to be around children. If so, he would have never been anywhere near that farm.”</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><b>Mr. Dueck, 29, was arrested Feb. 9 on charges of sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching and breach of probation in connection with the equestrian centre incident, </b>the Kelowna RCMP said. He remains in custody at the Okanagan Correctional Centre.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><b>The alleged incident occurred less than two months after Mr. Dueck was released on parole after serving four-and-a-half years in jail for sexually assaulting four teenage girls in 2014.</b> <b>One of the victims was threatened with a knife.</b></p><div class="my-5" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 1.25rem auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><b>Mr. Dueck’s history of sexual offences with minors has made him the subject of<a class="article-hover-class" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dueck-sex-offender-arrested-kelowna-1.7130531" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"> past public warnings</a> before his release into a community.</b></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">Sergeant Laura Pollock said in a statement Kelowna RCMP had requested a public disclosure order (PID) prior to Mr. Dueck’s release in Kelowna.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">“While we understand the commentary surrounding this case, there are multiple factors in the decision-making process for a PID,” she said in an email to The Epoch Times. <i><b>“I can confirm that a PID was sought prior to his release in Kelowna, however the threshold was not met in this case based on the totality of the circumstances.”</b></i></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">The RCMP referred all further questions to B.C. Corrections.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;">B.C. 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--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; font-family: __ETText_60823e, __ETText_Fallback_60823e, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-63985550015739345762024-03-08T18:53:00.000-08:002024-03-08T18:53:26.874-08:00Can there be any hope for women on International Women's Day when fools like this influence the world?<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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clear: both;"></div></div><div class="heateorSssClear" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Feminist gender theorists begin by declaring that women don’t exist and then conclude by justifying their rape and murder.</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/judith-butler.png" style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-322268" decoding="async" height="174" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/judith-butler-300x174.png" srcset="https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/judith-butler-300x174.png 300w, https://www.jihadwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/judith-butler.png 700w" style="border: 0px; 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And all the way back in 2006, the feminist gender theorist and <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/double-standard-killing-jews-california-and-israel-daniel-greenfield/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">UC Berkeley academic</a> declared that Hamas was progressive.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Yes, understanding Hamas, Hezbollah as social movements that are progressive, that are on the Left, that are part of a global Left, is extremely important.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Like most fanatics, Oct 7 only made Judith Butler <a href="https://twitter.com/josephhirsch5/status/1764784098822750420" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #f96e5b; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">double down</a> on her belief in the progressive qualities of Hamas.</span></p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="" data-mce-fragment="1" data-tweet-id="1764784098822750420" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=true&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1764784098822750420&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontpagemag.com%2Ffeminist-gender-theorist-explains-hamas-raping-jewish-women-is-resistance%2F&sessionId=a49a60f0229a843217551051424bc307cc8b55f9&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=500px" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;" title="X Post"></iframe></span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We can have different views about Hamas as a political party, we can have different views about armed resistance. But […] <i><b>the uprising of October 7th was an act of armed resistance,</b></i>” Butler recently declared.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Butler’s brand of gender theory had begun the deconstruction of the idea that women exist. A few years ago, Butler was claiming the “trans” brand and arguing that “the category of woman can and does change, and we need it to be that way.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Feminist gender theorists begin by declaring that women don’t exist and then conclude by justifying their rape and murder.</b></p></div><p><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">====================================================================================</b></p><p><br /></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-53768234504414542882024-03-08T18:29:00.000-08:002024-03-08T18:29:44.453-08:00International Women's Day > 230mn women have had FGM; Iran's hatred of women - Crimes Against Humanity<p> </p><div class="container mt-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Lato, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 3rem !important; max-width: 1170px; padding-left: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); padding-right: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); width: 1170px;"><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-top: calc(var(--bs-gutter-y) * -1);"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-7 col-lg-mod-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); width: 682.5px;"><h1 class="headline lato bold" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">230M women have undergone female genital mutilation, UNICEF reports</span></h1><div class="row author-social d-flex align-items-center ta_th" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; align-items: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-size: 16px; margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><div class="col-xl-6 col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); width: 341.25px;"><div class="author lato semi-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #707375; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">By Ehren Wynder</i></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="container" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Lato, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1170px; padding-left: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); padding-right: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); width: 1170px;"><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-top: calc(var(--bs-gutter-y) * -1);"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); width: 682.5px;"><div class="slide-image-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 455px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 658.5px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="Girls attend school in Nigeria (2017). A report released Thursday by UNICEF found a 15% increase in the number of females worldwide who have undergone female genital mutilation since 2016. More than 144 million cases occurred in African countries, the largest share according to the report. Photo courtesy of UNICEF" height="532" src="https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi_com/7551709925102/2024/1/89b4d0cdc2192823ab63bc328fcdffcb/230M-women-have-undergone-female-genital-mutilation-UNICEF-reports.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-height: 430px; vertical-align: middle; width: 658.5px;" title="Girls attend school in Nigeria (2017). A report released Thursday by UNICEF found a 15% increase in the number of females worldwide who have undergone female genital mutilation since 2016. More than 144 million cases occurred in African countries, the largest share according to the report. Photo courtesy of UNICEF" width="800" /></span></div><div class="stph_caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; padding-top: 15px; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Girls attend school in Nigeria (2017). A report released Thursday by UNICEF found a 15% increase in the number of females worldwide who have undergone female genital mutilation since 2016. More than 144 million cases occurred in African countries, the largest share according to the report. Photo courtesy of UNICEF</i></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><article itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="story_dl" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>March 8 (UPI)</i> --</span> <b>More than 230 million women and girls alive today have suffered from female genital mutilation, according to a UNICEF report released Thursday.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The <a href="https://data.unicef.org/resources/female-genital-mutilation-a-global-concern-2024/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">report</a>, released in observance of <b>International Women's Day</b>, noted a <b>15% increase -- about 30 million women -- compared to data from 2016.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>More than 144 million cases occurred in African countries</b>, the largest share according to the report. There also have been <b>more than 80 million in Asia and more than six million in the Middle East.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">According to UNICEF, the global pace of decline would have to be 27 times faster to end the practice by 2030.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>"Female genital mutilation harms girls' bodies, dims their futures and endangers their lives,"</b></i> UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a <a href="https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/over-230-million-girls-and-women-alive-today-have-been-subjected-female-genital" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">statement</a>. "We're also seeing a worrying trend that <b><i>more girls are subjected to the practice at younger ages, many before their fifth birthday</i>. </b>That further reduces the window to intervene. We need to strengthen the efforts of ending this harmful practice."</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">While FGM is not becoming more common on a global scale, the number of girls born in countries where FGB is common is growing rapidly compared to the rest of the world, according to the report.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Progress in some countries, however, is strong, the report noted. <b>Sierra Leone saw a 34% decline in the practice compared to 30 years ago. Egypt had a 27% decline during that same time period.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The report also found <b>attitudes around FGM are shifting,</b> as two-thirds of people -- around 400 million -- in practicing countries in Africa and the Middle East are opposed to FGM.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A British jury in 2019 <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/02/02/Jury-convicts-person-on-UK-female-genital-mutilation-law-for-first-time/5731549121699/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">convicted</a> a mother for committing female genital mutilation, the first case since the United Kingdom outlawed the practice in 1985.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The mother, originally from Uganda and living in Britain for several years, was found guilty of committing FGM on her 3-year-old daughter. The practice is outlawed in Uganda.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In 2018, a U.S. federal judge in Michigan dismissed charges against Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, who was accused of carrying out the banned procedure on nine girls between the ages of 8 and 13.</b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled that a federal law banning FGM was unconstitutional and that the practice is a "local criminal activity" that should be addressed by the states.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Then-Michigan Gov. <a class="tpstyle" href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Rick_Snyder/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Rick Snyder">Rick Snyder</a> had declared FGM a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.</b></p></article></div></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">FGM is a particularly heinous form of child sexual abuse. Committed, often by mothers against their own daughters, in many countries and villages, it is often performed by women in unsterile conditions and without anesthetic. The trauma level must be astounding for a child. This is evil at an inhuman level.</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">====================================================================================</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><div class="container mt-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Lato, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 3rem !important; max-width: 1170px; padding-left: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); padding-right: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); width: 1170px;"><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-top: calc(var(--bs-gutter-y) * -1);"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-7 col-lg-mod-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); width: 682.5px;"><h1 class="headline lato bold" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">U.N.: Iran's repression of women and girls</span></h1><h1 class="headline lato bold" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #050505; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">in protests are crimes against humanity</span></h1><div class="row author-social d-flex align-items-center ta_th" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; align-items: center !important; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-size: 16px; margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px;"><div class="col-xl-6 col-lg-5 col-md-5 col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); width: 341.25px;"><div class="author lato semi-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #707375; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">By <a href="https://www.upi.com/author/Doug-Cunningham/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;">Doug Cunningham</a></i></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="container" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1170px; padding-left: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); padding-right: var(--bs-gutter-x, .75rem); width: 1170px;"><div class="row" style="--bs-gutter-x: 1.5rem; --bs-gutter-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / -2); margin-top: calc(var(--bs-gutter-y) * -1);"><div class="col-md-12 col-lg-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 0 auto; margin-top: var(--bs-gutter-y); max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); padding-right: calc(var(--bs-gutter-x) / 2); width: 682.5px;"><div class="slide-image-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; max-height: 455px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 658.5px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="The U.N. Human Rights Council said in a Friday report Iran's violent repression of rights protests and its discrimination against women and girls amount to crimes against humanity. Shown is a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 2022. She was arrested for incorrectly wearing a hijab and died in custody. File photo by EPA-EFE/STR" height="534" src="https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi_com/1091709912989/2024/1/9abb8cfc89f45f7538b45a898f5c3dcc/UN-Irans-repression-of-women-and-girls-in-protests-are-crimes-against-humanity.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-height: 430px; vertical-align: middle; width: 658.5px;" title="The U.N. Human Rights Council said in a Friday report Iran's violent repression of rights protests and its discrimination against women and girls amount to crimes against humanity. Shown is a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 2022. She was arrested for incorrectly wearing a hijab and died in custody. File photo by EPA-EFE/STR" width="800" /></span></div><div class="stph_caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 14px; padding-top: 15px; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The U.N. Human Rights Council said in a Friday report Iran's violent repression of rights protests and its discrimination against women and girls amount to crimes against humanity. Shown is a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 2022. She was arrested for incorrectly wearing a hijab and died in custody. File photo by EPA-EFE/STR</i></div><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><article itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span class="story_dl" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>March 8 (UPI)</i> --</span> <b>A U.N. Human Rights Council fact-finding mission said Friday that Iran's violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls amount to crimes against humanity.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/iran-institutional-discrimination-against-women-and-girls-enabled-human?sub-site=HRC" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>mission's first report</b></a> said that <b>Iran conducted extrajudicial killings as well as unlawful killings and murder, unnecessary and disproportionate use of force, arbitrary deportation of liberty, torture, rape, enforced disappearances and gender persecution all of which "disproportionately impacted" women, children and members of religious minorities in response to the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><i>"Pervasive and deep-rooted structural and institutionalized discrimination against women and girls, permeating all areas of their public and private lives, was both a trigger and an enabler of the widespread serious human rights violations and crimes under international law committed against women and girls in the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as others advocating for equality and human rights, in the context of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement,"</i></b> the report said.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Such is the hatred of women in Islam. Why do Muslims hate women? Because women reveal the astonishing weaknesses of Islamic men.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The mission's report also found <b>Iran arbitrarily executed at least nine young men while dozens of people charged with capital offenses <i>"remain at risk of execution or receiving a death sentence in relation to the protests."</i></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The report revealed disproportionate force including <b>a pattern of extensive injuries to protesters' eyes that blinded scores of women, men and children.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The U.N. Human Rights Council urged Iranian authorities to stop all executions and immediately and unconditionally release all people "arbitrarily arrested and detained in the context of the protests or for non-compliance with or advocacy against the mandatory hijab."</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The fact-finding mission also called on Iranian authorities to<i><b> "provide justice, truth and reparations to victims of human rights violations" </b></i>in accordance with international human rights standards.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Justice is political in Iran, not just. Truth is a non-starter in an ideology that has no expectation of the truth.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"We urge the Government to immediately halt the repression of those who have engaged in peaceful protests, in particular women and girls," said Sara Hossain, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission in a statement.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The mission report said <b>Iran used arbitrary arrests against people who just chanted, danced, wrote slogans on walls, honked car horns or posted on social media in support of women's rights, equality and accountability.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Iranian women activists, including Nobel Peace Prize winner <b>Narges Mohammadi</b>, staged a hunger strike in January to <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/01/25/iran-women-activists-hunger-strike-execution-ghobadlou/7111706219943/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">protest the execution</a> of <b>Mohammad Ghobadlou</b>.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The United States and Western allies<a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/01/23/iran-more-economic-sanctions-human-rights/4961674495274/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> sanctioned Iran</a> in January 2023 for the violent repression of protests following the highly publicized death of 22-year-old <b>Mahsa Amini</b>. <b>She died in custody after being arrested for incorrectly wearing her hijab.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/04/24/Iran-sanctionsAmini-Britian-European-Union/7791682350376/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006699; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">More sanctions</a> from Western nations were placed on the Law Enforcement Forces of Iran and <a class="tpstyle" href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a58ca; text-decoration-line: none !important;" target="_blank" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> in April 2023 for their roles in protest suppression.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIMpdsVRAA8wuMoS8oe-PlMkjRw8L9MJ2PX0NP_M2BGOTK6w9skq07TK8FbFSJCM_Xxsi8CP6BMskDHDeHDwPHKP2za-8pLsjAocp0jKsgmygFaSMr3_S-sFV7E3UqehKm4jRxQCnZn7U2_U0hG3wTerEL8HLdC2Su4IGDlJIlEj8gRhRsCWBWZkYNM0/s864/Iran.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="864" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIMpdsVRAA8wuMoS8oe-PlMkjRw8L9MJ2PX0NP_M2BGOTK6w9skq07TK8FbFSJCM_Xxsi8CP6BMskDHDeHDwPHKP2za-8pLsjAocp0jKsgmygFaSMr3_S-sFV7E3UqehKm4jRxQCnZn7U2_U0hG3wTerEL8HLdC2Su4IGDlJIlEj8gRhRsCWBWZkYNM0/w640-h338/Iran.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></article></div></div></div>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-32196567317900627622024-03-07T16:48:00.000-08:002024-03-07T16:48:04.942-08:00Prostitution in France and Germany > Tens of Thousands of Child Prostitutes apparently ignored by Media, NGO's, and Governments<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><h1 class="t-content__title a-page-title" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 22px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">NGOs claim French police cracking down</span></h1><h1 class="t-content__title a-page-title" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 22px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">on sex workers ahead of 2024 Olympics</span></h1><p class="t-content__chapo" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 22px 16px; max-width: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="t-content__chapo" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 22px 16px; max-width: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">But apparently not concerned for child prostitutes</i></b></span></p><p class="t-content__chapo" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 22px 16px; max-width: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="t-content__chapo" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 22px 16px; max-width: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">A group of charities claimed Wednesday that French police were cracking down on Paris sex workers ahead of the Olympics.</span></p><div class="t-content__dates t-content__dates--reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 0; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; display: flex; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px 22px 32px; padding: 0px;"><p class="m-pub-dates" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #616972; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="m-pub-dates__date" style="margin-inline-end: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Issued on: <time datetime="2024-03-07T08:26:08+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">07/03/2024 - 09:26</time></i></span></span><span class="m-pub-dates__date" style="margin-inline-end: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Modified: <time datetime="2024-03-07T08:27:26+00:00">07/03/2024 - 09:27</time></i></span></span></p><div class="a-reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 1; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #616972; display: flex; flex: 1 0 auto; gap: 5px; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-svg a-svg--picto-clock" style="background-attachment: initial; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="974" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoiSadWEac3ysMQIdnbEAQDIUXuGaO5rw2Rgpw916fwOo1z6NTxfnHJCQigTmoygLskEAKd6KBTn4t_dDpHRAyaHk8EdgKw6DVf44gHj_Qxs_as0Bdrt4MPBhIQMLqwBCow4O3_wNCOpQqmyONs735tZtpVTM9wUFks6pnD4eK3AAWCwQPvZpXki5fMz8=w640-h396" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /><i><span class="m-from-author__by-label" style="color: #616972; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;">By: </span><a class="m-from-author__name" data-tms-tr="" href="https://www.france24.com/en/news-wires" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" title="NEWS WIRES">NEWS WIRES</a></i></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A report issued by 17 non-government organisations who work with <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/prostitution/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">prostitutes</a> said that they "shared the same conclusion" as to the increased repression and sometimes changes in <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/police/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">police</a> practices.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"The approach that we characterise as 'repression first' has obvious consequences on the security and health of <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/sex/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">sex</a> workers," it added.</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Charities working in two hotspots — the Boulogne and Vincennes woods to the west and east of <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/paris/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Paris</a> — had noted "increased police patrols ahead of the <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/olympics-games-paris-2024/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Games</a> with heavy-handed identity controls on women working in the sex industry".</span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">They urged authorities to focus their energies instead on the<b> "criminal organisations which rob, rape and assault them".</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A change in the law in France in 2016 criminalised the act of paying for sex acts, rather than offering or performing them. </b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">So, if you beat up the girl instead of paying her, you can't be charged with paying for sex acts. Sheesh.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>French authorities fear an increase in prostitution during the Olympic and Paralympic Games which begin on July 26 — something contested by the charities.</b> </span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">"Contrary to some presumptions, sex workers are not in the process of arriving in large numbers in Paris where the cost of accommodation is constantly increasing ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics: they are being pushed to go to work in other towns," the charities said. </span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Brazil's experience with the World Cup and the Olympics saw an estimated doubling of child prostitutes, from about 250,000 to 500,000. This article makes no mention of child prostitutes, but I guarantee there will be thousands of them, perhaps tens of thousands. It's greatly disappointing that no-one is concerned about this.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Other charities have denounced efforts by the French authorities to <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230525-french-government-plans-to-remove-homeless-from-paris-ahead-of-2024-olympics" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">move migrants and the homeless out of the capital</a> ahead of the Games, which are expected to draw millions of overseas visitors. </span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-small;">(AFP)</span></em></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background-color: #ead1dc;"></em></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vRjMqJ-Go1NAM3a9wThfTXE5TcI6JBHs1d1P4JjIkg3L5-4qc7Pc8jYBA9GpUK0oR4BiR-4ALlFDPMV4oAgUeeFW-lo6koQjY-xbIUR06UH6dZXhi_tDZieX5cCNIgA9XRgq2_b78ysWpP0PdnImibTzhsAHp_CcxlBN56nzsbWtDQ7BJjuFolIEFMQ/s1010/Paris,%20Fr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="1010" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vRjMqJ-Go1NAM3a9wThfTXE5TcI6JBHs1d1P4JjIkg3L5-4qc7Pc8jYBA9GpUK0oR4BiR-4ALlFDPMV4oAgUeeFW-lo6koQjY-xbIUR06UH6dZXhi_tDZieX5cCNIgA9XRgq2_b78ysWpP0PdnImibTzhsAHp_CcxlBN56nzsbWtDQ7BJjuFolIEFMQ/w640-h208/Paris,%20Fr.jpg" width="640" /></a></em></div><em style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></em><p></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></em></p><h1 class="t-content__title a-page-title" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 22px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">Legal prostitution in Germany: A failure?</span></h1><div><i style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #616972; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Issued on: <time datetime="2024-03-01T12:02:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">01/03/2024 - 13:02</time></i></div><div><i style="color: #616972; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><time datetime="2024-03-01T12:02:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></time></i></div><div><i style="color: #616972; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><time datetime="2024-03-01T12:02:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></time></i></div><div><i style="color: #616972; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><time datetime="2024-03-01T12:02:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate" style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/2WiFy3EXsZQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="972" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAzoA_0I6x-PzoaJ0pbAHzIdfi9Pgt5M6xMpbPgGQpgvIqj9Z9PEYTfp_UtfFfd0i-D-GLTglTz4xQymZzhtYcdZJh4tXHKhrldrtydGDLh5zHt4BQ5IXdXse36T709EUxzg6s47jI9MB93DT1TkAHPnTl9AZoNPa1mmyzVni_XTINBGQgQf45GPhMwYQ=w640-h380" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></time></i></div><div><div class="t-content__authors-tts" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; 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gap: 5px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="m-from-author__by-label" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">By:</i></span></span><a class="m-from-author__name" data-tms-tr="" href="https://www.france24.com/en/author/anne-mailliet/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Anne MAILLIET"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Anne MAILLIET</i></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">|</i></span></div><a class="m-from-author__name" data-tms-tr="" href="https://www.france24.com/en/author/caroline-du-bled/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Caroline DU BLED"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Caroline DU BLED</i></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">|</i></span></div><a class="m-from-author__name" data-tms-tr="" href="https://www.france24.com/en/author/nick-spicer/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nick SPICER"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Nick SPICER</i></span></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">|</i></span></div><span class="m-from-author__name" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Willy MAHLER</i></span></span></div></div><div class="a-reading-time" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 0; align-items: center; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex: 0 1 auto; gap: 5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-svg a-svg--picto-clock" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"2179 -3523 24 24\"><path fill=\"%23616972\" d=\"M2190.99-3521a10 10 0 1 0 10.01 10 10 10 0 0 0-10.01-10zm.01 18a8 8 0 1 1 8-8 8 8 0 0 1-8 8z\"/><path fill=\"%23616972\" d=\"M2191.5-3516h-1.5v6l5.25 3.15.75-1.23-4.5-2.67z\"/></svg>"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; display: inline-flex; height: 20px; overflow: hidden; text-align: justify; text-indent: -999999px; width: 20px;" title="Reading time"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">1 min</i></span></div></div></div></div><p class="t-content__chapo" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #202427; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px auto 28px; max-width: 850px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>More than two decades after prostitution was legalised in Germany, </b>the issue is once again sparking debate. The conservative opposition in parliament is campaigning to reform the 2002 law that made sex work legal. <b>Former chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party claims that the goal of improving the situation of sex workers and curbing human trafficking has not been achieved – rather the reverse. According to several studies, the overwhelming majority of women working in prostitution in Germany are in fact under the control of a pimp.</b> Our correspondent Anne Mailliet reports.</span></p><div class="t-content__body u-clearfix" data-empty-p="false" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px auto 20px; max-width: 850px; padding: 0px;"><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In just over 20 years, <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/germany/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">Germany</a> has become an El Dorado for <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/sex/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">sex</a> tourism. People come from all over the world to visit Hamburg's brothels and take advantage of perfectly legal "services".</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The law on the legalisation of <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/prostitution/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">prostitution</a>, passed in 2002 by the Social Democrats and the Greens, aimed to provide security, protection and autonomy for sex workers by giving them a professional status. But this law also decriminalised pimping by creating the status of "sex entrepreneur". As a result, this lucrative business is still largely dominated by <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/organised-crime/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">organised crime</a>.</b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Officially, the country counts <b>2,310 establishments offering sexual services</b>, while some <b>28,280 prostitutes are registered</b>, according to the federal statistics office Destatis. But <b>the number of unregistered sex workers is believed to be much higher. Various organisations estimate that between 200,000 and 400,000 people work in this lucrative sector. According to several studies, 90 percent of them are victims of <a class="gtm-add-suggested-tag" href="https://www.france24.com/en/tag/human-trafficking/" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00a7e3; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">human trafficking</a>.</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #741b47;">Again, there is no mention of child prostitutes. It's a good bet that a large percentage of those unregistered and trafficked girls are underage. It seems, like in France, that neither the media nor the government is very concerned about this issue. Here again, I guarantee that the number of child prostitutes is in the tens of thousands.</span></i></b></p><p style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #32383d; flex: 0 1 auto; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzqdBQZW5WBtg8pzVghu03YrlouPSFe-IWuTc34JfcbJp8kuYFDjzmibZCTK_aZtjC82j7TUOpSwP1JM8kXMr-XRQP05izfkrMFHmOOQEktsk7KiVN0jIqx-qOWzgPVYfRD9WbvntthSwXDDmuFsZGljwY1PPtGpwL81-zF_fXPadBmwa4FH1CVzKVQ8/s903/Germany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="903" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVzqdBQZW5WBtg8pzVghu03YrlouPSFe-IWuTc34JfcbJp8kuYFDjzmibZCTK_aZtjC82j7TUOpSwP1JM8kXMr-XRQP05izfkrMFHmOOQEktsk7KiVN0jIqx-qOWzgPVYfRD9WbvntthSwXDDmuFsZGljwY1PPtGpwL81-zF_fXPadBmwa4FH1CVzKVQ8/w640-h350/Germany.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p></div></div><div class="t-content__dates" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; 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font-size: x-large;">Drake Bell says he was sexually abused </span></h1><h1 class="l-article__title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.01563rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">as a Nickelodeon child star</span></h1><div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="c-byline l-article__byline" id="article-byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; display: flex; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.51008px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><div class="c-byline__images c-byline__images--single" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-shrink: 0; margin-right: 16px;"><img alt="" class="c-byline__image" height="68" src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sarah-do-couto.jpeg?quality=85&strip=all&w=136&h=136&crop=1" style="border-radius: 50%; 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color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">As part of a new documentary project, former <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/nickelodeon" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nickelodeon</a> star <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/drake-bell/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; outline: none;" target="_blank">Drake Bell</a> has publicly claimed to be a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of ex-dialogue coach and convicted sex offender Brian Peck.</b></p><p><img alt="" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net/70c8fc80" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; height: 1px; 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color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px;">The upcoming, four-part documentary series </span><em style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px;">Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV</em><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px;">, created by Investigation Discovery, will see Bell discuss his allegations against Peck, who was convicted of child molestation in 2004.</span></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The sexual abuse allegedly occurred when Bell, now 37, was 15 years old.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A press release from Investigation Discovery confirmed that the series will be the “<a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/drake-bell-sexual-abuse-brian-peck-nickelodeon-1235930926/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">first time</a>” Bell is publicly recounting “the story of the abuse he suffered at the hands of <u><b>Brian Peck</b></u>.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglzuYYiKg0XyyOjKZhcb_V11eVezjkkxtMZYd8Rpf60q69J2NxsXP0t4ZhTbOWn_zh5ep14iT_rSPv9oaU7AGyn4ih0lUMza9t4OmaglH8msZ1DosR9Sg8kwjIJXV5bcVtPMO7isQty567VmfgOB-j2SVAwD3OZ9mG2rssUrFwDy06nqq-ygF2ZAe03eY" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="634" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglzuYYiKg0XyyOjKZhcb_V11eVezjkkxtMZYd8Rpf60q69J2NxsXP0t4ZhTbOWn_zh5ep14iT_rSPv9oaU7AGyn4ih0lUMza9t4OmaglH8msZ1DosR9Sg8kwjIJXV5bcVtPMO7isQty567VmfgOB-j2SVAwD3OZ9mG2rssUrFwDy06nqq-ygF2ZAe03eY=w282-h400" width="282" /></a></div>Though the child in Peck’s criminal case was an unnamed minor, Investigation Discovery said Peck, 63, was convicted for his crimes against Bell.<p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In a clip for the docuseries released Tuesday, past Nickelodeon cast and crew members discussed learning of Peck’s crimes. When it’s revealed that the victim was a child actor on one of Nickelodeon’s shows, Bell appears and sits in a chair with a sigh.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In August 2003, Peck was arrested on more than a dozen charges related to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/drake-bell-sexual-abuse-nickelodeon-brian-peck-documentary-2024-3" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">sexual abuse of unnamed minor</a>, Insider reported. He pleaded no contest to performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old and to oral copulation with a minor under 16.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He served 16 months in prison and was made to register as a sex offender. He is believed to be currently residing in Los Angeles.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The upcoming TV series will focus on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dan-schneider-nickelodeon-toxic-work-environment-docuseries-2024-2" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">shows created by Dan Schneider,</a> the since-disgraced television producer who created a number of Nickelodeon’s most popular series, including<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> iCarly</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zoey 101</em> and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Victorious</em>. Several former child stars, namely Jennette McCurdy, have since come forward to allege mistreatment and a hostile work environment at the hands of Schneider.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Schneider left Nickelodeon in 2018.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Bell was one of the most recognized faces at Nickelodeon in the early 2000s, thanks to the success of popular children’s shows like <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Drake & Josh</em> and<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> The Amanda Show. </em>Both shows were produced by Schneider.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">In recent years, Bell has widely fallen from grace amid accusations of partner abuse (which he denied), substance abuse issues and being <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9641925/drake-bell-wife-divorce-missing/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">reported missing</a> in 2023. In 2021, Bell was ordered to serve two years of probation and perform 200 hours of community service after he pleaded no contest to attempted <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/drake-bell-sentenced-two-years-probation-guilty-plea.html" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">child endangerment</a> and sending inappropriate messages to a 15-year-old girl.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Boy Meets World </em>stars defended Brian Peck</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Actors Rider Strong, Will Friedle and Danielle Fishel, all of whom starred on the popular ’90s TV show <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Boy Meets World, </em>said they were asked to participate in the documentary.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The group declined the invitation in favour of discussing their interactions with Peck on their podcast, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-meets-world/id1629908611" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pod Meets World</a>. </em></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Friedle and Strong said they’d both developed a strong friendship with Peck (who was in his late 30s at the time) after he was a guest star on <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Boy Meets World. </em>The actors said Peck told them he was being victimized by the minor making the claims against him.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Believing Peck, both Friedle and Strong wrote supportive character letters to the judge and showed up in court to support Peck.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Friedle recalled the victim’s mother turning to Peck in the court gallery to say, “Look at all the famous people you brought with you. And it doesn’t change what you did to my kid.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I just sat there wanting to die,” Friedle said. “It was like, ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ It was horrifying all the way around.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“We’re sitting in that courtroom on the wrong side of everything,” Friedle said. “There’s an actual victim here. And he turned us against the victim to where now we’re on his team.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Friedle said he feels “ever-loving shame” for supporting Peck.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">UN reports ‘widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment industry’</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV </em>comes at a time when the United Nations has called for an end to the sexual abuse of children within the entertainment industry.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On Tuesday, the international organization released a <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147247#:~:text=Widespread%20sexual%20abuse%20of%20children,how%20to%20end%20the%20scourge." rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; 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This is “mainly due to the prevailing power dynamics, harmful gender norms, fear of retaliation and loss of career opportunities,” she said.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Grooming, which is a predatory sexual behaviour, is widely accepted in the entertainment industry, the report declared.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The UN has called for “urgent action” to end the abuses, namely a “zero-tolerance policy” for those who exploit or abuse children.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">—</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; font-family: roboto, Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><em style="background-color: #ead1dc; box-sizing: border-box;">‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’ will air on Investigation Discovery on March 17 and 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>=====================================================================================</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-15344448528232932682024-03-07T14:56:00.000-08:002024-03-07T14:56:55.820-08:00Another Example of Microsoft's commitment to 'not endangering children'<p> </p><h1 class="headline headline--single-fallback" style="border: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Microsoft’s artificial intelligence imaging tool — powered by technology from Sam Altman’s OpenAI — produces <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/21/ai-could-normalize-child-sex-abuse-as-graphic-images-erupt-online-experts/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">sexually explicit and violent images</a> that could cause harm to the public, according to a concerned engineer at the tech giant.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b><u>Shane Jones</u></b>, a principal software engineering manager who has worked at the Windows maker for the last six years, wrote letters on Wednesday to Microsoft’s board of directors and to the Federal Trade Commission in which he expressed concerns about the company’s “approach to responsible AI.”</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Jones, who has defied orders from higher ups to keep quiet about it and chose to alert lawmakers and federal regulators, specifically warned about potential abuses of Microsoft’s Copilot Designer, the AI image generator similar to OpenAI’s DALL-E text-to-image prompt that made its debut in March of last year.</span></p><figure class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large" style="--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); --slideshow-modal--icon--color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary-complement); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #585858; display: table; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25rem auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><a aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images." data-slideshow-modal="trigger" data-slideshow-slide-number="1" data-slideshow-slides-total="4" href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/business/microsofts-copilot-designer-makes-sexual-violent-content-ai-engineer/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alert&utm_content=20240306?&utm_source=sailthru&lctg=638bdd6f29502d4f4607fdab&utm_term=NYP%20-%20News%20Alerts#" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images."><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><img alt="Shane Jones is a principal software engineering manager at Microsoft." class="wp-image-31102375" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="590" sizes="(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?w=945" srcset="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 2000w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=277,300&quality=75&strip=all 277w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=768,832&quality=75&strip=all 768w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=945,1024&quality=75&strip=all 945w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=1418,1536&quality=75&strip=all 1418w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=1890,2048&quality=75&strip=all 1890w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=654,709&quality=75&strip=all 654w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=231,250&quality=75&strip=all 231w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=544,589&quality=75&strip=all 544w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=458,496&quality=75&strip=all 458w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=83,90&quality=75&strip=all 83w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=576,624&quality=75&strip=all 576w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=440,477&quality=75&strip=all 440w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=260,282&quality=75&strip=all 260w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=300,325&quality=75&strip=all 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=180,195&quality=75&strip=all 180w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=86,93&quality=75&strip=all 86w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=66,71&quality=75&strip=all 66w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=185,200&quality=75&strip=all 185w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=322,349&quality=75&strip=all 322w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=54,58&quality=75&strip=all 54w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=144,156&quality=75&strip=all 144w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=150,163&quality=75&strip=all 150w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/late-night-december-shane-jones-77814575.jpg?resize=46,50&quality=75&strip=all 46w" style="aspect-ratio: 0.922034 / 1; border: 0px; box-shadow: 0 3px 0 0 var(--wp--preset--color--white),0 7px 0 0 var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 7px; max-height: 36.875rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: auto;" width="544" /><span aria-hidden="true" class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon" style="border: 1px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color); bottom: 1.6875rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); left: 1.4375rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.3125rem 0.375rem; position: absolute; transform: skew(-10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text" style="border: 2px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0.0625rem 0.1875rem; transform: skew(10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-slideshow-modal="count" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">4</span></span></span></i></a></div><figcaption style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); display: table-caption; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.14; margin: 0.625rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;"><i>Shane Jones is a principal software engineering manager at Microsoft.</i></span></div><span class="credit" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-e); display: block; font-size: 0.75rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.17; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Linkedin/shanedjones</i></span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He wrote that when testing Copilot Designer, he found several safety issues and flaws, including the software’s depictions of “demons and monsters alongside terminology related to abortion rights, teenagers with assault rifles, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/04/business/kids-online-safety-act-gains-momentum-in-senate-amid-uproar-over-online-child-sex-abuse/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=referral" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">sexualized images of women</a> in violent tableaus, and underage drinking and drug use.”</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/06/microsoft-ai-engineer-says-copilot-designer-creates-disturbing-images.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Jones told CNBC </a>that he has been conducting these tests for the past three months.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He said that while his job title is officially unaffiliated with Copilot Designer, he is what’s known as a “red teamer” — a term designating an employee who voluntarily tests the company’s AI technology to look out for potential problems.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">According to Jones, he alerted upper management to his concerns in December, but the company has resisted his recommendations that Copilot Designer be taken off the market so that corrections can be made.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Instead, Microsoft higher ups referred Jones to OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed company which rolled out ChatGPT. Copilot Designer is powered by OpenAI technology.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The Post has sought comment from Microsoft and OpenAI.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Jones said that he asked OpenAI to remove DALL-E 3, the latest version of the AI model whose technology underpins Copilot Designer, but was met with silence. That’s when he publicly posted an open letter about his concerns on LinkedIn.</span></p><figure class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large" style="--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary); --slideshow-modal--icon--color: var(--wp--custom--color--brand-secondary-complement); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #585858; display: table; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25rem auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><div class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__wrapper" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon" style="border: 1px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--background-color); bottom: 1.6875rem; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); left: 1.4375rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.3125rem 0.375rem; position: absolute; text-decoration: inherit; transform: skew(-10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="nyp-slideshow-modal-image__icon-text" style="border: 2px solid var(--slideshow-modal--icon--color); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0.0625rem 0.1875rem; transform: skew(10deg); vertical-align: baseline;"><span data-slideshow-modal="count" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">According to CNBC, Microsoft’s legal department ordered Jones to take down the letter, which he did.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Earlier this year, Jones took his concerns to the US Senate, writing a letter about the issue.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">He also met with staffers from the Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJgRv5Qv5ky3N3zC7YcuP9G9aPl3v-e1mXixybm7-ECsld14ArpyoFYWiZUrTE7hRPZmtpiNyFHfhk2Wne2hP6GtY4KPTmJe5zQKDZDhBGrHSUi72mpYbTPlmgXJ73N3Q0HEg0V1p1q3a5RiEcR-mH_P2wKuDt4ZEVMFu4IWD1DhNPx-d6FbjlmajzH8U" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1536" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJgRv5Qv5ky3N3zC7YcuP9G9aPl3v-e1mXixybm7-ECsld14ArpyoFYWiZUrTE7hRPZmtpiNyFHfhk2Wne2hP6GtY4KPTmJe5zQKDZDhBGrHSUi72mpYbTPlmgXJ73N3Q0HEg0V1p1q3a5RiEcR-mH_P2wKuDt4ZEVMFu4IWD1DhNPx-d6FbjlmajzH8U=w640-h470" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">On Wednesday, he raised those same concerns in a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Over the last three months, I have repeatedly urged Microsoft to remove Copilot Designer from public use until better safeguards could be put in place,” Jones wrote in the letter obtained by CNBC.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Again, they have failed to implement these changes and continue to market the product to ‘Anyone. Anywhere. Any Device.’”</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">=======================================================================</b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p>Gary Wm Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03949985397491287397noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6532065645251457643.post-83393146686725546142024-03-07T14:02:00.000-08:002024-03-07T14:02:59.572-08:00Approaching Sodom > JK Rowling reported to the police for calling a trans person a 'man'; Physician, Heal Thyself - Psychology itself has gone mad - Melanie Phillips<p> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"><b><i>I have to admit that I have never seen a single moment of any Harry Potter movie, nor have I read a single page from any book JK has written. But I love her dearly and count her among my heros as with anyone who stands boldly for the truth. And very few people are as bold.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="headline headline--single-fallback" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--black); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-display, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">JK Rowling reported to UK police for</span></h1><h1 class="headline headline--single-fallback" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--black); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-display, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: x-large;">‘misgendering’ trans broadcaster as a ‘man’</span></h1><div aria-label="Byline" class="article-header__meta" style="border: 0px; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="910" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghl0qmT77AEbrotpftmWaLeuBGV2WJX7gDj8AXF0RKi-phLcRawUhJIS7hXYg5YSMTI3tizdKbSgc-Os3NtwUmQxSnoCUsz73q0sq4ZzCKqsgf5i8ZNuuQpA6Tq2LbOLzL7YbeWc2ST3-mEYYyIWEhK4Tg1cWpWLVzwzotBY0QiPHhhyHG1FmRUFBUHTY=w640-h342" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The UK’s first transgender national news anchor has reported “Harry Potter” author <u>JK Rowling</u> to the police for “misgendering” her as a “man” on social media.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><u><b>India Willoughby</b></u>, 58, reported having “contacted Northumbria Constabulary” over a series of X posts Sunday by the outspoken author.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Rowling, also 58, called Willoughby <b><i>“just a man reveling in his misogynistic performance of what he thinks ‘woman’ means: narcissistic, shallow and exhibitionist.”</i></b></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcmqctoTuoB4Na66Esn5f32581OHIKNk_832qg5Uo3YwJuKIIHwMOt2pDIFXQrSvDMfrPy0ZaE0omc-0_GWMC8L9IJ80hQ19MdRwst9IuUPjU7NR5AGd_ut4kngmBGhS6EUaRoK2K6k5B5pss2O_VTcMII62iP0sNqFQD_vQ7H-7O3bSIse1NQhwVEj2o" style="background-color: #ead1dc; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="910" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcmqctoTuoB4Na66Esn5f32581OHIKNk_832qg5Uo3YwJuKIIHwMOt2pDIFXQrSvDMfrPy0ZaE0omc-0_GWMC8L9IJ80hQ19MdRwst9IuUPjU7NR5AGd_ut4kngmBGhS6EUaRoK2K6k5B5pss2O_VTcMII62iP0sNqFQD_vQ7H-7O3bSIse1NQhwVEj2o=w640-h466" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Rowling had “definitely committed a crime,” Willoughby alleged <a href="https://twitter.com/BylineTV/status/1765484416275472570?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">to Byline TV</a> Wednesday, claiming the best-selling author was guilty of a “cut-and-dry offense.”</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“I’m legally a woman, she knows I’m a woman, and she calls me a man.</b></i></p><p style="border: 0px; 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She’s tweeted that out to 14 million followers,”</i></b> Willoughby wrote.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Rowling hit back, saying that free speech was protected under British law — and suggesting that Willoughby’s “obsessive targeting” of her constituted defamation and harassment.</b></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #585858; contain-intrinsic-size: 734px 783px; content-visibility: auto; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="border: 0px; 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line-height: 1.17; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5rem 0px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Mike Marsland/WireImage</span></span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><i><b>“There is no possible charge. There is no such thing as a hate crime without there first being an actual crime.</b> </i>India is relying on the police not understanding this basic fact,” Harry Miller from WeAreFairCop, a group of “gender critical lawyers, police officers, writers & professionals,” <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/07/jk-rowling-reported-police-trans-india-willoughby/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">told the Telegraph</a>.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">“Misgendering may be rude but it’s not even in the foothills of being criminal.”</b></i></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter" style="border: 0px; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 762px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: static; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="X Post"></iframe></div></div></div></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The latest kerfuffle came after Rowling and Willoughby had been locked in a war of words for over a year.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Last January, Willoughby <a href="https://twitter.com/IndiaWilloughby/status/1617183552101048321?t=qgFTj7AwwiPi9tSKSyRsYQ&s=19" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">tweeted</a>, <i><b>“I’m more of a woman than JK Rowling will ever be.”</b></i> A screenshot of the post was shared by Rowling, who wrote <b><i>“citation needed.”</i></b></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">The author first sparked backlash amongst trans people in 2019 when she <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/12/18/j-k-rowling-is-woman-of-the-year-feminist-fired-for-trans-view/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">supported a tax specialist who was fired</a> for being anti-trans.</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">A year later, she <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/j-k-rowling-transgender-comments-profoundly-misunderstood/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">penned a lengthy essay</a> railing against “<i>current trans activism</i>,” which she claimed was “<i>pushing to erode the legal definition of sex and replace it with gender.”</i></b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Northumbria police did not return a request for comment from the British outlet.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">=======================================================================</b></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--wp--preset--color--gray-g); font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; 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font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Much has been written about the terrible and often irreversible damage done to children’s health by doctors, psychologists and other health professionals who subscribe to the cult of transgenderism.</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><b>While people who truly believe they were born into the wrong sexual body should always be treated with compassion, there is a vast amount of evidence that for many children ensnared by the transgender cult compassion has been replaced by reckless cruelty.</b> <b>Health professionals presented with children and young people suffering from a range of psychological disturbances, such as autism, depression, suicidal behaviour, eating disorders or confusion over their sexuality, are refusing to treat these as the psychological problems they undoubtedly are. Instead they are subjecting such children to medical or surgical procedures to alter their sexual functioning, often with catastrophic results. </b></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Now horrific evidence has emerged that health professionals have been well aware of the potential harms of the treatments they are meting out — sometimes to children or adults who are too young or mentally ill to understand the consequences. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">This has come to light from a tranche of </span><strong style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><a href="https://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/wpath-files" rel="" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-decoration-line: none;">leaked internal files</a></strong><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> from the <b>World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH),</b> which is considered the leading global authority on the treatment and care of people with “gender” issues. <b>The injuries described in these files include cancer, infertility, loss of sexual function, liver tumours and death. </b></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">They also show that <b>the ethical requirement to obtain informed consent is being violated</b>, with WPATH members admitting that <b>children and adolescents cannot comprehend the lifelong consequences of sex-trait modification interventions being administered to them — and in some cases, due to poor health literacy, neither can their parents.</b></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #ead1dc;">These revelations confirm that the transgender cult has involved systematic clinical malpractice on a shocking scale. The question they raise, of course, is how so many doctors, psychologists and other professionals tasked with treating mental illness can have gone so badly off the professional rails like this.</b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">The answer to that question is provided in a shocking and important film made by the </span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><a href="https://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/" rel="" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; text-decoration-line: none;"><b>New Culture Forum</b></a></span><span style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> and put up on YouTube last week. It’s presented by <b>Amy Gallagher, a mental health nurse and trained psychotherapist — who is also suing Britain’s most prestigious mental health clinic for bullying her when she objected to being taught an ideology which she believed had no place in a clinical setting.</b> </span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;">Psychology, she says, is no longer treating madness; it has itself gone mad.</span></b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: medium;">==========================================================================</span></b></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; 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