This Week's Global (Canada) Pervs and Paedos List > Grand Chief on Trial for Historic CSA; Hockey Canada; Canada Soccer

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Alleged victim testifies she was 13 when Ed John sexually assaulted her

Prominent Indigenous leader charged with sex crimes dating back to 1974

Kate Partridge · CBC News · 

Posted: Jul 25, 2022 9:07 PM PT

Ed John looks down. He is an Indigenous man with grey hair, wearing blue-coloured square glasses.

Grand Chief Ed John, shown here in a file photo, is charged with sex crimes that allegedly took place in 1974. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

The trial of prominent Indigenous leader and former B.C. cabinet minister Ed John began Monday in B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George with emotional testimony from the alleged victim in front of a small gallery of onlookers.

John, 73, is charged with four counts of having sexual intercourse with a female without consent, a charge that existed in the Criminal Code of Canada when the alleged offences took place in 1974. There have been a number of revisions to the code since then, and the charge no longer exists under the current code. 

The alleged victim testified Monday that the sexual assaults began when she was 13 years old and an employee of John, who was 25 at the time and a recent graduate of the University of Victoria. He was the director of the Doh Day De Claa Friendship Centre in Prince George and she was employed to help with youth programming. 

"He was a hero in my eyes," she said about John. 

She told the court she was aware he was a university graduate and believed he was either a lawyer already, or was heading to law school. 

The trial is taking place this week at the Prince George courthouse.

Defence lawyers claim the encounters were consensual and questioned the witness's timeline of events. They attempted to throw doubt on her recollections by pointing out inconsistencies in her description of John's hair at the time and past statements made to police.   

John sat in the courtroom Monday, wearing a plain black suit. 

The witness's story did not change throughout cross examination. She testified that John assaulted her twice in his office at the Doh Day De Claa Friendship Centre.

She alleges the other two offences occurred west of Prince George when John claimed to be driving her to a youth conference. She says they never made it to the conference. Instead, he assaulted her twice in remote spots along Highway 16. 

The first assault allegedly took place in the front seat of his Volkswagen Beetle. 

The second assault allegedly occurred on the grounds of the former Lejac Residential School, where both John and the witness were forced to attend, though they were not students there at the same time. 

The witness claimed she was afraid to resist his assaults because he was her boss and her only ride back to Prince George. 

"I did what he asked me to do ... If I said no, then what?" she said when defence lawyer Tony Paisana asked why she didn't fight back. "Would he have left me there for the bears?" 

The alleged victim testified that the offences all occurred over the spring and summer of 1974 in the area of Prince George. But John's lawyers suggest the encounters happened the following summer, when the alleged victim would have been 14.

John is the hereditary chief of the Tl'azt'en Nation and was appointed to the B.C. cabinet as minister for children and families from November 2000 to June 2001. He is a prominent Indigenous leader and lawyer who has advised the First Nations Summit and helped craft the Charlottetown Accord as well as the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP).

The trial will continue this week.

Hockey Canada made nine settlements totalling $7.6M

from reserve fund: CFO

By Rachel Gilmore  Global News

Posted July 27, 2022 9:13 am

 Updated July 28, 2022 7:29 pm

Hockey Canada has paid out nine settlements from its National Equity Fund, totalling $7.6 million since 1989, the organization’s chief financial officer said on Wednesday.

“Out of the National Equity Fund, nine settlement payments have been made totalling $7.6 million,” confirmed Brian Cairo, speaking at a heritage committee meeting on Wednesday.

He added that $6.8 million of that total was related to Graham James, a former Canadian junior ice hockey coach who plead guilty to two counts of sexual assault in 1997. Uninsured settled claims make up another $1.3 million of the payouts, $1 million of which resulted from four incidents from a single perpetrator.

The organization also used the fund to pay for third-party investigator Henein Hutchison LLP to look into a 2018 group sexual assault allegation, according to Cairo. That payment totalled $287,000.

The fund is generated in part by children’s registration fees.

Reports surfaced last week that Hockey Canada maintained a fund that drew on membership fees to pay for uninsured liabilities — including sexual abuse claims. Last Tuesday, Hockey Canada said it would no longer use this fund for sexual abuse claims.

In addition to the National Equity Fund, in the late 1990s, Cairo said Hockey Canada added a sexual abuse component to their liability insurance. Since that time, the insurance has covered the cost of another 12 sexual misconduct settlements to the tune of $1.3 million.

That means, in total, Hockey Canada has settled 21 cases and paid out $8.9 million to complainants.

There is much more on this story at Global News.

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Review says Canada Soccer mishandled sexual assault

allegations against coach

Bob Birarda awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to 3 counts of sexual assault

Neil Davidson · The Canadian Press · 

Posted: Jul 28, 2022 12:22 PM ET |

Former Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada U-20 women's soccer coach Bob Birarda is seen above in June after pleading guilty to sexual assault. An independent review completed Thursday showed that Canada Soccer mishandled initial allegations against Birarda. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

An independent review has concluded that Canada Soccer "mishandled" sexual harassment allegations in 2008 against then under-20 women's coach Bob Birarda, who is currently awaiting sentencing on sexual assault charges.

The 125-page report by McLaren Global Sport Solution, commissioned by Canada Soccer, paints a picture of a governing body "described by many as being dysfunctional and inefficient," with "significant leadership upheaval and transition at the highest levels" in 2007 and 2008.

It concludes a "complete lack of familiarity" with the harassment policy amongst Canada Soccer senior officials in 2008 and that "harassment was not a priority issue amongst the senior CSA (Canadian Soccer Association) leadership team" at the time.

It also says there was a lack of oversight over the women's under-20 team and that Canada Soccer did not follow its own harassment policy.

And it suggested that Canada Soccer just wanted the issue to go away at the time.

"The CSA press release that characterized Birarda's departure [in 2008] as being in the mutual interest of both parties without so much as addressing the harassment was a gross mischaracterization of the circumstances and failed the victims of the harassment, their teammates, and the organization as a whole," the report says.

"The leaders of Canada Soccer acknowledged to the IRT (independent review team) that mistakes were made in how the Birarda complaint process was managed and communicated including regrets that "we had taken a silent position on this," it added.

A 'silent position' is no position at all.

There is more on this story at CBC Sports.

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This Week's Catholic Pervs and Paedos List > Pope Apologizes to Residential School Survivors; Canada asks France for Extradition of Paedo Priest; Pope Denounces Evil of Sexual Abuse

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'I humbly beg forgiveness': Pope to Canada's

Survivors of Residential Schools

'I humbly beg forgiveness': Pope dons Indian feather headdress and apologizes for Church's role in Canada's residential schools where THOUSANDS of indigenous children were abused and died

Pope Francis issued an apology Monday for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's 'catastrophic' policy of Indigenous residential schools

 He said the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations

 'I am deeply sorry,' Francis said to school survivors and Indigenous community members gathered at a former residential school south of Edmonton, Alberta

He called the school policy a 'disastrous error' that was incompatible with the Gospel and said further investigation and healing is needed 

Ottawa has admitted that physical and sexual abuse was rampant at the schools, with students beaten for speaking their native languages. 

That legacy of that abuse and isolation from family has been cited by Indigenous leaders as a root cause of the epidemic rates of alcohol and drug addiction now on Canadian reservations.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLISHED: 00:09 EDT, 25 July 2022 | UPDATED: 17:26 EDT, 25 July 2022

Please go to The Daily Mail for the full story.

Canada asked France to extradite priest facing sexual assault charge

in Nunavut

Johannes Rivoire spent time in Nunavut in the 1960s and returned to France in 1993

Stephanie Taylor · The Canadian Press · 

Posted: Jul 28, 2022 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: July 29

Father Johannes Rivoire in Arviat in 1979. He has been accused of crimes against children in Nunavut.

(Library and Archives Canada)

Ottawa has asked France to extradite a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut, the federal justice minister confirmed Wednesday as Pope Francis continued his tour of Canada.

"Collaboration and co-operation are essential to addressing the shameful legacy of residential schools," Justice Minister David Lametti said in a written statement.

"We are working with Indigenous Peoples to advance the important work of reconciliation in Canada," he said, adding that "serious crimes [will] be fully investigated and prosecuted."

A spokesman for the Justice Department said the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) made the extradition request for Johannes Rivoire, but did not say when and provided no more details.

In an emailed statement on Friday, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Notre Dame du Cap Province and Lacombe Province, said it's "encouraged" that Canada has made the request for extradition. 

"Clergy sexual abuse is a tragedy, and we are deeply sorry to any survivors who have been harmed by Oblates or other Catholic priests," the statement reads.

"The Oblates proactively reached out to Minister of Justice and Attorney General, David Lametti, on March 22 expressing our availability to cooperate in a legal investigation and remain committed to doing so."

It also says the Oblates expressed their support for Inuit and to Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed, and that the group is "fully committed" to support survivors of abuse or the families of victims.

"We continue to advocate amongst peers and superiors in the church to ensure leadership in France and the Vatican understand the impact that Rivoire continues to have on Canada's Inuit Peoples," the statement reads.

"While we cannot undo the harms that persist following sexual abuse, we hope that these efforts can help the Inuit Peoples find the healing they have long sought."

Pope Francis is expected to travel to Nunavut this week as part of his visit to Canada.

Inuit leaders have called on the pontiff to personally intervene in the case of Rivoire, who was in Canada from the early 1960s until 1993, when he returned to France.

Former Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq holds up a photo of Father Johannes Rivoire in July 2021,

when she made public calls for the government to bring Rivoire to justice. (YouTube)

RCMP have said Rivoire is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant related to a new sexual assault charge laid in February.

The Nunavut RCMP has said officers received the complaint last year regarding sexual assaults alleged to have occurred about 47 years ago.

Rivoire has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time as a priest in Nunavut. A warrant was also issued for his arrest in 1998, but the charges were stayed in 2017. PPSC said then it was partly due to France's reluctance to extradite.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed and Pope Francis during the welcoming ceremony in Edmonton on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Adam Scotti/Prime Minister's Office)

In March, Obed, the ITK president, said he had asked the Pope during a meeting in the Vatican to speak with Rivoire directly and ask him to go to Canada to face the new charge. Obed said he also asked the Pope to request that France step in if Rivoire is not receptive.

On Wednesday, the French Embassy confirmed that Canada's judicial authorities had sent an extradition request for Rivoire to France.

The embassy said the French Justice Ministry is currently processing the request and has asked Canadian officials for more information. Lametti did not provided more details about the extradition request, but noted in his statement that it is unusual for him to comment even on whether one has been made.

"Extradition requests are regarded as confidential state-to-state communications, and as minister, I normally cannot comment on whether a particular extradition request has been made," Lametti said. "However, I am aware of the fact of an extradition request transmitted to France has been made public, which my departmental officials have now confirmed."

There is more on this story at CBC News.

Pope Francis denounces ‘evil’ of sexual abuse during service in Quebec City

By Brittany Hobson and Sidhartha Banerjee 

The Canadian Press

Posted July 28, 2022 3:12 pm

Updated July 28, 2022 5:17 pm

For the first time since the start of a Canadian tour highlighted by apologies for the Catholic Church’s role in Indigenous residential schools, Pope Francis on Thursday acknowledged sexual abuse inflicted on “minors and vulnerable people.”

Speaking at a prayer service at Quebec City’s Notre-Dame de Quebec Basilica-Cathedral, Francis said the church in Canada is on a new path after being devastated by “the evil perpetrated by some of its sons and daughters.”

“I think in particular of the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable people, crimes that require firm action and an irreversible commitment,” he said in an address delivered in his native Spanish.

Pope Francis presides over a Vespers service at the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre Dame de Quebec, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Quebec City, Quebec. Pope Francis is on a “penitential” six-day visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of the country’s residential schools, where Catholic missionaries contributed to the “cultural genocide” of generations of Indigenous children by trying to stamp out their languages, cultures and traditions. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Francis has apologized during both the Alberta and Quebec legs of his visit for the role Catholic institutions played in the Indigenous residential school system – and until Thursday he had not mentioned sexual abuse. However, he did not specifically say sexual abuse happened at residential schools.

He said the Christian community must never again allow itself to be “infected” by the idea that one culture is superior to another, reiterating his plea for forgiveness. “The pain and the shame we feel must become an occasion for conversion: never again!”

Francis received a long-standing ovation after his address from the invitation-only congregation, which included bishops, priests, deacons, seminarians and pastoral workers from across Canada.

There is much more on this story at Global News.

Approaching Sodom > Sex Shop owner to teach Sex-ed; WHO ignores Science and Common Sense; LA Schools completely off-track

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Sex shop owner to teach sexual 'pleasure' classes 

at her sex shop for kids as young as 9

By Samantha Kamman, 

Christian Post Reporter

A member of the Bellingham School Board in Washington state who's also the owner of a sex shop is offering sexual education classes to children and teens as part of a workshop series on a variety of topics, including gender and sexual identity and sexual anatomy for pleasure. 

The “Uncringe Academy”  workshop series is scheduled to take place at the Wink Wink Boutique, a sex toy shop in downtown Bellingham, in August for children ages 9 to 12 and 13- to 17-year-olds. Shop owner Jenn Mason is teaching the lessons, which are described as “sex education that's based in empowerment and information, rather than shame, fear, and judgment.”

Mason adds that the classes offer “honest, supportive, and inclusive sex education classes to help young people of all genders and sexual identities understand this important part of their life.” 

The workshops will divide children and teens by age. The topics covered during the two-day workshop range from “The science of puberty” to “Sexual anatomy for pleasure and reproduction.” 

Other topics listed include “Safer sex practices for all kinds of sexual activities” and “What IS sex? Kinds of solo and partnered sexual activities.” 

“We use an accepting, informing, and affirming framework,” the workshop’s event page reads. “Our focus is helping young people to feel comfortable around these topics so that they can advocate for their own bodies, health, and well-being.”

As KGMI reported, Mason has been a school board member since 2017. She claims that “it’s possible and important” to talk about sex with kids in “age-appropriate and healthy ways.”

The Bellingham School Board did not immediately respond to The Christian Post’s request for comment, but a spokesperson for Bellingham Schools said in a statement to KGMI that Mason’s sex shop and the classes she’s offering are not connected to the district or its schools. 

WHO Announces Plan to Mainstream Gender Ideology

By Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. | C-Fam

July 22, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22 (C-Fam) The Word Health Organization (WHO) announced it is updating its manual on “gender mainstreaming” claiming that “gender identity exists on a continuum and that sex is not limited to male or female.”

The manual was last updated in 2011, and the WHO is updating it in “light of new scientific evidence and conceptual progress on gender, health and development.”  The description of the new manual’s focus areas does not mention new scientific evidence, however, but rather illustrates the political shift that has taken place in the past decade, at least in elite circles.

The process of updating the manual, which will take place in partnership with the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, will include a period for comments and inputs from other stakeholders during this summer and fall.  Based on the description of the project, many of the most controversial elements are already included by design, including a focus on “intersectionality” between different identity categories with a focus on power dynamics, which has its roots in Marxist feminist scholarship.

Similarly, its focus on “going beyond binary approaches to gender and health to recognize gender and sexual diversity” does not appear to be open to discussion or critique.

This, of course, means that it is far from scientific! It is also antichristian - "Jesus answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' - Matthew 19:4.

To the extent that these matters are political rather than scientific or medical, they arise from political processes that are outside the democratic and consensus-based structure that produced the UN’s foundational documents through negotiation in the General Assembly and other bodies.  Rather, they originate in the work of activist groups and largely unaccountable human rights experts that often share close ties with these groups, all of which are funded by a minority of wealthy donor countries and billionaire philanthropists.

The WHO’s politicization on social issues has accelerated in recent years, as it released a radical update to its abortion guideline calling for the removal of all barriers—including conscientious objection—to accessing abortion for any reason.  Again, funding and support was provided by pro-abortion activist groups.

The WHO also updated its diagnostic manual to remove “transsexualism” from its chapter on mental health disorders and move “gender incongruity” into a new chapter on sexual health.  This came after intense pressure from transgender activists who wanted to avoid the stigma of being diagnosed with a disorder, but still wanted to be able to obtain a diagnosis in order to obtain “gender-affirming” treatments such as hormones and surgeries—and make their insurance or national health service pay the cost.

The UN has defined “gender” in negotiations in the past.  At the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the word was only accepted in the outcome document if defined according to its “ordinary, generally accepted usage.”  The hard-law 2000 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court states that “gender” refers to the two sexes, male and female, within the context of society.  Even the WHO’s soon-to-be-replaced 2011 manual defined gender as referring “to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men.”

Socially constructed? Seriously?

It may be useful for national governments and members of civil society to participate in the WHO’s call for inputs, even if only to lodge objections to a predetermined outcome.  Nevertheless, the WHO has once again signaled its willingness to follow not the science, nor the consensus of the governments that provide its mandate, but rather, the most radical positions of extreme gender activists.

LA school district encourages teachers to reject gender 'binary,'

embrace LGBT ideology

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter

IT Support Technician Michael Hakopian (R) distributes computer devices to students at Hollywood High School on August 13, 2020, in Hollywood, California. With over 734,000 enrolled students, the Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. | Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

One of the largest school districts in the United States has urged teachers to embrace LGBT ideology denouncing the gender "binary," according to a new report. 

Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the conservative think tank Manhattan Institute, shared documents he obtained from the Los Angeles Unified School District's Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity Department on Twitter Wednesday.

LAUSD is the largest school district in California, serving more than 500,000 students.

"Los Angeles Unified School District encourages kindergartners to experiment with non-binary pronouns, trains teachers to subvert 'mainstream white cis-heteropatriarchy society,' and promotes sexual identities such as 'trans,' 'pansexual,' 'two-spirit,' and 'genderqueer,'" Rufo tweeted. 

The outspoken critic of critical race theory and LGBT ideology being incorporated into public schools provided screenshots of a "treasure trove of documents from the district's Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity department, which has created an entire infrastructure to translate the basic tenets of academic Queer Theory into K-12 pedagogy."

"The programming includes a wide range of conferences, presentations, curricula, teacher-training programs, adult-driven 'gender and sexuality' clubs, and school-sponsored protests," Rufo wrote in an article for City Journal. 

The Christian Post reached out to LAUSD for comment. A response is pending. 

Among the documents Rufo shared online are LAUSD's "Queer and Trans-Affirming School Calendar" titled "Queer All School Year." 

One PowerPoint presentation focused on "Queering Culture & Race." The PowerPoint has been removed from the LAUSD's Human Relations, Diversity, and Equity Department's website.

A slide from an October 2021 professional development workshop discussing "breaking the binary in education" asserted that "our language is binary due to the society around us." The stated purpose of the workshop was to provide a "start for educators to look at how they can shift their thinking, language, and approach to LGBTQ+ topics in the classroom." The workshop was presented by a fifth grade magnet school teacher whose pronouns are "they/them."

Other workshops at the same conference featured a panel discussion with queer seventh-grade students to "produce counter narratives against the master narrative of mainstream white cis-heteropatriarchy society that seeks to erase and oppress our lived experiences." They included a list of resources for trans-identified students, including "trans-affirming clothing."

Another workshop advised teachers to use "non-gendered expressions" and abandon the use of the phrases "boys and girls," "ladies and gentlemen" and "guys."

A school district policy issued in 2019 proclaimed, "Students shall be addressed by the name and pronoun that corresponds to their gender identity asserted at school without obtaining a court order, changing their pupil records or obtaining parent/legal guardian permission."

The document clarified that "if school personnel are unsure how a student wants to be addressed in communications to home or in conferences with parents/legal guardians/educational rights holders, they may privately ask the student how they want to be referred to when communicating with parents/legal guardians." 

A chart obtained by Rufo listed the "privileged social groups" within individual "social identity categories," along with the "border social groups" and the "disadvantaged social groups."

The chart identified "white people," Anglo-Saxons, citizens, males, gender-conforming men and women, heterosexuals, rich people, the able-bodied and mainstream Christians as privileged social groups. The document classified "People of Color," females, trans-identified people, LGBT individuals and non-Christians as "disadvantaged social groups."

Rufo cited the chart as an example of the narrative that "white, cisgender, heterosexual men have built a repressive social structure, divided the world into the false binary of man and woman, and used this myth to oppress racial and sexual minorities."

As of Sunday, all but one of the links on the Office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity's "Advisory Lessons" webpage redirect to a page informing visitors that "this page has moved." The only document remaining is a PowerPoint presentation outlining "10 Ways to Talk About Sensitive Issues in the News." Two of the PowerPoint documents removed from the website include "Critical Race Theory, Racism and K-12 Education" and "Say Gay: Protect LGBTQ+ Futures."

The department has a separate webpage devoted to lessons on "Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression."

While most of the documents have been removed, a presentation on the meaning of the term "2 Spirit" remains. A lengthy glossary of LGBT terminology defined the phrase as an "umbrella term traditionally within Native American communities to recognize individuals who possess qualities or fulfill roles of both feminine and masculine genders." 

The PowerPoint contended that "European colonizers" imposed a "binary, European understanding of gender" on Western civilization. Additionally, it stated that "colonizers imposed homophobia, gender binaries and misogyny among other abuses towards the Indigenous nations" when they first arrived in what is now the U.S.

Another presentation available on the website discussed "names and pronouns" and included advisories to "ask [people] for their pronouns when meeting someone new, correct people when they use the wrong pronouns, use the name and pronouns they ask you to use and apologize and correct yourself if you get it wrong."

An LAUSD spokesperson told The Washington Examiner that the district "supports and respects the diversity of our students and families, which includes providing safe and affirming learning environments."

Rufo's reporting comes three years after 43.9% of students in the district met or exceeded standards in the 2019 Smarter Balanced assessments' state English testing, which constitutes part of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress.

That same year, 33.47% of students in the district met or exceeded the standards in the state math testing.

When compared to all the school districts in the state, LAUSD scored in the bottom 50% in both categories. SchoolDigger ranked the district 1,029th out of 1,496 school districts in California.

LAUSD is not the only major U.S. school district to embrace LGBT ideology amid mediocre student performance on state assessments.

Rufo previously shared footage of professional development training teachers in the School District of Philadelphia were encouraged to attend. The training consisted of sexually explicit workshops, including one where the speaker informed attendees that "I have tried and touched many d---s" and showcased prosthetic penises.

The most recent data from the school district reveals that 22% of Philadelphia public school students received a proficient or advanced score on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment math test. Additionally, 33% of third-graders scored proficient or advanced on the PSSA ELA test, and 36% of students in grades four through eight received scores of proficient or higher on the same test.

SchoolDigger ranked the School District of Philadelphia 473rd out of 579 school districts in Pennsylvania.

A poll commissioned by the American Federation of Teachers showed most Americans are "dissatisfied" with how schools teach students about issues related to sexual orientation, gender identity and race.

The survey indicated that 58% of respondents living in battleground states were "dissatisfied" with "the way students are taught about issues related to sexual preference and gender identity," while just 23% were "satisfied."

At the same time, 60% of those surveyed described themselves as "dissatisfied" with "the way students are taught about racial issues and the role of race in America," while 27% were "satisfied."

Two of America's biggest school districts have completely lost sight of their real objectives. I wonder how many more are so far off-track.

This Week's Global (UK) Pervs and Paedos List > Huddersfield Horror Story; Paedo Farmer gets 5 years and £50,000; Paedo Driving Instructor; 14 y/o Suspected of Rape

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Mum & lover who laughed as they filmed themselves torturing

her son to death with wood, cable & needle GUILTY of murder

Jon Rogers

13:31, 22 Jul 2022  Updated: 17:56, 22 Jul 2022

A MUM and her lover have been found guilty of murdering her 15-year-old son who died after a campaign of torture.

Sebastian Kalinowski died of an infection caused by "untreated complications of multiple rib fractures", after weeks of "cruel assaults and abuse" by his mum Agnieszka Kalinowska, 35, and her partner.

Mum Agnieszk Kalinowska, pictured, and her boyfriend had denied murder during their trial. Credit: MEN Media

A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard that Sebastian was beaten with a bed slat, whipped with an extension cable and stabbed with a needle by his mother and long-term partner Andrzej Latoszewski, 38.

Andrzej Latoszewski admitted manslaughter on the second day of the trial

After the couple were arrested in connection with Sebastian's death, police seized CCTV cameras from their house in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, which prosecutors said had been installed partly to "monitor and exert control over Sebastian remotely".

Andrzej Latoszewski and Agnieszka Kalinowska are likely to be sentenced in October, at the earliest. 

Kalinowska and Latoszewski denied murdering Sebastian but were found guilty at Leeds Crown Court on Friday.

Latoszewski admitted manslaughter on the second day of the trial, while both defendants pleaded guilty to child cruelty a day later.

The judge, Mrs Justice Lambert, said the pair will not be sentenced until October at the earliest.

The court previously heard that the 15-year-old had been in the UK for less than a year after moving from Poland to live with his mother and her boyfriend.

There is no mention of drugs in this story, although the two photos of Agnieszka seem to show a 'before and after' effect. Once an attractive woman, was it drugs that turned her ugly, stupid, and evil? Was it Andrzej? Did he have a criminal record in Poland? Was she always cruel? I wish there was more investigation into the cause of this horror story.

SNP's soft-touch justice criticised after paedophile

pockets £50,000 government subsidy

The payment to the sexual offender sparked outrage from MSPs who demanded the Scottish Government change the laws to prevent the payments being issued to offenders

scottishdailyexpress

A peadophile pocketed £50,000 in farming subsidies despite being jailed for sexually abusing three children, sparking fury from MSPs calling for a law change.

Douglas Brown received the payout despite a sheriff imposing the highest possible sentence for his “persistent and prolonged” crimes.

Last November, Brown was put behind bars but received the subsidy cash the following month for land he farms near Newton Stewart in Wigtownshire.

The payment to Brown sparked fury from MSPs, who called on the Scottish Government to change laws to prevent the payments from being issued to violent or sexual offenders in jail.

Labour MSP Colin Smyth, told the Daily Record: “This harrowing case exposes a worrying loophole. It is absurd that farmers are often penalised for a minor breach of the rules but not someone guilty of serious and violent crimes.”

Smyth added: “The SNP government now have full control of the rules over agricultural payments and can bring forward proposals for changes at any time. They need to urgently look at this issue and consider how we can halt and recover payments under extreme circumstances like this.”

The Record reports Brown, of Palgowan Farm in Newton Stewart, was caged for five years over a catalogue of sexual abuse offences.

He was charged with indecent practices towards a girl who was seven when the abuse started. A court heard how he took off her clothes, touched her intimately and made her commit a sex act on him.

Brown abused a second girl, also aged seven, at the start of the offences, had sex with a woman in her presence and caused the girl to look at pornographic material.

A third girl, aged five at the start of the abuse, was a victim between 2003 and 2010. Brown got into bed and sexually abused her.

The farmer was also accused of striking the same girl with his hand, seizing her by the throat, pinning her against a wall and uttering threats of violence towards her.

The jury unanimously found him guilty of three charges and guilty by a majority verdict on another charge.

And for all this, he got a miserable sentence of 5 years and £50,000? Seems like a profitable sport!

However, despite being jailed for his crimes, the sex offender has benefited from farming payments as a sole trader.

Under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), applications can be made annually in May, with the cash handed out from December. According to the Scottish Government figures, Brown’s business received payments of £49,772 in 2021.

The BPS acts as a safety net for farmers and crofters to supplement their main business income.

A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “Applications for the Basic Payment Scheme are made annually in May. Payments are made to individual businesses between the following December and June, as long as they meet the requirements of the scheme.

“We are considering whether future changes to legislation could introduce provisions to withhold payments to those who may not be fit and proper persons.”

Edinburgh driving instructor sexually assaulted

two vulnerable teenagers during lessons

Alexander Lawrie

11:36, 24 Jul 2022Updated: 13:24, 24 Jul 2022

AN EDINBURGH driving instructor sexually assaulted two young women while giving them lessons.

Findlay Munro targeted the vulnerable teenage learners after he had been hired him to teach them to drive in the capital’s city centre.

Findlay Munro targeted vulnerable teenage learners

He was a driving instructor around Edinburgh city centre.

Credit: Alexander Lawrie

Munro, 62, preyed on one woman by touching her on the hand, leg and bottom while he also rubbed the thigh of a second pupil on various occasions between December 2020 and August last year.

Munro, who had been an instructor for 11 years, was also found to have made vile sexual comments to two further victims while they were alone in his car after booking the lessons through Red Driving School.

The pervert, from the capital’s Barberton area, was eventually caught out when a 17-year-old broke down and told her mother what had happened to her and the police were contacted.

The disgusted mum also contacted the driving school and Munro was immediately sacked after being arrested last year.

Munro pled guilty to two sexual assaults and two charges of making inappropriate comments during a hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this year and sentence had been deferred for reports.

But when the disgraced instructor appeared back in the dock for sentencing last week, Sheriff Adrian Fraser heard Munro had “denied the offences” when speaking to social workers.

Defence agent Steven Donald said there had been “difficulty on his part accepting his behaviour was criminal” but he was now accepting his guilt.

The sheriff said he would have to defer sentence for a second time for the preparation of a supplementary report and for social workers to be provided with a full copy of the Crown narration.

Boy, 14, arrested on suspicion of rape after schoolgirl attacked in woodland

Britta Zeltmann

12:14, 24 Jul 2022  Updated: 12:20, 24 Jul 2022

The Scottish Sun

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a schoolgirl was attacked in woodlands.

Cops rushed to the scene in Warwick on Saturday night after reports the teen girl had been sexually assaulted.

A boy, 14, has been arrested on suspicion of rape

It's been alleged the attack took place at around 9.30pm in woodland near Ophelia Drive.

A boy, 14, has now been arrested on suspicion of rape.

A Warwickshire Police spokesperson said: "Enquiries are ongoing and detectives have urged anyone with any information to contact them as soon as possible."

Anyone with information can call 101 quoting incident 427 of 23 July 2022.

Alternatively, information can be provided anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A Call to Prayer - July 22, 2022

 

Link 1: California parents plead guilty to shackling, torturing their children

Link 2: Turpin siblings file lawsuit alleging 'severe abuse' in foster care after 2018 rescue

Link 3: Child prostitution, witchcraft, madness behind Turpin's horrid story

This Week's USA Pervs and Pedos List > 10y/o Ohio Abortion Girl was Raped; Alien Rapist of 10 y/o Girl Charged; When a Horror Story just gets Worse - The Turpins

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Ohio girl, 10, mentioned by Biden WAS forced to cross state lines

for an abortion in Indiana

Man, 27, is charged with rape a day after Ohio Attorney General said 'not a whisper' was heard about her sexual assault

Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with rape of a minor

He's accused of raping a 10-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana to get an abortion hours after Supreme Court 's decision to overturn Roe v Wade

Fuentes was arraigned Wednesday, days after some conservatives raised questions about whether the case was real

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, 65, told Fox News on July 11 that a police report was never filed — five days after the girl identified Fuentes to authorities and weeks after a child services report was generated  

He appeared in court on Wednesday and was given a $2 million bond

Fuentes, who is believed to be undocumented, was given a higher bond for possibly being a flight risk and for the safety of children involved

By ANDREA CAVALLIER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 14:29 EDT, 13 July 2022 | UPDATED: 15:41 EDT, 13 July 2022

It sounds awfully suspicious to me. But then, to Liberals, or Democrats, the end justifies the means. To me, it's just another form of abuse upon a very vulnerable child.

Please read the full story at the Daily Mail.

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Illegal immigrant, 27, is indicted for raping 10-y/o girl who was forced to travel across state lines from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion

Twenty-seven-year-old Gerson Fuentes is charged with two felony counts of rape in an indictment filed Thursday in county court in Columbus

Fuentes, of Guatemala, was arraigned last week and bail was set at $2 million. His next hearing is scheduled for Monday. He's being held in Franklin County Jail

The case drew national attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child had to go to Indiana because Ohio banned abortions at the first detectable heartbeat

Initial court records didn't specify whether or how the suspect knew the girl, and authorities haven't provided comment or additional details

By ASSOCIATED PRESS and ANDREA BLANCO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 14:24 EDT, 21 July 2022 | UPDATED: 16:59 EDT, 21 July 2022

More on this story is available at the Daily Mail

Turpin siblings file lawsuit alleging 'severe abuse' in foster care

after 2018 rescue

By Olivia Rubin, Christina Ng, Josh Margolin, and Steve Osunsami

July 20, 2022, 5:15 PM

Six of the 13 Turpin siblings, who were rescued in 2018 from their parents' home, have now filed a lawsuit alleging they suffered "severe abuse and neglect" in foster care after their rescue.

Six of the 13 Turpin siblings who were rescued in 2018 from a life of captivity in their parents' Perris, California, home have filed a lawsuit against Riverside County and the private foster care agency tasked with protecting them, alleging they suffered "severe abuse and neglect" for years in foster care after their rescue.

The younger Turpin siblings say they were the victims of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse by a foster family they were placed with after they were rescued by law enforcement in 2018, according to two lawsuits filed electronically overnight in a California court by the six youngest Turpin siblings. In their legal complaints, the children also allege that the officials charged with overseeing their care "failed to report" the "severe" abuse and neglect when warned of it.

"These children who were chained to their beds for a great majority of their life finally are free, and then the county places them with ChildNet and puts them in another position where they are further abused," Elan Zektser, the attorney representing the two oldest Turpin siblings who are suing and who have since aged out of foster care, said in an interview with ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday.

Officials kept the siblings in the foster home for three years despite the siblings having alerted them to the abuse, according to the complaint. The foster family -- who the siblings say subjected them to "severe" abuse that included "hitting them in the face with sandals, pulling their hair, hitting them with a belt, and striking their heads" -- has since been arrested and charged with multiple accounts of abuse and neglect, to which they have pleaded not guilty.

"Our hearts go out to the Turpin siblings," a spokesperson for the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services said when contacted by ABC News. "Any instance when a child is harmed is heartbreaking. We continue to evaluate our practices with a critical eye and are committed to understanding and addressing the root cause."

In response to the suit, the spokesperson said, "Once Riverside County receives a lawsuit, it is thoroughly reviewed to determine next steps. The county does not comment on pending legal matters or specific juvenile cases due to confidentiality laws."

A ChildNet spokesperson said in a statement, "At this time, our organization is not at liberty to disclose facts or discuss the allegations made in the complaint. We look forward to providing the facts at the appropriate time in court. Our agency has been serving California's most vulnerable, traumatized youth for over 50 years. We have a strong track record of providing excellent care and continue to demonstrate our commitment to these children."

Jordan Turpin is seen here during an exclusive interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer.

ABC News

In November 2021, a ChildNet spokesperson would not answer ABC News' questions about the Turpin case because of confidentiality laws, saying only, "We take our work very seriously, including the extensive vetting of parents."

The suit comes less than two weeks after an outside investigation into the care of the 13 Turpin siblings found that the siblings had been "failed" by the social services system that was supposed to care for them and help transition them into society.

That eight-month probe was commissioned in response to an investigation by ABC News as part of the Diane Sawyer 20/20 special, "Escape From A House of Horror," that aired last November, in which two of the Turpin siblings spoke out for the first time about the challenges and hardships they have faced in the years since sheriff's deputies rescued them from a life of home imprisonment and abuse at the hands of their parents.

"It's easy to be angry at the abusers themselves ... but really when you have institutions or companies that allow abuse to go on and turn their eyes or their head and pretend like it's not happening, that's where we as a community should be upset," Zektser said.

According to the complaints filed electronically overnight, Riverside County and its contractor ChildNet knew that the foster family the Turpin siblings were placed with was "unfit to be foster parents because they had a prior history of abusing and neglecting children who had been placed in their care."

When the county and ChildNet were made aware that the Turpin siblings were suffering additional abuse at the hands of the foster family, according to the complaint, it was not reported to law enforcement or child protective services. Instead, ChildNet and the county "actively withheld this information from the authorities," the complaint alleges.

Other abuse the siblings say they suffered in the foster home included being forced eat excessively and then being forced to eat "their own vomit," as well as being forced to eat "excessive amounts of food, which led to eating disorders." Some of the siblings accuse their former foster father of "grabbing and fondling" them and "kissing them on the mouth."

"This was a home that ChildNet was representing was a safe place to put children. And it simply wasn't at all," said Roger Booth, the attorney representing the four youngest siblings.

"The county has oversight over ChildNet. In fact they are required to check in with these children that the county placed with ChildNet," Zektser added.

These undated photos provided by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department

show David Allen Turpin, left, and Louise Anna Turpin.

Riverside County Sheriff's Department via AP, FILE

"This case is one where the entire world was watching," Booth said. "And yet, even in that situation, the county and ChildNet dropped the ball, which tells you, I think pretty clearly, what must be happening, and what we've seen happen in other cases with kids who aren't famous, who are -- whose cases are not high-profile, who nobody knows about."

This was one of the horrors that bothers me. How many kids are out there in foster care who are being abused by their carers or someone else and those responsible just don't want to see the truth. There should be regular documentation by ChildNet and other such agencies that confirm that foster children are not being sexually abused. How difficult can that be?

The Turpin siblings were rescued from their parents' home in January 2018 after Jordan Turpin, then 17, executed a daring escape in the middle of the night and called 911. Authorities subsequently discovered that their parents had subjected them to brutal violence and deprived them of food, sleep, hygiene, education, and health care.

David and Louise Turpin pleaded guilty to 14 felony counts in 2019 and were sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Today, four of the 13 siblings are still in foster care, and Booth said they are now together and safe in a new home.

"They seem to be on the road to recovery," Booth said.

Zektser said the Turpin siblings have been clear about why they feel the lawsuit is necessary to them.

"They have highlighted that the most important thing to them is that this doesn't happen to other kids," he said. "I can't even tell you how many times our clients have told us, 'We just don't want this to happen to someone else.'"

Perverted Lives of the Rich and Famous > Victim Testifies in Virtanen Rape Case; Disgraceful Activity of Senior CAF Officers continues; Celtic Boys Club founder to Trial; McMahon steps down from WWE

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Woman testifies she felt ‘very violated’ after alleged sex assault

by former Canuck Jake Virtanen

VIKKI HOPES

Jul. 18, 2022 4:21 p.m.

The Abbotsford News

 

A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by former Vancouver Canuck Jake Virtanen in 2017 testified Monday (July 18) that she told him multiple times she didn’t want to have sex with him, but he forced himself on her.

The woman, whose name is protected by a publication ban, was testifying on the first day of Virtanen’s jury trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.

Virtanen, 25, of Abbotsford was charged in January of this year with one count of sexual assault in relation to the alleged incident on Sept. 26, 2017.

The complainant told the court that she and Virtanen met at a bar during the Calgary Stampede in July 2017, when she was 18.

She said the two continued to message back and forth – “getting to know each other” – and they agreed to meet up when she came to Vancouver in September 2017 to visit friends and family.

The woman said Virtanen wanted to get together with her on the evening she arrived, but she thought it was too late and suggested they meet in the daytime.

“I was worried that if it was late at night, I might be put into a sexual situation,” she told the court.

She said Virtanen insisted they get together, and she agreed he could pick her up. She thought they would go for a drive or a walk, she said.

Instead, the woman said Virtanen drove her to the Westin Bayshore hotel, where he was staying at the time.

“I felt sick and I had kind of this sinking feeling in my stomach because it was the exact situation I didn’t want to be in,” she said.

But the woman said she felt she would be able to get out of any situation that she didn’t want to be in, and she followed Virtanen up to his room.

Once there, she went out on the balcony to take in the view. She said Virtanen came up to her, hugged her from behind and ran his hands down her body.

“I pushed his hands down, and turned away and walked into the room away from him,” she said.

The woman said the two of them then sat on the bed and watched Netflix for a bit. She said when Virtanen kissed her, she initially kissed back but on his follow-up attempts, she said she would pull away, “trying to de-escalate things.”

She said Virtanen then tried to pull off her shirt.

“I put my hands over his shirt, and that that was the first time I told him I didn’t want to have sex with him.”

The woman said Virtanen agreed that they didn’t have to go further, but then, over the course of several minutes, he took off her shirt, unhooked her bra and pulled off her pants.

She said, between each of these actions, she told him she didn’t want to have sex and he continued to reassure her that they wouldn’t.

The complainant said she believed and trusted him and it seemed that he “genuinely looked like he was absorbing it and that it wasn’t going to happen.”

The woman said Virtanen then moved on top of her, and she tried to push him back with her hands but he was “very forceful.”

At that point, she said she realized “that I probably wasn’t getting out of it.”

“I was saying, “No! No! I said no!’ I just kept saying no and that I didn’t want to,” she said in tears. “I basically just stared at the ceiling until it was done.”

The complainant said she then went to the bathroom and cried. She said she stayed the night with Virtanen because she didn’t know what else to do.

“I didn’t know where I was. I was 18. I’m from a small town. I didn’t even think cabs were operating (at that time of night). I’ve been to Vancouver a handful of times … I viewed him as my only ride home,” she said.

She said, the next morning, Virtanen gave her money to take a cab back to her friend’s place, where she was staying.

She said she felt “very violated and gross and confused, distraught” about the previous night.

The woman said she didn’t come forward until four years later, when she posted her story anonymously – and did not name Virtanen – on a social media group for survivors of sexual assault in April 2021.

She said she waited that long because it took time for her to process what had happened.

“I was confused. I knew what he did wasn’t OK … but all these years I went back and forth with whether there is more I could have done.”

The woman said posting on the social media group gave her the reassurance she needed, and she felt comfortable being able to post anonymously.

She was soon referred to a reporter to share her story (also anonymously) and then approached police and later a lawyer, resulting in a civil case being filed, which was followed by criminal charges.

“Coming forward, money was the last thing on my mind … I just wanted my story out there. I wanted him to be held accountable. I wanted him to be charged,” she said.

The complainant said that coming forward lifted a weight off her shoulders: “It made me realize that it’s not my fault and what he did genuinely wasn’t OK.”

The woman takes the stand again Tuesday (July 19), including for cross exam by Virtanen’s lawyer.

The trial is scheduled to last seven days.

Military police charge senior CAF officer following misconduct probe

By Aya Al-Hakim  Global News

Posted July 20, 2022 3:00 pm

The military police have charged a senior military officer in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in relation to a sexual misconduct investigation.

A statement Wednesday from the office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal stated that Lt.-Gen. Steven Whelan has been charged with “two counts of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline.”

The matter relates to an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate, the office said.

According to the statement, the military police investigation did not find any evidence that would support laying a criminal charge against Whelan.

“This matter will now proceed through the military justice system and no further information can be released at this time,” the office stated.

Whelan had served as the military’s head of personnel before being placed on leave in October 2021 after facing a sexual misconduct investigation.

He was appointed chief of military personnel in May 2021, taking over from Vice-Adm. Haydn Edmundson, who himself went on leave after military police launched an investigation into an allegation that he sexually assaulted a subordinate officer.

Over the past year, an ongoing investigation and series of exclusive reports from Global News have sparked a national reckoning over allegations of sexual misconduct against senior leaders in the military.

Those allegations also sparked what experts described as an existential “crisis” for the military as it came under intense public and political scrutiny.

It appears that the recruitment of women into the military has dropped off considerably with all the publicity of senior officers taking advantage of junior staff.

Celtic Boys Club founder Jim Torbett to stand trial

accused of sexually abusing boy, 13, in Glasgow toy shop

Connor Gordon

11:13, 22 Jul 2022

The Scottish Sun

THE Celtic Boys Club founder will stand trial accused of historic sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy.

Jim Torbett, 75, allegedly committed the attacks between June 1967 and December 1968.

Jim Torbett faces trial at the High Court in Glasgow. 

The abuse is claimed to have been carried on until the boy was 14.

Torbett is charged with indecently assaulting him at a toyshop in Glasgow’s Maryhill. It is claimed that Torbett exposed himself and performed a sex act.

Torbett allegedly seized the boy by his neck and repeatedly attempted to make him perform a sex act on him.

A second indecent assault charge alleges Torbett touched his thigh and groped him while in a motor vehicle in the city’s Drumchapel.

The charge goes on to claim Torbett then exposed himself and performed a sex act.

Torbett also faces separate charges of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards the boy.

The final charge claims that Torbett touched him on the body while he was asleep at a flat in the city’s Sighthill.

Torbett is alleged to have positioned the boy’s leg over his and kissed him on the mouth after he woke up. It is claimed Torbett repeatedly groped the boy before performing a sex act on himself.

WWE CEO Vince McMahon retires amid allegations

he raped a female referee

and paid other female employees hush money after affairs -

but insists he's stepping down because he's 'approaching 77'

McMahon announced today he was retiring from the industry he built 

He claimed it was due to him approaching '77' and made no mention of the allegations

In June, the WWE board launched an investigation into claims he paid a former aide $3million in hush money to keep an affair quiet 

McMahon had hired the woman as a paralegal and doubled her salary from $100,000 to $200,00 when their romance ceased 

A 1992 allegation that he raped a female referee in a limousine then resurfaced 

McMahon has earned a reported $9billion from the WWE since 2009 

He is married to former Trump adviser Linda McMahon  

By JENNIFER SMITH, CHIEF REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

PUBLISHED: 16:35 EDT, 22 July 2022 | UPDATED: 17:02 EDT, 22 July 2022

There is much more to this story at The Daily Mail.

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