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Federal investigators explored charging Hunter Biden

for sex trafficking crimes 

By Victor Nava, NYPost

Published Sep. 29, 2023, 8:11 p.m. ET

 

Federal investigators raised the possibility of charging first son Hunter Biden for crimes related to sex trafficking, according to IRS whistleblower documents made public this week.

Justice Department Tax Division prosecutor Jack Morgan outlined nine instances in which President Biden’s 53-year-old son appeared to be communicating with prostitutes and coordinating their travel across state lines, in an October 2020 email to Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf released by the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. 

“Lesley: Attached are some, but not all, of the relevant documents related to SM and solicitation,” Morgan writes in the missive, referring to Hunter Biden as “SM.” 

“I summarize the contents below. The highlighted records are those that are most probative for Mann act purposes,” he adds. 

Morgan’s email highlights two cases where “likely” escorts traveled from Los Angeles and New York to meet with Hunter in Boston. 

Federal investigators seem to have considered charging Hunter Biden for Mann Act violations.

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In a third highlighted case, Morgan flagged a communication between Hunter and a woman who “self identifies as a “hooker’” that indicates the woman might have traveled from New Jersey to New York to see him. 

Two communications appear to have been discovered by Morgan that show Hunter messaging sex traffickers as well, denoted as “Trafficker #1” and “Trafficker #2,” in his email to Wolf. 

Morgan was unable to determine if several other women Hunter communicated with were escorts, but the correspondence appear to have been suspicious enough for the prosecutor to pass along to Wolf. 

In one case, Morgan wrote, “Text chain suggests that she traveled to Delaware and that SM paid money to her. In other texts, however, she states, ‘I’m not some hooker or escort.’”

The email was provided to the House Ways and Means Committee by IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler, who alleged a coverup in the government’s 5-year-long probe into the president’s son. 

In June 1 congressional testimony, Ziegler noted that a number of women are believed to have crossed state lines for paid sex with Hunter — possibly violating the Mann Act’s prohibition on interstate prostitution.

“There were some flying people across state lines, paying for their travel, paying for their hotels. They were what we call Mann Act violations,” Ziegler said.

“I know that they were compiling them together,” he added. “I don’t know what they ended up doing with them. I know there was an effort at some point to compile them, but I don’t know what ultimately happened with them.”

Violations of the Mann Act carry criminal penalties. In a recent high-profile case, it was used to prosecute billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex-trafficking underage victims.

Earlier this month, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wrote to the Justice Department demanding that the alleged list of Hunter’s prostitutes be provided to Congress – arguing that they could be “victims who were sexually exploited” by Hunter and in need of federal support.

Hunter was indicted earlier this month in Delaware by special counsel David Weiss on three counts related to lying about being addicted to crack cocaine when he bought a gun nearly five years ago.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

It is unknown if Weiss is considering charging the first son for crimes related to Mann Act violations.

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Second UK police probe opened against Russell Brand

over sexual misconduct allegations: report

By David Propper, NYPost

Published Oct. 1, 2023, 8:33 p.m. ET

A second UK police probe has been launched into scandal-scarred actor Russell Brand over allegations of sexual misconduct, according to a report.

Thames Valley Police confirmed Saturday it was investigating claims made by a woman who met Brand in 2015, the Daily Mail reported.

The woman accused Brand of being a “sexual predator,” the outlet said, citing police logs.

The authorities in Thames Valley have become the second police department to open an investigation into the 48-year-old health and wellness guru since a bombshell report earlier this month included accusations from a number of women who said Brand sexually assaulted them.

Brand has vigorously denied all wrongdoing.

The latest probe seeks to find out more about “harassment and stalking allegations” leveled by the woman, Thames Valley Police told the Daily Mail.

Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set.

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The alleged victim reached out to the police department “with new information in relation to the accusations,” the department said after investigators previously looked into her claims and dismissed them, the outlet reported.

“This information is being investigated, as such it would be inappropriate to comment on an ongoing investigation,” police reportedly said.

The woman lived near Brand and got to know him in 2015 before the pair accused each other of harassment, the Daily Mail reported.

Scotland Yard, which houses the Metropolitan Police, said last week that it had started an investigation tied to allegations made against Brand in London, as well as the rest of the UK.

“Following an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times, the Met has received a number of allegations of sexual offenses in London,” the police force said in a statement to The Post.

“We have also received a number of allegations of sexual offenses committed elsewhere in the country and will investigate these.”

The report from Channel 4’s Dispatches and the Sunday Times detailed a series of sexual misconduct allegations against Brand by four women from 2006 to 2013.

Brand previously stressed in a video he “absolutely” refutes “some very serious allegations.”

“The relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual,” the comedian claimed.

Progress, of Sorts, in Child Sex Abuse in Ireland and the UK (3 Stories)

Derbyshire police running 10 major

child sex abuse probes

By Isaac Crowson
  

One of the probes is into former mental hospital Aston Hall

Police are now dealing with 10 major probes into claims of historical child sex abuse at institutions in Derbyshire.

The allegations centre on children's homes, a hospital and even sports clubs.

Officers had already confirmed they were looking at claims of abuse at the former Aston Hall mental hospital, near Derby, and the ex-children's homes Elmhurst in Littleover and Overseal Manor in South Derbyshire.

In total, seven relate to children's homes. There is probe into an eighth institution that is not a children's home. In addition, there are two more inquiries which are “sport-related", at least one of which is believed to involve a sports club, according to a report put before police bosses.

Read also: 9 Arrests of CSA Ring, 5 More Stories from Today's Derbyshire P&P List

The Derby Telegraph can reveal that the force's Public Protection Major Investigation Team is carrying out the investigations.

One hundred and five people have contacted the force to claim they were abused at the hospital in Aston-on-Trent, following a Derby Telegraph investigation into allegations children were experimented on. The site is now a housing estate.

A spokesman for Derbyshire police confirmed it was now one of 10 major historical abuse inquiries.

One is understood to be Elmhurst Children's Home in Lonsdale Place in Derby. Police said a pensioner had been arrested on suspicion of historical sexual offences linked to the home which are alleged to have happened in the 70s and 80s. A file has been passed to prosecutors.

A police report said the 10 investigations come after historical sexual abuse allegations have rocketed.

It reads: “The investigations vary from children's homes to sports clubs and include Aston Hall Hospital, the latter having received considerable media interest. Each investigation is progressing with senior investigator oversight."

The report also said “numerous referrals" had been made to police which could not be progressed due to the suspect not being known or the complainant wanting to remain anonymous.

Clare Vickers, head of advocacy and support at the charity Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence, said it was working with several people who said they suffered historical abuse.

She said: “It's brilliant that these victims have found the courage to come forward and report what happened to them to the police and they have launched these major investigations. Police are taking these reports very seriously. It's a very difficult subject. Coming forward and getting support can really help. It can give victims a sense of being believed for the first time.

“However, although it is called historical abuse, because of its nature, it can sometimes the pain can feel like it's happening right now. It can be blocked out of people's minds but can also return. That's when they need help and support. It can only be stored away for so long."

Dianne Collins, a solicitor at Nelsons Solicitors in Derby, is representing around 20 alleged victims of Aston Hall.

She said: “We are experienced at dealing with child abuse claims and getting victims of abuse justice. We can help with any claim they want to make. Getting justice is an important part of their recovery."

Derbyshire, UK

Bradford and Keighley child sex abuse

cases stand at 179

From BBC Leeds & West Yorkshire

The crimes being investigated involve 165 suspects

and more than 100 victims

Royal Arcade, Keighley

A total of 179 cases of child sexual exploitation (CSE) are being investigated in Keighley and Bradford, West Yorkshire Police has said.

The cases involve 165 suspects and more than 100 victims.

A police spokesperson said many cases had "multiple suspects and multiple victims" but there was also a large number involving single suspects.

Last year, 12 men were jailed for their part in the abuse of a single victim in Keighley.

Eleven were jailed at Bradford Crown Court after being convicted of raping the girl from the age of 13 and another man was sentenced for sexual activity with her.

'Abhorrent crime'

The CSE figures, which were given to the Keighley News and confirmed to the BBC by police, compare with last year's figure of 220 cases.

There were 261 suspects under investigation at the same time in 2016.

A police spokesperson said: "West Yorkshire Police and partners have been proactive in their approach to encourage victims to come forward and reassure them that all reports will be taken seriously.

"We have developed a far greater understanding of CSE than in the past and this has led to rapid action to prioritise resources to improve the identification and prosecution of perpetrators of this abhorrent crime."

Keighley, UK

Great new policy for gardai investigating child sex abuse

and rapes in Ireland

Front-line gardaí will no longer investigate

rapes, child sex abuse

Radical new process begins to specialise investigation of

sexual violence and trafficking

Conor Lally

The reforms will bring to an end the much-criticised practice of most sex crimes being investigated by the Garda member who responded to the initial emergency call. Photograph: Frank Miller

Front-line gardaí will no longer investigate rapes or child sexual abuse under radical policing reforms.

Instead, all such crimes will be investigated by small specialist Garda teams in every Garda division, the first four of which began operating on Friday.

The development was recommended by the Garda Inspectorate and is part of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan’s modernisation and reform programme.

It will bring to an end the much-criticised practice of most sex crimes being investigated by the Garda member who responded to the initial emergency call.

This practice often resulted in gardaí with no specialist training or expertise, and in some cases little experience, investigating rapes or domestic violence cases, leading to poor outcomes and low conviction rates.

The Garda Inspectorate found one third of domestic violence cases were not recorded, in any way, by the Garda.

However, the Garda National Protective Services Bureau is now establishing divisional protective services units in all 28 Garda divisions.

The first four 15-member teams began operating on Friday in the Louth, Cork and the Dublin West divisions. Their work will be monitored and reviewed for the next 12 months. At the end of that initial period, the remaining teams will be rolled out.

Each will be led by an inspector, with two sergeants and about 12 rank-and-file detectives.

Combating human trafficking

The Garda personnel assigned to the units have already been trained for the inquiries they will undertake and most are experienced in the area.

However, a system of continuous professional development modules is also planned. These are being delivered by a selection of NGOs including Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, One in Four and National Women’s Council of Ireland.

Some 44 Garda personnel have already been assigned to the divisional teams in Cabra, Clondalkin, Dundalk and Anglesea Street, Cork.

Later this month, they will receive a module of training on combating human trafficking.

They will also investigate sex crimes, online exploitation of children, domestic violence, human trafficking, organised prostitution, children missing in care and will run sex offender management.

Det Supt Declan Daly of the Garda National Protective Services Bureau said the protective services divisional teams would be managed locally and were a “ring fenced resource” for the investigation of sex crimes.

However, the units would receive support, guidance and training from the Dublin-based bureau.

He believed the specialisation of sexual violence investigative work would have a range of positive effects, including jailing more sex offenders.

“For us, increasing the conviction rates is important but they are not the only consideration,” he said. “It’s also about how with interact with victims and their satisfaction levels.

“If we deliver a consistent and professional approach the natural knock-on effect is a great satisfaction level from victims, increased support of them and more prosecutions and convictions.”

Domestic violence

Supt Daly said a domestic violence incident reported to the Garda in the early hours of the morning would be responded to by local gardaí on duty.

And those Garda personnel may continue to investigate the incident and deal with the victim long after the call-out. The same was true for some sexual assaults.

However if the same victim, for example, reported domestic violence more than once, or if the case involved a very extreme act of domestic violence or sexual assault, the divisional protective services unit would take over the investigation.

In the case of other sex crimes, they would be investigated exclusively by the divisional units and never by regular gardaí.

“All child sexual abuse cases will be dealt with by the divisional units, all rapes will be investigate by the units,” Supt Daly said.

“And that’s important because we will have specialist staff delivering that service to some of the most vulnerable people in our society.”

He said it was imperative that the 12-month trial now under way be used to perfect the rollout in 2018 of all protective services divisional units in the 28 Garda divisions nationwide.

“The whole concept is to deliver a consistent and professional approach to the investigation of specialist crime types,” he said.

“A person walking into a Garda station to report a sexual crime or domestic violence in, say, Louth, will get the very same professional service as somebody in Galway, Kilkenny, or any part of the country.”

Child Victims of Sexual Abuse in Families Let Down by System

Investigations into child sex abuse take an average of 100 days

longer for child victims than adults

Children’s commissioner for England catalogues series of failings and calls for urgent changes to services provided

The children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield.

Photograph: Richard Gardner/REX/Shutterstock

Press Association

Child victims of sexual abuse within families are being let down by the system, the children’s commissioner for England has said.

Young people are often left to report the abuse themselves when the authorities fail to pick up on signs, a report by the commissioner’s office found.

Even after their experiences are disclosed, investigations into sexual offences against children tend to take an average of 100 days longer than those against adults, it said.

Victims also often face long waits for therapy, and many are blocked from having counselling in the run-up to their court cases.

Abuse within family environments is thought to make up two-thirds of all child sexual abuse, and as few as one in eight victims come to the attention of authorities, previous research by the commissioner’s office found.

Some survivors have now described feeling abandoned after telling their families about the trauma they had suffered, and in powerful testimonies they spoke of their frustrations at a lack of support.

The commissioner’s office released three reports on Thursday, looking at how child sexual abuse is investigated, the role of schools in preventing it and things to be learned from survivors.

One 19-year-old woman said giving video evidence about the abuse she suffered was “like it’s going on again, the whole thing’s happening again”.

In partnership with the NSPCC, researchers from the University of Bedfordshire spoke to young people aged between five and 19 about their experiences of abuse within a family setting.

Using information from the Home Office and Crown Prosecution Service, the commissioner’s office also found that a rise in the reporting of sexual offences was placing a strain on the justice system.

Many teachers feel confident they are able to recognise the signs of abuse, but schools do not always fulfill their potential roles in preventing incidents by educating children about seeking help, one of the reports said.

The commissioner, Anne Longfield, called for urgent changes to the system and looked to the approach in Iceland, where child victims are offered specific services to deal with their trauma.

“It is clear from this research and the heart-breaking stories told by young people within it, that many child sexual abuse victims are being let down by the system,” she said.

“Professionals remain dedicated to supporting the victims of abuse, but urgent changes need to be made to the way it is reported, the role of schools in preventing it and the criminal justice process in child sexual abuse cases."

“The Icelandic ‘Barnahus’ approach, where services ranging from medical examination to therapy are provided to victims under one roof, has been proven to be successful in overcoming some of these hurdles and I hope it will be trialled in England.”

Children have no voice

Dr Camille Warrington from the University of Bedfordshire and lead author of the Making Noise report, said: “We know that child sexual abuse flourishes in cultures of silence."

“Undertaking the Making Noise research project highlighted only too well children’s own appetite and ability to help break that silence.

“It also emphasises the need for us as adults and professionals to improve the way we listen to and talk with children to prevent and respond to abuse - and the benefits that come from doing so.”

Excellent! Abused children have no voice if we don't make the effort to listen to them. They know not who to tell or how to tell or even why they should tell. Education on child sex abuse is a must in every school. 

And the lack of a political voice has allowed the situation to develop where children's violations take 100 days longer to investigate. 100 days is like a lifetime to a child. A victimized child needs help and needs it right now!

Good report! Please make sure it accomplishes something!

Barnardo’s chief executive, Javed Khan, called for compulsory lessons in schools to include topics such as sexting, consent and online grooming.

He said children should be assigned an independent advocate to help them navigate the court system when their abusers are brought to trial.

“We hear every day how much children and young people at risk of, or who have experienced, sexual abuse need and benefit from our specialist services, but we know many more need our help too,” he said.

Met Police Investigating 255 Historical Football Sexual Abuse Allegations

Officers are looking into claims involving 77 clubs in London, including five from Premier League, Metropolitan police says

The Metropolitan police said three Championship clubs and three from Leagues One and Two were involved in the inquiry. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Officers are investigating 255 allegations of historical sexual abuse involving 77 football clubs in London, including five from the Premier League, the Metropolitan police have said.

All the capital’s top flight teams – Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United – are understood to be involved.

A Met spokesman said: “The allegations are connected with individuals at 77 named clubs or teams.

“The breakdown for those clubs is: five in the Premier League, three against Championship clubs, three against clubs in Leagues One and Two, and there have also been 66 other named clubs, which would include non-league or non-professional or amateur teams.”

DCS Ivan Balhatchet of the sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse command said: “The Met take all allegations seriously and specialist officers will work through the information passed to them.

“Anyone who has been the victim of sexual assault should contact their local force, or call the NSPCC helpline on 0800 023 2642.

“The Met will not be giving a commentary as this investigation develops and is not discussing the names of the clubs involved, or the number of allegations against each club.”

Earlier this month, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, which is coordinating the nationwide police investigation Operation Hydrant, said more than 500 complainants and 184 potential suspects had been identified.

Latest figures put the number of potential victims at 526.

French Bishops Release New Stats on Child Sex Abuse in Church

French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is pictured in this March 25, 2016 photo while attending a Good Friday Mass in the cathedral in Lyon, France. On Aug. 1, 2016, prosecutors dropped an investigation into accusations that he covered up acts of sexual abuse by an archdiocesan priest.

(CNS photo/Robert Pratta, Reuters)

Catholic News Service 

PARIS.  More than 200 victims have reported child sex abuse to the French church in the past six years, according to data collected by the French bishops.

"More than 60 percent of these testimonies are about events that happened before 1970; 35 percent happened between 1970 and 2000; and 4 percent were abuse that have taken place since the 2000s," the conference said.

The bishops released the results of a national inquiry on pedophilia along with a new version of the "Fight Against Pedophilia" guide. It's the guide's third edition, after the original one from 2002 was updated in 2010. Last year, the bishops promised they would react to new sex abuse scandals in the church, especially in the Archdiocese of Lyon.

"The promotion and the diffusion of this work are part of the means taken to make the church a safe place for children and youth," said a statement from the French bishops' conference.

It said the conference also wanted to renew its 2010 "quantitative inquiry" about pedophilia.

"This new inquiry was allowed to take place thanks to the bishops' commitment from April 2016 to be available for the victims and their close family or friends that would come forward. From these contacts and meetings, a quantitative census was asked of the bishops about their experience," said the statement.

The bishops confirmed that nine clergy members in France are now in prison for crimes related to pedophilia, 37 have been convicted and are now out of jail, and 26 are being investigated.

In the past six years, the church has asked France to look into 137 cases related to pedophilia.

3,000 Child Sex Abuse Cases in 8 Months in Trinidad

Trinidad, Maracas Bay

Marlene Augustine
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday 

WITHIN an eight month period from May to December 2015, 3,000 children in this country fell victim to sexual abuse. More than 230 sexual offences were committed against infants zero to five years, in the same period.

Way more female abusers of infants than male

Acting Supt Beverly Rodriguez of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) revealed this yesterday indicating that in the zero to five years category, offences for males numbered 65, while for females, the figure was 171, a total of 236. 

The most prevalent offence was sexual penetration followed by sexual touching. Rodriguez spoke at the weekly press briefing at Police Administration Building, Port-of- Spain. She said the figures were of great concern to the CPU and Police Service. She disclosed that for the same eight-month period 986 matters were investigated. 

For 2016, 2,122 cases were under investigation. She added that 591 matters in 2016 were brought to the stage of prosecution, while 271 cases were prosecuted in 2015. 

Giving the gender and age breakdown of sexual offences involving children for the period May 2015 to Dec 2016 Rodriguez said, 

Males between zero and five years, 65 reported cases, 

males between six -11 there were  260, 

males between 12 & 16,                 254, 

males between 17 & 18,                   29.

Females between zero & 5,      171, 

females between six & 11,        601, 

females between 12 & 16,        775,

females between 17 & 18,          85.

Rodriguez explained that there are a number of contributing factors that are responsible for sexual offences committed against children. “Each case is treated and judged on its own facts which could lead to peer-pressure and lack of communications. Family members who are related to these victims are among the largest and are the majority of the offending persons.” 

Rodriguez encouraged young persons to come forward and inform their parents, guardians, or care-givers of any sort of inappropriate touching. 

“If you feel uncomfortable in any way by inappropriate touching of any sort committed by relatives... 

a brother or uncle, it must not be encouraged. It must be told to your parents immediately, tell your parents,” she said. 

Rodriguez said CPU was established to fulfill the requirements of the Children’s Act 12 of 2012, The Children’s Authority Act Chapter 46:10 and the Children’s Community Residences, Foster Homes and Nurseries Amendment Act 2008. The role and function of the CPU is to investigate recent reports of crimes against children including:- sexual offences, sexual abuse, physical abuse abandonment /neglect and ill treatment. 

The population of Trinidad was about 1.26 million people in 2011. Making some large demographic assumptions, the math works out to 20% of children being sexually abused by 18 years of age. That is only counting those abuses that are reported. Actual abuses are likely to be much higher.

Two Women and an Ex-Youth Worker on Today's Pedophiles and Perverts List

Investigation of California man and

alleged child sex abuse expands

RANDI ROSSMANN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The arrest of a Sonoma man suspected of child sexual abuse prompted Healdsburg police Wednesday to release the man’s photo as part of an expanding investigation.

Following publicity of Sunday’s arrest of Paul Dwayne Kilgore, 68, Healdsburg police have received at least three calls from people claiming to be victims or knowing of victims, Healdsburg Sgt. Luis Rodriguez said Wednesday.

Kilgore is in custody in the Sonoma County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Healdsburg officers arrested him on suspicion of two felony counts of ongoing lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.

Police began investigating in late August after hearing about an older man inappropriately touching two boys while in the hot tub and shower at Parkpoint Health Club in Healdsburg.

The investigation found Kilgore, acting as a mentor, in prior years had routinely taken youths to local parks and on overnight trips, and allegations included that during some of those trips he had performed lewd acts on boys, police said.

In previous years Kilgore had worked at the Sonoma Valley Boys and Girls Club, according to police.

The new information involved at least some allegations of acts occurring in other areas of Sonoma County. Healdsburg police are passing that information on to the appropriate law enforcement agency, Rodriguez said.

Officials asked anyone with related information to contact Healdsburg police Officer Craig Smith at 707-431-3377.

Delaware school aide was dating student

Brittany Horn, The News Journal

An Indian River School District paraprofessional was charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student she was dating, according to court documents obtained by The News Journal.

Nicole DeGirolano, 23, of Millsboro, was arrested Tuesday by Georgetown police and charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a child by a person in a position of trust, authority or supervision. She was arraigned and taken to Sussex Correctional Institute in lieu of $80,000 secured bail.

"What makes what she did illegal is that she was in a position of trust, and she abused that," Detective John Tyndall of the Georgetown Police Department told The Associated Press.

DeGirolano and her male student met through her employment at the school district. During the time period of the relationship, she worked at the G.W. Carver Educational Center in a special placement program for English language learners, according to David Maull, a school district spokesman.

Maull says DeGirolano, who was assigned this year to Long Neck Elementary School, has been placed on unpaid leave.

The student and DeGirolano first began talking via text messages, according to court documents, but in Dec. 2014, the two began having sex. At times, DeGirolano would drive them to different locations, according to court documents.

In April, the two moved in together, according to court documents.

In an interview with police documented in court papers, DeGirolano admitted to having a sexual relationship with the student. However, she would not explain how she met the student and requested an attorney at that time, according to court documents.

This is not the first time Indian River School District has dealt with sexual misconduct. In 2008, former Sussex Central High School principal Dana Goodman pleaded guilty to having sex with a 17-year-old student. John Thompson, a Sussex Central High School history teacher, was charged in June 2009 with having sex with a 15-year-old and sentenced to five years in prison.

    Millsboro, Delaware

More charges coming against Utah man

accused of child sex abuse

by Will Feelright

LOGAN — More charges may be filed against Dustin James Mangum as prosecutors said a second victim has come forward, accusing the 38-year-old Richmond man of sexual abuse.

Mangum was in 1st District Court Tuesday morning for a preliminary hearing. He never spoke as he stood next to his public defender Bryan Galloway.

Prosecutors already filed 23 charges against him, including eight counts of sodomy of a child and 15 counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. Each charge carries a penalty of five-years-to-life in prison.

State attorney Spencer Walsh said detectives had interviewed a second victim and he was currently reviewing her testimony. He told the court, based on the additional allegations, prosecutors would likely file more charges in the coming days.

Cache County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Mangum in August, after an 11-year-old girl claimed that he had abused her over the course of several years. Both she and the second victim reportedly knew the defendant.

During Tuesday’s hearing, Galloway said he knew of the additional allegations and possible charges. He asked the court to postpone the preliminary hearing until prosecutors filed their additional case.
Judge Kevin Allen continued the hearing until October 18.

Mangum is being held without bail in the Cache County Jail.

    Richmond, UT

New York man accused of child sex abuse

HUDSON FALLS — A Hudson Falls man was jailed Friday night on charges that accuse him of sexually abusing a young child, officials said.

Lawrence Loveday, 38, of Walnut Street, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child in an indictment handed up last week in Washington County Court.

The charges allege he had sexual contact with a child he knew who was 11 years old or younger.

Loveday was arraigned before Washington County Judge Kelly McKeighan and sent to Washington County Jail for lack of bail.

Hudson Falls Police investigated the case.

    Hudson Falls, NY

Mother, boyfriend charged in child sex abuse case

BY DAN SNYDER

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahoma City Police have issued arrest warrants for a man they say sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl, and for her mother who witnessed the act and allowed it to continue.

Police say 33-year-old Johnny Samples sexually assaulted the daughter of his girlfriend, 39-year-old Joanna Cortez, at least six times between October 2015 and March of this year.

In May, the girl disclosed the assaults to her aunt who had become the primary caretaker of her and her 14-year-old sister two months prior.

The girl told authorities that Samples had touched her "girl parts" on multiple occasions in a shed behind Samples' mother's home on the 1100 block of SW 54th Street.

She also said her mother witnessed Samples sexually assaulting her on one occasion. While the girl claims Cortez threatened to call the police, records show no call was made.

Police have charged Samples with three counts of Lewd Acts with a Child Under 14.

Cortez is facing two counts of Enabling Child Sexual Abuse.

Neither were in custody as of 7 p.m. Tuesday evening.

Cayman Islands Child Sex Abuse: Investigating the Police Investigation

“It is totally unacceptable for there to be failings such as these in the investigation of a child sex abuse allegation. I expect the RCIPS to conduct a thorough and objective investigation … to determine what went wrong. Those found responsible for the failings must be dealt with quickly and appropriately.”

— Governor Helen Kilpatrick, Sept. 16, 2016

Governor Kilpatrick has spoken with clarity, authority and righteousness. It’s an auspicious beginning to an arduous process of truth-seeking.

Most of our readers are well aware of what has sparked the governor’s ire: The recent acquittal of two suspects accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, more than four years after the initial complaint was made to police.

While nobody knows what will be uncovered by the internal investigations (one a police review specifically into the aforementioned case, and one a broader audit of all ongoing child abuse cases), it appears obvious that there were significant individual and systemic failings within the police service, which allowed for the case to “go cold.”

"Cold"? Glacial!

During trial, Grand Court Justice Timothy Owen skewered the police investigation as “grossly incompetent,” not only for the inordinate delays, but also for significant gaps in evidence presented in court. The investigating police officer lost notes about the accuser’s first account of the abuse, allegedly by an uncle and cousin. Then the police never attempted to collect witness statements from anyone living in the house when the abuse allegedly occurred.

While we support the launch of the broader audit into child abuse cases by new RCIPS Superintendent Peter Lansdown, any serious probe into these issues must also extend to the Department of Public Prosecutions and into the judicial system.

How many criminal cases — not just of child abuse — are derailed for reasons rooted in ineptitude, politics, policies, who’s related to whom, who’s friends with whom, or, most broadly, the flawed architecture of the system itself? Certainly, the problems go far beyond the RCIPS.

For example, it is deeply troubling whenever we see, apparently against all odds, a case involving allegations of abuse or violence (particularly against children, women or other “vulnerable” people) make it from the police, to public prosecutors and all the way in front of a judge — and perhaps even for a guilty verdict to be handed down … only to be accompanied by a sentence so lenient that its deterrent effect fades away before the defendant has sauntered out of the courtroom and back onto the street.

On the subject of the RCIPS internal investigations, it is less than ideal for police to be investigating “their own” (particularly when the officers being investigated have not been placed on administrative leave). However, those concerns are mitigated by Superintendent Lansdown’s position and reputation, and the fact that new Police Commissioner Derek Byrne’s tenure begins in November.

The best practice might be to invite independent experts from overseas to conduct the investigations, but our memories of Operation Tempura and its spin-off Operation Cealt are far too fresh for us to conclude that “outside investigators” are a panacea in these cases.

Ultimately, the investigation will be judged not by its procedural setup, but by its thoroughness, its timeliness, its objectivity and, above all, its unredacted conclusions.

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'Child Houses' to be Set Up for Young Sex Abuse Victims in London

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UK - Two so-called "child houses" are to be set up to support victims of sexual abuse and help them through the court process, the home secretary has said.

Under the £7.2m project, children and young people will be able to get medical care and therapeutic support and give evidence in a single building.

Amber Rudd said the plans would put victims' needs "front and centre".

The charity NSPCC said the announcement was a "welcome step" towards minimising suffering.

Both houses will open in London next year. They will each look after about 200 children and young people annually.

The project is being led by the London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and NHS England and funded by the Home Office Police Innovation Fund.


Home Secretary Amber Rudd on the Andrew Marr show. Image copyright PA

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Ms Rudd said: "What I'm doing... is making sure that children are protected going forward.

"It's about making sure that we learn the lessons from the child abuse scandals of the past and that we actually act now."

Unfortunately, the police don't seem to have learned anything


The child house model

The idea for child houses is based on the "Barnahus" in Iceland, which provides one building for victims of child sexual abuse to receive a variety of services, the Home Office said.

It said the Icelandic system offered "a more child-friendly service and environment to help young victims through the criminal justice process" and has been shown to "speed up the progress of investigations and court cases".


A single interview takes place in Iceland's children's houses, known as a 'Barnahus'

Within the building, victims will give recorded interviews to child psychologists and specially trained police officers, reducing the need to give multiple sets of evidence to different agencies.

The child house is also expected to provide a safe and "sympathetic" environment where victims can give evidence through video links to court.

A spokesman for the children's charity NSPCC said it had been a strong advocate for the houses and was working with the government to make them happen.


New approaches

In a statement, Ms Rudd said: "As we investigate and prosecute these crimes it is vital that victims, who have already suffered in ways most of us could never imagine, are supported and protected throughout the process.

"The Home Office is providing police forces with funding that rewards and incentivises new approaches to police work and drives forward positive change.

"The child houses, by improving evidence gathering while putting the needs of the victim front and centre, demonstrate exactly the kind of innovative thinking that we are encouraging."

The Home Office added the development of the child houses was part of wider government plans.

These include launching a £1.24m Child Sexual Exploitation Response Unit giving specialist support to people working in safeguarding in the UK, and providing ongoing funding for projects in England and Wales which help victims and survivors of sexual abuse.

Congratulations on this project, it's a great idea.

Now could you just get some appropriate teaching in elementary schools about good touch/bad touch, etc?

Four Child Sex Abuse Related Stories in Today's News from the UK

Men guilty of child sex abuse at boys’ school in Fife

John Farrell (top right) and Paul Kelly were found guilty/

Two men have been found guilty of historic abuse against former pupils at a boys’ school in Scotland.

John Farrell, 73, and Paul Kelly, 64, were charged with sexual and physical abuse of more than 20 ex-pupils of St Ninian's School in Falkland, Fife, between 1979 and 1983.

Farrell was found guilty of four charges and Kelly was convicted of seven in charges that involved six victims.

Their conviction follows one of the biggest abuse inquiries of its kind in Scotland.

The pair committed indecent acts on vulnerable boys in their care aged 11 to 15 and forced the children to perform sex acts on them and on each other.


The pair were tried on 51 charges in one of the biggest abuse inquiries of its kind in Scotland

'Screaming was pointless,' survivors tell ITV News of school abuse by Christian Brothers. They punished the children by forcing them to stand naked in a hallway, the High Court in Glasgow heard.

The men were remanded in custody after a jury found Farrell, from Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, guilty of three counts of indecent assault and a charge of assaulting a boy with a belt.

Kelly, from Plymouth, Devon, was convicted of four counts of indecent assault and three assault charges, including hitting a boy's head off sinks at the school.

Charges against three other men were earlier dropped.

St Ninian's was a Catholic school run by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a religious order, until it closed in the 1980s. It housed around 45 boys in need of care.

£18mn investigation into historic child sex abuse case delayed again

Lord Greville Janner leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, Britain © Toby Melville / Reuters

A public inquest into the alleged child abuse crimes of the late Lord Janner has cost taxpayers a massive £18 million so far, but as far as evidence is concerned not a single piece has been presented.

The Independent Inquiry Into Child Sex Abuse, led by Dame Justice Lowell Goddard, will conduct four days of preliminary hearings in the coming week, but the full investigation has now been postponed by at least another six months.

Survivors and their legal representatives have expressed concern that Dame Goddard and her team of 155 staff, including civil servants, solicitors and counsels, is feeling overwhelmed by the amount of testimonies and evidence that it has to process.

A promised annual report is also yet to be published, despite the inquiry expanding its offices to London, Liverpool, Darlington and Cardiff at the public’s expense. Dame Goddard’s budget has been reported as £17.9 million (US$23.5 million) a year.

The inquiry’s delay was explained as a necessity due to the work’s interference with investigations by the police and the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

“It has been slow getting off the ground but I think that’s because they are determined to get things right,” the inquiry’s victims consultative panel member Pete Saunders told the Times.

Greville Janner died in December 2015, causing the Crown Prosecution Service to drop the case against him. The case was then referred to Dame Goddard’s independent inquiry.

He was originally charged with 22 historic sexual offenses, including sharing a hotel room with a 14-year-old boy, dating as far back as 1955. Most of the nine purported surviving victims were under the age of 16 when the crimes were committed.

Lord Janner dodged accusations of pedophilia from as early as 1991, when the director of a Leicestershire children’s home convicted for child sex abuse incriminated the politician in his testimony. Shortly before his death Lord Janner was considered unfit to stand trial due to “deteriorating and irreversible” dementia.

Controversial website that ran false claims of child sex abuse by string of VIPs is shut down

By STEPHEN WRIGHT FOR THE DAILY MAIL

The controversial ‘investigations’ website accused of peddling false allegations of VIP child sex abuse closed abruptly yesterday.

Exaro, which had close links to Labour deputy leader Tom Watson, has been shut following widespread criticism of its journalism standards and claims it destroyed the reputations of innocent people and profited from publishing bogus allegations.

The unregulated website came to prominence in 2014 after publishing claims by a suspected serial fantasist known as ‘Nick’.


Exaro, which had close links to Labour deputy leader Tom Watson (pictured), has been shut following widespread criticism of its journalism standards and claims it destroyed the reputations of innocent people

He alleged he witnessed three murders by a VIP paedophile gang that included former PM Edward Heath and former Home Secretary Leon Brittan.

Under pressure from Exaro, Scotland Yard wasted millions of pounds investigating. Its inquiry, Operation Midland, closed in March, admitting there was no evidence to support Nick’s allegations. 

News of Exaro’s demise was confirmed by Tim Pendry, a director of its parent company.

Last night there were calls for it to face an investigation into claims it was part of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

Exaro had faced an uncertain future since the collapse of Operation Midland, after the Daily Mail exposed the shambolic Met investigation.


The unregulated website came to prominence in 2014 after publishing claims by a suspected serial fantasist known as ‘Nick’. He alleged he witnessed three murders by a VIP paedophile gang that included former PM Edward Heath (pictured left) and former Home Secretary Leon Brittan (right)

Rotherham child sex abuse scandal used by Government to highlight need to protect youngsters

Alexis Jay produced a report on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham

CLAIRE LEWIS

Rotherham's child sexual exploitation scandal has been used to highlight the need for more to be done to protect children from abuse.

The Government is considering new proposals, which could see school staff jailed if they fail to raise the alarm about child abuse.

As well as teachers, doctors and social workers, those in administrative or support roles may fall under the scope of a new regime being considered by the Government.

The proposals would see those who work in roles that bring them into contact with children placed under a statutory duty to report or act on child abuse or neglect.

Sanctions for those who fail to comply could range from disciplinary to criminal action.

Two possible models are outlined in a consultation document published by the Home Office and Department for Education.

One is a mandatory reporting duty which would require certain practitioners or organisations to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect.

The other would introduce a 'duty to act' requiring staff or bodies to take appropriate action, which could include reporting.

There is currently no legal requirement on those working with children to report either known or suspected child abuse or neglect.

Education Minister Edward Timpson said: "We must do all we can to protect children and young people from abuse and neglect.

"That's why we're making radical improvements to make sure services identify children at risk as early as possible and take swift action to give them the protection and care they need, but events in Rotherham, Oxford and elsewhere show there is still more to be done.

"It's right, therefore, that we look at whether it's necessary to strengthen the law to better protect the most vulnerable. I know that social workers, teachers and other professionals are as passionate about protecting the young people they care for as I am - I would encourage them to share their views with us over the next 12 weeks."

A report in 2014 revealed that 1,400 children in Rotherham were abused by men of largely Pakistani heritage between 1997 and 2013 while authorities failed to act.

The Genius of the Catholic Church in Protecting its Pedophile Priests

Blind-reported child sex abuse cases may be reopened after hundreds not investigated

By the National Reporting Team's Natasha Robinson and Alison Branley

 Child sexual abuse victim, Denise, as a child,
says she feels let down.

Hundreds of cases of child sex abuse going back decades may be reopened after the Catholic Church publicly abandoned a controversial practice known as blind reporting.

Key points:

Organisations reported abuse but removed name, meaning police unable to investigate
Over past eight years, NSW Police received 1,476 blind reports
Many reports relate to Catholic Church
Child abuse victims are now speaking out

Blind reporting occurs when an organisation passes on an allegation of child sex abuse, but strips the report of the name of the victim, meaning police are unable to investigate the report.

NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge has obtained documents under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws that, for the first time, reveal the extraordinary extent of blind reporting, which has potentially allowed hundreds of perpetrators to continue to abuse children.

The ABC has spoken to child sex abuse victims who are angry the allegations they reported to the Catholic Church some years ago were never fully reported to police.

The figures obtained by Mr Shoebridge reveal during the past eight years, NSW Police have received 1,476 blind reports from NSW organisations.

Many relate to the Catholic Church.

"The blind reporting process has at its heart a really obscene conflict of interest," Mr Shoebridge said.

"One of the key problems with blind reports is that the police's own protocol says when they get a blind report they don't investigate it.

Why did they even accept them? They get a report that a crime has been committed but they can't be bothered to ask the originator of the report who was involved. That makes no sense - and in the past 8 years. Good grief! Was there no high ranking police officer who thought that not investigating child rape was not a good thing?

"They just file it as criminal intelligence and that means perpetrators are not being brought to justice."

The practice has also attracted criticism from the NSW Ombudsman.

Deputy Ombudsman Steve Kinmond warned: "We could have over a thousand reports that may be on the wrong side of the law."

The NSW Police have refused to reveal whether they still actively encourage blind reporting, despite a recommendation from the NSW Police Integrity Commission last year that the practice should be reviewed.

No, the practice should be stopped! It's absurd!

The FOI documents show there was a huge increase in the numbers of blind reports passed to police since the start of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

The royal commission will today hold a public roundtable that will examine the lawfulness of the longstanding practice of blind reporting.

Between 2005 and 2009, a total of 53 blind reports were passed on by organisations to the NSW Police sex crimes squad.

In 2012, that number increased to 256 blind reports, and by 2013, organisations passed on 460 blind reports to police.

Victim's statement never passed on to police

A sex abuse victim, known as Robert, as a child

Victims of child sex abuse are now speaking out against blind reporting.

One of those victims, who wants to be known only as Denise, is the niece of notorious paedophile Denis McAlinden, whose crimes were concealed by the Catholic Church for decades.

She reported child sex abuse at the hands of her uncle to the Catholic Church in 1995, but her signed statement was never passed on to police.

In 2008, her allegations were included in a blind report, but Denise was never contacted.

"I feel really let down," Denise told the ABC. No kidding! It took 13 years for the church to do nothing!

"I think what I've been through, I've done everything I can to help report things, and nothing was done.

"It was the Church protecting their own as far as I'm concerned."

Another victim, known as Robert to protect his identity, reported child sex abuse to the Catholic Church in 2011.

He said he was told the allegation would be passed to police, but instead, a blind report was lodged which did not contain his name.

"Blind reporting I think should be against the law," Robert said.

"What's the point of telling the police about an allegation without giving them the full information so that they can't investigate?"

Majority of blind reports not investigated

Last year, the Police Integrity Commission launched Operation Protea, established after the ABC's Lateline program revealed the practice of blind reporting.

Blind reporting has been standard practice in NSW for up to two decades.

Child sexual abuse victim, known as Robert, as a child,
dressed as a cowboy.

The FOI documents reveal that the NSW Police sex crimes squad was struggling to cope with the volume of blind reports it was receiving by 2014, following a major focus on child sex abuse during a special commission of inquiry and the royal commission.

In July 2014, NSW Police drafted a new protocol to lay out the procedure to be followed by organisations like the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, the Salvation Army and others when reporting historical child sex abuse in blind reports.

The document states: "Since the commencement of 2014 the [number] of these 'blind reports' has continued to increase ... with competing priorities within the squad, none of these 2014 reports have been assessed or allocated to any Sex Crimes staff for action.

"The NSWPF may be open to criticism if this backlog is not addressed." You think? OMG!

The document shows that the new protocol stipulated that Local Area Commands should now take charge of blind reports, but in the overwhelming majority of cases, no investigation results from blind reports.

The practice of blind reporting was criticised in a report by the Police Integrity Commission last year, which recommended the NSW Police review the practice.

But the NSW Police Force is refusing to clarify its position on blind reporting, saying it cannot comment on a matter that is currently before the royal commission.

Mr Shoebridge says that is not good enough.

"What is clear from the most recent bundle of documents out of the police is that the police are committed to blind reporting even though it's got such a clear conflict of interest," he said.

"How on earth the NSW Police think this is acceptable is a mystery."

Over a thousand reports 'could be on wrong side of law'

Mr Kinmond also holds concerns about blind reporting.

The NSW Ombudsman's office has lodged a submission with the royal commission, highlighting the practice of blind reporting serious indictable offences "is inconsistent with section 316 of the NSW Crimes Act".

"The act says you can't withhold information unless you have a reasonable excuse. The real question is what constitutes a reasonable excuse," Mr Kinmond said.

"We could have over a thousand reports that may be on the wrong side of the law.

"This is about protecting those who come forward but it's also about protecting children — we need to strike the right balance."

The Catholic Church said its Professional Standards Office and local dioceses have, since midway through last year, abandoned the practice of blind reporting, and is retrospectively lodging reports with police that pass on victims' names.

But the figures released by NSW Police show there were 109 blind reports lodged last year, and four so far this calendar year.

It is not clear whether any of those reports came from the Catholic Church.

Chief executive of the church's Truth, Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan, said the church had responded to the Police Integrity Commission's report in reviewing its practice on blind reporting.

He expressed regret if victims felt aggrieved by the process of blind reporting.

"It's absolutely regrettable if people were under the impression that their name was going to be given to the police and it wasn't," Mr Sullivan said.

"The practice now is that regardless of individual preferences, the name of the perpetrators and the names of victims are given to the police."

The Catholic Church said it had so far re-lodged 250 reports of alleged child sex abuse to police, which had previously been blind reported.

"These re-lodgements are continuing all the time," a spokesperson said.