Nazareth House child abuse: East Kilbride survivor hails outcome of inquiry

An elderly survivor of state care child abuse says he is delighted justice has finally been served after a 20 year fight. Jim Buckley, 74, was the first in Scotland to give testimony to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on the cruel regimes he was forced to endure throughout his childhood at the hands of nuns.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/nazareth-house-child-abuse-east-16253582

Child abuse and its concealment did occur within Protestant institutions

Patrick Murphy observed that, “Protestant churches have generally not been involved in widespread child abuse and its concealment” (May 25). Their “moral authority” and “reputation remains largely intact”. Bible-based prohibition of abortion and equal marriage therefore plays strongly within unionist politics.

https://www.irishnews.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/2019/06/07/news/child-abuse-and-its-concealment-did-occur-within-protestant-institutions-1636145/ 

Children Were Abused In Sisters Of Nazareth Houses

According to the information from their website, the Sisters of Nazareth have been supporting and caring for those in need at all stages of life for more than 150 years within our Nazareth Houses. They do this by living their core values of Love, Compassion, Patience, Respect, Justice and Hospitality. These values are shared by all who work in their Nazareth Houses.

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/children-were-abused-sisters-nazareth-houses 

Victims of Sexual Abuse by Nuns Are Speaking Out

Besides Catholic priests there are also Catholic nuns with credible allegations of abuse against children, but it seems like their victims are not getting enough visibility, When the media reports about abuse in the Church it is almost always about the priests. Nuns may be even more difficult to prosecute because women are not seen as abuser in general and nuns are usually out of the media spotlight that is focused on abusive priests.

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/victims-sexual-abuse-nuns-are-speaking-out 

Inquiry encourages Deaf survivors to share childhood sexual abuse experiences

Deaf survivors of sexual abuse are being encouraged to share their childhood experiences as part of a major independent inquiry. The Truth Project, one of the three parts of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, this week launched new measures to make it easier for d/Deaf people who were sexually abused as children to come forward and tell their stories.

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/inquiry-encourages-deaf-survivors-to-share-childhood-sexual-abuse-experiences/ 

Catholic Nuns Have Also Sexually Abused Children, and Survivors Are Speaking Out

It’s not just Catholic priests who molest children. Catholic nuns do it too. Trish Cahill tells NPR’s Laura Benshoff in a piece today that she was just 15 when a nun invited her to her home — and the teenager was thrilled to have that opportunity and attention. That only lasted a short while. … during an outing to a house at the Jersey shore, Cahill said the nun gave her tea laced with intoxicants.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/30/catholic-nuns-have-also-sexually-abused-children-and-survivors-are-speaking-out/ 

Catholic sex abuse: Brothers say priest 'crushed my soul and spirit'

Two brothers have returned to a Catholic church where they experienced harrowing child abuse at the hands of a priest. Mike Ledingham​ launched his book The Catholic Boys on the church steps at Our Lady of the Assumption in Auckland's Onehunga on Saturday. Huddled under umbrellas, the former SAS soldier, 68, and his brother Chris spoke to friends, family and a Māori healer who came to cleanse the clergy house.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/113113796/he-crushed-my-soul-and-spirit-brothers-speak-out-about-catholic-priests-abuse 

Canada guilty of decades-long 'race-based genocide' against indigenous people – inquiry

A damning report has accused the Canadian government of perpetuating genocide by inaction against indigenous women and girls. Indigenous rights activists say they've been witnessing their own grim version of #MeToo for years now. The report is the result of an extensive inquiry commissioned by the Canadian government itself in 2016.

https://www.rt.com/news/461000-canada-genocide-indigenous-women/

Catholic Church in Australia releases standards for child protection

The Australian Catholic Church has released its National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, more than 18 months after they were recommended by the country's landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse. The standards closely parallel the commission's recommendations as well as norms enshrined by the government in the National Principles for Child Safe Organizations, although some provisions have been watered down, observers noted.

https://international.la-croix.com/news/catholic-church-in-australia-releases-standards-for-child-protection/10249# 

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry: Convicted teachers to speak to inquiry from prison

Two men convicted of sexually and physically abusing pupils at a Fife residential school are to give evidence to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. John Farrell and Paul Kelly were teachers at the former St Ninian's School in Falkland, an institution run by a Catholic religious order, the Christian Brothers. Kelly is serving a 10 year sentence for abusing three boys at the school.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48514239#

Woman, 65, claims in court that Catholic nuns 'tortured and sexually abused' her for five years from the age of six

A 65-year-old woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted and tortured by nuns for five years while living at a Catholic mission for homeless youth on Staten Island in the 1960s. Robin (Miller) Campbell, 65, claimed in court documents filed on Monday that from the ages of six to 11, a nun at Mount Loretto Catholic Mission on Staten Island would place her hands under her covers as she slept in bed, that another broke Campbell's back throwing her down a flight of stairs and yet another broke her fingers slamming a piano's key cover on her hands.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7104637/Woman-65-claims-Catholic-nuns-tortured-sexually-abused-five-years-age-six.html 

Bombshell court filing: Woman claims nuns sexually abused her while a child at Mt. Loretto

The Mission of the Immaculate Virgin at Mount Loretto was created to be a haven for homeless and destitute children. But a former resident alleges in court papers it was more a house of horrors for her in the early and mid-1960s, when she suffered “horrific acts of sexual and physical abuse” at the hands of several nuns and at least one lay person, while a young girl.

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/06/bombshell-court-filing-woman-claims-nuns-sexually-abused-her-while-a-child-at-mt-loretto.html