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- Mom wants inquiry into Deaf School
By Cathy von Kintzel / Truro Bureau Stellarton -
A terminally ill woman whose daughter attended the Amherst school
for the deaf 20 years ago wants a public inquiry into abuse and
neglect there.
Jane Suttis said an RCMP task force investigation that resulted
in charges against two former school employees in May doesn't
go far enough in supporting victims, exposing the extent of
abuse, laying ultimate blame and preventing future harm in public
institutions.
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The Worst of Times :How Psychiatry Used
Quebec’s Orphans as Guinea Pigs
By Christine Hahn, Special to Freedom
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Alleged Abusers Named
By Michael Lightstone / The Chronicle-Herald
Court documents filed recently in Halifax identify alleged
abusers accused of sexual and physical misconduct at the Nova
Scotia Home for Colored Children.
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Province kept grieving mother in the dark
By Murray Brewster / The Canadian Press
The Nova Scotia government should relent and turn over information
to a grieving mother about the death of her teenage daughter
in a provincially funded centre, says the province's information
ombudsman.
The Community Services Department has an obligation to provide
the woman with a copy of a report into the circumstances surrounding
the girl's death at Edwards House, a residence for students
at risk of not completing high school, Darce Fardy said in a
May 15 non-binding ruling. http://halifaxherald.com/stories/2003/06/02/f158.raw.html
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A judge agreed to consider releasing court documents impounded
in the unsolved murder of an altar boy three decades ago.
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Province kept grieving mother in the dark
The Nova Scotia government should relent and turn over information
to a grieving mother about the death of her teenage daughter in
a provincially funded centre, says the province's information
ombudsman.
The Community Services Department has an obligation to provide
the woman with a copy of a report into the circumstances surrounding
the girl's death at Edwards House, a residence for students at
risk of not completing high school, Darce Fardy said in a May
15 non-binding ruling.
http://halifaxherald.com/stories/2003/06/02/f158.raw.html
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JUSTICE ELUSIVE FOR SURVIVORS OF INSTITUTIONAL
ABUSE
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- Dozens of boys sent to now-defunct
provincial training schools are suing Ontario for alleged physical,
emotional and sexual mistreatment, James McCarten reports
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- Six American Indians sue government
for alleged abuse at Indian schools
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- P.E.I. church to fight sexual assault
suit
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- Rev. Kevin Annett, renowned whistle-blower
and author of "Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust",
will be speaking in Victoria on Saturday, May 17 at 7 pm at 2750
Quadra street, suite 108.
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- Strapped pupil awarded $3.6m
16.02.2001 - By GREG ANSLEY Canberra bureau chief
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massive $A2.96 million ($3.65 million) payout to a former Catholic
schoolboy for two strappings administered 17 years ago has set
Australia's lawyers scrambling to determine its value as a precedent
for other claims.
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Court paves way for native schools
lawsuit
By KIRK MAKIN
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Ireland begins investigating
Roman Catholic diocese with high rate of sexual abuse
SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer
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S.M.A.R.T.
- Ritual Abuse Newsletter
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- Frankel Sought Vatican Help
Four Others Linked To Charity Scheme
March 3, 2003
By DIANE SCARPONI, Associated Press
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- CHILD
SEXUAL ABUSE: Victims need adequate time to bring damage suits
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- U.S.
Supreme Court To Review Molestation Ruling POSTED: 3:13 p.m. PST
March 22, 2003
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- Irish priest sentenced to six months in jail for abuse
dating to 1977
DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) --
The former head of a prestigious Catholic boarding school in Ireland
has been sentenced to six months in jail on sexual abuse charges
dating to 1977. Father Vincent Mercer, 56, former head of Newbridge
College, pleaded guilty to four charges of indecent assault on
a 13-year-old boy in 1977. Judge Murrough Connellan noted that
although complaints had been made about Father Mercer it wasn't
until 1995 that the Dominican authorities removed the priest from
active ministry and sent him for treatment. Sentencing Father
Mercer in Naas District Court, the judge said he had doubts about
the priest's apparent remorse, given that Father Mercer had not
been forthright in the disclosures he had made about the abuse.
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- Inquiry Into Sex Abuse by Priests
DUBLIN, March 28 -
The government began an investigation today into the Roman Catholic
Church's handling of child sex abuse accusations in the southeastern
diocese of Ferns.
Health Minister Micheal Martin said the panel would be run by
Frank Murphy, a retired Supreme Court justice, and would include
child-care specialists. The bishop of Ferns, Brendan Comiskey,
resigned last year after charges that he knew about abuse by priests
but did not do enough to stop it.
Ireland's most notorious priest, the Rev. Sean Fortune, committed
suicide in 1999 while awaiting trial on 66 charges of sexually
abusing eight boys in the diocese. Victims' groups welcomed the
announcement of the investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com
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- An Irish Play Seeks to Ease
the Pain of Child Abuse Survivors
March 29, 2003 By BRIAN LAVERY
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- Sterilization abused, lawyer claims David Hogben Vancouver Sun
3/18/03 "More than 90 per cent of mental patients sterilized
by the B.C. government were women, says the lawyer representing
18 sterile former Essondale patients in a lawsuit." "Between 1934
and 1949 104 mental patients were ordered sterilized -- 92 women
and 12 men. Between 1954 and 1972, 84 mental patients were ordered
sterilized by the provincial Board of Eugenics."
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HK investigates new child abuse claims
Hong Kong police have said they are investigating new allegations
of child sex abuse involving Catholic priests. Three more cases
have been reported since police set up a telephone hotline on
6 May. It followed allegations that as many as six priests in
Hong Kong abused children in cases going back several decades.
Wednesday, 15 May, 2002, 09:19 GMT 10:19 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1988744.stm
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Austrians urged to forgive,
forget after death of cardinal accused of molesting boys.
Monday, March 24, 2003 (AP)
WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writer
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Bishops Urged to Back Measure on Abuse Cases
From Times Staff Reports - "Sex abuse survivors and Los
Angeles prosecutors urged Catholic bishops Wednesday to support
legislation that would stop the clock on the statute of limitations
in pending priest molestation cases. Outside Parker Center,
abuse victims demonstrated in support of a bill to extend the
deadline for prosecuting such cases. Prosecutors said a dozen
cases are in jeopardy because of delays by the church in disclosing
files on problem priests."
http://www.latimes.com
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28 baby girls found in suitcases on Chinese bus
3/23/03 "Police in southwestern China discovered 28 baby girls
hidden in suitcases on a long-distance bus and apparently destined
to be sold, police and a state-run newspaper said."
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030322/1/399ul.html
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Dozens of men are in line for compensation, in the
largest payout in New Zealand by a religious order.
St John of God is offering $4 million for alleged sex abuse
at a Christchurch Catholic residential school, some 30 years
ago.
Marylands was supposed to be a safe haven, but some who went
there as children say it was anything but.
On Monday the Australasian head of the Order of St John of God
formally acknowledging the former students' pain, with a $4
million apology. The money will be shared among 56 former pupils
of the Christchurch residential school. The victims say their
lives have been shattered by abuse .
"Twenty years lost is just something that I can't replace,
and you can't put money on that," said one victim. The
apology has cost the order dearly - it is having to take out
a loan from a financial institution to service the compensation.
In addition, the order is still dealing with 14 other complainants.
And 18 of those offered some of the $4 million have indicated
through their lawyer they will probably try for more through
the courts.
Ken Clearwater, of the Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust,
says the men are being offered between $65,000 and $100,000
each. He says that will not be enough for some of the men he
has spoken to.
Published on Mar 17, 2003
ONE News sourced from TVNZ, RNZ, Reuters and AAP
- PUBLIC
SPEAKERS FORUM
- ROCH LONGUEÉPÉE
Founder, Internations’ Justice Federation
- Nathalie Des Rosiers
President, Law Commission of Canada
- Senator Andrew Murray
Democratic Senator, Parliment of Australia
- FEDERATION
LIBRARY SERVICES
- Researcher Services
- Historical Services
- International Public Library programme - "A Worldwide initiative
for public and professional historical education on instutituional
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- SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH AND STUDIES
- From backlash_ology Sexual and physical abuse during childhood
and adulthood as predictors of
hallucinations, delusions and thought disorder.
Read J, Agar K, Argyle N, Aderhold V Psychol Psychother 2003 Mar;
76(Pt 1):1-22
In light of recent studies indicating a relationship between child
abuse and the positive symptoms of schizophrenia, this study investigated
the hypotheses that childhood sexual and physical abuse are related
to hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorder in adults,
and that those relationships are greater in those who have suffered
abuse during adulthood as well as childhood. In 200 community
mental-health-centre clients, the clinically evaluated symptomatology
of the 92 clients whose ... documented sexual or physical abuse
at some point in their lives was compared with that of the 108
for whom no abuse was documented. In the 60 patients for whom
child abuse was documented, hallucinations (including all six
subtypes), but not delusions, thought disorder or negative symptoms,
were significantly more common than in the non-abused group. Adult
sexual assault was related to hallucinations, delusions, and thought
disorder. In linear regression analysis, a combination of child
abuse and adult abuse predicted hallucinations, delusions, and
thought disorder. However, child abuse was a significant predictor
of auditory and tactile hallucinations, even in the absence of
adult abuse. Possible psychological and neurobiological pathways
from abuse to symptoms are discussed, along with research and
clinical implications.
From: Psychology Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
All accusations are alleged Julian J. Hubbard (Csbn 106469) McCloskey,
Hubbard, Ebert & Moore Llp 399 Bradford Street, Suite 102
Redwood City, California 94063 Telephone: (650)
366-9593 Facsimile: (650) 366-5043 Attorneys for Plaintiff, Nicole
Taus -
Superior Court of the State of California - County of Solano
Excerpts from the complaint of Nicole S. Taus, Plaintiff, Vs.
Elizabeth Loftus, Melvin Guyer, Carol Tavris, Shapiro Investigations,
Skeptical Inquirer, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation
of Claims of the Paranormal (Csicop), University of Washington
First Amended Verified Complaint Complaint for Invasion of Privacy,
Defamation Libel per Se and Slander per Se, Negligent and Intentional
Infliction of Emotional Distress and Damages. The complaint against
Elizabeth Loftus states "Defendant LOFTUS is not licensed
as a psychologist in the state of California, but nonetheless
represents herself as a psychologist.... Defendants LOFTUS and
GUYER knew, or should have known, that their research of plaintiff
would use existing data available, that information that was not
in the public record would be recorded in a manner that could
be linked to the plaintiff as the subject, that identifiable private
data/information would be obtained for this research in a form
associable with plaintiff as an individual, that the research
would involve both intervention and interaction with a living
person that would not otherwise be occurring but for their research,
that the research involved considerable risk to plaintiff and
to her family of precipitating further emotional turmoil, that
the investigation, research and publication of private material
concerning plaintiff would or could adversely impact plaintiff's
welfare, and that they, the defendants, would withhold the pertinent
information pertaining to the research from its subject---the
plaintiff, in order to provide defendants LOFTUS and GUYER with
the intimate and private details of plaintiff's life that could
be deployed and made fungible at the time and in the manner that
defendants wished." "defendant UNIVERSITY knew or should
have known that defendants LOFTUS, GUYER and TAVRIS had never
interviewed plaintiff, did not offer or provide protocols for
the conduct of their investigations and interviews, had developed
questionable data, were undertaking and involved in research that
involved a substantial and foreseeable risk of harm but that these
defendants had never considered plaintiff's welfare or the impact
of the investigation and research on plaintiff's feelings and
life....defendant UNIVERSITY also knew or should have known that
defendants LOFTUS and GUYER were seeking to evade protections
afforded to the human subjects of research under its own Human
Subjects Committee and Institutional Review Board (IRB)."
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