Posted in September 2009 …
Puppet Strings
I was a puppet upon your strings, Afraid of what disagreement could bring. I tried to please, meet your requests, But you wanted more than my very best. I knew not to argue, I knew not to tell, Even as I became unwell. I let you make out that I was to blame, You … Continue reading »
My Name
My Name My name is Fatso and I am eight. I think I would be better if I lost weight. The kids at school hate me, And often make me cry. I try to tell the teachers But they say I just lie. My name is Stupid and I am ten, I sometimes feel … Continue reading »
Victims of repeated abuse suffer complex trauma
(CNN) — For 18 years, a girl who was whisked away into a secret backyard compound was forced to grow up in isolation. Jaycee Lee Dugard was 11 years old when she was abducted and secreted away in a backyard compound. By the time authorities discovered Jaycee Lee Dugard, she was a 29-year-old mother … Continue reading »
Investigators blind on P2P child abuse
Encryption on the rise too By Chris Williams • Get more from this author Posted in Policing, 7th September 2009 Child abuse investigators plan to focus efforts on the use of peer to peer networks to distribute images, following a “wholesale move” in sex offenders’ online behaviour . The “vast majority” of paedophile … Continue reading »
Former child abuse detective pleads guilty to ‘grooming’ teenager
Andrew Rowe, a former child abuse detective pleaded guilty to inciting a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity via Facebook. Rowe, 31, who befriended his victim’s family during his work with Staffordshire Police’s child abuse investigation unit, admitted five sexual offences when he appeared at Birmingham Crown Court by videolink. The charges included two … Continue reading »
Pope ‘led cover-up of child abuse by priests’
The Pope played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests, according to a shocking documentary screened by the BBC. In 2001, while he was a cardinal, he issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the Church’s interests … Continue reading »
