 | By Murray Weiss, DNAinfo.com June 21, 2012 BROOKLYN — Four men were arrested Thursday morning for allegedly offering a $500,000 bribe to a sexually abused teenager to get her to drop charges against a popular Orthodox community counselor who is presently on trial in Brooklyn. READ MORE |
Add Comment  State Government inquiry on sexual abuse suicide link in religious organisations not far enough, says group Ashley Gardiner Herald Sun April 17, 2012 UPDATE: THE Victorian Government has come under fire for ordering a parliamentary inquiry to investigate child sex abuse by the clergy, rather than a royal commission. Premier Ted Baillieu and Attorney-General Robert Clark made the announcement at Parliament House at 1.15pm. An inquiry was one of the key recommendations of an earlier inquiry into child protection by retired judge Phillip Cummins. It also follows reports of a police investigation that has linked a number of suicides with sex abuse by priests. The Cummins inquiry recommended that “a formal investigation should be conducted into the processes by which religious organisations response to the criminal abuse of children by religious personnel within their organisations.” READ MORE |
