PRINTABLE PAGE When Children Go to War The New York Times, Opinion/EditorialJune 18, 2001 In Myanmar, the army recruits street children as young as 10 for use as human minesweepers. In Ethiopia, government forces press-ganged thousands of secondary school students…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Family Bereft as Abuse Cases Die Charges stayed against dying man in pedophilia case By Kerry Gillespie, Staff reporterOriginally published in The Toronto Star, February 24, 2002 “It’s no consolation to you but this is an exceptional case.…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Teacher’s Career Marked By Disturbing Accusations By Toni MarshallOriginally published in the Sun-Sentinel, January 29, 2001 Parts of the Harry Peter Dellas saga read like a storybook tale. But the ending has yet to be written. Born to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Cat Killers’ Sentence Draws Anger Activists outraged as man who taped torture gets 90 days By Nick Pron, Staff reporterOriginally published in The Toronto Star, April 19, 2002 Anger and tears filled a Toronto courthouse moments after the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Boca Rabbi Faces Maximum of 8 Years in Prison for Molesting Boys By Jon Burstein, Staff WriterOriginally published in the Sun-Sentinel, December 21, 2001 FORT LAUDERDALE — A once-popular Boca Raton rabbi now faces no more than eight…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Teen’s Account of Assault Led to More Reports, Arrest Police, counselors praise her actions By Maria Blackburn, Sun Staff Originally published in The Baltimore Sun, November 5, 2001 When a Carroll County teen went to a hospital seeking…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Top Lawyer Says Juries Fail on Rape By Darrin Farrant, Law ReporterOriginally published in The Age, November 19, 2001 A leading law reformer has blamed jury attitudes towards sexual attacks for a steep drop in Victoria’s conviction rates…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Pervs Duck Weak Rules By Douglas MonteroOriginally published by The New York Post, July 31, 2001 The Board of Education’s policies to protect students from sexual abuse aren’t worth the paper they’re written on, advocates and school officials…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Australians Feed Cambodian Child Sex Trade Originally published by Reuters, July 13, 2002 MELBOURNE (Reuters) — Hundreds of Australian men are flocking to Cambodia to have sex with girls and boys sold in brothels, The Age newspaper reported…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Catholic Church Favors Mass. Bill By John Mcelhenny, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, August 8, 2001 BOSTON (AP) — A bill in Massachusetts that would require clergy to report suspected child abuse has gained a…