Sandusky Arrested on Charges Involving Two New Accusers By MARK VIERADEC. 7, 2011 Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged last month with 40 counts of sexually abusing eight boys, was arrested Wednesday on new sexual abuse charges involving two additional accusers. The two testified before a grand jury that they were molested or raped … Read more
It’s not just colleges, or sports, or the Catholic Church. To make sure that parents and children are not afraid, we need to reconsider and reconfigure the norms in every institution that they participate in. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry/why-are-we-surprised-stop_b_1130690.html
A new poll by ABC News/Washington Post says 24 percent of women respondents have experienced sexual harassment from co-workers or supervisors. On the flip side, 25 percent of men respondents say they worry about being falsely accused of sexual harassment, while just 10% of men said they’ve said or done things that might be construed … Read more
Sexual harassment in the military still an issue as many cases go unreported. In a 2010 Defense Department survey, 41 percent of service members – 52 percent of women and 38 percent of men – said that in their work group, people would be able to get away with sexual harassment to some extent even … Read more
“The fact that these women sought sanctuary in the United States — only to find abuse at the hands of officials they thought would protect them — is wholly inconsistent with America’s self-proclaimed reputation as a beacon of human rights,” Lisa Graybill, legal director of the ACLU of Texas http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/10/aclu-sexual-abuse-detainees.html ACLU: The ACLU has released … Read more
Is Sexual Harassment More Prevalent in Small Businesses? Think you know what sexual harassment in the workplace is? Local staffing agency Source One Staffing was accused this month of placing female employees in known hostile work environments and then ignoring their claims of misdeeds taking place there. nbcchicago.com
This should be an interesting case to follow. An 18-year-old Vancouver woman has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Social and Health Services, alleging she was emotionally and sexually abused while in foster care as a young child. The suit, filed Tuesday in Clark County Superior Court, claims that DSHS was negligent “in … Read more
News media reports of sex abuse are on the rise. As the public’s interest in the subject peaks, health care professionals should be aware of their legal obligation to investigate and report suspected child sex abuse to law enforcement authorities. This office recently settled a case for a girl who was injured by sexual abuse, … Read more