The UN Committee for the Rights of the Child recently released their “Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Mexico.” Much in the June 5 report wasn’t surprising: drug cartels are recruiting and using children for violence and children have been murdered and/or have gone missing in non-state violent activities. The…Continue reading UN committee blasts Mexico/Church collusion in sexual abuse
Next month, Anaheim is hosting one of the best national training institutes on crime victims’ rights. I’ll be presenting—and if you are going to be in Southern California in early September, this is a must-attend event. The National Center for Victims of Crime’s 2015 National Training Institute features more than 130 leading experts and 72…Continue reading Want to learn about crime victims’ rights?
Here’s a hypothetical: Your boss borrows your car and runs over your beloved dog Rover in the company’s parking garage. When your boss returns the car, you ask him about your dead dog and the blood stains all over the bumper. He denies all knowledge. When confronted with video surveillance footage, your boss finally admits…Continue reading Using “healing” to end the conversation … when the conversation is far from over
The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Sexual Abuse is ALMOST HERE! Enter NOW by clicking the link below or visiting Goodreads to win your free signed copy. Well … the contest starts April 12 and closes the day the book is released: September 15. So be sure to enter on August 12. Spread…Continue reading Goodreads Signed Book Giveaway!
In light of the upcoming Papal visit to the U.S., I have a question: When does Zero Tolerance begin? Here are some hypotheticals to help illustrate my question: If you found out that a new priest in your parish had admitted to his superiors (but not the parish) that he had sexually abused a…Continue reading A question for Cupich: When does “Zero Tolerance” begin?