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Welcome to SCAARS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZ3m0D2Qss&feature=youtu.be SCAARS is a non-profit corporation which seeks to improve the laws pertaining to child abuse, mandatory reporting, the applicable statutes of limitations, as well as court outcomes in the judicial process. SCAARS is the result of determined individuals who have dedicated their time to reforming policies which place children…Continue reading “Welcome to SCAARS”

Culture Change…

Benedict XVI: The Church and the Scandal of sexual abuse

11 Apr 201927 Apr 2019

This is the long article that the Pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, wrote in the form of notes on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. It is a thorough and merciless…

Investigations…

Legislature eliminates statute of limitations for child sex crimes, the ‘most important’ reform in decades to support survivors

10 Apr 201927 Apr 2019

Supporters say this is the "most important move" the Legislature has made to support sexual-assault survivors in decades. Source - Seattle Times, WA: Legislature eliminates statute of limitations for child…

The Brussels Times – More than 70 Jehovah’s Witness sexual abuse victims speak up after Belgian documentary

4 Apr 201927 Apr 2019

More than 70 victims of sexual abuse within the Jehovah's Witnesses have come forward with their stories since the public network aired a documentory about it last week, reports the…

International…

Pope Issues Law, With Penalties, for Vatican City to Address Sexual Abuse

29 Mar 201927 Apr 2019

Investigations…

N.J. sexual-assault victims will soon have more time to sue abusers under bill that just passed

25 Mar 20191 Apr 2019

Despite opposition from the Catholic Church, lawmakers passed a bill expanding the statute of limitations for sexual assault in New Jersey. Source: www.nj.com N.J. sexual-assault victims will soon have more…

Child sexual abuse inquiry scope clarified

7 Mar 20198 Mar 2019

Priests who abused children in their own homes will be included in a Royal Commission into historical sexual abuse. The move is being described as a change-in-scope by advocates but…

Quebec class action alleging sexual abuse in Jehovah’s Witnesses can proceed | CBC News

Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class action lawsuit against two Jehovah's Witnesses entities, alleging a culture of silence within the group led to the covering up of sexual abuse.…

Priests could be arrested if they do not report sexual abuse

7 Mar 20197 Mar 2019

The groundbreaking development would see Victorian priests potentially serve time behind bars if they ignore cases of sexual abuse revealed in confidence. Read more at link below . . .…

Baptist Church…

20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms

28 Feb 201928 Feb 2019

As leaders decline to act, the numbers grow. In the past 20 years, about 380 Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers have faced allegations of sexual misconduct, the newspapers found.…

Baptist Church…

Southern Baptist Convention grapples with sexual abuse report

24 Feb 201928 Feb 2019

After two newspapers rocked the evangelical Vatican, members who work with victims say much remains to be changed The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), one of the largest Christian organizations in…

Catholic Church…

Attorney General Nessel to Catholic Church: Stop self-policing

21 Feb 201928 Feb 2019

Nessel asked the Diocese of Lansing and its counterparts to pause internal reviews as her office investigates clergy abuse. That may take up to two years LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has…

Ex-Jehovah’s Witness faces new child sexual abuse charges in Mont-Laurier, Que. | CBC News

14 Feb 201928 Feb 2019

A former Jehovah's Witness from Mont-Laurier, Que., is facing new charges of sexually assaulting two girls in his congregation in the 1980s — 23 years after he was acquitted of…

Culture Change…

NY Child Victims Act: What new law means for sex abusers, victims

5 Feb 201928 Feb 2019

Legislators said the Child Victims Act will pass as the Catholic Church eases its long-held opposition to the bill. Decade-long battle Survivors of child sexual assault will earn a victory…

Catholic Church…

DC attorney general proposes bill to make clergy mandatory reporters

5 Feb 201928 Feb 2019

The bill would extend to a range of positions and professions across church, state, and private insitutions, but provides explicit exemptions for the confessional, and priests would not be required…