40 h. ago MP says she was attacked online by the Tate brothers after telling Commons she was a 'survivor of abuse'

The MP for Lagan Valley told the Commons she was a ‘survivor of abuse’ after she received rape and death threats for criticising Elon Musk

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45 h. ago Celtic abuse survivor claims legal settlement protects club and blocks justice

The victim believes the deal allows Celtic FC to “get off the hook” by paying cash to victims while maintaining it was not to blame for any abuse.

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45 h. ago Abuse survivor who filmed ex battering her on couch shares sickening threats from trolls

Elizabeth Shanks, 36, has been tormented with online threats and disturbing messages after revealing the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of Christopher Forrest.

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9 d. ago Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur review – pomposity puncturing gets lost in personae

Wallace Collection, LondonArtworks ‘by’ Perry’s new alter ego – an abuse survivor from the East End called Shirley Smith – sit among works by real outsider artists. His stronger pieces are more straightforwardGrayson Perry is fascinated by outsiders – outcasts, nonconformists, the marginalised and the deviant. He has frequently assumed the outsider position, delivering commentary on class, gender and Britons’ petty snobberies. Across his career, he has pronounced on how his medium of choice (ceramics), his crossdressing, or his engagement with popular culture have excited the disapproval of cliques including the art world. Now, as a member of the Royal Academy, a knight of the realm and a ubiquitous presence on TV, that anti-establishment stance is under some strain. He shall hereafter be referred to as Sir Grayson, to keep him in his (elevated) place.Delusions of Grandeur is a classic Graysonian bluff – a title that carries its own takedown (who does he think he is?). Though it is ...

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2 w. ago Clergy abuse survivor begs New Orleans not to release child molester: ‘It’s just not right’

Tim Gioe, abused as a child by disgraced priest Pat Wattigny, appeals to Louisiana department of correctionsA Catholic clergy abuse survivor who helped convict the priest who molested him while he was growing up outside New Orleans is pleading with officials to not grant the disgraced cleric parole at a hearing scheduled for June – just 24 months after he pleaded guilty and in return received a five-year prison sentence.“Please, please do not let this man out,” the survivor, Tim Gioe, wrote to a Louisiana department of corrections official after recently being informed of a parole hearing for Pat Wattigny that is tentatively scheduled for 12 June. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Clergy abuse survivor begs Louisiana not to release child molester: ‘It’s just not right’

Tim Gioe, abused as a child by disgraced priest Pat Wattigny, appeals to state’s department of correctionsA Catholic clergy abuse survivor who helped convict the priest who molested him while he was growing up outside New Orleans is pleading with officials to not grant the disgraced cleric parole at a hearing scheduled for June – just 24 months after he pleaded guilty and in return received a five-year prison sentence.“Please, please do not let this man out,” the survivor, Tim Gioe, wrote to a Louisiana department of corrections official after recently being informed of a parole hearing for Pat Wattigny that is tentatively scheduled for 12 June. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Child abuse survivor from Perthshire to run marathon in aid of children's charity

Former Edinburgh Academy pupil (62) to run London Marathon for NSPCC.

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3 w. ago Survivor who ignited US Catholic church’s reckoning with abuse killed in Louisiana

Scott Anthony Gastal, who at age 11 had testified in court in the 1980s that his priest had raped him, was beaten to deathThe clergy abuse survivor who effectively ignited the US Catholic church’s reckoning with clerical molestation when – at age 11 – he testified in the 1980s that his priest had raped him was recently beaten to death in south-west Louisiana.Scott Anthony Gastal, whose later life was marked by legal struggles after enduring child sexual abuse at the hands of notorious clergy predator Gilbert Gauthe, was 50. Continue reading...

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