This item written by Steve Butcher appears on the age.com website and refers to a judgement in the State of Victoria’s Appeal Court (Australia) A woman jailed in 2010 for sex offences 33 years ago against two boys aged eight has been freed after Victoria’s highest court quashed her convictions and acquitted her. Three Court [...]
Book Review: Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories. David F. Pierre. CreateSpace Publishers. 2011. 190 pages.
December 20, 2011 from Leave a Comment
Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories. David F. Pierre. CreateSpace Publishers. 2011. 190 pages. David F. Pierre’s newest book, Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories (The Media Report, 2011). The book documents the stories of seven priests who have suffered under the millstone of false witness over the last decade of scandal in [...]
Irish Broadcaster apologises to falsely accused missionary
November 19, 2011 from Leave a Comment
This items appears on the Independent Catholic News website (here) Irish broadcasters RTE have apologised without reservation for false accusing a missionary in Kenya of raping a woman.In a statement, the Irish Missionary Union has welcomed the fact that RTE “has settled the defamation against it and has apologised unreservedly for the defamation inflicted on [...]
Priestly Vulnerability
September 6, 2011 from Leave a Comment
The following article by Dr. Jeff Mirus appears on the Catholic Culture website. The recent news story out of Canada about a man who extorted money from a priest under the threat of a false allegation of sexual abuse reminds me of how vulnerable priests have become in today’s culture. This seems to be true [...]
High profile priest decides to leave priesthood over handling of allegations against him [USA]
June 30, 2011 from Leave a Comment
The Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity said it was “saddened” that Father John Corapi, one of the most visible members of its order, has decided to leave the order and the priesthood. Father Corapi, 64, declared June 17 in a YouTube video and a blog posting on one of his websites, [...]
Author Nik Greene wins literary award after being falsely accused of being a paedophile
June 22, 2011 from Leave a Comment
This article first appeared on Your Thanet here Author Nik Greene wins literary award after being falsely accused of being a paedophile When Nik Greene’s adopted daughter falsely accused him of sexually assaulting her, he was instantly labelled a paedophile and sent to a dangerous French prison. While there he was beaten, raped and even [...]
More than 10% of Americans report they have been falsely accused of abuse
June 7, 2011 from Leave a Comment
This item first appeared on the PRNewswire website on the 7th June 2011 A national survey of 10,000 Americans reveals 11% report they have been falsely accused of abuse. The first-ever survey of its type probed persons’ first-hand experiences with false allegations of child abuse, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. The study was commissioned by [...]
Book Review: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong by Brandon L. Garrett [USA]
June 6, 2011 from Leave a Comment
Judge Learned Hand called “the ghost of the innocent man convicted” an “unreal dream.” But in “Convicting the Innocent,” Brandon L. Garrett shows that it can be a “nightmarish reality.” Since the late 1980s, DNA testing has exonerated more than 250 wrongly convicted people, who spent an average of 13 years in prison for crimes [...]
Pupils convinced teachers are pedophiles
February 4, 2011 from Leave a Comment
Our attention has been drawn to a historic face book site which requests readers to report “that one teacher in your school you’re convniced is a pedophile”. Although the site is closed it does contain reports of several men who the informants say are pedophiles A FACT spokesman said ” We do not know however [...]
A new Canadian study reveals that only one out of 20 elementary school teachers are male
November 17, 2010 from Leave a Comment
Where are the models for young boys? A new Canadian study reveals that only one out of 20 elementary school teachers are male — and the main reason men avoid these young grades is they don’t want to be accused of being pedophiles. Tragically, this is no unjustified fear. The report, commissioned by the Ontario [...]
Priest who has been cleared of charges of sexual abuse is taking aim at his bishop – and others – in court.
September 9, 2010 from 2 Comments
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: A priest at St. Vincent College filed a libel suit Friday in Westmoreland County against officials of the Greensburg Catholic Diocese and St. Vincent College, alleging they falsely accused him of being a pedophile even though he was exonerated by state police. The Rev. Mark Gruber, who is a tenured professor, [...]
Compensation for Ontario victims of forensic pathology scandal likelt to receive $250,000
August 11, 2010 from Leave a Comment
The following clip relating to Canada appears on the Ontario Globe and Mail website The Ontario government has announced long-awaited compensation for victims of the province’s forensic pathology scandal. People who were charged or convicted in 19 cases based on erroneous evidence from disgraced pathologist Charles Smith will be eligible for “recognition” payments of up [...]
Unjustly accused child abusers face an uphill battle to clear their names
July 28, 2010 from 3 Comments
When Michigan psychologist Demosthenes Lorandos first met former kindergarten teacher Tonya Renee Craft, he was brutally frank about her chances of beating the 22 counts of child abuse and molestation brought against her by a Georgia prosecutor. “I told her that she was a dead woman,” he recalled. “That things were over for her, that [...]
Easling case raised in South Australia Parliament
July 20, 2010 from Leave a Comment
The Easling case has been raised as a ‘ Matter of ‘Privelege’ in the South Australian Parliament. The full text of the debate as shown on Hansard can be downloaded below Easling Debate: South Australian Parliament – Thursday 22 July 2010
Bahama teachers concerned about sex assault allegations
April 4, 2010 from Leave a Comment
Sixteen months after several cases of alleged sexual misconduct thrust teacher-student relations into the national spotlight, Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) officials say they fear teachers may be falsely accused – a claim that was yesterday acknowledged by a top Ministry of Education official. During a one-day BUT seminar hosted yesterday at All Saints Church [...]
Crown solicitor concludes Easling trial process ‘ethical’
December 4, 2009 from 1 Comment
A Crown Solicitor’s review of a trial process involving a man who was acquitted of 18 sexual abuse charges has found his prosecution was conducted ethically, properly and appropriately. A Crown Solicitor’s review of a trial process involving a man who was acquitted of 18 sexual abuse charges has found his prosecution was conducted ethically, [...]
Easling case rumbles on. Attorney General under attack for libelous comments
October 16, 2009 from Leave a Comment
In Australia the Easling case rumbles on. Michael Atkinson the State Attorney General comes under attack for libelous comments. View the latest spat on YouTube here Transcipt of Parliamentary debate which led to the above response on YouTube. STATUTES AMENDMENT (VICTIMS OF CRIME) BILL Consideration in committee of the Legislative Council’s amendments. The Hon. I.F. [...]
Agents ‘posed as police’ in South Australian Easling case
April 21, 2009 from Leave a Comment
The following item was recently posted on The Australian web site. Members of a South Australian government special investigations unit allegedly posed as police officers to gain access to the employment records of a former senior public servant accused and ultimately cleared of 20 sexual abuse charges. Liberal frontbencher Iain Evans told state parliament last week that [...]
Man wrongly convicted of two murders – police withheld evidence [USA]
March 19, 2009 from Leave a Comment
Locked behind iron prison bars on death row for 4,887 days, Glen “Ed” Chapman knew he was innocent, but no one would listen. Chapman lost 14 years of his life in a jail cell for two murders he was wrongly convicted of. Monday night, the Elon University Innocence Project brought Chapman to speak at the [...]
USA clergy pay out billions in compensation
March 14, 2009 from Leave a Comment
The following report on Clergy abuse in the USA appears on the AP website. It shows an increasing trend in awarding compensation and highlights the fact that some churches are not able to meet these claim and are filing for bankruptcy. Catholic dioceses still paying for clergy misdeeds By RACHEL ZOLL – 2 days ago NEW YORK [...]
Abuse victims acknowledge need for records of false allegations to be expunged [USA]
March 13, 2009 from Leave a Comment
A Senate hearing wqas told tht even victim advocates acknowledge that people falsely accused of domestic violence should be able to erase their public court records. “Everyone’s agreeing this is a problem,” said Lisae C. Jordan of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. The question is what to do about it, they said. (more)
Forensic scientist reports high inicidence of false rape
March 12, 2009 from Leave a Comment
The Forensic Examiner has a very interesting article of the incidence of false rape, and the reasons why people are falsely accused of rape. The issue is examined from an academic point of view. More information here
Number of wrongful convictions estimated at almost 87,000 [USA]
January 8, 2009 from Leave a Comment
The parade of wrongly convicted men from Dallas County makes you wonder how many other people suffered the same fate. Estimates vary, but a new study from Michigan pegs the number at almost 87,000 nationwide from 1989-2003. University of Michigan law professor Samuel Gross and Michigan State University law professor Barbara O’Brien base their projection [...]
Thousands wrongly convicted [USA]
January 6, 2009 from Leave a Comment
The parade of wrongly convicted men from Dallas County makes you wonder how many other people suffered the same fate. Estimates vary, but a new study from Michigan pegs the number at almost 87,000 nationwide from 1989-2003. University of Michigan law professor Samuel Gross and Michigan State University law professor Barbara O’Brien base their projection [...]
Court hears of ‘anticlerical’ social worker at alleged abuse school [Eire]
August 4, 2008 from
The following story appeared in the Irish media on the 25th July 2008 A court has heard that an “extremely anticlerical” social worker investigating alleged sexual abuse at a Galway school was eventually taken off the case by the former Western Health Board. Superintendent Jim Sugrue, now retired, told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that the social [...]