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Support group for male sexual abuse survivors set up in Taranaki
Mike Subritzky is a team of one committed to helping heal the unknown number of male sexual assault survivors in Taranaki. Subritzky, a trained counsellor with a background in chaplaincy, runs Male Survivors Taranaki which falls under the national body Male Survivors Aotearoa. He says statistics show 1 in 6 men have been sexually abused but it’s…
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Police say they’ve identified over 80 new sexual assault victims at Dilworth School
Police investigating historical sexual offending allegations at Dilworth School in Auckland have identified over 80 additional accusers. An additional 33 charges have been laid against five men as part of Operation Beverly, Detective Senior Sergeant Geoff Baber said today in a statement. All five men, aged between 68 and 78, are already before the court after…
Continue Reading Police say they’ve identified over 80 new sexual assault victims at Dilworth School
From the Chairman’s desk, December 2020
If you light a lamp for someone else it will also brightenyour own path.Buddha Kia ora koutou, As we approach the end of a challenging year it is encouraging to reflect on oursubstantial achievements during a year impacted by Covid-19; and to approach 2021 with a level of confidence that comes from knowing that we…
Scout leader facing multiple charges may have other victims
Police say a former Scout leader charged with historical sexual offences involving children over 40 years may have had other victims. The man was arrested in March and faces a total of 26 charges. They are: seven charges of unlawful sexual connection with a male aged 12-16; 17 charges of indecent assault on a boy…
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Former Dunedin teacher’s ‘enormous breach of trust’
A former school teacher has been sentenced over a historic indecent assault. Former Otago Boys’ High School maths teacher David Russell Bond, 69, appeared for sentencing before Judge Michael Turner in the Dunedin District Court on Thursday on a charge of indecent assault. His lawyer, Anne Stevens QC, said her client was no longer a…
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Reliving abuse at Dilworth: ‘I was conditioned not to say anything’
Historical abuse suffered at the hands of some fellow students and staff at Dilworth School have been outlined to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care. Neil Harding, who is 55, went to the Anglican boarding school in Auckland in 1977. A number of men are before the courts charged with indecent assault relating to historical abuse…
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