Scottish child abuse inquiry, Leah Remini on Scientology's Abuse, Understanding the lure and persuasiveness of cults

- First hearings in child abuse inquiry to get under way
- SCOTS ABUSE PROBE What is the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry?
- Leah Remini on Scientology's Abuse: 'It Should Be Everyone's Fight'
- Understanding the lure and persuasiveness of cults

First hearings in child abuse inquiry to get under way
Scotland
The first hearings in the Scottish child abuse inquiry are set to get under way in Edinburgh later.

More than 60 institutions, including several top private schools and church bodies, are being investigated.

The inquiry, which is being chaired by Lady Smith, will look in detail at historical abuse of children in residential care.

It is expected to report in late 2019 - more than four years after it was set up.

The inquiry states its purpose as being "to investigate the nature and extent of abuse of children whilst in care in Scotland", while considering "the extent to which institutions and bodies with legal responsibility for the care of children failed in their duty", in particular seeking any "systemic failures"....
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-40093270   


SCOTS ABUSE PROBE What is the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry? What is its aim and what organisations are being investigated?
The inquiry will raise public awareness of institutionalised abuse and reveal the reality of the suffering of child victims
By Matt Coyle 30th May 2017

....More than 100 locations identified as places children are believed to have been assaulted.

Prestigious private schools including Fettes College and Loretto are among the sites being investigated.

Eight institutions run by Christian religious orders are also named as part of the investigation.

Under historic care arrangements, Scottish children were sent to countries including Canada, Australia and New Zealand and organisations in these countries will also be probed.....

The overall aim and purpose of the Inquiry is to raise public awareness of the abuse of children in care, particularly in the past

It will allow the public to acknowledge the suffering of those children and a forum for validation of their experience and testimony.....
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1080683/what-is-the-scottish-child-abuse-inquiry/ 

Leah Remini on Scientology's Abuse: 'It Should Be Everyone's Fight'
Jim Halterman May 28, 2017

Nobody is as surprised as actress Leah Remini that her A&E series, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, was such a hit during its first season last year. Sure, she’s already written an autobiography (Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology) about her experiences in the organization and appeared on countless talk shows....

Now it's time for the government agencies whose job it is to protect people from dangerous cults like this to do something about it.

And the IRS not to allow an organization such as this to stand behind the First Amendment and give them free reign to abuse people. That's not why this amendment is there. It's there to protect people, to protect real religions and beliefs. This is not that. These are not that. This and other cults like it should not be recognized under this amendment. I obviously need to do more. The headlines should be about the abuses and the people writing these stories should be just as shocked and not use my name. I've learned a little bit in that way to be a little bit more selective and demand that people do their job and not put it on me and [former Scientology executive] Mike Rinder as our fight. We’re not anti-Scientologist, we're anti-bully and we're anti-abuse....
https://www.tvinsider.com/194985/leah-remini-interview-scientology-and-the-aftermath-season-2/ 

Understanding the lure and persuasiveness of cults
Cults are groups that hold persuasive power over their members and demand extreme dedication and subservience. How do cults lure people in and what happens on the inside? Why do people join controlling groups and how difficult is it for them to leave?

There are many stories about cults that have been involved with fraud, embezzlement and abuse. One such story is that of Australia's most notorious cult, The Family.
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/understanding-the-lure-and-persuasiveness-of-cults/8560064 

Houses next to Castro's torn down, violent child abuse, Irish priest arrested

Houses next to Ariel Castro's former Seymour Avenue property torn down
By Cory Shaffer  Northeast Ohio Media Group
August 26, 2013

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For the second time this month, excavators were biting into homes on Seymour Avenue Monday.

The Cuyahoga Land Bank began demolishing two homes that sit between a vacant lot and the former site of Ariel Castro's house at about 7 a.m. Monday....
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/08/houses_next_to_ariel_castros_s.html



Irish priest arrested in Tenerife over claims he abused boys in Britain over a 36-year period

    Francis Paul Cullen was arrested in the town of Arona
    He is wanted for alleged indecent assaults in southern Derbyshire
    Altar boys aged 7, 8 and 12 when first allegedly abused
    It is claimed abuse took place between 1955 and 1991
By Anthony Bond 24 August 2013

...It is claimed the abuses took place in religious centres and churches.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2401437/Priest-Francis-Paul-Cullen-arrested-claims-abused-boys-37-year-period.html


Sexually explicit photos of bound, gagged children spur arrest of Wilton Manors man
Warning: Story contains explicit content
By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel
August 26, 2013

Children as young as 6, bound and gagged in sexually explicit photos, and online chat logs expressing the desire to torture, rape and massacre young children have spurred the arrest of a Wilton Manors man, according to a federal criminal complaint.

Christopher Holmes, 55, a commercial pilot, was arrested on child pornography charges Friday after an examination of his laptop computer turned up the images, including one that appeared to depict "a dead child covered with lacerations and feces," the complaint said.

"At this point, they're only allegations in a complaint," said Holmes' Fort Lauderdale attorney, Mike Dutko. "There's been no formal charge, and I have yet to see any evidence first hand."

Holmes is in the Broward Main Jail....

The laptop search also uncovered an Aug. 6 chat log with "sadistic and violent descriptions of child rape, torture and murder," the complaint said.

That log contained about three pages of dialogue between Holmes and an unidentified person with the screen name "Jimmy Wright," in which Holmes described "in detail his desire to torture, rape and then massacre young children at a school," the complaint said.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-pilot-child-porn-charges-20130826,0,5265997.story