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...number of specific reforms, if immediately adopted, could reduce the ability of priests to engage in sexual abuse and of bishops to conceal these crimes. First, the Church must reaffirm its commitment to treating cases of sexual abuse as open civil matters rather than concealed ecclesiastical ones. For example, one of the reports in Ireland noted the Church hierarchy’s systematic failure to inform local authorities of felonies committed by priests. Priests need to be made aware of the appropriate means of reporting crimes to civil enforcement officials and mandated to do so in many cases. The obligations...
Russ Whitehurst, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says that while some schools have been promising to refund money if credit hours don't transfer to another school or if tuition increases after the first semester, he believes Lansing's get-a-job-or-your-money-back offer is a first. "If every community college in America did something like that, they'd all be broke," he says. "They'd be refunding all their tuition...
Women in such circumstances, says Speckhard, tend to be recruited because they are in search of "psychological first aid." Working most often over the Internet, the recruiters play the role of a father to women left vulnerable by abuse or other trauma. "To an extent it does help them. It's like a drug. It's short-lived. It gives you relief, but it's not a solution. And just like a drug addiction, it often ends tragically," says Speckhard, who has interviewed more than 300 perpetrators of terrorism, their victims and their loved ones for her book Talking...
Were there any points while you were there where you wanted to quit? It's not my job to measure the results. It's my job, as it is anyone's job, to show up. Last month we held a Run for Congo Women event in Congo for the first time. There was something so powerful that after everything, no militia could steal their compassion or power. With these stories, you have moments where you question humanity. The run was a clear answer to that: even in the face of the worst violence, it can't take away these women...
...instantly be a lifeline for her. You're very likely saving a child's life when you do it. I also would recommend joining the Raise Hope for Congo campaign, which works on policy work to end the violence for good. We're really looking at one of the first periods in human history where movements are developing to prevent and end mass atrocities while they're happening, instead of [just] expressions of regret later...