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November 27, 2020
BBC

Jonathan Thomson-Glover, who admitted abusing boys at Clifton College in Bristol, was jailed in August 2015.

A senior inspector said the school’s “culture of minimisation” had made it more difficult to uncover wrongdoing.

The college formally apologised for “letting down children and their parents” last week.
Richard Johnson told an Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse hearing it became clear that there had been an “artificially high threshold” for pupils to make complaints when an inspection took place in 2013.

Mr Johnson, a deputy chief inspector of the Independent Schools Inspectorate, blamed

December 2, 2020
TRT World

Zhou Xiaoxuan weeps as she speaks to her supporters upon arrival at a courthouse in Beijing on December 2, 2020. (AP)
A Chinese woman, who filed a sexual misconduct lawsuit against a TV host, has her case heard in court after over two years.

Zhou Xiaoxuan told cheering supporters at a courthouse on Wednesday that she hopes her case will encourage victims of gender violence in a system that gives them few options to pursue complaints.

The delay of her trial reflects the challenges Chinese women face in pursuing sexual

Seattle – A 21-year-old Palmdale, California, man was sentenced to three years in prison today in U.S. District Court in Seattle for federal crimes related to his computer hacking scheme and his possession of child pornography found on his digital devices, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. RYAN S. HERNANDEZ, aka Ryan West, who used the online moniker “RyanRocks,” pleaded guilty to a two-count information in January 2020. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour ordered HERNANDEZ to be on seven years of supervised release

December 1, 2020
Maria Puente
USA Today

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard conflicting arguments at a virtual hearing on Tuesday about whether Bill Cosby was fairly convicted of sex crimes in 2018, but many of the seven justices seemed doubtful of the prosecution’s assertions.
The high court heard oral arguments from Cosby’s appellate lawyer, Jennifer Bonjean, and from two prosecutors from the office of District Attorney Kevin Steele of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, about whether Cosby’s 2018 trial was flawed by evidence and testimony that should have been excluded, and thus should be thrown out.
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December 2, 2020
William Morris
Desmoines Register

An Altoona man has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls.
Jason Adkins, 45, will serve two years apiece for counts of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse and indecent contact with a child, both aggravated misdemeanors. Three felony charges of sexual assault were dismissed. Adkins also will be registered as a sex offender for life.
Court records show Adkins entered an Alford plea in September, meaning he maintained his innocence but acknowledged prosecutors had strong evidence and wished to take

December 4, 2020
US News

WILLIAMSPORT, PA. (AP) — A Williamsport couple who mistreated their eight children with abuse that included severe beatings, starvation and molestation for over a decade have been charged with endangerment and other counts, authorities said Friday.
Their arrests capped a seven-month investigation that began when the father was arrested for firing a gun twice out the window of their home during an argument with his wife, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said.
The children, who now range in age from 14 to 26, were interviewed after their father’s arrest