Monday 25 May 2015

MSM Dips Its Toes - SRA



Not an issue, today, of course

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May 25th, 2015

Ritual Sexual Abuse: The Anatomy of a Panic, pt 1

"Analysis

David Aaronovitch of The Times traces the powerful intellectual influences behind what he sees as one of the most important cultural shifts of the past 40 years: from a society in which accusations of sexual abuse were wrongly ignored to one in which the falsely accused were crushed by a system where the mantra was "victims must be believed".

In the first of two programmes, Aaronovitch will examine the role played by unproven psychoanalytic theories which, from the 1980s, spread from the world of therapists in Canada and the USA to social work, medicine and then to law enforcement in Britain.

From the NSPCC to academia it was believed that children were being sexually abused in group Satanic rituals, which involved murder and animal sacrifice. The programme will explore how these bizarre ideas took hold, how they were related to mistaken psychotherapeutic practices, and how they resonate still.

The programme will look at the influences of four books which played a key role in influencing the intellectual and cultural climate. These are Sybil, Michelle Remembers, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and The Courage to Heal.

Producer: Hannah Barnes

Contributors

Rosie Waterhouse - Investigative Journalist; Head of MA in investigative journalism at City University

Debbie Nathan - Investigative Journalist and Author

Tim Tate - Television Producer and Director

Sue Hampson - Former counsellor, and now Director of Safe to Say Trauma Informed Training and Consultancy

Roma Hart - Former Multiple Personality Disorder patient, who has retracted claims she was abused in childhood."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vx63j

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June 1st, 2015

Ritual Sexual Abuse: The Anatomy of a Panic, pt 2 

"David Aaronovitch of The Times traces the powerful intellectual influences behind what he sees as one of the most important cultural shifts of the past 40 years: from a society in which accusations of sexual abuse were wrongly ignored to one in which the falsely accused were crushed by a system where the mantra was "victims must be believed".

In the second of two programmes, Aaronovitch re-examines the role played by unproven psychoanalytic theories which, from the 1980s, spread from the world of therapists in Canada and the USA to social work, medicine and then to law enforcement in Britain.

The programme explores the parallels between the belief in ritual abuse with some of the claims being made today about VIP paedophile rings and group murder.

Some of the mistakes of the past - such as the false accusations made against parents in the Orkneys and Rochdale of satanic abuse - have been acknowledged. But, Aaronovitch argues, without a profound understanding of how and why such moral panics arise we are unlikely to avoid similar mistakes in the future. And when such mistakes recur we risk an over-reaction and a return to a culture of denial."

Producer: Hannah Barnes

Contributors:

Rosie Waterhouse - Investigative Journalist; Head of MA in investigative journalism at City University

Debbie Nathan - Investigative Journalist and Author

Tim Tate - Television Producer and Director

Sue Hampson - Former counsellor, and now Director of Safe to Say Trauma Informed Training and Consultancy

Dr Sarah Nelson - Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh

Professor Richard McNally - Professor of Psychology at Harvard University

Anonymous case study.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wxx6

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Wednesday, June 3 2015 at 7:30PM /19 March 2013

The Satanic ritual abuse myth, false memories and weird beliefs: Anatomy of a 20-year investigation

"Abstract

Lurid tales of children being sexually abused, of animals being ritually slaughtered and babies being bred for sacrifice, in bizarre black magic ceremonies, by cults of devil worshipping Satanists first surfaced in America in the early 1980s. The allegations of what became known as Satanic ritual abuse soon spread to Britain, Australia and New Zealand in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the same time, belief in this apparently new and especially depraved form of child abuse was reinforced and said to be corroborated by another new phenomenon, or fashion, in the field of adult psychotherapy, psychology and psychiatry – the recovered memory movement. On conference circuits and in literature, this movement, led by both medically qualified professionals and untrained therapists, promoted the theory that adults can be helped to recover long-buried “repressed” memories of childhood sexual abuse, in some cases Satanic ritual abuse, and that as a consequence of that abuse those patients suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.

This talk explores the origins and spread of the myth of Satanic ritual abuse. As early as 1994 a UK government-funded investigation concluded there was no evidence Satanic ritual abuse existed. Yet despite the continuing absence of evidence, anywhere in the world, a minority of child care professionals, including police officers and social workers, and adult psychotherapists, psychologists and psychiatrists, persist in the belief that Satanic ritual abuse exists. Conferences are still being held around the world.

This talk will chart the progress of my ongoing investigation over 22 years which has examined allegations of the Satanic ritual abuse of children and asked ‘where’s the evidence’?

In the course of the investigation I explored the controversy over the extreme and polarised recovered-versus-false memory debate – still one of the most divisive issues in adult psychotherapy, psychology and psychiatry today. As an illustration of the damage caused by zealots who believed in Satanic ritual abuse and in their ability to “help” a patient recover the memories, I will relate the tragic story of the life and untimely death of Carol Felstead, alias Myers.

Finally, this talk will explore how the myth of Satanic ritual abuse can be considered in the context of the field of anomalistic psychology, the wonderful whacky world of weird beliefs, for example how people can come to believe they have been abducted by aliens. Some of these UFO “experiencers” also believe they were also victims of Satanic ritual abuse. Part of the purpose of my research, ultimately for a PhD by Prior Publication, is to try to understand how and why people can come to believe bizarre, appalling, weird things happened in the total absence of evidence."

http://greenwich.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/2252/Satanic-Abuse-Multiple-Personalities-False-Memories-and-Weird-Beliefs-Anatomy-of-a-25Year-Investigation

http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=5562

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More to follow

Genuinely, A New One To Us - POCD


http://fairfieldocdgroup.freehostia.com/ocdcycle.html


"POCD is widely used to refer to fears associated with paedophilia OCD, an unwarranted obsessional fear of being a paedophile.

Some sufferers use acronyms to refer to their type of OCD, but the acronym is often used as an avoidance, in this case from using the word 'paedophile'.

The term POCD can also lead to confusion over the type of OCD being referred to because some use it to describe other forms of OCD, for example postpartum OCD or 'Pure O'.

This confusion leads to delays in treatment where a person will seek specialists in POCD but are unable to find any, as POCD is not a medically recognised term.

It is also possible that thinking of the illness to be something other than Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) may also hinder progress in understanding and tackling the illness, especially if the OCD later changes guise chameleon-like.

For informational purposes the acronym POCD is most are commonly understood to refer to:

Paedophile OCD.

Because of the high risk of confusion, OCD-UK generally discourages the use of these acronyms.

Regardless of the form of OCD, it will involve both obsessions and compulsions which are the problems that need addressing, and they are all equally as treatable through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)."

http://www.ocduk.org/pocd

http://www.ocduk.org/types-ocd

http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forum/ocd-and-intrusive-thoughts/how-overcome-my-fears-being-pedophile

http://www.ocdaction.org.uk/forum/ocd-and-intrusive-thoughts/sexual-ocd-and-groinal-response-which-not-actual-arousal

http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=23202

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Posted: Updated:

'I Was Scared I Was a Paedophile': 

"17 Years Living With Intrusive Thoughts And Pure OCD 

"Professional opinion is clear that intrusive thoughts do not lead to the doing of the feared action and do not indicate a moral flaw. However, socially speaking, thoughts of suicide, homicide and child abuse do not tend to make the grade as a general topic of conversation. I wrote this article to try and answer a simple question: how does one say that they have scary thoughts of child abuse without sounding like a paedophile? How does the mother explain that she thinks of harming her child without having to doubt her own sanity? How does the person who fears contracting a disease through seemingly impossible means ever sound OK? In short, how do we explain the horrors of our mind without sounding horrific?

The answer lies in understanding. Understanding that intrusive thoughts are actually just thoughts. We need not be scared or ashamed of these thoughts, no matter how sickening, shocking or horrific. And that is a wonderful thought."

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/planet-ivy/intrusive-thoughts_b_4560465.html

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Pedophile Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 

"Painful, Unwanted Obsessions About Children

Although all the many ways that obsessive-compulsive fears manifest themselves can cause debilitating anguish, perhaps there is none that causes more distress than OCD with pedophile obsessions, sometimes called POCD. This form of OCD involves the fear of harming or molesting a child.

People may wonder what causes OCD to take this form. OCD has a tendency to latch onto things that are important to a person. For most parents, there is nothing more important than their children. So, imagine the distress experienced by a loving mother with a newborn baby, who imagines every day that she will do something unimaginable to her child."

http://www.louisvilleocdclinic.com/pocd.php

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Dec 25, 2012 

Could I Be a Pedophile? The Worst Kind of OCD 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/culturally-speaking/201212/could-i-be-pedophile-the-worst-kind-ocd

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Sep 30, 2013 

Keep My Children Away From Me—I’m Dangerous! 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/culturally-speaking/201309/keep-my-children-away-me-i-m-dangerous

Wednesday 20 May 2015

Joseph McCloskey's Mate, Chris Wittwer, Ponders On The ROA 1974




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Thursday 14 May 2015

This Man Is Called Joseph McCloskey - He Is Not Shuffling With A Full Deck (Part 6 - The End?)


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07/12/2015

'Paedophile hunter' Joe McCloskey left without legal team for appeal against damages payment to child abuser

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/paedophile-hunter-joe-mccloskey-left-without-legal-team-for-appeal-against-damages-payment-to-child-abuser-34266235.html

20th February 2016

Facebook ‘paedophile’ page operator sets up fund to help pay court costs

http://www.derryjournal.com/news/facebook-paedophile-page-operator-sets-up-fund-to-help-pay-court-costs-1-6593486

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12 May 2015

Man behind Facebook page that named and shamed child sex offenders has a string of indecency convictions himself

"A self-appointed moral guardian who set up a Facebook page to name and shame convicted child sex offenders has a string of convictions for indecency himself.

'Paedophile hunter' Joseph McCloskey (39) has been exposed as a career criminal with a total of 96 previous convictions, including four for indecency, as well as a host of others for drugs - including supplying Class A drugs - public order and road traffic offences.

The Limavady man's 23-year criminal career emerged yesterday when he appeared at Londonderry Magistrates Court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm in the city centre on September 20 last year. He pleaded guilty to the assault and was released on bail, and will be sentenced on June 12.

McCloskey's record of offending averages four convictions a year."

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/man-behind-facebook-page-that-named-and-shamed-child-sex-offenders-has-a-string-of-indecency-convictions-himself-31213993.html

11 May 2015

Man behind Facebook 'predators' page in court

"They include four for indecency offences, 14 for drugs offences including possessing and supplying Class A drugs, 26 road traffic offences and 15 public order offences.

McCloskey amassed his criminal career over the last 23 years.

In court on Monday he pleaded guilty to an offence of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm, on a man outside a bar near Derry's city centre on 20 September last year.

Defence barrister, Eoghan Devlin, told the District Judge that "it was a particularly serious assault"."

http://www.u.tv/News/2015/05/11/Man-behind-Facebook-predators-page-in-court-37040

11 May 2015

Londonderry: Man who set out to name and shame 'had indecency history'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32698080

3 July 2015 

Limavady man Joe McCloskey pleads guilty to one punch attack 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-33385057 

03/07/2015

Facebook 'paedophile hunter' Joe McCloskey convicted of 97th offence

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/facebook-paedophile-hunter-joe-mccloskey-convicted-of-97th-offence-31350237.html

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Waiting for your call, Joe - welcome to the group :) 

The OSC

Wednesday 13 May 2015

'Sarah's 'Law'' Advert For May




May 12, 2015, 4:32 pm Updated: May 12, 2015, 7:04 pm

Police interview suspect possibly connected to Lansingburgh arson

"Police have interviewed at least one suspect they believe is connected to a Lansingburgh arson that displaced 13 people.

Firefighters responded to a fire around 2:30 a.m. May 1 at 250 Second Ave.

Thirteen people, including three young children, were displaced and an elderly woman nearly lost her life. Police believe the fire was an act of retaliation against Level One sex offender DD who lived on the second floor with his family.

Security footage taken that morning shows three potential suspects rushing from the building. Two of the suspects were badly burned, according to authorities. Law enforcement sources confirm that one of the suspects was recently questioned about the fire while being treated at a burn center in Syracuse."

http://news10.com/2015/05/12/police-interview-suspect-connected-to-lansingburgh-arson/

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Tuesday 12 May 2015

Victim of alleged paedophile [sic] hunters jailed for 12 months

"AO who has been convicted for attempting to meet a girl under 16, was attacked by gang in Wigan.

Shoppers witnessed the assault as O was head-butted and lost two front teeth while some members of the group filmed the incident. He escaped the attack and went to the police to report the assault.

The video was later posted on Facebook with the tag “NWI Nonce Busters” – believed to be a reference to rightwing group the North West Infidels. The video has since been taken down.

“O was targeted because he had illegally arranged to meet up with an underage girl online,”

DI Martin Reddington, of Greater Manchester police, said. “We do not condone vigilante action; it is dangerous and anyone with concerns about grooming should always report it to police."

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/may/12/victim-of-alleged-paedophile-hunters-jailed-for-12-months

Tuesday 12 May 2015

This Is Not A Victim



To be clear, then ...


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JAN. 24, 2013

The Price of a Stolen Childhood

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/magazine/how-much-can-restitution-help-victims-of-child-pornography.html?_r=1

FEB. 2, 2010

Child Pornography, and an Issue of Restitution

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/us/03offender.html

Sun Apr 26/27 2015

Underground child porn trade moving toward youngest victims

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/04/26/underground-child-porn-trade-moving-toward-youngest-victims.html

http://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20150427/281509339733770/TextView

Fri May 01 2015

Re: Exploiting the youngest of victims, April 27

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2015/05/01/an-ounce-of-prevention--.html

March 26, 2009 at 9:28 am Updated March 26, 2009 at 12:00 am

Freeman gets 50 years for sexual abuse

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/freeman-gets-50-years-for-sexual-abuse/