State of denial: How police child abuse inquiries ran aground
In part two of a series on Crown Law withholding evidence from police Aaron Smale asks: how did the government and its lawyers behave when they knew the state was…
‘The state cannot monitor itself’
A recent public hearing of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care put the role of Crown agencies under the spotlight. The inquiry heard how abuse, and complaints…
Dilworth: Victim tells independent inquiry some of his abused classmates took their own lives
A former Dilworth student who was raped by a tutor has told an independent inquiry he believes some of the students abused at the private boarding school went on to…
Crown Law blocks the police in rare, costly legal standoff
Exclusive: Did the Government’s legal agency withhold evidence of the rape, torture and abuse of children from police investigations? Aaron Smale unravels an extraordinary paper trail.
We must break this cycle from care into custody
Even well-resourced residential care is developmentally damaging for children. Māori survivors continually reflect on the trauma of being forced into Pākehā cultural identities and the loss of te reo and…
Urgent call for review of services after ABS reveals men and women equally likely to experience emotional abuse
“Wednesday’s new ABS report revealed that, in the 12 months prior to the 2016 Personal Safety Survey, women and men were just as likely to report experiencing emotional abuse by…
Hughes grilled over investigators, legal tactics
Head of the public service says agencies will own, fix and learn from failures. David Williams reports.
MSA issues a new practice guidance note – PN22.1 Working Well
This practice note on Working Well recommends well-being boundaries for peer workers supporting male survivors. Download Practice Note (PDF)
The shocking scale and impact of decades of abuse by multiple Marist Brothers and Fathers
A series of stories has revealed the shocking scale and enduring impact of decades of sexual abuse by Marist Brothers and Fathers. But as National Correspondent Steve Kilgallon explains, yet…
Research article – Men’s Health Across the Lifespan: Post Traumatic Growth and Gender Role in Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
By Hazel Lewis, Gundi Kiemle, Michelle Lowe, Robert Balfour. International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health
Research article – Watch Me Rise: An Evaluation of Wraparound with Homeless Youth with a Child Welfare History
By Robin Lindquist-Grantz, Kimberly Downing, Meredith Hicks, Cherie Houchin, Victoria Ackman
Palmerston North exhibition ‘path to healing’ for sexual abuse victim
Artistic fragments of a childhood filled with trauma and frequent sexual abuse are on display at Square Edge in a bid to encourage others to ask for help.
How Marists avoided large victim payouts, despite huge wealth
The Marist Brothers and Fathers have educated prime ministers, judges, cardinals and All Blacks at their prestigious Catholic high schools. But their record of sexual abuse is horrific. Worse still…
Call Bethel: The Telegraph’s investigative team delivers a powerful podcast
This new five-part series from The Telegraph’s award-winning investigative team looks into decades of alleged child sex abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
A secret world of power, abuse and cover-ups in New Zealand schools
The Marist Brothers and Fathers have educated prime ministers, judges, cardinals and All Blacks at their Catholic high schools. But their record of sexual abuse is horrific. Worse still was…
‘We have let down the communities’ – Oranga Tamariki
Poor financial management of sexual violence services has forced Oranga Tamariki to take the “additional measure” of reviewing what it did with all the funding it got in Budget 2019-20.
Listen, learn, connect: Nelson hui for sex abuse male survivor support services
A Tairāwhiti contingent represented the region’s peer support service for male survivors of sexual abuse at the second annual Male Survivors Aotearoa hui in Nelson last week.
In Defense of Men
The fragile dynamic between the sexes has always been somewhat fraught. Thirty years ago, American relationship counsellor John Gray seemed to hit both a nerve and a gold mine when…
Member of MSA’ Ropu Tautoko recognised in Queens Birthday honours
One man’s contribution to more than 50 years of fighting institutional racism in the judicial system have been recognised with a Queen’s Birthday honour.
Research article: The Manchester Attack Support Group Programme: modelling a psychosocial response to collective trauma
Eyre, A. (2022) The Manchester Attack Support Group Programme: modelling a psychosocial response to collective trauma, Journal of Psychosocial Studies, XX(XX): 1–20, DOI: 10.1332/147867321X16490836655053
More details revealed of extent of abuse reports against Catholic Church
More details have been revealed as part of ongoing research into the extent of reports of abuse in the Catholic Church – but survivors say it is not an accurate…
Research article: Does Gender Affect Judges’ Perceptions of Sexual Assault Cases?
By Corinna Burgstedt, Amy Beeby, Harlene Hayne, Linda Hobbs, Julien Gross, Tess Patterson. From Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Research article: A Solitary Place: a phenomenological examination of male-on-male rape and sexual abuse
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of West London for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, by Bimsara Kennath Suwaris Widanaralalage Don.
Research article: Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse: Experiences of Men Survivors in India
Alankaar Sharma, in The British Journal of Social Work.