Category: sexual abuse

Former Ontario Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct Against Students

A former Ontario teacher who gained some recognition on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic is facing disciplinary investigations due to alleged professional misconduct with female students. The allegations against Ryan Imgrund are detailed in a notice of hearing from the Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers. Imgrund was employed by the York…


Former Neurologist in New York City Found Guitly of Raping, Sexually Abusing Patients

A former neurologist in New York City was convicted on July 29, on 12 criminal counts of raping and sexually abusing six of his patients after a month-long trial. A New York City jury deliberated for about three days at the trial of Ricardo Cruciani, 68, before finding him guilty on the charges, which comprise one…


Former Neurologist in New York City Found Guilty of Raping, Sexually Abusing Patients

A former neurologist in New York City was convicted on July 29, on 12 criminal counts of raping and sexually abusing six of his patients after a month-long trial. A New York City jury deliberated for about three days at the trial of Ricardo Cruciani, 68, before finding him guilty on the charges, which comprise one…


Women in ‘Fly-In-Fly-Out’ Mining Suffer ‘Staggering’ Range of Sexual Abuse: Report

An inquiry into Western Australia’s fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) mining sector has unveiled a “staggering” range of sexual abuse and harassment against female workers. The WA government released a report on Thursday that said sexual assault has been “generally accepted or overlooked” in the FIFO mining sector, with women’s rights undermined by “the abuse of positions of power” and “the…


Prosecutors Say Ghislaine Maxwell Deserves 30 to 55 Year Sentence

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said the court should consider a 30 to 55 year sentence for socialite Ghislaine Maxwell who was convicted of sex trafficking young girls to her long-time associate and one-time boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein. “Ghislaine Maxwell played an instrumental role in the horrific sexual abuse of multiple young teenage girls. As part of…


Kevin Spacey Must Face Sexual Abuse Accuser’s Lawsuit in New York

NEW YORK—A federal judge on Monday rejected Kevin Spacey’s bid to dismiss a civil lawsuit in which fellow actor Anthony Rapp accused the Oscar winner of making an unwanted sexual advance during a party at Spacey’s Manhattan home in 1986, when Rapp was 14. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said there was a…


‘God Did It’: Man Who Had Wounds of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Suffered From Alcohol and Drug Addiction Transforms

A man from Virginia who turned to alcohol to fill the void of his insecurities and the wounds of sexual molestation by a relative in his childhood got enslaved to heroin after he was introduced to it in high school. Losing his father at a young age, he lost his identity, self-control, wife, family, business,…


University of California Settles Gynecologist Sexual Abuse Cases for $374 Million

LOS ANGELES—Legal damages from accusations of sexual misconduct by an ex-UCLA gynecologist climbed higher on May 24, with attorneys for 312 former patients announcing a $374 million settlement of abuse lawsuits against the University of California (UC). The settlement of cases involving former campus gynecologist James Heaps comes on top of a $243.6 million resolution…


‘Straight out of 1984’: NSW Ministers Criticize New Workplace Diversity Sessions

New South Wales government ministers have lambasted the new workplace behaviour advice, which banned the use of the word “mate” as “straight out of 1984.” The NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet conducted a series of Respect at Work training sessions this week, in which staff were advised not to consume alcohol in the office,…


Former Philadelphia Catholic Priest, 84, Sentenced for Lying to FBI in Sex Abuse Case

A former Catholic priest has been sentenced to five years of probation with two years of home confinement and location monitoring, for lying to investigators about not knowing a former parishioner and victim of sexual abuse. Robert Brennan, 84, of Perryville, Maryland, was a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 1993 to 2004. He…