Posts Tagged ‘Victim’

Dutch medics perform euthanasia of young sex abuse victim

Friday, May 13th, 2016

Dutch medics have performed the euthanasia of a sex abuse victim who could not live with the ordeal she had suffered as a girl. The woman, who was in her 20s, was given a lethal injection after battling severe psychiatric problems for 15 years. Details of the case were released by Dutch authorities anxious to Read more

Senior priest willing to break law by not reporting abuse

Friday, July 26th, 2013

A senior Catholic priest has told the New South Wales inquiry on sex abuse that he was willing to break the law by not reporting allegations against paedophile priests. Father Brian Lucas, the general secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops conference, said he would never betray the trust of a victim if they didn’t want Read more

Fraud victim dumbfounded by kindness

Friday, November 4th, 2011

A fraud victim, who is a pensioner that lost half her savings, says she is “dumbfounded” by the response to her plight, which has resulted in strangers insisting on sending her money.

Alola Frederickson, 73, became the face of the Hibernian Credit Union fraud last week, after she delivered a short victim-impact statement in Wellington District Court during the sentencing of Susan Terri Hagai.

 

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