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‘No rest for me’: Victim responds to George Pell’s sentencing
Disgraced Catholic Cardinal George Pell has been sentenced to six years in jail for the “brazen and forceful” child sexual abuse of two choirboys in the 1990s. A jury convicted Pell, 77, in December of orally raping a 13-year-old choirboy and molesting another while he was Archbishop of Melbourne at St Patrick’s Cathedral in late …
WA Police urge potential victims of alleged sex predator to come forward
WA Police have urged potential victims of an alleged sex predator, accused of indecently assaulting vulnerable men he drove home from Perth nightspots, to come forward. Brendon Quintin Webb, 41, has been charged with two counts of indecent assault but police have alleged the alleged attacker has “quite a few” other victims. Police allege a …
17yo charged with robbery of gay man Mardi Gras weekend
NSW Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old male with the robbery and assault of a gay man during Mardi Gras weekend. Police allege he committed a string of robberies just hours before the parade. The 29-year-old victim told triple j’s Hack a group of young men ambushed, attacked and robbed him in the Redfern area …
Man jailed for sexual abuse of 14-year-old met on Grindr
County Court of Victoria Judge Paul Higham sentenced a Melbourne man who gave a 14-year-old boy he met on Grindr the drug GHB and sexually abused him to at least two years. Andrew Castles, 28, admitted he met the child, who prosecutors said was a vulnerable transgender boy in state care, in 2017 through the …
‘Indifference’ to violence failed gay hate crime victims, inquiry finds
A “prevailing acceptance of and indifference” to violence against gay men led to failures of justice for many victims of hate crimes in New South Wales in the mid-1990s and earlier, a parliamentary inquiry has confirmed. The New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into gay and transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010, the first of …
Inclusive Brisbane church vandalised with anti-gay graffiti, again
The inclusive MCC Brisbane church in New Farm has been hit with anti-gay vandalism for the second time in less than a month. Earlier this month, vandals spray-painted a large grey swastika over the rainbow flag on MCC’s street-facing sign. The vandals returned to the Merthyr Road Uniting Church building over the weekend to deface …
Cardinal George Pell Facing Jail After Being Found Guilty Of Child Sex Abuse
Australia’s most senior Catholic George Pell has been found guilty and is facing prison time for sexually abusing two choirboys in the 1990s. Pell has been found guilty of orally raping one child and molesting another while he was Archbishop of Melbourne, ABC News reported. Pell’s victims were two 13-year-old boys who attended the prestigious …
Jussie Smollett Faked Hate Crime To Boost Career, Police Say
Jussie Smollett staged a racist and homophobic attack on himself as a publicity stunt to boost his own career, according to Chicago police. The openly gay Empire actor was arrested on Thursday after he was charged with filing a false police report about the attack he claimed to have suffered on January 29. He told …
Jussie Smollett Charged With Making False Police Report About Alleged Attack
Actor Jussie Smollett has been charged with filing a false police report and disorderly conduct after he claimed he suffered a homophobic and racist assault in Chicago last month. “Felony criminal charges have been approved by [Cook County State Attorney’s Office] against Jussie Smollett for Disorderly Conduct / Filing a False Police Report,” Chicago Police …
Sydney Man Charged With Sexual Assault Of 13-Year-Old He Met On Grindr
A 34-year-old man has been charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy at his family home on Sydney’s northern beaches. Colombian national Oscar Rodriguez allegedly exchanged messages with the 13-year-old on gay hookup app Grindr and later WhatsApp last Tuesday and Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported. Prosecutors allege Rodriguez “actively persuaded” the boy …