The Child Protection eNewsletter

Pedophile films strike out...
After pedophile films (“Kinsey”, “The Woodsman”, “Birth”) went 3 for 4 with Golden Globe nominations, vol2_iss48 they failed to win in any category at the Golden Globe awards ceremony. http://www.hfpa.org There were no nominations for the Screen Actors Guild awards, http://www.sagawards.org or Director’s Guild Awards. http://www.msnbc.msn.com None of these films or their leading actors received Academy Award nominations, although Laura Linney did receive a best supporting actress nominations for her portrayal of Alfred Kinsey’s wife in “Kinsey”. http://www.oscar.com

24/7 Wacko Jacko...
Sheriff's investigators denied they are the source of recent leaks to the media in the Michael Jackson child molestation case and added an investigation has been started to find who might be responsible. http://www.washingtonpost.com Prosecutors want to display erotic material seized from Michael Jackson’s bedroom that they say prove Jackson’s interest in touching young boys was sexual. http://www.dailynews.co.za Further descriptions of the material were censored by the judge, who has taken secrecy in the case so far as to black out the words “obscenity” and “pornographic” from U.S. Supreme Court rulings. http://www.signonsandiego.com The Jackson trial begins Monday with jury selection. In the words of the British tabloid The Independent, “Get ready, it’s gonna be a ‘thriller.’” http://news.independent.co.uk

Priests face discipline...
As opening statements get under way in the criminal trial of defrocked Catholic priest Paul Shanley, http://www.kcautv.com and http://www.msmagazine.com 17 Catholic priests in the New York Diocese of Rockville Center (Long Island) were disciplined as a result of an investigation of sex abuse involving 23 priests. 8 of the 17 have been defrocked, and 9 have permanently suspended. Of the other six, three await canonical trails, two have been cleared and one case has been “deferred”. http://www.newsday.com

In other news...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has won an injunction against several pornographic spammers under the newly passed CAN-SPAM law. http://www.family.org Under the law, pornographic email must contain a warning that it is “sexually explicit”. http://www.ftc.gov

The New York Times Magazine Sunday ran a feature story, “The Making of a Molester.” http://www.nytimes.com



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