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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 09:48 AM Aug 2014

Australia considering excluding males from certain child care roles in wake of huge abuse scandal

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/police-sort-jigsaw-of-horrific-abuse-images/story-fn59niix-1227002006548?nk=f2f91576cb9c3c779fb1455cb131dc49

everything is up for review, with the department considering radical proposals — such as excluding men from certain roles — in response.

“If the allegations … are proven true, then an evil shadow has descended on our state,” he said. He warned the potential scope of the man’s offences may prove to be one of “the most catastrophic events in Australian history”.


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IT is the most gruesome of jigsaw puzzles. A group of 10 seasoned detectives are piecing together images of infants.

A body part in one is matched to a child’s face in another.

With more than 100,000 images and 600 videos to view, it is slow and tedious work.



The images are repellent. Infants — some too young to even talk — are being abused by a 32-year-old male carer in a case that is shaping to become one of the worst sexual abuse crimes in South Australia’s, if not the nation’s, history.

Police say the photographs and videos are so “horrendous and graphic” that each officer is limited to viewing the material for just two hours per shift.

Since June 10, when a government carer was arrested at his home in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, this has been the daily work of investigators.

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Australia considering excluding males from certain child care roles in wake of huge abuse scandal (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 OP
Wish I could read the story... trumad Aug 2014 #1
another source Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #3
All men are potential child abusers... sibelian Aug 2014 #2
here's the butter and butter substitute..... steve2470 Aug 2014 #7
Dude who said it is an idiot. trumad Aug 2014 #4
Ramp the fear ... GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #5
How about better screening and supervision for all child care workers? REP Aug 2014 #6

REP

(21,691 posts)
6. How about better screening and supervision for all child care workers?
Tue Aug 5, 2014, 12:01 PM
Aug 2014

Seems to be a better idea that will protect more children.

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