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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAustralia 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=f2f91576cb9c3c779fb1455cb131dc49everything 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 mans 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 childs 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 Australias, if not the nations, 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
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trumad
(41,692 posts)1. Wish I could read the story...
behind a pay to read wall.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)3. another source
sibelian
(7,804 posts)2. All men are potential child abusers...
...
Here we go.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)7. here's the butter and butter substitute.....
trumad
(41,692 posts)4. Dude who said it is an idiot.
GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)5. Ramp the fear ...
the boogeymen is everywhere.
REP
(21,691 posts)6. How about better screening and supervision for all child care workers?
Seems to be a better idea that will protect more children.