Study: Almost half of gay men abused by their partners

By Life Site News on 07/17/2018

“… The study found that among 160 homosexual male couples, 46% of the men reported “some form of intimate partner abuse” in just the past year, HealthDay News reports. The abuse took forms such as physical violence, sexual violence, emotional abuse, and controlling behavior. …”

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Stan Lee elder abuse allegations: Daughter triumphs in court over former manager

By USA Today on 07/06/2018

“… The private struggle over the care and legacy of Marvel mastermind Stan Lee played out in public Friday in a Los Angeles courtroom as attorneys working with his daughter shoved aside a previous lawyer and reasserted that they represent the 95-year-old Lee. …”

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Suspicious caregiver spurs warning of elder abuse

By Post Bulletin on 07/10/2018

“… I live in Los Angeles, a little more than 100 miles from Palm Springs, and we kept in touch by phone at least once a week. I would visit him in person three or four times a year. The point is that I did not keep track of Pete day to day. …”

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OUR VIEW: All should be on watch for elder abuse

By Observer Dispatch on 07/10/2018

“… A recent report from county officials was disturbing. It found that more than 143 seniors facing some form of elder abuse had been referred to the Oneida County Office for the Aging & Continuing Care and its partners in the county’s Elder Abuse Coalition last year. …”

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Battle Against Bullying: A Moorhead teen turns a negative into a positive with art

By Valley News Live on 07/09/2018

“… “I think that having a creative outlet seems to be really helpful for a lot of people,” Vedvei adds. “We talk a lot about how we can’t control what these other kids are doing. Unfortunately, we can’t always control other people’s actions or behaviors towards us but we can try to control how we deal with their actions and how we respond to those.” …”

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Male victim of domestic abuse urges others to speak out

By The Northern Echo on 06/12/2018

“… The No Less of a Man campaign is being fronted by Durham Police’s young police and crime commissioner (PCC) Libby Wright, from Stanley.

The 17-year-old, who is doing A-levels at Durham Sixth Form, said: “When I was researching it I realised there are a massive amount of men affected by this. …”

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Rockford Police Grant Helping Domestic Violence Victims

By Patch on 07/10/2018

“… WIFR reported Remedies Vice President of Operations, Karen Gill says timing is everything in these situations, adding that Remedies has gotten a big increase in calls since the program was put in place last November, with 160 more calls made to their center in June through the cells phones, including more male victims and different languages than before. …”

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Male couples report as much domestic violence as straight couples

By Science Daily on 07/10/2018

“… Most studies examining domestic violence look at female victims in heterosexual couples or have only asked questions of one member of a male couple.

Nearly half (46 percent) of the 320 men (160 couples) in the study reported experiencing some form of intimate partner violence in the last year — physical and sexual violence, emotional abuse and controlling behavior. …”

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Area’s elder abuse statistics are state’s worst for the ‘quiet epidemic’

By News Leader 

“… Imagine if your area hospital was used to treat only elderly people who were the potential victims of neglect, exploitation and abuse. Imagine that hospital at full capacity, all beds filled.

Now imagine another hospital right next to it, also filled. Actually, imagine another 23 hospitals. All filled to capacity. …”

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Thousands misusing abuse orders to get legal aid, says parenting charity

By BBC News on 07/03/2018

“… Thousands of parents falsely claim domestic abuse in order to access legal aid and stop estranged partners from seeing their children, a shared parenting charity claims. …”

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