Tag: domestic violence

A Job Well Done

Last Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy pummeled the East Coast, a hurricane of a different sort was swept up into her Father’s arms after a courageous battle with cancer. Susan Murphy Milano, a tireless advocate for crime victims, was taken home. When someone who accepts God’s grace passes into that mysterious, timeless realm of joy, there […]

Read More A Job Well Done

HMHTH Virtual Book Tour

To celebrate the release of renowned domestic violence advocate Susan Murphy Milano’s biography,  Holding My Hand Through Hell, Imagine Publicity has announced a virtual book tour featuring a number of writers who will share their thoughts on this tenacious woman’s memoir. To learn more about the book, and to view the schedule, please visit: http://imaginepublicity.com/2012/10/07/holding-my-hand-through-hell-virtual-book-tour/. Not only is […]

Read More HMHTH Virtual Book Tour

Drew Peterson: Guilty

Today a wife beater, spouse killer, and all-around self-absorbed thug was convicted of first degree murder. Former Bolingbrook, Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson is no longer untouchable as he faces up to 60 years in prison for killing his third wife Kathleen Savio in 2004. Supposedly Kathleen drowned in her bathtub. But after Peterson’s fourth wife, […]

Read More Drew Peterson: Guilty

An Ex Is An Ex Is An Ex

Batten down the hatches, folks, because my fuse is lit and crackling like a giant sparkler. After an exchange with a relationship expert who feels much the same way, I am compelled to speak out about the slavery many people live in because of improper boundaries with their exes. Let’s dive right in. You and […]

Read More An Ex Is An Ex Is An Ex

The Difference a Dad Can Make

The father of modern psychology, Sigmund Freud, once said that he could not think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. Many of us were raised in homes in which we could not count on our dads to do this because the attacks we needed protection from were […]

Read More The Difference a Dad Can Make

How To Beat Your Wife

‘Disgust’ over Muslim wife-beating book | Ontario | News | Toronto Sun. Barnabas Aid’s most recent newsletter brought this article in the Toronto Sun to my attention. It discusses how a Muslim book has been sold in Canada that advocates confining, controlling, and physically abusing wives. Was the author writing this straight off of the […]

Read More How To Beat Your Wife

Susan Cox Powell Update

KOMO News posted this information late last night (http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Docs-Susan-Powells-blood-found-near-couch-at-her-house-145232305.html): SEATTLE — Susan Cox Powell’s blood was found on the tile floor near a sofa in the couple’s house in Utah, according to a search warrant unsealed on Friday. The documents were unsealed in connection with a Washington state case against the missing woman’s father-in-law, Steven […]

Read More Susan Cox Powell Update

What is Rape?

http://www.evawintl.org/ End Violence Against Women International has done a great job making the public aware of the FBI’s change to the definition of forcible rape. This definition is used in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program which tracks particular kinds of crime statistics. A recent update from EVAW says that the definition now reads: […]

Read More What is Rape?

Ending OIDV

On any given day, anyone with Internet access can go to websites like Behind the Blue Wall and Injustice Everywhere (now the National Police Misconduct Reporting Project) to view the latest news reports of domestic violence committed by police officers. This abuse is not only devastating to victims but damaging to the agencies and communities these […]

Read More Ending OIDV