'I'm a demon inside': Teacher convicted of sex crimes sought treatment

A former music teacher convicted of sexually abusing students at two Ottawa high schools sought treatment from more than a dozen psychologists and psychiatrists — and even asked to be castrated  — all while he continued working with children.

A risk behaviour report filed with the Ontario Court of Justice reveals retired teacher Bob Clarke, now 74, began seeking professional help as far back as 1969.

Clarke taught at a number of Ottawa schools between 1968 and 1992. In March, he pleaded guilty to sex crimes involving eight teenage boys at two high schools, Bell and Sir Robert Borden, during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. He's currently serving a two-year prison sentence.

CBC News has learned Clarke sought treatment over a period spanning 23 years.

"If he was trying to get help, the system failed us. It failed him as well as me and the other victims," said John Myers, one of Clarke's victims at Bell High School in the late 1970s.

The 2017 sexual behaviours assessment, commissioned by Clarke's lawyer and produced by the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, concludes Clarke fell through the cracks.  (more...)

'I'm a demon inside': Teacher convicted of sex crimes sought treatment

Hazing has long history, based on solidifying power, status within group: experts

TORONTO — It’s been called a rite of passage, a bonding ritual, a way to initiate novice members into a fraternity, elite sports team or military unit through physical and mental challenges — with the aim of individuals becoming cemented into the whole.

But hazing can have a sinister side involving physical or sexual abuse and emotional trauma that, for some, can leave deep psychological scars. It’s also led to hundreds of deaths when typically alcohol-fueled indoctrinating pranks go unexpectedly and horribly wrong.

So how did the practice begin and why does it continue, despite a burgeoning number of anti-hazing policies put in place by universities and colleges, within the military and among sports organizations? And how can it be stopped?

Experts say hazing is as old as antiquity, reportedly practised in the time of Plato, referred to by Saint Augustine in his “Confessions,” and promoted by Martin Luther as a means of preparing students for the vicissitudes of life.  (more...)

Hazing has long history, based on solidifying power, status within group: experts

What father would want his son to marry a girl that has been passed around a sports team, fraternity, or motorcycle club? What father would want his daughter to be that girl?

McCarrick's Victim Speaks Out on McCarrick and St Gallen w James Grein

What is the connection between the St Gallen Mafia meeting in Switzerland and the early studies of ex Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in Sankt Gallen Switzerland? Informed Catholics know that the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the election of Pope Francis were tied to the Saint Gallen Mafia, but McCarrick's victim James Grein breaks open the story. Dr Taylor Marshall interviews "James" Grein from the New York Times story, and reveals how the young Theodore McCarrick made connections with his family in Sankt Gallen Switzerland and how this event shaped McCarrick's ecclesiastical career and the movement against Pope Benedict XVI with his eventual resignation. Archbishop Vigano's testimony and the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI make sense now in light of this discovery of McCarrick's historic connection with the city of Sankt Gallen Switzerland. James Grein also explains the importance of McCarrick as a fundraiser and the importance of the Vatican Bank in the pontificate of John Paul II. If you are interested in the resignation of Pope Benedict and the unusual election of Pope Francis, you must see this video to connect the dots.

Related:

📺 Why did Pope Benedict Resign? Vigano and the Vatican Bank 

📺What is the Saint Gallen Mafia and Who is in it?

This is not the first instance when Switzerland figured prominently in this blog:

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Deutsche Bank, Trump, and Russia

Early Thursday morning German authorities raided the global powerhouse Deutsche Bank in relation to a money laundering investigation. The raid was reportedly spurred by information garnered from the Panama Papers — the 2015 document leak that revealed how wealthy international figures hide their riches via offshore bank accounts and shady shell companies. The new House Democratic leadership may also investigate.

At WhoWhatWhy, we’ve been watching Deutsche for quite a while — particularly its activities in the United States, its involvement with Russia, and its ties to Donald Trump.

Here’s our Deutsche primer:  (more...)

Deutsche Bank, Trump, and Russia: A WhoWhatWhy Primer

Dave Emory interviews Russ Baker: Family of Secrets

How did the deeply flawed George W. Bush ascend to the highest office in the nation, what forces abetted his rise, and-perhaps most important-have those forces really been vanquished by Obama's election? Award-winning investigative journalist Russ Baker gives us the answers in Family of Secrets, a compelling and startling new take on the Bush dynasty and the shadowy elite that has quietly steered the American republic for the past half century and more. Baker shows how this network of figures in intelligence, the military, oil, and finance enabled-and in turn benefited handsomely from-the Bushes' perch at the highest levels of government. As Baker reveals, this deeply entrenched elite remains in power regardless of who sits in the Oval Office.

Family of Secrets offers countless disclosures that challenge the conventional accounts of such central events as the JFK assassination and Watergate. It includes an inside account of George W.'s cynical religious conversion and the untold real background to the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina. Baker's narrative is gripping, sobering, and deeply sourced. It will change the way we understand not just the Bush years, but a half century of postwar history-and the present.

The story behind a Palm Beach sex offender's remarkable deal

Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a free man, despite sexually abusing dozens of underage girls according to police and prosecutors. His victims have never had a voice, until now.

Family of Secrets -- The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years

This is one of the most important, and dangerous books on the market today.

This is the book that should have the Bush family keeping their bags packed, and the tanks topped off on the getaway plane, because the information in this book links the Bush family, especially George H.W. (Poppy) Bush, who precipitated the writing of this book by insisting he can't remember where he was on the day of November 22, 1963.

If you want to get the real story about JFK's assassination, Bay Of Pigs, Watergate, Vietnam, Iraq, Iran/Contra, and every other dirty, criminal deal, this is the book to read. There's also well researched information about George W. Bush, and his going AWOL from the National Guard, as well as all of his dirty, criminal deals.

It doesn't matter where you stand on political issues of today. It doesn't even matter if you're American, or were even alive at the time of JFK's assassination. The information in this book should be of interest to anyone interested in American, or world politics, as well as anyone interested in the truth about what were once regarded as unsolvable criminal mysteries.

Russ Baker deserves an award for his hard work researching the information for this book, and making an important contribution to the legacy of American politics. This book should be what touches off a movement to have the Bush family, and all of their partners, and accessories arrested, an put in prison, where they belong.