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![Man who left baby while in a strip club fined](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man who left baby while in a strip club fined
A man has admitted leaving his 18-month-old boy unattended in a car while he went into a strip club.
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Victim wants church to take responsibility for abuse
A man haunted by childhood memories of sexual abuse at a Catholic orphanage just wants someone to acknowledge there was wrongdoing.
![<i>Peter Lyons:</i> Petty gossip? Church hierarchy is out of touch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Peter Lyons:</i> Petty gossip? Church hierarchy is out of touch
Peter Lyons, a teacher at St Peter's College, writes that abuse scandals are a legacy of centuries of intolerance of critical self-analysis.
![Victim group: Abuse inquiry won't help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Victim group: Abuse inquiry won't help
Abuse support groups say the investigations into the Catholic clergy abuse allegations are in the best interests of the church, not the victims.
![Papal ally accused of 'ritual beatings'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Papal ally accused of 'ritual beatings'
The child abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church widened this week as a leading German bishop personally appointed by Pope Benedict was accused of beating and punching children at a church-run home.
![Poll finds smacking making comeback](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Poll finds smacking making comeback
Smacking children may be creeping back into favour following Government assurances that police will not prosecute parents for "light smacks", according to a new survey.
![Destiny assault charge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Destiny assault charge
The son of a Destiny Church pastor has been charged with indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl, who was placed in the care of a churchgoer by an organisation run by his mother.
![Man charged with assault after child hospitalised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man charged with assault after child hospitalised
Police have charged a man with assault as a 2-year-old girl fights for her life in hospital.
![Not so crazy after all](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Not so crazy after all
Today, a 19 year old Taupo man was jailed for throwing a three month old baby, who wouldn't stop crying, onto the floor, causing life-threatening head injuries.
![Grandmother saves baby from infanticide attempt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Grandmother saves baby from infanticide attempt
A baby owes its life to its grandmother who intervened during her own daughter's attempt at infanticide.