Statistics for Child Sexual Abuse (Harrisburg, PA) – The Daily Item – Northumberland County, quotes Angela Liddle. http://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/columns/we-are-out-of-forgiveness-patience-time/article_27c541bb-826c-5b1e-8ae3-103cb0363bbf.html
When It Comes To Child Sexual Abuse, We are Out of Forgiveness, Patience & Time
Although the grand jury report’s findings have been speculated upon for months, the details it reveals of systemic and widespread sexual abuse of children by priests – and the cover-up of that abuse – in six dioceses in Pennsylvania are shocking and deeply offensive. Childhood should be a time of innocence. Those who perpetrated these […]
Grand Jury Report on Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse
PA Family Support Alliance Urges Renewed Commitment To Protect PA Kids In Wake Of Grand Jury Report On Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse Harrisburg, PA – Angela M. Liddle, MPA, president and CEO of PA Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the state leader in child protection, issued the following statement today regarding the statewide grand jury report […]
Harrisburg Diocese Must Do More To Prevent Clergy Abuse
Diocese Must Do More to Prevent Clergy Abuse (Harrisburg, PA) – More than 70 priests and other members of the Harrisburg diocese are accused of sexually abusing children since the 1940’s. https://www.abc27.com/news/local/advocates-harrisburg-diocese-must-do-more-to-prevent-clergy-abuse/1342398583
Safe Environment Training Sessions Offered By Diocese
Training Sessions Offered by Diocese (Harrisburg, PA) – A series of safe environment training sessions will be sponsored for volunteers and diocesan employees throughout the diocese. https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/local/somerset/inbrief/safe-environment-training-sessions-offered-by-diocese/article_5de2ec01-5a31-5c86-baa8-a10a48fdebf2.html
Unlicensed Child Care
Hiding in plain sight: Pennsylvania turns a blind eye to unlicensed child care. (Harrisburg, PA) – Federal data suggests there are thousands of unlicensed home child care centers operating in Pennsylvania, putting children’s lives at risk and hurting the economy and government efforts to improve child care quality. But state regulators don’t know if these child […]
PA Family Support Alliance Denounces Separation Of Migrant Children From Parents As Child Abuse
Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance President and CEO Angela M. Liddle, MPA, today issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. “We call on Pennsylvania’s Congressional delegation to denounce forcefully the policy of separating migrant children from their parents who […]
PFSA Urges Stronger Focus On Strengthening Families, Treating Addiction & Preventing Child Abuse
PA Annual Child Abuse Report shows uptick in child abuse cases and child near fatalities Harrisburg, PA – PA Annual Child Abuse Report shows uptick in child abuse cases and child near fatalities Parental opioid/heroin use poses life-threatening risk to children. Angela M. Liddle, MPA, President and CEO of Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, the state […]
Newsmakers April 2018 Featured Angela Liddle On Abuse And Neglect In The Commonwealth
2018 PA Blue Ribbon Champions for Safe Kids campaign on WBRE-TV’s “Newsmakers” (Harrisburg, PA) – Jayne Ann Bugda and Andy Mehalshick feature PFSA and our 2018 PA Blue Ribbon Champions for Safe Kids campaign on WBRE-TV’s “Newsmakers” public affairs program. Watch it here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVcPdT_7fi4&t=17s
IN 2017, 40 KIDS IN PA DIED FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Penn Live – Annual Report – Link (Harrisburg, PA) – Pennsylvania’s child protection system is broken and more needs to be done to protect children, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Thursday. http://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/05/in_2017_40_kids_in_pennsylvani.html
