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An 11-year-old double amputee, Tony Hudgell, who was abused as a child, has raised £120,000 to take 26 families affected by abuse to Lapland for a magical Christmas experience, supporting their emotional well-being and creating lifelong memories.
Christopher Pelkey, a man from Maine, has been accused by multiple women of domestic violence, including severe physical abuse. Despite facing charges of aggravated assault, Pelkey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor crimes in previous cases and received minimal jail time. Now, he is facing new charges from another woman who alleges that he choked her, assaulted her son, and threatened to kill them both. The cases shed light on the challenges prosecutors face in proving hidden domestic violence crimes, and the grim reality that some abuse survivors endure. Advocates emphasize the need to take multiple allegations of domestic violence seriously, as they often indicate dangerous patterns of behavior.
The Dalai Lama has apologized after a video of him kissing a boy and asking the child to "suck my tongue" drew widespread condemnation. Advocates for abuse survivors slammed the global icon. The footage from an event at the Dalai Lama's temple in northern India shows him inviting the boy up to the stage and asking for a kiss on the cheek. "His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras," the office said in a statement. "He regrets the incident."