Inside Andrew Cuomo’s Retaliation Machine

NEW YORK TIMES

The governor’s inner circle was in a frenzy: A former state employee had just publicly accused Andrew M. Cuomo of a years long sexual harassment campaign against her. read more »

Megachurch Co-Founder Is Charged in Child Sexual Abuse Case

NEW YORK TIMES

Brian Houston, co-founder and senior pastor of the global megachurch Hillsong, was charged by the Australian police on Thursday with concealing child sexual abuse carried out by his father in the 1970s. read more »

Andrew Cuomo Is Relying on an Old, Sexist Lie About Sexual Assault Survivors

MOTHER JONES

Tucked amid the nauseating revelations contained in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ 165-page report on sexual harassment by Gov. Andrew Cuomo was a particularly striking line. Defending himself against allegations from Charlotte Bennett—a former staffer who had previously disclosed to the governor that she had survived sexual violence—Cuomo argued that because of Bennett’s experience as a survivor, she “processed what she heard through her own filter” and that “it was often not what was said and not what was meant.” read more »