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Report: California prisoner confesses to killing 2 molesters
CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — A California prison inmate confessed in a letter that he beat two child molesters to death with a cane while behind bars just hours after his urgent warning to a counselor that he might become violent was ignored, a newspaper chain reported Thursday. Jonathan Watson, 41, confessed...
Jury clears hospital in controversial medical abuse case
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Children’s Hospital wasn't medically negligent in its treatment of a Connecticut teen who spent nearly a year in state custody after doctors suspected her parents of medical child abuse, a jury in Boston concluded Thursday. The verdict in the medical malpractice lawsuit brought...
German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people
HANAU, Germany (AP) — A German who shot and killed nine people of foreign background in a rampage that began at a hookah bar frequented by immigrants had posted an online rant calling for the “complete extermination” of many “races or cultures in our midst,” authorities said...
Police: Missouri man may have strangled missing wife
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Investigators believe a Missouri man may have strangled or suffocated his Chinese wife before she went missing in early October, according to a probable cause statement. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of Mengqi Ji, although...
Abuse survivors seek more progress 1 year after papal summit
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Survivors of church sex abuse have descended on Rome this week, marking the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ summit of church leaders on preventing abuse with calls for more accountability and acknowledgment of their pain. On Thursday, three deaf Argentines marched to St....
Coach facing sexual assault charges has been suspended
A Massachusetts youth hockey coach facing sexual assault charges has been suspended, officials said. Tyson Dion, 46, of Swampscott, was charged with four counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older and one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, according to the Essex County...
Missouri man charged in Chinese wife's death despite no body
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The American husband of a Chinese woman who has been missing since October was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in her death, even though her body hasn't been found. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, Missouri, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old...
Sandusky prosecutor and former Penn State lawyer disciplined
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A lawyer who led the child molestation investigation and prosecution of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky lost his law license for a year Wednesday over his handling of a grand jury witness in the case, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. The justices issued...
Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse deals
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics. The diocese joins at least 20 others across the United States in seeking...
Abuse victims look to Vatican after UN meetings in Geneva
GENEVA (AP) — Three deaf victims of sexual abuse by priests in Argentina wrapped up a string of meetings with United Nations human rights officials in Geneva on Wednesday, hoping to build pressure on the Vatican — and Pope Francis himself — to come clean about the crimes committed against...
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