Latest Child abuse News
Video shows officer repeatedly discussed charging 11-year-old victim with child sexual abuse offense
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Columbus police officer summoned to a home by a father concerned his 11-year-old daughter was being solicited by an adult man repeatedly asserted that the girl could face charges for sending explicit images of herself. Body camera footage obtained by The...
Son of Utah woman who gave online parenting advice says therapist tied him up with ropes
The 12-year-old son of a Utah woman who once gave online parenting advice via a popular YouTube channel said his mom’s business partner, who is a licensed mental health counselor, used ropes to tie him up, according to search warrants in the child abuse case made public this week. ...
In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the priest out of photographs from her son’s baptism. “She kept the photos after that,” said Kramer, who was sexually abused at age 12 in a Jesuit school...
Utah therapist charged with child abuse agrees not to see patients pending potential discipline
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mental health counselor charged for her alleged role in denying food to two children and physically and emotionally abusing them has agreed not to see patients until the allegations are addressed by state licensing officials, officials said Tuesday. ...
Vatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Vatican is considering the findings of a church investigation into “very serious and deeply distressing” child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop, a church leader said on Tuesday. Christopher Saunders, now 73, resigned in...
Ashton Kutcher resigns as chair of anti-sex abuse organization after Danny Masterson letter
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashton Kutcher has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child sex abuse organization that he co-founded, after he and wife Mila Kunis wrote letters seeking leniency for their former “That '70s Show” co-star and convicted rapist, Danny Masterson. ...
North Carolina court upholds law giving adults 2-year window to file child sex-abuse lawsuits
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A portion of a North Carolina law that gave adults with child sexual abuse claims two additional years recently to seek civil damages is constitutional, a divided state appeals court has ruled. By a 2-1 decision, a panel of Court of Appeals judges reversed on...
Ex-CIA employee snared earlier in classified info bust found guilty of possessing child abuse images
NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer already convicted in the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history was convicted Wednesday on charges of possessing child sexual abuse images. A jury returned its verdict in Manhattan federal court against Joshua Schulte...
Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke and business partner to remain jailed on child abuse charges
A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called “8 Passengers” made her initial court appearance Friday on charges that she and the owner of a relationship counseling business abused and starved her two young children. The proceedings...
Louisiana grand jury charges 91-year-old disgraced priest with sexual assault of teenage boy in 1975
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state grand jury has charged a now-91-year-old disgraced priest with sexually assaulting a teenage boy in 1975, an extraordinary prosecution that could shed new light on what Roman Catholic Church leaders knew about a child sex abuse crisis that persisted for decades and...
