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Victims of Catholic nuns rely on each other after being overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis

Mar. 16, 2024 20:46 PM EDT

On Wednesdays, the support group meets over Zoom. The members talk about their lives, their religious families and their old parochial schools. But mostly, they are there to talk about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Catholic nuns. The topic deserves more attention,...

New Mexico day care workers' convictions reversed in 2017 death of toddler inside hot car

Mar. 14, 2024 15:47 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday granted a new trial for two day care workers in the 2017 death of a 1-year-old girl left in a hot car and the serious injury of another toddler. The high court said in a news release that it reversed the child abuse...

Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation

Mar. 14, 2024 11:23 AM EDT

NICE, France (AP) — Hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse by priests or church representatives have received financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, an independent body in charge of the process said Thursday. An annual...

Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

Mar. 13, 2024 20:14 PM EDT

A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was featured in an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse was arrested by police in Virginia this week after being indicted on charges he sexually abused his daughter...

Dozens allege child sexual abuse in Maryland treatment program under newly filed lawsuits

Mar. 12, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — More than three dozen people allege in two lawsuits filed Tuesday that they were sexually abused as children at a Maryland residential program for youths that closed in 2017 following similar allegations. In the separate lawsuits, atorneys detailed decades of...

Additional child neglect charges filed against the mother of a missing Wisconsin boy

Mar. 07, 2024 16:52 PM EST

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors filed additional child neglect charges Thursday against the mother of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished last month, and a judge rejected her request for a bond reduction. Katrina Baur's son, Elijah Vue, was last seen Feb. 20 at a residence...

Royal Caribbean employee accused of hiding cameras to spy on guests, including underage girls

Mar. 06, 2024 17:22 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Royal Caribbean cruise employee is accused of hiding cameras inside bathrooms of passenger cabins to spy on guests, including underage girls. Arvin Joseph Mirasol, 34, was arrested Sunday on federal charges of production and possession of child sexual...

A Missouri boarding school employee is charged with abuse

Mar. 06, 2024 12:34 PM EST

An employee of a rural Missouri boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy's face while boxing — the third person associated with the same school to be charged this month. Caleb Sandoval, 22, was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child. His initial court appearance is...

Los Angeles County's progressive district attorney leads in early results against 11 challengers

Mar. 06, 2024 03:27 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the country's most progressive prosecutors, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, was leading in partial results in his bid for reelection, and Nathan Hochman, a one-time California attorney general candidate who ran as a Republican in 2022, was closely...

Boy whose death led to charges against parents and grandmother suffered ongoing abuse, autopsy shows

Mar. 04, 2024 16:59 PM EST

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A 10-year-old boy whose death led to murder charges against his parents and a grandmother was malnourished, bruised and showed evidence consistent with ongoing abuse, an autopsy concluded. Affidavits from Bangor police indicate Braxtyn Smith, of Bangor, endured...