Latest Child abuse News

Missouri boarding school closes as state agency examines how it responded to abuse claims

Mar. 27, 2024 14:38 PM EDT

A rural Missouri boarding school at the center of abuse allegations has closed its doors, and a state agency is trying to determine if it adequately responded to previous concerns about the facility in calls to an abuse hotline. The closure of ABM Ministries' Lighthouse Christian...

Youngkin acts on gun bills, vetoing dozens as expected, amending six and signing two pairs

Mar. 26, 2024 21:45 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday he had vetoed 30 pieces of gun-related legislation, including measures that would have halted the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms. Youngkin's vetoes, which drew criticism from Democrats, were...

Convicted sex offender who hacked jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars' stadium gets 220 years

Mar. 26, 2024 19:43 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted child molester has been sentenced to 220 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material and hacking the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium after the team learned he was a registered sex offender and fired him. A...

'I will not feed a demon': YouTuber Ruby Franke's child abuse case rooted in religious extremism

Mar. 22, 2024 23:55 PM EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah. ...

Massachusetts Senate passes bill aimed at outlawing "revenge porn"

Mar. 21, 2024 16:36 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts bill that bars someone from sharing explicit images or videos without consent was approved unanimously Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate. The bill, which now goes to conference committee to hash out differences with the House, means only South...

Belgian bishop defrocked 14 years after admitting to abusing nephew

Mar. 21, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe, the emeritus bishop of Brugge, long ago became a symbol of the Catholic Church’s...

A New Hampshire school bus driver and his wife charged with producing child sex abuse images

Mar. 20, 2024 18:37 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who drove a school bus for children with disabilities has been charged along with his wife with taking sexually explicit photos of a young girl, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. Paul and Krystal Baird, of Keene, were arrested Wednesday...

Former Mississippi police officer gets 10 years for possessing child sexual abuse materials

Mar. 19, 2024 20:32 PM EDT

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi police officer, who was also a part-time volunteer firefighter, was sentenced Tuesday to more than 10 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse materials. After a hearing in Oxford, Mississippi, U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock...

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...