CHILD ABUSE NEWS

Bone Expert 'Misled Courts'
A world authority on bone disease misled two child abuse cases to promote his own theory.

Paedophile Who Warned of His Danger Jailed for Life
A convicted paedophile who had warned he was a danger to children was jailed for life for subjecting two seven-year-old boys to sex attacks in a makeshift dungeon after he was released into the community.

Sergeant Facing Child Porn Claims
A police sergeant appeared in court after his computer was found to contain hundreds of child porn images including pictures of incest and baby rape.

Belgian Child Murder Trial Finally Starts
A self-confessed killer and child rapist, will finally go on trial in Belgium, seven years after the crimes of which he is accused traumatised a nation.

Perverts Face 10 Years for 'Grooming' Scots Children on Net
Paedophiles who use the internet to "groom" children in Scotland could be jailed for up to ten years under a new law to be fast-tracked through parliament.

Mystery Over Child Sex Abuse Victims
Thousands of children who are photographed or filmed being abused are never traced, a hard-hitting report by a children's charit revealed.
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Jackson Faces Multiple Abuse Charges
Michael Jackson faces nine charges of molesting a young boy.

Satellite Tracking for Child Sex Abusers
In Scotland sex offenders will be tracked using satellite surveillance upon their release from prison.

US Doctor Dismisses 'Baby Battering' Views as Rubbish
Dr Colin Paterson, formerly of Dundee University, believes that injuries found in children under a year old can often be caused by a mystery condition called "temporary brittle bone disease" and not necessarily the result of violent treatment.
[ - So, the question is; is this doctor trying to concoct a condition to conceal real abuse or is he honest in his research and trying to protect the falsely accused?]

Child Abuse Pledge Can't Be Delivered
Senior social workers admitted that Edinburgh City Council will not be able to honor its pledge to review urgently the cases of 342 children known to be at risk of physical abuse from their parents.

Social Workers Failed to Protect Baby Boy
A damning report into the death of a baby boy has concluded that the social work department charged with protecting him failed at almost every level to prevent him being killed by his violent father.

Scoutmaster Guilty of Abusing Children
Justice finally caught up with Paul Firth, the former teacher and scoutmaster who fled Scotland three years ago on a luxury yacht days before he was due to stand trial on charges of sexually abusing young boys in his trust.

Internet 'Groomer' Jailed for Five Years
The most prolific internet "groomer" yet caught, whose crimes included sexually threatening an 11-year-old child, gross indecency towards a 14-year-old and attempting to abduct two girls under 14, was sentenced to five years in prison.
[ - ONLY FIVE YEARS!!! This guy got off too easy!]

Seven Face Isles Sex Charges
Six men and a 75-year-old woman appeared in count in the Western Isles charged in connection with a major child abuse inquiry.

Demand for Shake-Up of Sex Laws
UK ministers are being called to introduce emergency legislation after a ruling by appeal court judges effectively lowered the male age of consent to 14.

499th Child Killed in Jerusalem
If you think this is all in the name of "security" for the people of Israel, there are 27 reserve pilots who recently refused to take part in any more aerial attacks on populated Palestinina areas and they signed a letter describing such activities as "illegal and immoral." - Sister Mary, Jerusalem

Airport Link to Child Slavery
Around 200 unaccompanied children are coming in to Heathrow Airport every week, some of them destined for slavery or the sex industry.

Street Children Find Refuge in Sewers

Dangers of Chatroom Shutdown
Microsoft has announced that it will close all of its internet chat rooms to protect its customers from pedophiles. However, many are concerned that closing down the virtual meeting places will only encourage children to seek out other internet "rooms" in which it may be even more difficult to root out those who prey on children.

Child Sex Victims 'Betrayed by System' Scotland's legal system is betraying victims of child sex abuse because tough new measures to protect them in the courts have not been implemented - four years after they were agreed.

Militia Chief on Trial for Child Army Atrocities They were forced to murder their parents ti inure them to killing, injected with drugs and then unleashed on to the battlefield with horrifying consequences.

Number of Child Abuse Deaths Could Double The number of children killed by child abuse in Britain is more than double the level officially recorded in government statistics according to a new report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which found that two children under the age of 15 die from abuse in the UK each week.

Courting Disaster for Child Witnesses Amid calls for a review of the way child witnesses are treated in court, children continue to be thrust into adult courts where, through a combination of fear and nerves, they are unable to give a good account of themselves and thereby allow abusers to go free.

Police Arrest Soham Case Officer Again A detective involved in the inquiry into the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, was arrested again, just weeks after being cleared of child sex charges.

Judge in New Row Over Life Sentence A judge who caused a firestorm of protest after sentencing a man to just five years for raping a baby was at the center of fresh controversy after jailing another pedophile for life.

Crown 'Bungle' in Baby Rape Case A bungle by prosecutors contributed to the controversial five-year sentence imposed on baby rapist James Taylor.
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Sold for Spare Parts by His Grandmother This Russian boy's grandmother tried to sell his organs. She was arrested, and he survived to be adopted by a Scottish couple, but how many were not so fortunate?

Mental Care Poor for Some Children in State Custody Thousands of parents have given up custody of their children under pressure from states in order to obtain treatment for the children's severe mental illnesses. Federal officials said they found deplorable conditions in many state institutions where children were supposed to receive treatment.

Care of Juvenile Offenders in Mississippi Is Faulted A report claims that Mississippi's two institutions for juvenile delinquents are debilitating dumping grounds that violate state and federal laws.

Blunders Mean Teacher Will Not Face Sex Charges Prosecutorial incompetence allows a teacher charged with sexual attacks on four of his pupils to escape prosecution.

Killing Jimena Did County inaction help murder a five-year-old girl?

Captivity Case Romanian police investigate a couple who kept their daughter in captivity well into adulthood.

Dismay as International Pedophile Probe Fails The massive internet child pornography investigation Operation Ore has ended in Scotland without anybody being charged with sex abuse, senior police officers have revealed.

Child Abuse Priest Dies After Prison Attack Former priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was injured in an incident involving another inmate and died shortly after being taken to Leominster Hospital in Boston.

Sheriff Rules That Hitting Boy, 13, with Belt Was Not a Crime A father of four who beat a 13-year-old boy with a leather belt after the child had been taking drugs, stealing cars, housebreaking and playing truant was found not guilty of a crime. Sheriff Robert Younger ruled that the beating, partly cushioned by a thick duvet as the boy hid under his bedclothes, was "reasonable chastisement."

Records Say Teacher Confessed to Assault A substitute teacher accused of molesting two boys confessed to police that he assaulted one of the victims, according to newly released court records.

Baby Sitter Gets 8 Years in Infant's Death A baby sitter has been sentenced to eight years i prison for giving a 3-month-old girl a lethal dose of Benadryl to quiet her.

Files Show Archdiocese Paid $21 Million in Abuse Cases As sexual abuse plaintiffs began considering the offer by the Archdiocese of Boston to settle 542 suits, newly released records show that the archdiocese paid at least $21.2 million in settlements to 149 people from 1994 to 2001.

Student Jailed After Pedophile Sting A trainee teacher was sentenced to 18 months in jail for trying to procure a nine-year-old girl for sex using an internet chatline.

Aquitted Man Says Virus Put Pornography on Computer While a case that played out in the British legal system sets no precedent in the United States, legal experts say the technical issues raise two troubling possibilities. For one, actual child pornographers could arm themselves with a new alibi that would be difficult to disprove. Or, unknowingly Web surfers could find themselves charged with possessing illegal material that a lurking software program has acquired.

Church in Boston Offers $55 Million for Abuse Claims The Archdiocese of Boston offered $55 million to settle lawsuits by 542 victims of sexual abuse by priests.

Homes Where Sex Offenders Are Able to Police Each Other Officials say that housing sex offenders together is a far better option than sending them from prison alone into neighborhoods or onto the streets.

Woman Held in Lost Child Hoax Was Once an F.B.I. Informant The woman accused of calling an Indiana couple and claiming to be their long-lost daugher had been an informant who provided tips about child pornographers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She doesn't deny the hoax, but attributes it to multiple personality disorder. [- Hmmmm...]

Gang Arrested After Child Ritual Sacrifice Police investigating the ritual sacrifice murder of a young African boy whose dismembered torso was found in the River Thames have arrested a gang suspected of bringing hundreds of people, including many children, into Britain illegally. More ...

Abuse Suits Point at Jehovah's Witnesses Flurry of lawsuits allege cover-up of sexual abuse by Jehovah's Witnesses.

Doctors: Pedophile 'Cured' After Surgery The man had an egg-sized brain tumor pressing on the right frontal lobe. When surgeons removed it, the lewd behavior and pedophilia faded away. Exactly why, the surgeons cannot quite explain.

Man Held Over Child Murders An ice-cream man who plied his trade among the street children in Columbia has been arrested by police investigating the rape and murder of 34 young boys.

789 Children Abused by Priests Since 1940, Massachusetts Says At LEAST 789 children and probably more than 1,000 have been sexually abused by 250 priests and other church workers in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston since 1940 according to a 16-month investigation by the Massachusetts attorney general.

Two Bishops in New York Faulted for Role in Abuse Cases The report blames Thomas V. Daily of Brooklyn and William Murphy of Long Island for putting abusive priests and the Church's reputation ahead of the needs of abused children.

Silence of the Lambs May Free Predatory Pedophile A Japanese man who molested several girls may escape prosecution because the girls were so traumatized by what he did that they were unable to provide statements that would incriminate the 57-year-old married man.

Pedophile's 'Petit Angels' Leave Him with Suicidal Nightmares A Japanese man who ran a pedophile sex ring commits suicide in front of four captive girls.

Clock Ticks to Release of Nagasaki Child Killer The murder of a 4-year-old boy will spend only 180 days in jail, because he is only 12 years old himself.

Victims Angered and Upset by Ruling Freeing Molesters Hundreds of people in California are being freed from trial or jail as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

New Jersey Measures Toll of Child Abuse More than half of the New Jersey children who died of abuse or neglect over the last five years were less than a year old, and the numbers of those fatalities have been climbing.

Disabled Girl Is Found Dead in Trash Truck The foster mother of a severely disabled 8-year-old girl told police that when the girl died she panicked and left her body in a garbage bag on a sidewalk.

Inmate Sought Pen Pals Online After Plea in Internet Sex Case A Greenwich man who used the Internet to lure a 13-year-old girl into a sexual tryst that led to her death has been seeking pen pals over the Net while in federal custody.

California Archdiocese to Drop Complaint in Abuse Case The Dioceses of San Bernadino will withdraw a complaint filed against the Boston Archdiocese, holding it liable for damages in a lawsuit over a priest with a history of sexual molestation.

Victims Say Japan Ignores Sex Crimes Committed by Teachers Experts say molestation and statutory rape are commonplace in schools across Japan, and that victims rarely come forward.

Hundreds of Sex Offenders to Go Free San Mateo County prosecutors will be forced to dismiss child molestation charges against six to ten convicted sex offenders following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that retroactively erased the statute of limitations on certain sexual molestation cases.

Abused, Abandoned, Murdered and Then Dumped More...

Cardinal Says He Will Name Ousted Priests Cardinal Edward M. Egan announced that he would make public the name of any priest permanently removed for sexually molesting children. [- What about those who are just reassigned or temporarily removed?]

Louisville Archdiocese to Pay $25 Million Abuse Settlement The Political Consequences of Child Abuse

Former Pastor Avoids Prison for Beating, Whipping Boys Instead he gets three years' probation for abuse and neglect of a child, open and gross lewdness.

New Jersey Youths Out of Foster Homes End Up in Detention Month after month, dozens of teenage foster children remain locked up in New Jersey's secure juvenile detention centers, often because there is nowhere else to put them.

Sex Scandal One of Portugal's top entertainers became the latest public figure to be placed under investigation in a child sex abuse scandal.

In 2001 Statistics, Trenton Finds Abuse High in Foster Care In certain counties of New Jersey, nearly one in five children placed in what were considered promising foster homes wound up being abused or seriously neglected.

Woman Charged in Shooting Death of Daughter, 7 The mother of a 7-year-old Conneticut girl who was shot in the chest while she lay in bed was charged with her murder.

New Jersey Shows Failures of Child Welfare System Officials made public the state's own confidential files on the deaths and abuse of more than a dozen children in its care.

Child-Killer Needs Lifelong Legal Anonymity, Court Told Mary Bell, the convicted child-killer, and her teenage daughter should be granted lifelong anonymity because of continuing risk of vigilante attacks on them, the High Court hear yesterday.

7-Year-Old Kurd: "I Like War" Many Kurdish boys become peshmerga - "those who face death" - by the time they turn 14, although children as young as 10 are serving within the ranks of the Kurdish political-military organizations that control northern Iraq. These young fighters account for up to 10 percent of the roughly 300,000 child soldiers fighting in armies and rebel movements across the globe, human rights groups say.

Who's 14, 'Kewl' and Flirty Online? A 39-Year-Old Detective It is the job of three New York undercover officers to study Prom Magazine, "American Idol" and the mall to serve as invisible protectors to teenagers.

Couple Guilty of Assault in Vegan Case A Queens couple, who fed their baby daughter a strict vegetarian diet, including homemade infant formula, were convicted of nearly starving her to death.

Boston Archdiocese Is Sued by San Bernadino Diocese A California diocese has sued the Archdiocese of Boston for damages resulting from the latter's failure to disclose a transferred priest's record of sexual abuse.

Fugitives Paid Millions: Indicted Priest, Others Get Social Security While federal agents hunted the Rev. Austin Peter Keegan, a former San Fransisco priest facing a 25-count indictment for alleged child molestation, another branch of the government sent him regular monthly payments.

Former Priest Pleads Admits Abusing 21 Children "I remember these children very well," the Rev. Louis E. Miller said as the judge read the names of each victim. "I remember fondling these children." . . . "I don't see where that was na indecent or immoral practice," the retired priest said in court.

Boy, 10, Charged in Death ot 3-Year-Old A 10-year-old boy was charged with enticing a 3-year-old boy to leave a library in Woodbridge, N.J., and beating and sexually assaulting him before leaving him to die.

Abducted Girl Reappears A girl who was abducted in the United States in 1999 when she was 11 was heading home after contacting US authorities in Mexico.

Who's Minding the Kids? A woman approved and paid by New Jersey's welfare-to-work program allegedly killed a 19-month-old boy under her watch. Why didn't the state know that she had prior run-ins with child-abuse officials?

Abducted Girl's Relatives Say Her Captor Brainwashed Her The family of Elizabeth Smart wage a concerted effort to portray her as having been incapable of escape during months of wandering streets and canyons.

Utah Girl's Ordeal Poses a Puzzle Strange and Biblical Elizabeth Smart's abductor claims to have been doing what God asked of him. She was seen in public and never tried to escape. There is more to this than meets the eye.

Clear Signs of Child Abuse in Agency Files The case histories in the files of New Jersey's child welfare agency suggest that it is all too common for children to fall through the gaps in the state's abuse safety net.

Judge Discards F.B.I. Evidence in Internet Case of Child Smut A federal Judge in Manhattan said F.B.I. agents made false statements in an affidavit to obtain search warrants in a child pornography case.

A Priest's Victim Sees Insult After Injury "...Father Hands later attributed his actions to his own abuse by a priest years ago, and was praised for giving important evidence to a grand jury investigating abuse in the Diocese of Rockville Centre."

Dioceses Resist Releasing Names of Accused Priests Sexual abuse victims and news organizations are pressing grand juries that have been looking into sexual abuse by members of the Catholic clergy to make their records public.

Judge Polanski on His Film, Not His Crime? "Samantha Geimer... was 13 when Polanski plied her with champagne and the drug quaalude and 'took advantage of me' at the home of the actor Jack Nicholson."

Confronting His Abuser, On Tape "The tapes portray a troubled man alternately demanding justice, doggedly pursuing information aobut what the diocese knew about his abuser, berating the bishop and venting his anguish, as well as asking for financial help. They portray a predator priest stammering out apologies, grudgingly discussing his sexual disorder and trying to appease his angry victim. They reveal a bishop listening patiently and insisting he is doing all he can to help."

Australian Blunder Allows Pedophile to Escape Justice "Australia has been forced to make a humbling apology to Cambodia after it emerged that a convicted paedophile was issued with a new passport by consular officials - allowing him to flee the country."

Former Orange County Police Officer Convicted of Lewd Conduct A former Huntington Beach police officer was convicted of lewd conduct for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl during an on-duty interview at her home.

Tracking Wayward Sheperds A grand jury found that Roman Catholic authorities on Long Island conspired for decades to protect scores of rogue clergymen.

FBI Arrests Internet Baby Broker Adoption for a fee.

L.I. Diocese Tricked Victims of Sexual Abuse, Panel Says A grand jury accused Roman Catholic Church officials on Long Island of protecting scores of pedophile priests for decades. More... "In one instance, the official told a parish employee who reported suspicious behavior that the priest would be sent for treatment, the report said. What about the boy, the employee asked. The grand jury report said the official replied: 'It's not my responsibility to worry about the boy. My job is to protect the bishop and the church.' In another case, the lawyer-priest told a nun who had intervened that a meeting with the victim was a waste of time because the statute of limitations on the abuse had expired, the grand jury said."

Police End Probe of JonBenet Ramsey Death The Boulder Police Department said Monday it has ended its investigation of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, handing over the case to investigators in the district attorney's office.

High Tech Helps Child Pornographers and Their Pursuers The combination of digital photography and high-speed home internet access has set off what the authorities say is an explosion of homemade child pornography in recent years.

Bosnia Sex Trade Shames U.N. U.N. sex slaves exposed again! "...Kathryn Bolkovac, a UN police officer who was sacked for exposing the sexual abuse of women and CHILDREN in Bosnia by her colleagues."

Web Expert Cleared if Porn Claims "A computer expert who pioneered the policing of the internet has been cleared of smuggling pornographic images of children into Scotland after a judge accepted they were for use by his company. ... and an expert in internet law, said that although the law allowed the possession of such images for legitimate reasons - such as police investigations - what constituted a legitimate reason was not clearly defined."

Police Scrutinise Jackson Documentary "The district attorney of Santa Barbara County, in California, is to scrutinise the documentary... in case... [it] can be used to open the door to new prosecution."

Michael Jackson Admits Taking Young Children to Bed "...he still invites young children into his bed despite the child-sex allegations which have all but destroyed his career."

Alleged Pedophiles at Helm of Britain's War Machine, Massive Cover-Up "A child-sex scandal that threatened to destroy Tony Blair's government last week has been mysteriously squashed and wiped off the front pages of British newspapers. Operation Ore, the United Kingdom's most thorough and comprehensive police investigation of crimes against children, seems to have uncovered more than is politically acceptable at the highest reaches of the British elite."

$10,000 Tax Credit Given to Families of Foster Kids - Get ready for a whole new wave of child abuse as the dishonest set their sights on the decreased tax burden.

'Illinois Miracle' Disputed After Child-Abuse Cases "...the police found a 3-year-old boy chained by the neck to a bed in a foster home... ...the police found six youngsters - all former wards of the state - locked in an unheated basement with no food or toilet..." - Amazingly the 3-year-old's foster parents face only MISDEMEANOR charges of child endangerment, but FELONY drug charges! *

'Bewitched' Children Are Forced to Bear Curse of Congo "According to the children's rights organization Save the Children, there are more than 20,000 children in the city who have been accused of witchcraft and abandoned by their parents."

Years of Chaos, Piled in Newark Child Care Office "Pillars throughout the office display the kind of handwritten notices commonly seen on telephone poles announcing a rummage sale or lost pet. 'Missing file,' the signs read, then list the names and case numbers of people whose problems the state has lost track of amid the relentless crush of new crises."

Tough Lessons in Child Welfare Reform "Prior to the mid-90's, the city's response to a child fatality was to fire the child welfare commissioner, the case supervisor and the caseworker - in short, anyone involved in the case. Not surprisingly, a new commissioner was appointed just about every two years."

Child Porn Arrests 'Too Slow' "Police say the list of rich and famous Operation Ore suspects would fill newspaper front pages for an entire year."

Widespread Smuggling and Abandonment of Somali Children in Europe reported by UN "Child smuggling from Somali territories is now so widespread that it has become a critical informal institution."

Meth's Reach Hits Rural Children Hard "Authorities have seen foster care case multiply because of the spread of methamphetamine in Kentucky, Indiana and other rural states in recent years."

Belgium's X-Files "The official answer is that a series of hysterical conspiracy theories forced investigators to search for pedophile networks, which didn't exist. But for observers of this debacle, that's exactly what DIDN'T happen."

Belgian Child Killer Alleges Rights Abuse "... he wished to be released from solitary confinement, undergo fewer body searches, and be allowed to sleep uniterrupted." What were his victims allowed? More...

Global Child Porn Crackdown "American investigators say they have traced 250,000 suspected pedophiles around the world through credit card details on child pornography web sites."

Archidocese of Chicago Puts Cost of Sex Abuse at $16.8 Million "... over the last decade it has confirmed accusations against 36 diocesan priests ("9 or 10" of whom were also named in a 1992 report on priest sexual misconduct) and spent $16.8 million on settlements to victims and related costs." "...some cases occured as long ago as the 1950's" The Church isn't going broke anytime soon: "The report says the largest portion of the $16.8 million came from the sale of undeveloped property, with 2.8 million coming from insurance proceeds and the rest from the unrestricted general revenue fund of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center. That fund will be replenished from future sales of undeveloped, non-parish related properties and from insurance proceeds." So, how much money does the church have, and how much are they willing to spend to make this all go away? Cardinal Francis George says, "No direct donations to either the parish or the archdiocese will be used to fund any oth this in the future and to a great extent in the past. We'll have to sell property because there will be more claims in the future."

Man, 18, Charged with Leaving Newborn in Portable Toilet The baby's mother claims to have told him to take it to a church or to the police. "In Wisconsin, it is legal for parents to relinquish custody of a child to police, an emergency technician or a hospital staff member."

4 Teens in Sex Tape Case Are Confined to Homes "20 minute video... shows 3 males sexually assaulting an unconscious 16-year-old girl while another coaches them from behind a camera." Will the person who supplied the alcohol, which rendered the girl unconscious be facing charges? Just curious. Seems only fair.

Bay City Rollers Manager Arrested Tam Patton "...held in connection with "historic allegations" of sexual abuse against boys under 16." As joint investigation" of the case involving Tom Kelly the British television personality. So, pop stars and Jesus were both being used to victimize the vunerable. Does it smells of conspiracy? Sniff-sniff!

Teacher Wanted in Child Porn Case Seized in California

Cardinal Egan Spurns Members of Review Board Studying Abuse

Chicago Man Held in Forced Prostitution Ring

Is Pee-Wee Herman Being Persecuted?

TV Star Held on Child Sex Claims

Trail of Pain in Church Crisis Leads to Nearly Every Diocese and More Than 1,200 Priests!

Pete Townshend Implicated in Child Porn Sting

Teenager Charged in Death of Boy in Newark

Boston Church Leaders Refused to Tell Parishioners of Abuse

Kids Alone 20 Days as Mom Meets with Internet Lover

Survey: One in Five Nuns Sexually Abused as a Child

On the Trail of Sex Slaves

Worker in Newark Abuse Case Juggled 107 Inquiries

Chicago Police Seek Suspect in Molestation Case

Kidnapper Accused of Trying to Buy Child

California Has Lost Track of 33,000 Sex Offenders Despite Megan's Law

A Record of Neglect and Inaction, Discovered After a Child's Death

Child Slaves in Ghana Set to Return Home

Utah Couple Sentenced in Daughter's Death

Body of Girl, 5, Dumped in Canal

Gary Glitter Deported From Cambodia After Two Days in Jail

The Navy's Pedophilia Scandal

Wash. City Fined in Child-Sex Probe Suit

Lawyer: Ex-N.H. Bishop Destroyed Records

Man Whose 13-Month-Old Son Drowned While He Surfed the Internet Gets a Year in Jail

Mother Sold Baby Son

N.Y. Priest: Church Protected Monsignor

Ind. Court Blocks Sex Offender Law

Man Charged in Death of Sister-in-Law

Nevada Priest Pleads Guilty to Charges

State Agency Knowingly Placed Foster Kids In Convicts' Homes

Priest Pleads Guilty in Child Rape Case

Priest Accused of Sex Abuse Found Dead

To Stop Abuse, Abusers Step Forward

Questions Raised About Texas Adoption Agency with Alleged Links to Bush

City Sanitation Workers Find Dead Newborn Girl

Girl, 6, Dies in Beating After Fight in Her Home

Boston Archdiocese Asks for Dismissal of All Suits on "Religous Freedom" Grounds

Sudan's Stolen Children

Ex-Pastor Gets Jail in Sex Misconduct Case

Bishop's Testimony in Sex Cases Obtained

Boy, 11, is Abandoned at Airport

Schoolboy Left Home Alone for Two Weeks

Child Protective Services Financial Incentive for Abducting Your Child

Teen Magazine Under Fire for Explicit Sex Guide

Police Say Mother Faked Girl's Cancer for Cash

Photos Ruled Real Not Digital in Child Porn Case

Priest Guilty in Mich. Child Abuse Case

Court Case Pits Real Porn vs. Digital

Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography

Mom Set to Surrender in Death of 16-Month-Old

Missing Girl's Body Found; Investigators Plan to Charge Dad

Climate of Fear That Cost Ainlee Her Life

UN Report Looks at Use of Child Soldiers

Boy's Body Found, Girl Still Missing

Infant in Coma; Father is Charged

Teacher Calls Sex with Boy, 10, "consensual"

Woman, 34, Sought in Rape of Boy, 13

Ex-Coach, 23, Sentenced to Jail for Sex with Student-Wife, 14

Paedophile Fears Lead to Nativity Camera Ban

Turk Arrested Over Affair with Girl, 14

Pope Gave His Blessing!

Attorney General Says He Has Evidence of Pervert-Priest Cover-Up by Archdiocese

Judge's Criteria for Sex Abuse Truly Stupefying

Sex Abuse Charge Against Chicago School Teacher

Church Abuse Chronology

Vatican Accused of Putting Fear of Scandal Ahead of Child Safety

Ex-Priest Preyed on Teen Boys, Court Told

Damilola Police Slammed in Report

Officials Say Sex Trade Lures Younger Girls

Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church - 'I was hooded, held down, and raped'

Gymnastics Coach Accused of Abuse

Day Care Case May Be Shaky

Long Jail Term Eyed for Ex-Priest Accused of Molesting 16

Bankruptcy Said Likely for Boston's Archdiocese as Strategy for Dealing with Pending Lawsuits

Trial for Child Neglect Accused,/A>

Woman in Dock After Slapping 9-Year-Old

Portugal to Investigate Child Sex Scandal

Father Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter of Baby in Car

Four Young People Are Missing; Authorities Are Baffled

Bishops Pick FBI Official to Police Abuse in Church

Aged Nun Escapes Abuse Prosecution

States' Listings of Sex Offenders Raise a Tangle of Legal Issues

The 'Buddy System' for Policing Sex Offenders

Making the Web Child-Safe

Ex-Priest Jailed in Detroit Sex Case

Babysitter Jailed for Molesting Girl

N.J. Cop Faces Internet Sex Charges

Professor in Sex Attack on 5-Year-Old

Food Colorings Cause One in Four Temper Tantrums, Claims Study

Officers Face Child Porn Production Charges

Caught in the Kid Porn Crusade

500 Foster Kids Missing in Los Angeles

Charges Dropped Against Ohio Mother

Atlanta Pastor Convicted of Abuse

N.H. Police: Bowlers Thwart Kidnapping

10-Year-Old Internet Victim Speaks Out

Jeb Bush Slights Family of Missing Girl

Young Brains Shaped by Abuse

Net Porn Epidemic 'Depraves' Office Staff

Counts to Be Dropped Against Cannibalism Suspect

Oregon Man Indicted in Deaths of 2 Girls Buried at His Home

Official Tells Catholics: Fight Abuse with Purse and Feet

Crackdown on Paedophile Tale

Church of Scotland Minister Tried to Grope Boy, 14

Mich. Judge Rules Deaf Boys Needn't Undergo Surgery

Ex-Cotati Mayor Admits to Molestation

Couple Charged in Death of Child, Brother Found Malnourished and Bruised

UN Finds New Refugee Sex Scandals

No Cure for Cancer: When Divine Intervention Breaks the Law

Child in Atlanta Dies in Hot Car

Teen: Officer Said No One Would Believe Her

Prostitute Admits Arranging for Mayor to Have Sex with Children

State Agency Admits Errors in Another Child's Death

Bush Unveils Upgrade of Amber Alert System

Two Charged with Fraud in Missing Girl Case

Students' Jail Tour Goes Wrong, Suspensions Follow Strip-Searches

D.C. Students Underwent Strip-Search on Jail Tour

Baby's Death Brings Murder Count Against Mother's Boyfriend

Police Confirm Boy Died From Child Abuse

Illegal Alien Charged with Sexually Assaulting Minors

Virginia Beach Priest Expelled Over Abuse

Underage and Selling Their Sexuality on the Web

Prosecutor Deal Leads to Rape of 12-Year-Old

Parents Outraged by Sexual Assault in Elementry School

School Offers Morning-After Pill to 11-Year-Olds

Starved Children Victims of an Abuse That's 'Common'

Nepal's Sex-Trade Victims

Baby-Selling Ring Shut Down; Arrests Pending

Florida Girl Still Missing on Birthday

The Bishop, the Scandal and His Plan

Woman in Beating Video Rearrested and Released on Bond

Stun Gun Discipline in Texas

LA Authorities Charge Two Priests with Molestation

Charges Dropped in Baby-Selling Case

Deputy Held in Online Kid-porn Case

Mother in Videotaped Beating Surrenders

Fines for Failure to Report Child Sexual Abuse

Two Pedophile Rings Found in Low Countries