Denver Newsroom, Jan 13, 2021 / 09:01 pm MT (CNA).- Three North Dakota state legislators introduced a bill this week that would oblige Catholic priests to violate the seal of confession in cases of confirmed or suspected child abuse, on penalty ...

U.S. Attorney Trent Shores today announced the launch of Operation Clean Sweep aimed at holding accountable child predators throughout the Northern District of Oklahoma. Operation Clean Sweep concentrates law enforcement efforts on counteracting ...

Soon-to-be-introduced national legislation may give a boost to those battling what Public Safety Canada calls “one of the most disturbing public safety issues facing society today” — online child sexual exploitation. In the coming weeks, ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Jazmonique Strickland, the wife of Stricjavvar “Strick” Strickland, has been charged with eight felony counts related to child sexual assault and human trafficking of a minor, according to Kalamazoo County Court ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Police have prepared a database of active viewers of child sex abuse materials in the state as part of its crackdown under Operation P-Hunt aimed at curbing the menace.Spearheaded by the Counter Child Sexual ...

BENTON COUNTY, Tenn. — A sheriff in one West Tennessee county has noticed a disturbing trend. Benton County Sheriff Kenny Christopher is speaking out about an increase in certain crimes being committed. “On child abuse, on child sexual ...

An attorney representing three children who endured sexual, physical and emotional abuse for years, mostly at the hands of their father, is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others associated with it for not reporting the ...

As the COVID-19 virus has killed thousands across Wisconsin, the pandemic has also had a detrimental effect on crimes against children — potentially causing some to go unnoticed and others to increase. In some Wisconsin municipalities, ...

Ipswich Crown, United Kingdom - An online predator who targeted thousands of children has admitted 96 sex abuse offences against 51 boys aged four to 14. Labourer David Nicholas Wilson, 36, from Norfolk – one of the most prolific offenders the ...

SANTA CLARA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 25, 2020 /IREX will partner with National Child Protection Task Force (NCPTF) to increase actionable intelligence across numerous data platforms to help identify and track missing and exploited children ...

TRENTON, N.J. – As New Jersey started locking down in the COVID-19 pandemic, a convicted rapist and registered sex offender from Oklahoma named Aaron Craiger stepped off a Greyhound bus in Atlantic City. He had a phone with child ...

LANSING, MI – A two-year investigation into sexual abuse in Michigan’s Catholic churches has, so far, identified 454 accused priests and 811 victims, and led to charges against 11 clergymen. Of the 11 charged, two have been convicted thus ...

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – James Verne Russell, 50, a former Michigan teacher and principal, was sentenced to serve 720 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for sexual exploitation of two minors. U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff also imposed ...

ROME (AP) - Two priests are going on trial in the Vatican’s criminal tribunal this week, one accused of sexually abusing an altar boy who served at papal Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica, and the other accused of covering it up. The trial, ...

In an era where children are spending more time on the internet, federal criminal justice officials say it is crucial for parents, guardians, educators and trusted adults to know the risks and how to prevent exploitation of youngsters by child ...

As many as 50,000 alleged sex-abuse victims are expected to go after the Boy Scouts of America in court ahead of a November legal deadline, as a shocking new study concludes scouting just isn’t safe for kids. Since the Boys Scouts of ...

Washington, DC - Ten men from around the country have been sentenced for participating in a child pornography enterprise and conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — As a Girl Scout growing up in upstate New York, Alice Weiss-Russell says she lived with a dark secret: The husband of her troop leader was sexually abusing her in the bathroom of a church basement where scout meetings were held ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Fifteen people, including a California Highway Patrol officer and a prison employee, were arrested in connection with trying to meet minors to engage in sex acts after the sheriff’s office conducted an undercover ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - (7/2/2020) - “We wish we could close the doors of the actual direct services that we do; and to have to expand for direct services, it’s really hard,” Voices for Children President and CEO, Nyse Holloman said. “But, ...