In 2018, as then-Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo initiated her plan to tackle long-standing problems in the county’s overburdened Child Protective Services department, the state recommended bringing in an independent monitor. On Monday, ...

A former church leader who pleaded guilty to a federal charge of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison. Prosecutors say in 2004, Joe Flowers drove a child ...

A former church leader in Rochester, already convicted of sexually abusing a young boy, will be back in court Thursday. Bishop Joe Flowers is accused of molesting two other children. He was sentenced in August for sexually abusing an ...