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Police investigating potential child abuse case
Wichita police are investigating a potential child abuse case. The incident happened after 3 p.m. Friday afternoon in the 100 South Ridge apartment complex. Police say a 5-month-old child was taken to St. Joe hospital by the parents, after reports of seizures and throwing up for 3 days. The hospital…
Opaque military justice system shields child sex abuse cases
Child sex offenders make up the largest category of inmates in U.S. military prisons, yet a full accounting of their crimes and how much time they’re actually locked up is shielded by an opaque system of justice, an Associated Press investigation has found. Of the 1,233 inmates confined in the…
Boca Raton-Based Child Rescue Coalition Works “To Find Those That Victimize Kids”
It is some of the most sophisticated and fascinating technology that you will ever see and it’s being used right here in South Florida – and across the country – to catch people sharing, viewing and even creating child pornography. The tech is responsible for the headline-grabbing arrest over the…
Former county prosecutor pleads guilty in child rape case
A former South Dakota county prosecutor accused of child rape has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Jansen, of Selby, was accused of child rape in Hughes County involving three boys ages 5 through 13, and having child pornography on his computer. The former Walworth County state’s attorney was…
Parents of Special-Needs Boy Charged with Child Abuse: Police
The adoptive parents of an 8-year-old special-needs child were arrested by authorities in Nebraska last week on multiple counts of child abuse. According to a statement from prosecutors, Stephen Bauer, 37, and his wife, 32-year-old Megan Finlan, withheld food from the boy, who police said was underweight for his age….
Kansas DCF plans to lower evidence standard in evaluating child abuse
The state agency tasked with investigating child abuse plans to lower the amount of evidence needed to substantiate a claim of abuse or neglect. Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore told lawmakers Tuesday the agency will decrease the standard of evidence it uses when investigating from “clear and…
‘Staggering’ Rates of Child Abuse in East, Southern Africa
A new report finds that children across East and Southern Africa suffer huge amounts of abuse. UNICEF says this epidemic of violence hurts more than just the children – it hurts society. Researchers say they have found a “staggering incidence” of violence against children in East and Southern Africa. The…
Calls for child sex abuse royal commission to investigate sterilisation
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is being urged to investigate the forced sterilisation of children, amid concerns young people with a disability are at much of higher risk of being sexually abused. Submissions to the royal commission have painted a harrowing picture of widespread abuse experienced by…
Life after child sex abuse difficult, but survivable
Life for thousands of Nebraska children who are sexually abused almost certainly will include struggles, but counselors, psychologists and survivors say there is hope. “You’re not doomed,” said Lincoln lawyer Susan Napolitano, who was raped by a relative in Michigan in the 1980s. “It’s not what you see in the…