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November 12, 2009 3:22 PM

Cops: Child-Raping Missouri Family May Have Bodies in Yard

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LEXINGTON, Mo. - Police investigating a western Missouri family accused of sexually abusing children are now searching a family property for dead bodies. They are also looking for buried glass jars, which the alleged victims say contain notes documenting their sexual abuse years ago.

Lafayette County Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh said there has been an indication of "body or bodies in numerous locations," although he would not say whose bodies they might be.

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October 1, 2009 10:00 AM

Six-Year-Old Boy Begged His Killers "Please Don't Do This!" Says Prosecutor

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BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Christopher Barrios was just six years old when he was forced to beg his rapists to let him go. They didn't.

"Please don't do this!" he implored them, say prosecutors.

But they strangled him to death anyway.

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September 24, 2009 6:00 AM

Cardinal Roger Mahony Shielded Molesting Priest, Say Court Docs

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LOS ANGELES - A former high-ranking official with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles testified that Cardinal Roger Mahony ordered a subordinate to delay reporting clergy abuse claims to the police until the priest in question could be defrocked, according to court papers filed Friday.

He also decided not to tell parishioners about the allegations, according to the papers.

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June 23, 2009 12:53 PM

60,000 Inmates Sexually Abused Every Year

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WASHINGTON - A federal commission on prison rape has concluded that the risk of being attacked depends greatly on the type of prisoner, and where the inmate is locked up.

More than 60,000 inmates are sexually abused every year, according to a report release last week by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. The eight-member panel was formed under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act.

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