Priest Who Was Appealing Sex Abuse Conviction Dies
A Roman Catholic priest has died in custody while appealing his child sexual abuse conviction.
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A Roman Catholic priest has died in custody while appealing his child sexual abuse conviction.
A man who accuses a former state university administrator of groping him said Wednesday he didn't report it out of fear he'd be perceived as gay.
Authorities say a retired teacher and another man have been charged with sexually abusing a teenager starting more than 10 years ago.
The Sayreville board of education voted to suspend head coach George Najjar and four assistants with pay. School board president Kevin Ciak said that the suspensions were in accordance with policy due to the ongoing investigation and that no decisions had been made about the future employment of the coaches, none of whom has been charged with a crime.
Kesha and her mentor and producer filed dueling lawsuits Tuesday over the pop singer's claims she was subjected to nearly a decade of sexual and emotional abuse.
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey Army National Guard member sexually abused a woman at a military base in the state earlier this year.
The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office says that Reverend Romannilo Apura, 67, was taken into custody on Thursday morning at his residence at St. Martha Parish in Pt. Pleasant, NJ.
A convicted murderer accused of having persuaded a woman to bring two girls to visit him in a northeastern Pennsylvania prison so he could molest them has been sentenced to additional prison time and fined.
The network says Matt Sandusky describes grooming, methodical control and manipulation by his father.
A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to 3½ to 10 years in prison for taking two children to a state prison so they could be molested by a convicted killer.
When asked for comment outside of court Wednesday, Schade responded repeatedly, "Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again."
Lawrence Harold Carroll, of Devon, was arrested and charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and related offenses.
"It was the courage of one ten-year-old girl who started this investigation," DA Tom Hogan added. "This is one of the most disturbing child abuse cases in the history of Chester County."
A Millsboro man has received a two decade prison sentence for raping a young victim.
According to officials, Lynn was fitted with an electronic monitor and released from Philadelphia County Prison on Friday afternoon.
The suspect, John Vucelich, apparently told authorities he knows why child porn is illegal but didn't think he'd be caught.
Attorney General Beau Biden announced today that his office has arrested a New Castle County group home employee for sex crimes against a resident.
Children who are victims of abuse are more likely to atttempt suicide as adults and those who are sexually abused may have triple the risk of others.
Three people have been arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of several children who were in their care from 1989 to 2012.
Three lawsuits brought by men who said former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash sexually abused them when they were underage were tossed out by a federal judge who said in a decision published Monday that the men waited too long to sue.
Authorities say Carl J. Garrison, formerly of Williamstown, repeatedly abused the girl during the summer of 2010 inside a Monroe Township trailer home and during a two-week stay in Alabama.
Police say they have charged a Philadelphia elementary school teacher for raping a family member for eight years.
An elderly man has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a minor over the course of three years.
A Philadelphia non-profit organization helping children who have been sexually abused is holding its annual Bear Affair fundraiser.
The former voice of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo is being sued by a man who claims the entertainer lured him into drug-fueled sex when he was 16.
