SAN ANTONIO – For the first time in 15 years, the state's Blue Ribbon Task Force to stop child abuse has a new lead. State Senator Jose Menendez (D - San ...

A Joplin mother has been charged with physical abuse of her 4-year-old son while her boyfriend is being sought by police in connection with his suspected hand ...

An Oxford Township man is currently charged with first-degree child abuse. According to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, 25-year-old Christopher Williams ...

Megan Schug was sentenced 25 to 50 years in prison earlier this year after Battle Creek police said she beat and locked her young son in a dark closet for days.

A former Mankato woman who was charged with abusing her four children was sentenced to time served and probation.

A grand jury has indicted a Virginia man on murder and child abuse charges in the 2017 death of a toddler.

According to a sheriff's deputy's report, witnesses said Daniel Jacob Wood approached a child and grabbed him by the throat and "carried the victim down a ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Louisville priest who was convicted of multiple counts of felony child abuse has died. The Archdiocese of Louisville says Reverend ...

The diocese has faced scrutiny after it was revealed that it concealed for decades a priest's admission that he sexually abused dozens of Iowa boys.

A Warrenville man was charged Friday in connection with a report of child abuse in November involving a 10-year-old boy.

Americans may think a looming February summit on the clerical sexual abuse crisis in Rome is like Roosevelt at Yalta, but for all kinds of reasons that's not ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Sparta Township woman has been charged with child abuse after her 3 month old was brought to the hospital with injuries consistent ...

The Center serves as a safe place for the area's most vulnerable children. Each child is here to recount trauma, to begin healing by telling the truth.

A Dothan man charged with child abuse of a child less than 12 years old will go before Houston County Judge Kevin Moulton Tuesday for his arraignment ...

CBS News has identified hundreds of reports of sexual abuse that occurred at children's camps across the United States. We found reports of more than 500 ...

Several Bullitt County parents are concerned over accusations of child abuse at a Shepherdsville day care.

The Cara Center helps nearly 600 children per year with suspected child abuse by providing medical examinations.

Two mental health chatbot apps have required updates after struggling to handle reports of child sexual abuse. In tests, neither Wysa nor Woebot told an ...

Deputies say when they arrived, the baby was covered in blood and had cuts covering her whole body.

A private New Mexico foster care company is shutting down at the end of the year.

Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a Joplin man as part of an investigation into a child abuse case.

A baby with cuts and puncture wounds on her body and covered in blood was taken to a hospital on Friday and the juvenile who was apparently left in charge of ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) Mercy High School officials sent out a letter to parents following news of its former athletic coach being charged with child sexual abuse.

An Australian court has overturned the conviction of a former archbishop who was the world's most senior Catholic cleric held guilty of concealing child sexual ...

A retired chauffeur for the Royal Family was to be charged with sexual offences against young boys before he died, the Crown Prosecution *Service* has said.

Convicted child abusers might soon be required to register with an online child abuse registry.

A severely abused 11-year-old died at the hands of the people who were supposed to care for her in Norfolk and now people want changes to the laws which ...

Attorney, former gymnast and victim advocate Rachael Denhollander spoke to reporters at the Vermont Statehouse during a conference on child sexual abuse ...

A new report shows cases of child abuse and neglect are increasing in Indiana. According to the Indiana Kids Count Data Book, reports increased from 155,867 ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. , (WPBN/WGTU) -- A Kingsley man was sentenced Friday on child abuse charges. Neil Brown was sentenced to five to 20 ...

I did everything a responsible adult should do, vetting everyone who interacted with my children. But I had unwittingly let a monster into our home.

Charges against a McDowell County babysitter accused of causing a 10-month-old's skull fracture have been dropped. Sierra Hamilton was charged with child ...

A new hotline has been launched to enable members of the public to share concerns on child sex abuse. The Nightwatch Hotline is in effect from Tuesday in ...

Child abuse investigations are at the center of one bill that'll be considered next month in Richmond.

A Carlsbad man has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for the death of his girlfriend's daughter.

New police documents show a former McKinney day care worker arrested for child abuse is suspected of hurting three infants.

UPDATED STORY: Police: Women chained teen to furniture, forced him into small box.

A Tulsa man was found guilty of child abuse Friday, and the jury recommended a sentence of 35 years.

Former Okaloosa County special education teacher Marlynn Stillions will serve seven years in prison for abusing Noah Perillo, a 4-year-old nonverbal autistic ...

A Jacksonville woman was arrested on child abuse and multiple drug charges. On Nov. 27, detectives with the Onslow County Sheriff's Office Special Victims' ...

Oxford Township -- A 25-year-old township man has been charged with child abuse involving his six-week-old daughter who is hospitalized in critical condition, ...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate's special committee against child abuse has expressed displeasure over the absence of Federal Minister of Human Rights Shireen ...

This is one in a series of profiles of Arizona nonprofit *service* organizations that have received funding from The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com's Season ...

A mother found guilty of reckless child abuse towards her adopted daughter will spend 15 years in prison.

A woman who pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse in 2007 has filed a lawsuit against the Murfreesboro Police Department and Rutherford County.

A Blair man accused of abusing a boy was found not guilty following a four-day jury trial Nov. 30 in Washington County District Court.

We solve nothing when we absolve ourselves of the responsibility to protect other people's children and pretend parents whose circumstances don't mirror ours, ...

Carlos O'Kelly's in Topeka was the place to be today, serving up breakfast to hundreds for the annual Red Stocking Breakfast.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Former Okaloosa County special education teacher Marlynn Stillions will serve seven years in prison for abusing Noah Perillo, ...

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on charges related to a 3-year-old who has been missing since August. Ricky Beasley faces charges of kidnapping and ...

A Sioux Falls mother accused of trying to kill her baby has pleaded not guilty. Julia Alzoubaidi made her first court appearance on Friday.

RUSSELLVILLE — Authorities said a Franklin County man has pleaded guilty to child abuse involving a 2-year-old boy.

The number of child abuse and neglect cases in Oklahoma doubled from 2010 to 2017, but advocates hope a new prevention plan will start to reduce the toll.

Is the international aid community doing enough to protect children in vulnerable communities?

PARKER — A Bay County stepmother has been arrested for allegedly stomping on a child's face before spraying the juvenile in the face with carpet cleaner, ...

The Radiothon To End Child Abuse ended at noon Friday for Hubbard Radio's radio stations in Wadena with staff and volunteers raising $12,777 over two days.

A local foster parent faces a child abuse charge in Greene County after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly shaking and striking an infant in his care.

SPARTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Kent County mother is in jail on child abuse charges after allegedly shaking her three-month-old child. The Kent County Sheriff ...

Police allege a 21-year-old Lincoln father injured his infant son twice in a matter of hours over the weekend, according to court documents.

Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) is a non-profit organization based in Marshalltown, serving children and their families in Marshall, Hardin and Tama ...

After allegedly stomping, kicking and slamming her four-year-old stepdaughter to the ground, a Stockton woman now faces homicide and child abuse charges.

LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Senate has passed a package of bills that would allow anyone to look up convicted child abusers in an online child-abuse ...

"By gosh, if a child is getting abused, we need to know about it. You'll sleep better at night if you make that call."

Newly filed legislation would impose stronger penalties for adults who don't properly restrain their children in a car.

ELKO – After more than three hours of jury selection, opening arguments began Tuesday afternoon in the trial of an Elko woman accused of child abuse and ...

James Grimes of Mobile is behind bars Tuesday, accused of fracturing his three-month-old daughter's skull. This arrest comes just a few years after the same ...

From a child abuse charge to claims he's a second-generation clone, rapper Kid Buu clears the air in a tell-all interview with XXL.

ELKO – Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of woman accused of child abuse, 10 months after a mistrial was declared in Elko District Court.

Platt College donated Christmas presents to a non-profit organization. This is the second time Platt College has donated gifts to Bikers Against Child Abuse who ...

WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. – 25-year-old Besline Joseph and 30-year-old Amanda Wright will spend 24 years behind bars for admitting their roles in severely ...

CORUNNA — Judge Matt Stewart Tuesday delayed sentencing for a local man accused of child abuse and lying to investigators to hear arguments about ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Girl's bloody underwear didn't need to be kept for evidence.

Lame duck session is in full swing but one bill is not a top priority right now for lawmakers. The legislation would set up a statewide online child abuse registry.

A 17-year-old mother will stand trial after medical staff noticed her 2-month-old daughter had suffered broken bones and brain hemorrhages.

Federal prosecutors filed a motion in late October 2018 to tack on charges of terrorism and the mistreatment of children to Jany Leveille, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, Hujrah ...

ALBANY -- Aly Raisman has signed a few autographs in her day. This is what happens when you're a multiple medalist in gymnastics at two Olympic Games ...

SWEETWATER, Texas (KRBC) -- The holidays are a joyous time for children, but not every child gets to experience the magic of Christmas morning. However ...

According to Colorado State University social psychologist Jennifer Harman, about 22 million American parents have been the victims of behaviors that lead to ...

OSSEO — A Trempealeau County man has been arrested on felony child abuse charges, according to the Osseo Police Department.

A lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Changing Lives Academy ignored a report of child abuse against a teacher and then fired the principal who tried to report incident ...

The city's Administration for Children's Services has chosen the holidays to implement some modern tools in the fight against child abuse and neglect.

A Fort Lauderdale man was arrested Saturday after police said he punched his infant son after the child crawled onto his lap.

HYDERABAD: With child abuse cases being recorded rising every year, police have asked parents to be more careful and sensitive towards their children .

Jury selection has begun in the first of two lawsuits arising from the beating death of 3-year-old Athena Angeles of Willimantic in November 2011, which remains ...

In early November, child abuse charges were filed against 31-year-old Dawn Walter. And 12 days later, she was accused of stealing thousands of dollars while ...

The parents of a 2-year-old Las Vegas girl who died on Nov. 9 are facing child abuse charges in connection with her injuries, the Review-Journal has learned.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police say a Washington woman has been arrested for allegedly being drunk at a Scottsdale hotel and neglecting her two young ...

Brazos County has what we call a “Child Protection Court.” It handles all the child abuse/neglect cases filed here.

Pope Francis has conspicuously omitted Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley from a committee that is organizing a high-stakes summit on child abuse prevention at the ...

The Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention on Monday awarded more than $250,000 in grants to 21 organizations across the state, including two in ...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — A Monett man waived a preliminary hearing this week on a charge that he physically abused his 15-year-old daughter.

JUNEAU — A 24-year-old Beaver Dam man was found guilty by a jury Friday of physically abusing an 8-month-old child in 2015, causing permanent brain ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The El Paso County Sheriff's Office got a tip from a Texas agency that a man wanted for assault had taken his son from a hospital ...

The Cambria, California, man who crashed his truck into the French Corner Bakery, injuring two people, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of child abuse.

A leading expert in cyberpsychology has raised concerns about the impact early access to technology could have on child development, including how easy it is ...

More than a year after an infant was hospitalized in Las Vegas with internal bleeding, the mother's boyfriend has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse.

A 26-year-old man has been charged in a case described by police as Norway's biggest ever sexual abuse case. The man, reportedly a football referee, has ...

A convicted child abuser tried to attack prosecutors in court and it was caught on camera. Now, the Clark County District Attorney is calling for a review of safety ...

PHOENIX - A Phoenix father has been sentenced for child abuse after using frozen hot dogs to reduce swelling to the legs and backside of his 2-year-old son.

A South Carolina megachurch is under scrutiny after the arrest of a church volunteer reportedly caught on security video molesting 14 preschoolers in the last ...