A bill that requires religious leaders to report suspected child abuse or neglect is now before Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam for his signature. . News, weather ...
Google backtracks after "mistakenly" deleting YouTubers for "sexual *content* involving minors".
HARRISBURG — Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Thursday that more than 1 in 5 school districts have not updated their policies to comply with one of ...
Two suspects, who are facing serious allegations in separate child abuse cases, have been moved to isolation in the Lawrence County Jail after allegedly ...
A French court on Monday rejected an attempt to block the release of a film by acclaimed director François Ozon based on real-life victims of sexual abuse in the ...
Organizers of an extraordinary summit said they hope it will mark a "turning point" in the Catholic church's approach to clergy sex abuse.
The Butts County Child Abuse Prevention Coalition, in partnership with the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, on Saturday hosted a church safety summit.
ASHEBORO — A Franklinville man has been arrested for child abuse after an infant was hospitalized in critical condition on Friday.According to a press release ...
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – Horry County police arrested two people in connection to a child abuse investigation that began in January. Joseph Green and ...
Eduar Guzman-Cruz, 25, allegedly caused his daughter brain bleeding and swelling and a skull fracture.
A mother was arrested over the weekend after she admitted to abusing her six-week old-child. Police say the child sustained numerous fractures to the rib, skull ...
The director of a group home in Ogden has been charged with allegedly abusing one of the residents.
A Maryland nanny was convicted of murder after prosecutors successfully argued that she poured almost 8 ounces of formula down a baby girl's throat in less ...
Calls to the Colorado Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline rose for the fourth consecutive year last year. In 2018, an astonishing 221,969 calls were made to the ...
CHARLESTON — A bill that would impose tougher sentences on child abuse causing injury cases will go the full House for a vote. Del. John Shott (R-Mercer ...
Years before she was accused of abusing children at a day care, a McKinney woman lost her license as a labor and delivery unit nurse after she...
SANTAQUIN, Utah (ABC4 News) - A Utah County man was arrested for child abuse after an argument turned physical with an 11-year-old boy over ...
A Franklinville man is accused of severely injuring an infant, according to a news release from the Randolph County Sheriff's Office.
A Cumberland man has been arrested on charges of child abuse.
HERRIMAN, Utah (ABC4 News) - A 32-year-old man is facing child abuse charges for allegedly choking a 5-year-old boy and threatening to kill him.
The video shows a young man throwing down a boy and tossing toys at him.
Click HERE if you're unable to view the gallery on your mobile device. In a move aimed at reassuring parishioners amid renewed scrutiny of the Roman Catholic ...
A Garner father has been charged with felony child abuse after police say he accidentally shot his 14-year-old son overnight.
A Raleigh man charged with killing his girlfriend's one-year-old son appeared in court Monday, four days after the child's skull was fractured.
A Garner father has been charged with felony child abuse after police say he accidentally shot his 14-year-old son overnight.
Pope Francis has defrocked a former cardinal over sexual abuse accusations in a first for the Roman Catholic church.
The Vatican confirmed, apparently for the first time, that it has general guidelines for what to do when clerics break celibacy vows and father children.
MCKINNEY, Texas — A McKinney firefighter has been arrested for sexual abuse of a child, records show. Chad Watson, 38, was arrested by McKinney police ...
The officials responsible for the welfare of children need to sort out their priorities in their efforts to stop child abuse.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The limited access placed on Iowa's child abuse registry is raising questions on how to better protect your child from potential further ...
The Wise County Sheriff's Department released arrest affidavits for the parents charged in connection with a horrific child abuse case.
Police said a North Carolina father has been arrested after he accidentally shot his 14-year-old son early Saturday morning.
SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah -- A Salt Lake County man is facing child abuse allegations after police say he choked out a 5-year-old boy, causing the child to ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will introduce an ordinance on child abuse prevention, banning parents and other guardians from ...
The parents charged in connection with a horrific child abuse case in Wise County had their bonds set Wednesday morning. Bond has been set at $15000 each.
UPDATE (12 p.m.) Northest Academy's owners, Marcel and Patricia Chappuis, were arrested just before midnight on Tuesday night. They face 43 counts of child ...
Penn State Shenango's Human Development and Family Studies department, in conjunction with the Mercer County Children's Advocacy Center and the Mercer ...
A recently-disbarred Omaha lawyer who helped defend a former doctor convicted of killing four people has been sentenced to jail in a child abuse case.
Two Bucks County child abuse victims shared their stories to bring awareness to red flags tied to child abuse that people - inside or outside a family circle - can ...
Court documents allege that a 52-year-old former Montana sheriff's deputy sexually abused a child dating back to when he was still working for the Lewis and ...
SHEBOYGAN - A Sheboygan man has been charged with three felonies in connection to an incident that occurred last week in which a 3-year-old child was ...
Police have arrested a couple on charges of child abuse with great bodily harm after conducting an investigation that began in August of 2018.
ANDERSON, Ind.-- A child advocacy group in Anderson sets up times to speak with kids about the signs of child abuse to watch out for. Little did they know, their ...
The man who sparked the Westminster child abuse investigation has pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice and is due to stand trial in May.
DECATUR, Texas (AP) — Deputies on Tuesday discovered two malnourished children crammed into a locked dog cage and two more smeared with feces and ...
A Bayfield baby sitter accused of abusing an infant child was found not guilty on all charges Monday.
In an interview with the New York Post, former child star Christina Ricci said that she thinks making kids famous is essentially "child abuse."
Police reported the suspected abuse of a record-high 80,104 minors aged below 18 to child welfare authorities in 2018 amid growing public awareness of the ...
A Bayfield babysitter accused of abusing an infant child was found not guilty on all charges Monday.
(WXYZ) — They are called Child Abuse Pediatricians, and they say their mission is to protect children. However, local parents, attorneys and even some doctors ...
Watching young Foxx Coker pad around his Johns Island home, clutching his favorite toy dog and dancing to the theme of SpongeBob SquarePants, his parents ...
A Kentucky mother has been indicted on a child abuse charge.
The owners Northwest Academy, a private boarding school for at-risk teens in Amargosa faced a Clark County judge on Thursday. Marcel and Patricia (Patti) ...
Witnessing abuse carries the same risk of harm to children's mental health and learning as if the children had been abused directly, new research shows.
Police took a woman into custody after they received video of her allegedly hitting a young child.
Two young Louisville parents face felony child abuse charges after investigators say they neglected their infant twin girls born prematurely, according to court ...
A couple has been charged with child abuse after their 19-month-old son was found with eight to 11 rib fractures, according to charging documents.
A bill that would seal child services records for years in cases where children die from abuse or neglect is advancing through the Indiana Statehouse.
Beckley, WV (WVNS) - Child abuse is a heinous crime that both the legal system and the school system see far too often in our area. Fortunately, some people in ...
The bill, SB 551, next goes to the full Senate for the second of three readings.
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The state has cleared a 33-year-old Normal woman of child abuse allegations connected to her dispute with a child care center that spilled into public view.
When members of the clergy are privy to child abuse charges, must they tell?
Indictments in Accomack included cocaine and child abuse charges.
TOWANDA, Pa. -- One of two babysitters accused in horrific cases of child abuse has pleaded guilty. Troopers said Shyann Hills and Jakayo Frye were watching ...
A 27-year-old Stillwater woman, Katherine Marie Hufham, is being charged with felony child abuse after Stillwater Police allege she struck and injured a child, 7, ...
A Raleigh man was arrested Tuesday for child abuse after police say he struck a 14-year-old with a wire.
Researchers are working to validate the findings of the diagnostic tool before it can be adopted for use by physicians. They already have a screening tool being ...
PHOENIX — A man is in custody after he confessed to squeezing a baby's head to stop the infant from crying. According to court paperwork, on February 6, ...
A police officer who used a dating app to try to groom a mother to sexually abuse her own young children has been jailed for a year. Avon and Somerset PC ...
Rosa Kennerly, 66, faces child abuse charges after police say she kicked and hit a special needs child on a school bus. She has since resigned, and her ...
A tragic child abuse case led to a bond between the prosecutor and a Las Vegas valley woman.
After accusations of sex abuse, the Vatican has laicized American Richard Daschbach, a former Divine Word missionary who ran orphanages in East Timor for ...
The nation's top child abuse hotline found that the majority of the people calling in were adults. So this month it launched a *service* young people would be more ...
On Thursday, the Nye County Sheriff's Department confirmed it is investigating child abuse and neglect claims at Northwest Academy in Amargosa Valley.
Missouri is testing out a new emergency text line that could make reporting child abuse easier for young victims.
Jamie Smithmyer has been charged with three counts of child abuse.
A father and son have been arrested on suspicion of several counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and child abuse, Sahuarita police say.
LADY LAKE, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - A Lady Lake woman is facing child abuse charges after deputies say she hit kids who were staying at her home for a ...
Decades of child abuse and cover-ups in Sussex mean that tough new controls must be enforced to keep children safe, a top abuse lawyer has said.
According to Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO), one teacher and two aides at a Fort Walton Beach School with children disabilities are being charged ...
The death of 8-month-old baby King Jay Davila is having lasting effects on the city of San Antonio. Child advocates say the tragedy has spread awareness on ...
TROY, Mo. – Deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly burning a child with a meth pipe. According to a sheriff's ...
A 38-year-old Lincoln woman got nearly three years in prison Friday for her involvement in the sexual abuse of a developmentally delayed teenager by her ...
DES MOINES, Iowa -- From domestic abuse-related convictions to probation violations where Akil Jabbar admitted to carrying a gun although he was a felon.
A woman arrested for giving her son a beating that left him covered in bruises – while she was on probation for an earlier child abuse case – pleaded guilty ...
A Mead man pleaded no contest to child abuse in Dodge County District Court on Wednesday, in relation to an incident in which he was accused of sexually ...
ST. LOUIS—Explaining that the offshoot group remained on the religion's periphery due to their inflexible belief system, sources confirmed Wednesday that a ...
Matthew Tyler Miller was arrested over the weekend after Tuscaloosa County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to his home on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.
A Plano man who was arrested for criminal trespassing is now facing child abuse charges.
An investigation is underway after a video circled around the St. Louis area of a woman roughly handling a toddler.
A South Carolina man formerly of Moffat County who avoided a felony child abuse conviction after a mistrial in September pleaded guilty Tuesday, Feb. 12, to a ...
Ryan Bushey could face up to 17 years in prison if convicted of child abuse.