Court upholds seizure of kids from Alamo compound

The Arkansas Court of Appeals has ruled that state child welfare officials properly seized children from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries after a police raid.

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Men file abuse suits against Mormons, Boy Scouts

The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America were named as defendants in lawsuits Monday claiming childhood sexual abuse by youth leaders decades ago.

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Abuse suits target Mormons, Boy Scouts

Three brothers who claim they were sexually molested by their Boy Scout and Mormon youth leader in the 1970s and 1980s have sued both organizations.

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Gates blocks release of detainee abuse photos

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors, saying their release would endanger American soldiers.

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Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes

Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering.

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Conn. judge: Release church abuse papers by Dec. 1

A Connecticut judge has ordered the release of thousands of documents connected to sexual abuse lawsuits involving Bridgeport's Roman Catholic Diocese.

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Wash. pair plead not guilty to streaming sex abuse

A couple in Washington state have pleaded not guilty to charges that they streamed their sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl over the Internet.

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Rights group: Iran covered up rape of detainees

An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran's postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an official report but not investigated further.

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UN: 50 peacekeepers punished for sex abuses

At least 50 peacekeepers have received punishments ranging from reduction in military rank to eight months imprisonment for committing sexual abuses on United Nations missions since 2007, the U.N. said Thursday.

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Court won't stop release of church documents

The Supreme Court turned away another appeal to stop the release of documents generated for sexual abuse lawsuits against priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut.

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Belleville, Ill., diocese pays $1.2M in abuse case

A Roman Catholic diocese in Illinois has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a 6-year-old lawsuit by a former altar boy who claimed he was molested by his parish priest.

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Congress pressed to act to curb child-abuse deaths

Armed with grim statistics, experts and activists are mobilizing this week to demand expanded federal efforts — including more money and tougher oversight — to reverse a recent rise in the number of children dying from abuse and neglect.

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Hearing scheduled in Del. diocese bankruptcy

A status hearing is scheduled in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's bankruptcy, which was filed just before a trial on alleged sex abuse could begin.

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Dallas police sort 2,000 cases found in garage

The Dallas Police Department is investigating if more than 2,000 family violence cases stored in the garage of one of its 35-year veterans were handled properly and filed with the district attorney's office.

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Congress could thwart bid to view abuse photos

Congress is set to allow the Pentagon to keep new pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors from the public, a move intended to end a legal fight over the photographs' release that has reached the Supreme Court.

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Fleury says he was sexually abused by junior coach

Former NHL star Theo Fleury says he was sexually abused by a junior hockey coach.

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Irish Catholic bishops meet child-abuse victims

Ireland's senior Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday met leading campaigners for thousands of children assaulted, terrorized or molested while in church care — but didn't address the victims' key demand for the church to admit its responsibility for overseeing decades of abuse.

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Court won't block release of sex abuse papers

The Supreme Court refused on Monday to block the release of documents generated by lawsuits against priests in Connecticut for alleged sexual abuse.

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W.Va. grand jury indicts 2 in turkey abuse case

A West Virginia grand jury has indicted two former turkey plant workers already charged with abusing birds and captured on tape by animal rights activists.

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Court to weigh lawsuit against former Somali PM

The Supreme Court will consider throwing out a human rights lawsuit against a former prime minister of Somalia who is accused of overseeing killings and other atrocities.

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Suit: Meatpacker used `downer' cows for 4 years

A Southern California meatpacking plant that supplied beef to the nation's school lunch program slaughtered stumbling, potentially contaminated cows for four years before undercover video of animal abuse prompted a massive beef recall, federal court filings say.

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Cardinal allegedly delayed report of abuse claim

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.

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Official: 2 men settle suits alleging priest abuse

Two men who filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually abused by a former priest have reached settlements with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo, a newspaper reported Sunday.

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Appeals court dismisses Abu Ghraib lawsuit

A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit claiming contractors for defense firm CACI International Inc. abused detainees at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

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Sex complaints double against US prison workers

Accusations of sexual abuse at the hands of federal prison workers doubled in the past eight years, according to a new government report released Thursday.

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The number of children around the world living without any parents or separated from their families has increased to 24 million with a third of them placed in orphanages, a leading British charity dealing with children's rights has warned.

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Reports have surfaced that teacher Randolph Forde, who works at Mundy Mill's High School, Clayton County, Georgia, took a 16-year-old teenager out of class to ask the youngster if he was gay.

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A furious U.S. father executed his teenage son after he admitted sexually abusing his three-year-old half sister. Jamar Pinkney allegedly beat up 15-year-old Jamar Jr then marched him to wasteland, where he forced him to strip and kneel.

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s, electrical extension cords, wooden spoons, hammers and a stun gun

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Iran's police chief says a doctor who died at a detention centre shut in July after the deaths of several opposition supporters committed suicide.

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A preschool teacher in Dayton Ohio was charged with a misdemeanor assault after she is accused of punching and choking a 4-year-old boy at YMCA Grace Childcare, 1001 Harvard Blvd. The charge against Sherra Howard, 25, of Trotwood, was Nov. 19, in Dayton Municipal Court.

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The Postal Service reported a loss of $3.8 billion last year, despite a reduction of 40,000 full-time positions and other cost-cutting measures.

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Now we tase 10 year old girls...where do we draw the line? A father tasered his child and was charged with child abuse. What is the difference?

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S.

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The Federal Government says today's national apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants marks a significant step forward in the healing process.

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BOSTON (WBZ) ―Several state agencies and the Middlesex District Attorney's office are investigating disturbing allegations of abuse and neglect at a group home.

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CLARK COUNTY, Ind. -- A southern Indiana mother was convicted Thursday night of having sex with two 11 year-old-boys.

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A mother has been charged with neglecting her 13-month-old son, whose body was found at a house in Greater Manchester earlier this week.

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CAAPS Accuses Newspaper of Violating First Amendment

Delaware County, PA.

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CLARK COUNTY, Ind. -- Monday, jurors heard from two mothers whose 12-year-old sons said they were sexually abused by a 33-year-old Clark County, Ind., woman.

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Another scumbag cop gets nailed for abuse. He apparently pistol whipped a person while ordering chicken and 2:30 AM last year.

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The two Bic multipurpose lighters and a package of smaller lighters Joe Paolucci bought at the Niles Wal-Mart on Aug. 16 cost $15.84.

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I don't think I've ever actually heard Rihanna. Sure, she's a singer--someone who makes their living hocking their vocal chords---yea, OK, fine, whatever

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DHAKA, Bangladesh, November 3 (CDN) — A bail order in Bangladesh has impeded police from rescuing a young Christian girl who was abducted and forced to convert to Islam and marry one of her kidnappers, according to police.

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In an exclusive report, NewsChannel 7 is reporting that the babysitter for a missing Chipley baby may be a suspect in the disappearance.

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The ACLU has released a video of interviews with a number of former Gitmo detainees describing their mistreatment and the effects it has had on them.

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Post about, and linking to, the Statistics Canada publication "Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 2009"

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LANCASTER, Pa. -- A Lancaster woman who was supposed to care for children and disabled adults in her home was sentenced to prison in the Lancaster County Courthouse today for abusing them.

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MAKKAH: A woman who killed and tortured her seven-year-old stepdaughter has been sentenced to death by a General Court in Makkah. The woman's husband, who is the child's biological father, was sentenced to 15 years in jail.

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