Pedophilia

Pedophile Arrest Saves 138 Children From Abuse

AP | Posted 05.31.2012

AMSTERDAM -- Dutch prosecutors say police have arrested 33 suspected child molesters worldwide, including 8 in the United States, using information ga...

Who Is Responsible for Secrecy in the Legionaries of Christ?

Father Alberto Cutie | Posted 05.26.2012

Father Alberto Cutie

For years there have been many people in authority above him who were repeatedly made aware of the struggles and difficulties surrounding the abusive behavior of the founder and other dysfunctions in the Legionaries

'Monster Of Riga' Sentenced

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.21.2012

AMSTERDAM -- Dutch judges on Monday handed down an 18- year sentence, plus involuntary psychiatric treatment for an indefinite period of time, to a pe...

DSM 5 Rejects 'Hebephilia' Except for the Fine Print

Allen Frances | Posted 05.07.2012

Allen Frances

The prize for the most wayward of all the DSM 5 work groups must surely go to the sexual disorders group -- creators of three remarkably off-beat proposals.

Catholic Report Warns Of 'Growing Complacency' About Child Protection

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 04.11.2012

NEW YORK -- Roman Catholic dioceses and religious orders said they received 594 credible claims of clergy sex abuse last year, with all but a few of t...

If You Could Predict a Rape, Would You Stop It?

Keli Goff | Posted 06.03.2012

Keli Goff

According to the current standards, "Past offenses alone cannot show whether someone is mentally ill or likely to commit new crimes." Only when it comes to molesting children this is patently false.

WATCH: Fran Drescher On Race, Rape And The Causes Of Sexual Abuse

Posted 03.13.2012

"Happily Divorced" star Fran Drescher's commentary is typically heavy on humor, but her recent visit to the Sirius XM radio show "Sway In The Morning"...

Stan Kenton & His Daughter Leslie's 'Love Affair'

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 04.19.2012

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring

"I don't know if I ever went to sleep or not. The next thing I knew his massive body was on top of mine. In a rough voice he started to repeat my name...

Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua's Spilled Blood

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 04.02.2012

Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The day after a ruling that would have compelled Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua to testify in the cases against the Church in pedophilia scandals, it is announced that the Cardinal died overnight.

Philadelphia Archdiocese Named 'Unindicted Co-Conspirator' In Clergy Sex Abuse

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 03.24.2012

PHILADELPHIA — Prosecutors on Monday accused the Archdiocese of Philadelphia of being an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a clergy sex abuse case ...

3 Ultra-Orthodox Arrested In Suspected Pedophilia Ring In Israel

AP | Posted 01.09.2012

JERUSALEM -- Israeli police say three men have been arrested in a suspected pedophilia ring thought to have preyed on dozens of Jerusalem children. P...

Child, Please!

Walt Hawkins | Posted 02.04.2012

Walt Hawkins

Ever since Jerry Sandusky's arrest, the scandal has become a cause célèbre for right-wing extremists, who are practically tripping over each other in the stampede to place the blame in the hands of the gay community.

The Victim-molester Metamorphosis: What We'd Rather Ignore

Andrea Bonior | Posted 01.22.2012

Andrea Bonior

One of the risk factors for becoming a sexual abuser of children is having been victimized yourself. One of my concerns as a clinical psychologist is that our sticking our heads in the sand can perpetuate this cycle.

Jerry Sandusky's Immaculate Deception... Sex, Lies and Locker Room Horseplay

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 01.16.2012

Eric Ehrmann

With the man the staunchly republican Forbes Magazine calls "The Penn State Pedophile" proclaiming his innocence in a high profile interview with Bob ...

Penn State: The Psychology of the Failure to Report

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.16.2012

Mark Goulston, M.D.

I have heard it said that the measure of a civilization is how it treats those who have hurt it, I think a further measure is how it treats those who deeply disappoint it.

Why Penn State's Sandusky Isn't A Grown Up

Delia Lloyd | Posted 01.15.2012

Delia Lloyd

To my mind, Jerry Sandusky's crime wasn't being sexually attracted to young boys. I'm willing to believe that he couldn't change that about himself. His crime was allowing himself to be in a physical space that allowed him to act upon those urges.

After Sandusky, Back to Being Pedophiles

Kelly Cogswell | Posted 01.15.2012

Kelly Cogswell

Already in sports forums online, commenters are once again busy conflating homosexuality with pedophilia. And the circle of guilt and blame will be offloaded -- again -- onto us queers, homos, fags (words invoked hatefully, with a slightly curled lip).

Penn State's Massive Moral Failure to Put the Most Vulnerable First Instead of Last

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.15.2012

Jim Wallis

Big sports at big colleges are big business for both the schools and the surrounding communities. The control and protection of money in so many of our institutions is a leading cause of institutional moral failure -- and the Penn State scandal is a colossal moral failure.

Catholic Church Pedophile Investigator Jailed For Child Porn

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 11.21.2011

A Catholic Church pedophile abuse investigator is serving time in jail after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography on a laptop and camera...

Shame on Joe Paterno & Penn State & a Plea to Abused Kids From a Rape Survivor

David Henry Sterry | Posted 01.10.2012

David Henry Sterry

I was raped. By a large, athletic, violent man. I was young, naïve, and defenseless. Being the victim of this unspeakable violence destroyed the k...

Joe Paterno, the Penn State Tragedy and Child Molestation

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 01.11.2012

Linda Kenney Baden

Not one story goes by without calling Paterno 'Coach'. This tragedy is not about a 'Coach'. What some sportscasters, fans, and a small but violent flash mob of students fail to realize is that this story is not about sports.

WATCH: Corey Feldman: Pedophilia Is Hollywood's Biggest Problem

Posted 10.12.2011

Former child-star Corey Feldman is making some shocking claims in a new interview with ABC's Nightline. The 40-year-old actor, who starred in hit ...

Former Windsor Priest Pleads Guilty To 1950's Sex Charges

ca.news.yahoo.com | Posted 08.08.2011

CBC Former priest and teacher William Hodgson Marshall, 88, pleaded guilty in a Windsor, Ont., court on 17 sex assault charges for crimes he committed...

SHOCK: Dutch Priest Endorses Pedophilia

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 07.21.2011

AMSTERDAM — The Dutch Catholic Church and the Salesian order are investigating revelations that a Salesian priest served on the board of a group...

Buying Porn For Bin Laden

Robert Brenner | Posted 07.20.2011

Robert Brenner

COURIER: Uh, I'd like to buy some porn.for a, uh, friend. He lives in a large, walled-off compound in the suburbs of Abbottabad. It's kind of like the Playboy mansion -- minus the Bunnies, of course.