Sex Abuse

When Rabbis Muzzle Sex Crime Victims, What's a Prosecutor to Do?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Obstruction of Justice, Prosecution of Sex Crimes, Child Sex Complaints, Orthodox Rabbis, Rabbi Sex Crimes, Clergy Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Sex Crime Vicitms, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Charles Hynes, Crime News

What exactly should a prosecutor do when religious leaders pressure victims, especially victims of child sexual abuse, from coming forward with complaints?

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Leading Ultra-Orthodox Group Insists Abuse Claims Go To Rabbis First

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, Video, Judaism, Clergy Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Agudath Israel, Charles Hynes, Haredi Jews, Religion News

By Paul Berger The Forward An Orthodox parent whose child tells him he’s been sexually abused may not take that child’s claim to the police wi...

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Taking Back Our Souls: A Reaction To Sexual Abuse

Chava Tombosky | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Faith, Hasidic Jews, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Ultra-Orthodox Sex Abuse, Clergy Sex Abuse, Judaism, Religion News

As G-d stands watching our reaction, we are forced to create an initiative that I dare say, can take on a new day if we are willing and open. As a first step in destroying the silence, I invite you all to belong to a new community and a new higher consciousness.

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For Jewish Orthodox Children: No Justice -- No Peace

Rabbi Asher Lipner, Ph.D. | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Sex Abuse, Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Charles Hynes, Orthodox Judaism, Clergy Sex Abuse, Jewish Social Justice, Religion News

Jewish children will only be safe when Jewish and non-Jewish people of good conscience work together to demand that the rabbis stop covering up abuse, and that the prosecutors use all their resources and authority to bring the abusers to justice.

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A False Claim to Divine Morality: Sex, Lies and Pedophiles

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Catholic Church, Pedophile Priest, Morality, Honesty, Vatican, World News

The great crime in the Vatican's sex abuse scandal is not the existence of pedophiles within its ranks of priests, although that is bad enough, but the fact that the Church as a matter of policy transferred known pedophiles to unsuspecting parishes.

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The Rip Current: Recovering From Childhood Sexual Abuse

Chris Carlton | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Male Sex Abuse, Male Sex Abuse Survivors, Child Sex Abuse, Male Sex Abuse Story, Child Sex Abuse Story, Men Sex Abuse, Impact News

I often get asked what recovery from childhood sexual abuse is like for a man. It's a pretty complicated question.

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What I Want to Tell Jordan Powers

Daleen Berry | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Education, James Hooker, Child Abuse, Sex Abuse, Jordan Powers, Seduction, Teachers, Grooming, Education News

It's been exactly 39 days since the James Hooker story broke. Last week we learned the former Modesto, Calif., schoolteacher had an earlier relationship with yet another teenager. Hooker's now in jail, and his former student and live-in lover, Jordan Powers, is headed for the hills.

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Former Priest Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse Charges

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Pennsylvania, Edward Avery Guilty Plea, Priest Abuse, Edward Avery, Clergy Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Philadelphia, Priest Sex Abuse, Priest Guilty Sex Abuse, Crime News

PHILADELPHIA — A defrocked Philadelphia priest pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing an altar boy in a church sacristy, days before he was...

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Georgia Man Allegedly Caught On Camera Raping Neighbor's Dogs

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Bernard Archer Accused of Raping Two Pit Bulls, Video, Pit Bulls, Sex Abuse, Bernard Archer, Georgia Crime, Bestiality, Dog Kennel, Crime News

A Georgia teen was slapped with bestiality charges after he allegedly had sex with two of his neighbors dogs. Bernard Archer, 19, was supposed to b...

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WATCH: A Hyper-Vigilant School District Bans Blindfolding & Butter On Crackers

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Teacher Sex, Los Angeles Unified School District, Miramonte Teacher, Video, Lausd, Miramonte School Scandal, Mark Berndt, Sex Abuse, LAUSD Butter, Blindfolding Banned, Teacher Sperm Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Blindfolding has been officially banned in the Los Angeles Unified School District in an effort to be hyper-vigilant after teacher Mark Berndt alleged...

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Miramonte Sex-Abuse Case Unifies South Los Angeles Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Long Chavez | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Video, Lausd, Miramonte Elementary School, Miramonte School Scandal, Sex Abuse, Fremont High School, Los Angeles, Miramonte, Latino Voices News

In a lounge bar and restaurant south of Downtown Los Angeles, about fifty people met on a Saturday night and watched comedian and fellow-alum Adrian "...

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Boy Scouts To Turn Over Sex Abuse Allegation Files In Cover-Up Case

AP | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Video, Al Steven Stein, Boy Scouts, Confidential Boy Scout Papers, Sex Abuse, Boy Scouts Sex Abuse, Santa Barbara, David Tate, California Crime, Crime News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A judge overseeing a lawsuit brought by the family of a California boy molested by his troop leader in 2007 has ordered the B...

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Miramonte Abuse Prompts Awkward Talks for Parents

AP | By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Child Molestation, Miramonte Elementary School, Miramonte School Scandal, Miramonte School Parents, Sex Abuse, Miramonte Parents, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Sinister allegations of abuse by at least two teachers in a Los Angeles school have forced awkward discussions as parents warn youngste...

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Sex Experiments Fqor Jesus?

Christian Piatt | Posted 03.13.2012

Christians can't have it both ways. We can't use quasi-sexual sensationalism to promote our products, while also condemning the culture around us that does exactly the same thing.

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Schools Chief Defends Keeping Teacher Accused Of Molesting 20 Students

AP | By PHILLIP RAWLS | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Child Molestation, Teacher Sex, Teacher Sex Abuse, Alabama Teacher Sex Abuse, Alabama Teacher, Sex Abuse, Daniel Montague Acker Jr., Teacher Crimes, Thompson Intermediate School, Shelby County Alabama, Teacher Molested Students, Alabama Schools, Education News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Two longtime Alabama school board leaders are defending the panel's decision in 1993 to reinstate an elementary school teacher who...

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Teacher Who Molested More Than 20 Girls Over 25-Year Career Faces Another Sex Abuse Charge

AP | BOB JOHNSON and PHILLIP RAWLS | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Teacher Sex, Child Molestation, Teacher Sex Abuse, Alabama Teacher, Alabama Teacher Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Daniel Montague Acker Jr., Thompson Intermediate School, Teacher Crimes, Shelby County Alabama, Teacher Molested Students, Alabama Schools, Education News

ALABASTER, Ala. — Children used to clamor to get into Danny Acker's classes, and he was so popular he was once named his elementary school's Tea...

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Breaking Yet Another Taboo -- Is It a Good Thing for Our Psyche?

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 03.06.2012

Incest in the arts and literature is not new -- going back as far as Greek mythology -- but it was almost always disguised or implied. Now these twisted romances are depicted in graphic detail for all to see.

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Longtime Alabama Teacher Arrested On Sex Abuse Charges

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Child Molestation, Teacher Sex, Teacher Sex Abuse, Alabama Teacher Sex Abuse, Alabama Teacher, Sex Abuse, Daniel Montague Acker Jr., Thompson Intermediate School, Teacher Crimes, Shelby County Alabama, Teacher Molested Students, Alabama Schools, Education News

ALABASTER, Ala. — An Alabama schoolteacher was jailed on charges of sexually abusing a fourth-grade female student, and police said Thursday the...

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Banksy Commits 'Cardinal Sin' With Controversial Work

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Liverpool, Banksy Street Art, Walker Art Gallery, UK Museum, Catholicism, Clergy Sex Abuse, Street Art, Sex Abuse, Liverpool Art, Contemporary Art, Liverpool Museums, UK Art Gallery, Banksy, Arts News

Just when you thought Banksy was content to drop some uncontroversial holiday cheer on Liverpool, the artist unveils the button-pressing sculpture, "C...

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Gov. Cuomo Would Require Coaches To Report Sex Abuses

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Andrew Cuomo, Governor Cuomo, Sandusky, Ny News, Joe Paterno, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — With child sex-abuse scandals rocking college sports programs, state lawmakers plan to revisit lifting time limits on victim laws...

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Jerry Sandusky Waives Right To Preliminary Hearing

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Penn State Football, Penn State Scandal, Jerry Sandusky, Sandusky Victims Sandusky Court, Sexual Abuse, Sandusky Hearing Live Blog, Sandusky Hearing Live Updates, Jerry Sandusky Hearing Live Blog, Video, Sandusky Hearing, Jerry Sandusky Court Updates, Sex Abuse, Sandusky Court Updates, Child Sex Abuse, Sandusky Trial, Jerry Sandusky Hearing, Child Sexual Abuse, Crime News

Jerry Sandusky walked out of a Bellefonte, Pa. court moments after he arrived, waiving his right to a preliminary hearing and sparing the former Penn ...

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Former Detroit Red Wing To Testify About Sexual Abuse

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Hockey Sex Abuse, Video, Penn State Sex Scandal, Sheldon Kennedy Sexual Abuse, Nhl Sex Abuse, Sheldon Kennedy, Graham James, Graham James Sexual Abuse, Sex Abuse, Penn State Sexual Abuse, Sports News

WASHINGTON — A former National Hockey League player who rocked the Canadian sports world with sexual abuse accusations against a former coach is...

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Should Sex Crimes Ever Go Unpunished?

Mary Ellen O'Toole, PhD | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Bernie Fine Abuse, Bernie Fine Victims, Jerry Sandusky Penn State, Bernie Fine Scandal, Sex Crimes, Bernie Fine Investigation, Crime News

The victim's willingness and ability to report a crime is even more difficult if the alleged abuser is someone important or famous. It's for this reason that many victims do not come forward until years later -- long after a statute of limitations has run out.

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Penn State Shocker. Really?

Diana Nyad | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Child Molestation, Sex Abuse, Psychology, Child Abuse, Sexual Molestation, Penn State Scandal, Bob Hewitt, Bernie Fine, Bernie Fine Abuse, Jerry Sandusky, Sports News

We cannot let the Penn State case come and go, fade from the front pages, until we learn of the next shocking incident of long-term, cover-up molestation. These situations are happening everywhere we live. On virtually every block of America's city and suburban neighborhoods.

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Post-holiday Persuasion to Get Us Giving

David Tereshchuk | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Penn State, Media Tactics, Penn State Scandal, Charity, Nonprofits, Sex Abuse, Jerry Sandusky, Facebook, Fundraising, Scandal, Recession, Media News

Be prepared for a full-fledged onslaught of image-enhancing and fund-raising advertisements across all traditional platforms -- plus an upsurge of banner ads, web videos and a multiplicity of 'social media' messaging in the digital space.

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