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June 30, 2005
Employers Not Liable for Abuse, Courts Say
Va. Rulings Concern Lawsuits Filed Years Later by Adults Allegedly Victimized as Children Two Virginia Circuit Court judges have ruled that victims of child sexual abuse cannot sue the employers of their abusers when the victims file civil lawsuits years... read more...Posted by Nealus at 01:10 PM | Comments (0)
Trusted adults, not strangers, to blame for most sexual abuse
For survivors of child sexual abuse, some scars may not be physically visible. Through 25 years of working at Listening Ear Crisis Center, 107 E. Illinois Street in Mt. Pleasant, Donald Schuster, executive director, has seen many signs of sexual... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:47 PM | Comments (0)
Bill to protect young abuse accusers closer to law
'Cole's Law' would allow children to testify without facing alleged molesters A bill that would give frightened children who have been victims of child abuse a chance to testify without being in the same room as their alleged molester is... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:40 PM | Comments (1)
June 29, 2005
Deputy sheriff faces 82 child-porn charges
A Delaware County deputy sheriff was charged yesterday with 82 counts of child pornography, after a monthlong investigation by county detectives. According to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office, Joseph Swett, 42, of the 600 block of Taylor Avenue in... read more...Posted by Nealus at 05:11 PM | Comments (0)
Army officer will serve eight years for child sex crimes
A noncommissioned Army officer stationed at Fort Hood near Killeen will spend the next eight years in jail after being convicted Tuesday on two counts of child sex crimes. Lamar E. Smith, 28, was found guilty of attempted aggravated sexual... read more...Posted by Nealus at 04:42 PM | Comments (0)
June 27, 2005
Vatican defrocks seven priests over sex abuse scandal
The Vatican has defrocked seven more Philadelphia area priests in the most recent purge of clergy accused of sexually abusing minors in their care. All of the former priests had been relieved of their ministerial duties in the Archdiocese of... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:42 AM | Comments (0)
Child abuse suspect arrested
An ongoing investigation by Public Safety’s Alabama Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, the Marshall County District Attorney’s Office and the Marshall County Department of Human Resources resulted in the arrest of Herman May, 47, of 4290 Nixon Chapel Road in... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:37 AM | Comments (0)
June 26, 2005
Protecting youth athletes from sexual predators
Rick Henry struggled to get the words out. Emotions tumbled and swirled into a pool of anger, disappointment, betrayal and guilt as he recalled how a coach under his watch as Bossier Dixie president was accused and pleaded guilty to... read more...Posted by Nealus at 11:51 AM | Comments (0)
June 23, 2005
Downey woman sentenced to prison
POCATELLO - Sixth District Judge N. Randy Smith sentenced a Downey woman to at least seven years in prison Monday for having intercourse with two teenage boys. Donna McNee, 41, 11 W. 2nd St. N., was arrested in December 2004... read more...Posted by Nealus at 03:59 PM | Comments (0)
June 22, 2005
James Bentley asks Supreme Court to bar Jetseta interview tape
Cedar Rapids, Ia. — A man accused of sexually abusing 10-year-old Jetseta Gage, whose death in March led to tougher child sex abuse laws, has appealed a ruling over a key piece of evidence to the Iowa Supreme Court. James... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:37 PM | Comments (0)
Band teacher admits sex with students
NORRISTOWN -- A former band instructor at Pottsgrove High School has admitted having contact "of a sexual nature" with two female students at the school. Christian Edward Oakes, 31, of the 400 block of Keanon Drive in Boothwyn, Delaware County,... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:32 PM | Comments (0)
Ex-teacher pleads guilty to 10 sex counts
A former Belen special education teacher is facing up to 46 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to 10 separate counts of molesting two children. Michael Jaramillo, 38, of Tomé, stood beside his attorney, Tom Esquibel, Tuesday in a... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:03 PM | Comments (0)
Man accepts plea bargain in child rape case
Almost exactly an hour after his rape trial was to begin Tuesday, an Aberdeen man accepted a plea agreement and avoided the potential of life in prison. William N. Montague, 33, entered an Alford plea to a charge that he... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:16 PM | Comments (0)
June 21, 2005
Former 'Canoecopia' Host's Child Porn Trial Starts
MADISON, Wis. -- Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of a once- prominent Madison business owner charged with sexually assaulting a child. Gordy Sussman faces several counts, including possession of child pornography. Jury selection was Monday. Prosecutors said... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:53 PM | Comments (0)
Teacher guilty of child-sex charges
A former Boone High School chemistry teacher accused of carrying on a long affair with one of his students pleaded guilty Monday to 46 counts of lewd and lascivious battery with a child younger than 16. Dang Van Dinh, 30,... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:46 PM | Comments (0)
Woman faces trial in sex abuse
A Greensburg woman will stand trial in Westmoreland County on charges she and her husband sexually abused a child multiple times in a Latrobe residence in 2002. Rosemary Dalton, 35, of 770 N. Main St., Apt. 24, is charged with... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:26 PM | Comments (0)
Sex abuse victims suffer in silence. For years.
When Emma was 11, she was sent to spend the summer with her grandmother, aunt and uncle outside of Florida. One warm, muggy night she bedded down on the living room sofa in short, flowery pajamas. Soon everyone in the... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:02 PM | Comments (0)
June 20, 2005
Sexual abuse and Michael Jackson
Look around. One in three females you see and one in seven males you encounter in any place, on any given day, has been molested before they reached age 18, according to the Department of Justice. It’s obvious child molestation... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:29 AM | Comments (1)
June 19, 2005
Serial molester allegedly left decades-long trail of abused victims
Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, the serial child molester who allegedly kept meticulous notes about the molestations of thousands of boys, repeatedly slipped away and managed to avoid long prison terms despite abusing children in at least five states for more than... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:40 AM | Comments (0)
June 18, 2005
The Laws We Need To Pass to Properly Punish Child Abuse
By MARCI HAMILTON Evidence at Michael Jackson's trial strongly indicated that he is a child molester. There was testimony that he plied children with liquor, showed them pornography, and invited them into his bed - all behaviors typical of a... read more...Posted by Nealus at 01:09 PM | Comments (1)
Abuse cases cost Catholic Church $1 billion
Sexual abuse by priests has cost the Catholic Church in the United States more than $1 billion, a figure guaranteed to rise -- possibly by tens of millions of dollars -- because of hundreds of still unsettled claims. Tallies by... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:34 PM | Comments (0)
All charges held over for accused rapist
OTTSVILLE – The suspended Hilltown police officer accused of raping his young step-son for years‚ occasionally while on duty‚ shuffled out of district court Friday‚ frequently smiling and waving at people around him. A phalanx of members of Bikers Against... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:29 PM | Comments (0)
June 17, 2005
Schwartzmiller: Molester may have thousands of victims
Authorities suspect crimes in numerous states, countries SAN JOSE, California -- A convicted child molester jailed in California may have committed sex crimes against thousands of victims, police said Thursday after finding computers, notebooks and meticulous, handwritten lists of boys'... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:54 AM | Comments (0)
June 14, 2005
Advocates see verdict as another slap in the face of abuse victims
Advocates for child victims of sexual abuse yesterday decried pop star Michael Jackson's sweeping legal victory in his child molestation case as a symbol of how the legal deck is stacked against young victims. ``We don't want people to therefore... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:26 PM | Comments (0)
Jackson trial brings guarding your kids to forefront
While Michael Jackson was being cleared of all charges against him in a child molestation case followed around the world, local child advocates and parents pointed to the positives that came from the lengthy trial. "What this case shows us... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:17 PM | Comments (0)
Spectacle of case may warp perceptions of sex abuse
Marion County deputy district attorney Courtland Geyer said people who are looking for meaning in the acquittal of Michael Jackson likely will be disappointed. Geyer, who is the trial-team leader for the county's child-abuse cases, said that the trial should... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:13 PM | Comments (0)
Phoenix Therapist Speaks Out Concerning Michael Jackson Verdict & Sexual Child Abuse
Are you shocked, sickened and dismayed by the Michael Jackson verdict? I am not shocked, but I am significantly sickened and dismayed that society is in denial about what constitutes sexual child abuse. The truth is, we cannot have empathy... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:09 PM | Comments (0)
June 10, 2005
"An Inch From Murder": My Life as a Male Victim of Sexual Child Abuse by Nealus - Published May 2005
Published May 2005 Read the Preface Here "An Inch From Murder": My Life as a Male Victim of Sexual Child Abuse by Nealus - Purchase Here "An Inch From Murder": My Life as a Male Victim of Sexual Child Abuse... read more...Posted by Nealus at 01:46 PM | Comments (0)
June 02, 2005
Jackson Targeted Vulnerable Boy
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments of the Michael Jackson trial Thursday that the pop star targeted a vulnerable cancer survivor, brought the little boy "into the world of the forbidden" in his bedroom and... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:49 PM | Comments (0)
Suspect in child sex abuse case likely to plead guilty
EASTON -- A city man who faces more than 200 sex abuse charges and more than 2,400 years in prison is expected to plead guilty to all or some of the charges next week, officials say. Police say Jimmy Woodginski... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:52 PM | Comments (0)
'Missionary' guilty in child porn case
EAST ROCKHILL - A self-proclaimed "missionary" who led young boys on naked nature outings was convicted Wednesday on 228 counts of possessing child pornography and other charges. Keith Tiffany, 45, wept silently after Bucks County Judge Alan Rubenstein announced the... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:48 PM | Comments (0)
Fears of child abuse as pope urges priests to love the young
The pope caused fresh controversy today by urging Roman Catholic priests, a number of whom are facing child abuse allegations, to love the young. "Young must feel loved by the Church, in particular by us, bishops and priests," Benedict XVI... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:39 PM | Comments (0)
