Hundreds of children were found to be sexually abused by Roman catholic priests over four decades as reported by the state grand jury. The report also revealed that bishops themselves were the one who covered up these incidents.
The Scottland police department dropped the case of Kids Company for lack of evidence and insufficient angles. The company is accused of abusing and harassing kids.
A 31-year old Virginia daycare teacher was found guilty of 13 offences after encouraging her toddler students to fight each other, and abuse them physically and emotionally.
A Florida teacher accused of having sex with her child’s friend has been rearrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence.Sara Moore, 35, is accused of sleeping with the 14-year-old boy more than two dozen times at her home in St. Cloud.
Nestle faces class action lawsuit filed by former victims of child slavery in cocoa production. U.S. Supreme Court rejects the Swiss giant's appeal to throw out the case.
Parents at the center of a growing child abuse scandal in Pakistan have accused police of failing to do enough to break up a pedophile ring in Punjab province, the prime minister's political heartland.
Authorities in Georgia are investigating child abuse allegations against National Basketball Association star Dwight Howard, a center for the Houston Rockets who is among the league's marquee performers, police said on Tuesday.
Nearly seven in 10 Americans believe spanking a child is acceptable at home and a majority say corporal punishment is tolerable provided it does not involve implements such as the one a National Football League star used on his son, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
A former Polish archbishop and papal diplomat who was defrocked after allegations of paying children for sexual acts has lost his diplomatic immunity and could be tried in the Dominican Republic, the Vatican said.
Irma Navarro, a Southern California mother accused of shackling her 10-year-old son, has pleaded not guilty Monday and will be released from custody with an ankle bracelet.
A Texas grand jury indicted eccentric millionaire artist Stanley Marsh 3 on charges that he sexually assaulted six teenagers, documents released to his attorneys on Thursday
Two women, mother and daughter, Gloria Walker, 51, and Krystie Tanner, 27, were sentenced to prison on Tuesday after being convicting them of kidnapping a Houston boy when he was 8 months old, hiding him for eight years before he was found.
