#child-sexual-abuse

#child-sexual-abuse

Court documents refer to the victim as "Jack Doe," who told investigators Johnson punched his "weanie" and subjected him to digital penetration at least 20 times between Jan. 1, 2023 and Oct. 4, 2024. Doe told police his foster mother was "evil" and forced him to watch "creepy, weird sex" on TikTok during the sexual abuse. He also said his foster mother took him to a basement with candles, prayed to the devil and blew smoke on him-leading the 7-year-old to believe he was "possessed."

A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S. District Court in California. The complaints, filed Tuesday by 33-year-old Marian Barbu and 40-year-old Mihai-Constantin Petcu, said former Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor and missionary Paul Havsgaard severely abused them and dozens of other children at the shelter over eight years.

Oscar Daniel Hernandez and Gladys Bautista Vasquez, the parents of Oscar Omar Rodriguez, filed a notice of claim against the city on Sept. 11, contending the Los Angeles Dept. of Parks & Recreation exposed children to harm by granting Mario Garcia-Aquino a permit to coach youth soccer teams. "The City of Los Angeles, through its permit application and approval process, knew or should have known that Mario Garcia-Aquino would be using city parks solely to groom and sexually abuse children on a daily or weekly basis under the guise of a boys' soccer club," read the notice, typically a precursor to a civil lawsuit.

Fortunately, another Augustinian, who is twice as big as me, defended me. The pain and anger from this man, I don't know if he was a victim or had lost his faith in the church, I have no idea what happened to him, but I truly believe it is a very important factor in the experience here in the church as well.

The longtime head of a Mexican megachurch who is serving more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing young followers has been charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking for allegedly victimizing members of the church for decades, authorities said Wednesday. A federal grand jury in New York returned the indictment alleging that Naason Joaquin Garcia, 56, and five others exploited the church for decades to enable the systemic sexual abuse of children and women

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The safety and well-being of the students we transport is always our top priority. There is zero tolerance for actions that put students at risk and this individual is no longer employed with the company. Safety is a non-negotiable condition of every driver and monitor's employment with Ocean State Transit.

The charges that the Muskogee county district attorney's office filed against Dustin Walker, 34, on Monday came after a DNA test confirmed he was the father of the newborn at the center of the case, the Oklahoma news outlet KWTV reported, citing officials. The woman charged alongside Walker the parent of the newborn's underage mother is 33. As is the outlet's policy, the Guardian is not identifying her or describing her relationship to Walker to protect the identity of the abuse victim in the case.

According to an FBI agent's affidavit, McGinley sent an explicit video of a minor to the "Little boyz only" group chat last month through an encrypted messenger application.

Tanaiste Simon Harris shared his thoughts with victims of abuse, highlighting their bravery and courage in coming forward to share their stories.

Luis Lema-Pomavilla, 24, of Medway, faces numerous charges including 11 counts of child rape, statutory rape, and manufacturing of child pornography involving three young girls.

George Gibney has been arrested in the US and faces extradition to Ireland due to fresh allegations of child sexual abuse spanning over forty years.