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Bound Children Removed From Sex Offender Home

Place was home to 10 adults, who said kids were tied for 'safety'

(Newser) - Texas authorities have removed 11 children, some bound and injured, from a group home where at least one known sex offender was living. Eight children were kept in a single bedroom with plywood covering the only window; authorities found two 2-year-old children and a 5-year-old girl tied to filthy mattresses,...

Lawyer: 200 Sex Abuse Priests Hiding in California

Church needs to alert communities, says Ray Boucher

(Newser) - A stunning 200 priests suspected of committing sexual abuse are living in California, mostly unknown to communities, according to a lawyer who sued the LA Archdiocese on behalf of 500 plaintiffs, reports MSNBC . Because none of those priests was convicted of sex abuse, laws about identifying pedophiles and their locations...

Woman Locked in Bathroom 10 Years by Dad

20-year-old says she survived by listening to radio

(Newser) - A 20-year-old Palestinian woman has been freed after spending 10 years locked in bathrooms and other small rooms by her father, reports AP . There, she was beaten, fed little, and let out only at night. Her father threatened to rape, impregnate, and kill her if she tried to escape. The...

Penn State Alums Fume Over Handling of Scandal

President tours state to discuss Sandusky aftermath, Paterno firing

(Newser) - Penn State's president is holding town-hall meetings for alums as fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal continues, and audiences aren't going easy on the school's leader—especially where Joe Paterno is concerned. At his second of three stops, Rodney Erickson heaped the blamed squarely on Sandusky, the...

Sandusky's Autobiography Helped Cops Find Victims

Questions fly over lengthy investigation

(Newser) - A simple Google search on Jerry Sandusky could have saved police a lot of time. Instead, it wasn't until a year into the investigation of Sandusky's alleged child abuse that authorities learned about his autobiography, Touched—which helped them track down four more victims. In late 2009, police...

Corey Feldman to Bare Hollywood Pedophiles

Actor will name those who 'abused me'

(Newser) - A vampire hunter on The Lost Boys is now after Hollywood pedophiles. Former child actor Corey Feldman, a star of Stand By Me and The Goonies, has vowed to reveal the names of two Hollywood figures who abused him when he was 14. "These older men were leching around...

Afghanistan Probes Teen Bride's Torture

Sahar Gul kept in in-laws' basement after refusing prostitution: police

(Newser) - Afghanistan's president has ordered an investigation following reports that a 15-year-old girl was locked in her in-laws' basement and tortured. Police say they rescued Sahar Gul last month after her parents said they hadn't seen her for months. The girl had been starved and "we saw her...

Tot, 3, Shoots Boy, 5, to Death
 Tot, 3, Shoots Boy, 5, to Death 
Dec 26, 2011 1:33 AM CST

Tot, 3, Shoots Boy, 5, to Death

Adult who brought gun into home is busted

(Newser) - A 3-year-old Colorado toddler has shot and killed a 5-year-old friend, according to police. An adult who brought the gun into the home where the shooting occurred has been arrested on charges of child abuse resulting in death and criminal negligence. Adam Laham, 23, was not related to either of...

Tot Beats Tot at Nursery School

Accused attacker, 2, is 'too young for criminal responsibility,' say Brit cops

(Newser) - A 2-year-old girl apparently viciously beat another toddler at a British pre-school, leaving the victim bruised and cut, reports the BBC . The 3-year-old victim "had gashes to her lips and a terrible black eye," her mom told the Daily Mail . " Katie looked like she had been in...

Andre Curry, Chicago Father Who Posted Picture of Bound Baby on Facebook, Charged
 Duct Tape Dad Charged 
Dec 22, 2011 12:37 AM CST

Duct Tape Dad Charged

Chicago man arrested for Facebook photo of bound baby

(Newser) - A Chicago dad is behind bars for posting a picture on Facebook of his baby daughter bound with duct tape . Andre Curry, 21, has been charged with a felony count of aggravated domestic battery and is being held on $100,000 bond, AP reports. At a hearing, his attorney argued...

Angry Packers Fan Faces Child Abuse Charges

Mother choked her daughter after loss, say cops

(Newser) - From the serious-lack-of-perspective department: A woman in Wisconsin faces felony child abuse charges because she choked her daughter in a rage after the loss of the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, say police. The 11-year-old girl had red marks and scratches on her neck and said her mother asked her,...

Dad Posts Photo of Tot Bound With Duct Tape

Chicago cops investigating Facebook picture

(Newser) - Chicago police are investigating a father who posted a Facebook photo of a young girl, apparently his daughter, whose feet, hands, and face are bound with duct tape. "This is wut happens wen my baby hits me back," said the caption accompanying the photo posted by Andre Curry,...

Move Over Tiger Mom, It&#39;s &#39;Wolf Dad&#39;
Move Over Tiger Mom,
It's 'Wolf Dad'
Dec 17, 2011 11:33 AM CST

Move Over Tiger Mom, It's 'Wolf Dad'

Chinese father is media sensation at home for his tough discipline

(Newser) - "Tiger Mother" Amy Chua may have been strict with her daughters, pushing academics ahead of sleepovers, but she's practically a kitten compared to "Wolf Dad" Xiao Baiyou, who has written a bestselling book in mainland China originally called Beat Them Into Peking University, reports NPR . Xiao...

Thousands of Kids Abused in Dutch Catholic Church

Institutions did little to halt epidemic, help survivors: report

(Newser) - Thousands of children were sexually abused in the Netherlands' Catholic organizations, says an independent inquiry, which concludes that church leaders didn't do enough to end the problem or help victims, reports AP . The inquiry estimates that between 10,000 and 20,000 kids were abused from 1945 to 1981...

Sandusky Witness Changed His Story: Insider

Mike McQueary's account at core of Penn State case

(Newser) - The witness whose account of the now-infamous shower encounter sits at the center of the Penn State child abuse case has changed his story over the years, according to the Patriot-News . Much of the case against Jerry Sandusky hinges on former assistant coach Mike McQueary's report that he saw...

Sandusky's Wife Bails Him Out of Jail

She comes through with certified check after new abuse charges

(Newser) - Jerry Sandusky has been released on $250,000 bail after spending a night in prison following a new round of child abuse charges . He paid the bail using real estate holdings and a certified check from his wife, the AP reports. The new accusations prompted another 12 counts of sex...

Teacher Praised for Book Tied to Affair With Student, 17

Blur of fact, fiction raises troubling issues

(Newser) - A teacher bounced from an international American high school after having an affair with a 17-year-old student is winning critical acclaim—for his novel about a teacher who has an affair with his student, reports Jezebel . Reviewers from the New York Times to novelists are gushing about Alexander Maksik's...

Toddler Dies After Being Locked in Washer

Boy was allegedly put inside as punishment

(Newser) - Tragedy in France, where a 3-year-old boy died after allegedly being locked in a washing machine on Friday. The boy’s 33-year-old father is accused of putting his naked son into the washer as punishment for flushing drawings belonging to a classmate down a toilet. The child died after his...

Third Man Says Syracuse Coach Molested Him

But accuser himself is facing child abuse charges

(Newser) - A third accuser has emerged in the Bernie Fine sexual abuse case—and unlike the first two , this one may be able to prosecute, the Syracuse Post-Standard reports. Zach Tomaselli, 23, tells police that the Syracuse University assistant basketball coach molested him 9 years ago in a Pittsburgh hotel room....

Texas Beating Judge Suspended
Texas Beating Judge Suspended
Nov 23, 2011 1:21 AM CST

Texas Beating Judge Suspended

Attorney files complaint against William Adams for dismissing abuse accusation

(Newser) - A Texas judge whose videotaped beating of his daughter went viral has been suspended from the bench. William Adams was ordered suspended immediately with pay until the outcome of an inquiry begun earlier this month by the State Commission on Judicial Ethics, reports AP . Williams opted earlier to take a...

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