A bankruptcy filing that could spell the end of the Boy Scouts of America is “imminent,” sources told The Post. Crippled by thousands of child sex-abuse claims in multiple states — and with more victims coming forward every day — the bankruptcy case could reach into the “billions,” said one lawyer who represents 1,800 men […]
Continue reading…USA Swimming Sexual Abuse
A recent report by the Orange County Register has confirmed what we’ve known to be true, USA Gymnastics is not the only National Governing Body with systemic problems surrounding sexual abuse. The report published last week says, USA Swimming fostered a “culture of sexual abuse” and has spent decades ignoring or covering up hundreds of […]
Continue reading…NY Diocese Released Accused Priests List
Since the summer, political and social pressure from the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report has put pressure on attorneys general throughout the United States to conduct investigations of the Diocese in their respective states. Another consequence of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report was to put pressure on Diocese to release the names of […]
Continue reading…Criminal Charges Filed Against Boy Scout Camp Employee in Sex Abuse Case
Charges have been filed against 19 year old Coleman R. Leonard in Wisconsin. Leonard is accused of sexual assault. The case involves three underage staff members at Camp Napowan in Mount Morris, Wisconsin, a Boy Scout summer camp. Understanding the Charges According to a report by the Northwest Herald, Leonard has been charged with a number […]
Continue reading…Joe Robles Jr. Arrested on Charges of Child Sexual Assault
According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, on Thursday, September 26th, 2019 administrators at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, California, which is in the Corona-Norco School Districts, informed the Department, that the Cross Country and Track and Field coach, Joe Robles Jr. allegedly had improper relationships with several female students. After investigating the allegations, according to […]
Continue reading…Cases of Sexual Abuse Are Higher Among Deaf Children
Cases of child sexual abuse have long term serious and devastating consequences, especially when the abuse comes at the hand of a trusted individual within a respected institution and when the survivor of that abuse is physically or mentally handicapped. Take for example the abhorrently high rate of sexual abuse of Deaf children. Tragically, one of […]
Continue reading…AP Report Details Hundreds of Predatory Priests Living Amongst Us
The Associated Press has recently concluded the largest-scale review of where former members of the Roman Catholic Church, who were removed from their positions due to varying degrees of sexual misconduct with children, have ended-up within our society. More than 5,000 Clergy Identified as Sexual Abusers of Children Since the systemic patterns of allowing and covering-up […]
Continue reading…New California Law Opens the Doors of Justice to Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault
On October 13th, 2019 Governor Gavin Newsom signed California State Assembly Bill 218 into law. The bill, which was first introduced by California State Assemblywoman, Lorena S. Gonzalez, will open a three-year window starting in 2020 during which claims of child sexual assault that had elapsed under the previous statute of limitations can be revived. This is […]
Continue reading…Allegations of Child Sex Abuse by 12 Former Students at NY School for the Deaf
A lawsuit filed on October 16, 2019 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against the New York School for the Deaf (also known as ‘Fanwood”) and the New York State Education Department alleges that 12 female students at the school were sexually abused while residing in the on-campus dormitories during the […]
Continue reading…BSA Scout Leader Commits Suicide Days After His Arrest for Child Sex Abuse
Charles Kip Yotter was arrested on September 26, 2019 at his residence in Wildomar, California for suspicion of several felonies including oral copulation with a minor and forcible penetration with a foreign object in December of 2018. The victim was 16 years old at the time. The incident was first reported to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s […]
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