Why kids should be taught about sexual assault
How can we expect kids to recognize unhealthy relationships if we never discuss healthy ones? read more
View ArticleMinnesota archdiocese offers $132 million to settle sex abuse claims
A bankruptcy judge has decided the Minnesota diocese isn't as impoverished as it said it was, and they have more than doubled the sum of money available to clergy abuse victims. read more
View ArticleMore Men Calling Helpline to Stop Viewing Child Porn
A growing number of men are asking for help in dealing with their child pornography watching habit. read more
View ArticleRIP Brooke Stagles
Three-year-old Brook Stagles suffered massive injuries that proved life-threatening while in her father's home, after multiple calls to CPS. read more
View ArticleFoster kids say couple ditched them after getting ‘Extreme Makeover’ digs
A family featured on the TV show Extreme Makeover relinquished their foster kids shortly after having the show convert their house into a mansion and give them thousands of dollars worth of...
View ArticleMother Accused of Trying to Drown Baby Sentenced to Probation
A New York mother who tried to kill her infant after feeling utterly overwhelmed as a new parent was sentenced to 5 years probation and wont' see any time in prison read more
View ArticleThe Catholic Church has a plan to compensate sexual-abuse victims, but many...
One diocese has come up with a commission to provide financial compensation to clergy sex abuse victims. But they are making it hard to access and are putting so loopholes in it that will likely bar...
View ArticleWhy I Fight for Children
After being awarded the Woman of Worth recognition by L’Oréal Paris, I recognize my worth is being discovered in knowing that we have over 9,000 law enforcement officers in all 50 states in the U.S.,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Child’s death ruled a homicide
Monroe County officials have officially called the death 3-year-old Brook Stagles as a homicide. Emergency room doctors who treated her before she died asked if she had been hit by a car, the force...
View ArticleTeacher impregnated by 13-year-old takes plea deal
A teacher who had sexual intercourse, every day, with a student will avoid all prison time and was sentenced to only parole. read more
View ArticleCherokee Church Offers Victims Help Amid Mounting Claims Of Child Abuse
After three parishioners of the Cherokee Baptist Church came forward to admit being sexually abused by a former pastor, the church is cooperating with law enforcement, looking for more victims and...
View ArticleGrandfather of 3-year-old wants social workers held criminally responsible...
The grandfather of 3-year-old Brook Stagles, murdered while in her father's care wants to see the CPS caseworker overseeing Brook's case, and that caseworker's supervisor, face criminal charges. read...
View ArticleWhere rapists can gain parental rights
In most states, under at least some circumstances, men who impregnate women through the act of rape have parental rights and are expected to co-parent with their victim read more
View ArticleMan sentenced to 24 years for production, distribution of child rape images
A Federal Way man was sentenced to 24 years for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old, making video of it and sharing the video on-line read more
View ArticleHamilton police investigation into sex assault of 7-year-old leads to 9 arrests
Ontario police arrest nine people in connection to the sexual trafficking of a seven-year-old through an on-line advertisement. read more
View ArticleSexual assault survivors struggle to cope with Trump election
Many scandals surrounded Donald Trump's presidential bid, and these were sometimes stressful and triggering for sexual assault survivors. Now that he got elected, the stress and triggers haven't...
View Article3 more child sex abuse lawsuits filed against Guam priests
After passing the Child Victims Act, more sexual abuse survivors in Guam are bringing suits against their abusers, including Catholic clergy read more
View ArticleFlint ex-cop sentenced to 25 years in jail for sexual abuse of children
A former Flint Michigan police Sargent was sentenced to 25 years in prison for 16 counts of sexual assault committed while he was working as a cop, and six of them were against children read more
View ArticleIt’s OK to be Not-OK
Bad things happen to us that keep our lives from being what we think they should be. But if we can accept that it's OK for our lives to be imperfect or go in unforeseen places, it's much easier to move...
View ArticleDeAndre Levy: Anyone who fails to act vs. sexual abuse is ‘dirtbag’
DeAndre Levy's opinion about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, and others "If you’re aware of sexual violence and don’t use the full strength of your power to stop it, you’re just as complicit...
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