The State of Washington settled a negligent lawsuit that was filed last year in Benton County. The lawsuit alleged that in 1995, the State of Washington negligently placed a 3.5 year old girl in the foster home of Abel and Diana Ortega. During that time, prior allegations of sexual abuse of a female foster child […]
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David Burgos was just 13 when he claims he was abused back in the 1980’s in a foster care home. Back then, he was sent to group home for troubled kids, called Pleasantville Cottage School, which was located in Westchester County. Burgos says that as soon a he arrived a the school, an assistant teacher
Father C.B. Woodrich, also referred to as “Father Woody”, was well known in the Catholic church for his charitable work with the homeless. He is now also well known for allegedly sexually abusing three young boys in the 1970s and 1980s. “Father Woody,” is now on the list of credibly accused priests who have sexually
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Parishioners in Lake Zurich, Ill attended mass Sunday morning at St. Francis de Sales without their usual pastor, David Ryan. Ryan, the pastor at St. Francis de Sales for 14 years, was named in an investigation of child sex abuse allegations last week. The Archdiocese of Chicago asked Ryan to move away from St. Francis
Edward Gonzales, a foster parent in Belen, has been accused of sexually abusing a boy over a 3 year period, starting from 2017. The alleged victim, now age16, is accusing Gonzales, age 37, of raping him for over 3 years beginning when he was 13-years-old. The alleged victim lived with Gonzales in a Belen home
Peter Tomlinson, 63, the former President of Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce, is accused of “five counts of paying for the sexual services of a girl under the age of 13,” according to the National Crime Agency said. Tomlinson is being charged with 12 counts of child sex abuse. Tomlinson is a business man
April 21, 2021 Update Multiple victims have come forward accusing former Green Chimneys employee Robert Doig of sexual assault in the ’60s and ’70s. Jeff Herman recently discussed the claim with Hudson Valley News 12. See the full story here. — November 20, 2020 Teachers and staff at the once prestigious Green Chimneys School in
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Larry Akers is among the thousands of people who filed civil lawsuits against the Boy Scouts of America before the deadline this week. He was only was 9 years old when a Boy Scout leader from the neighborhood troop in Hamilton, began giving him extra private attention. At the time, Akers had recently lost
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, was asked by Pope Francis to remain in his post, regardless of a report that claimed he ignored allegations of child sex abuse during his leadership. The report alleges that Cardinal Nichols worried more about his position and power than the
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