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Child Rape Suspect on the Run From Mass. With His Kids Is Arrested in Conn.
A “violent fugitive” wanted on child rape and sexual abuse charges who fled New Bedford, Massachusetts, with his children this month has been captured in Connecticut, authorities said Friday. Leon Mejia-Vicente’s children, 17 and 5, were with him and placed into the custody of Connecticut youth services, according to the New Bedford Police Department and Bristol County District Attorney’s Office….
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#ChurchToo Revelations Growing, Years After Movement Began
Recent weeks have seen an especially intense set of revelations about sexual assault and misconduct in U.S. churches.
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Gov. Baker to Victims of Sexual, Domestic Violence: ‘State Government Let You Down'
After listening and taking notes while survivors of sexual and domestic violence recounted some of the worst days of their lives and explained the trauma that they deal with to this day because of their experiences with the court system, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker apologized. “I can’t tell you how sorry I am that state government let you down,”...
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Former Rhode Island Priest Indicted on Sex Abuse Charge
A former Roman Catholic priest who served at several Rhode Island parishes has been indicted on a charge of sexually assaulting a juvenile about 40 years ago, the state attorney general’s office said Monday. Kevin Fisette, 66, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a charge of first-degree sexual assault, authorities said. The alleged assault on a boy occurred in…
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Report on Larry Nassar's Abuse Calls for Changes To Protect Athletes
The U.S. Olympic Committee is “less focused on athlete well-being and more focused on winning,” says Marci Hamilton, chair of the Game Over Commission. She joined LX News to talk about the commission’s recent report, which says the current business of sports places athletes at risk of abuse.
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Prince Andrew, Accuser Seek Witnesses in Sex Abuse Lawsuit
Lawyers for Prince Andrew and his accuser Virginia Giuffre have filed their initial requests for witnesses in her lawsuit accusing the British royal of sexually abusing her at age 17.
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Jury Finds Jeffrey Epstein Friend Ghislaine Maxwell Guilty in Sex Crimes Trial
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by late sex criminal and financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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NH Seeks to Dismiss Some Youth Center Abuse Lawsuits as They Top 100
The number of lawsuits alleging physical or sexual abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center has grown to more than 100, though the attorney general’s office is seeking to dismiss some it says lack detail. In the last two years, more than 430 men and women have come forward with accusations against 150 staffers at the Sununu Youth Services Center…
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DA Rollins Backs Tougher Penalties in Abuse of Power Cases
Warning that existing Massachusetts law leaves a dangerous “loophole” in place, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins pushed Tuesday for the Legislature to create a new criminal charge for adults who exploit positions of authority to engage in sexual acts with minors. Teachers, coaches, babysitters, mentors and other adults who misuse their standing to participate in sexual activity with a…
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Former Boston Teacher Gets 4 Years in Prison for Abuse of Student
A former teacher in the Boston public schools who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a former student starting when she was 12 years old has been sentenced to four years in prison.
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Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: Sex Crimes Accuser Testifies Jeffrey Epstein Took Her to Meet Trump When She Was 14
A woman testified at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex crimes trial that Jeffrey Epstein took her to meet Donald Trump when she was 14 years old.
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Cuomo Sex Crime Case: New York Sheriff Says ‘We Have an Overwhelming Amount of Evidence'
The complaint accuses Andrew Cuomo of forcible touching of a female executive assistant in December in the New York governor’s mansion.
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FBI Says There May Be More Sex Abuse Victims of Ex-CIA Employee Caught After Naked Woman Found Screaming on US Embassy Balcony
The FBI and the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service are looking for more information and potentially more victims of a former CIA employee who pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges in July.
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Former Pa. Doctor Exploited Patients' Pain to Sexually Abuse Them, Indictment Says
A former Drexel University neurologist accused of exploiting his patients’ severe pain and addiction to medication to sexually abuse them over a 15-year span in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey, now faces a federal indictment.
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Report: 330,000 Children Victims of Sex Abuse in France's Catholic Church
The head of France’s Catholic bishops conference is asking forgiveness from the estimated 330,000 victims of child sex abuse by the church found in a groundbreaking report.
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National Women's Soccer League Cancels Games After Coach Was Fired Over Sex Abuse Claims
The National Women’s Soccer League has called off its weekend games amid sexual abuse allegations against former North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley.
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Gloria Estefan Says She Was Molested By Family Member at Miami Music School at 9
The Cuban-American superstar spoke for the first time publicly about the abuse and its effects on her during an episode of the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk: The Estefans.”
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R&B Artist R. Kelly Found Guilty on All Counts in Sex Trafficking and Racketeering Trial
R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty Monday on all counts in a high-profile sex-trafficking case by a federal jury in Brooklyn.
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The First Known Survivor of Larry Nassar's Abuse Wants to Know ‘Where Are the Indictments?'
Sarah Klein was first abused by Larry Nassar in 1988 when she was just 8 years old. Today she is a pillar of support for the younger victims of the USA Gymnastics doctor’s abuse. They include Olympians Simone Biles and McKayla Maroney, who testified before the U.S. Senate on Wednesday about failures by the Department of Justice and FBI to...
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WATCH: McKayla Maroney Delivers Powerful Testimony at Senate Hearing
Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney testifies at a U.S. Senate hearing on the FBI’s mishandling of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case.