child abuse
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GwenFormer Faith Life Church Leader Charged with First-Degree Felony Rape
Licking County prosecutors have charged Gary Thomas “Tom” Keesee Jr., 36, with two counts of first-degree felony rape, marking a significant development in a case that has drawn...
Victims of Texarkana Pastor Sue Church and National Religious Organization
Victims of a local pastor’s sexual abuse are taking legal action against the local church and a national religious organization, seeking accountability for their suffering. The women, who...
Jehovah’s Witness elder jailed for 3 years for sexual abuse
A woman who was sexually abused by a Jehovah’s Witnesses elder in County Mayo has described how the abuse devastated her life, leaving her with lasting emotional and...
Court Dismisses Unlawful Sexual Contact Conviction for Former Maine Jehovah’s Witness Elder
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has dismissed one of two sexual abuse convictions against a former Aroostook County Jehovah’s Witness elder, and asked for him to be resentenced...
Lancaster Jehovah’s Witness elder sentenced to prison for molesting congregant children
Norman Aviles-Garriga, a Jehovah’s Witness elder from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was convicted of sexually abusing children in the congregation, marking a significant moment in the pursuit of justice for...
Former Mormon Bishop Charged with Child Sex Abuse in Livermore
A former Mormon bishop is being investigated for alleged sexual abuse that occurred between 1991 and 2001, while he supervised a church-affiliated boys youth group in Livermore, prosecutors...
Ex-Mormon Bishop Arrested on Charges of Sexually Abusing His Daughter
In 1999, John Goodrich, an Idaho dentist and Mormon bishop, allegedly sexually abused his teenage daughter Chelsea during a school field trip to the East Coast, where they...
Resolution Granted for Pastor and Principal in Maranatha Christian School Abuse Case
A legal resolution has been granted in the case involving the pastor and principal of Maranatha Christian School in Florence, according to officials with the Twelfth Circuit Solicitor’s...
