Misconduct Managed NewsSource™ is a bi-weekly compilation of the top news stories concerning sexual misconduct, abuse, and molestation of at-risk groups in the United States.
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Settles Child Sexual Assault Case Against Deceased Priest for $3.5 Million
According to court documents, the archdiocese knew Monsignor John Close was a danger to children in the 1970s, after a priest reported teenage boys were sleeping overnight in Close’s room. Close was only reassigned, and subsequently assaulted a 14-year-old boy after hearing his confession.
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Northwestern’s Women Lacrosse Player Sues University Over Alleged Sexual Assault by Baseball Player
A Northwestern University lacrosse player is suing the school and its board of trustees, claiming they failed to protect her from a sexual assault, and that several former classmates of that baseball player warned university leaders about sexual abuse allegations against him in the past.
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Here We Go Again: Five Florida High School Employees Arrested for Failing to Report Child Sexual Abuse
Five current and former Palm Beach Central High School employees have been arrested and charged with felony failure to report the assault of a minor after not reporting that a 15-year-old student was allegedly assaulted, according to court records.
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Should Hotel Chains Be Held Liable for Human Trafficking?
This exposé discusses not only multiple cases of sex trafficking in different hotel chains, but how in the past twenty years, Wyndham-branded properties have been mentioned in at least two hundred criminal trafficking cases filed by the federal government, according to data from the Human Trafficking Institute.
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New Social Media Platform Already Has a Child Sexual Abuse Problem
Over just two days, researchers at Stanford University found hundreds of posts on Mastodon, a social media platform that has become popular as a possible alternative to Twitter, with child sexual abuse content.
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San Francisco School District Sued Over Child Sex Abuse Claim
The San Francisco Unified School District is being sued over a childhood sexual abuse claim that began with off campus grooming and involved a former Lowell High School teacher and counselor whom allegedly perpetrated these crimes in his office and classroom.
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Nearly 140 People Arrested in Southern California Child Sexual Abuse Raids
The crackdown, dubbed Operation Online Guardian, which involved over 100 agencies that comprise LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, resulted in arrests of 139 people for child sex abuse and child pornography.
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Long-Time University Gynecologist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse of Patients
Robert Hadden, the former Columbia University gynecologist accused in lawsuits of sexually abusing more than 200 patients over the course of decades was sentenced to 20 years in prison on federal charges related to four women.
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