San Diego Church Choir Leader Pleads Not Guilty to the Sexual Abuse of a 15-Year-Old Church Member

A church choir group leader accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was a member of the San Ysidro church's choir pleaded not guilty to 4 counts of lewd acts on a child.

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Sex Trafficked by a Boy Scouts Leader, a Long-Time Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Tells His Story

Ron Hunter tells his story of how, half a century ago, he was repeatedly molested, sexually assaulted, and raped from the age of 13, all because of the Boy Scouts, including by a Boy Scout leader who groomed him, then sex-trafficked under his street name “Angel” for five bucks a trick.

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U.S. Army Charges Military Doctor with the Sexual Assault of at Least 23 Patients

The US Army has charged 37-year-old military doctor, Major Michael Stockin, with the sexual assault of at least 23 victim, causing this to be the service’s largest abuse case in years.

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Homeland Security Identifies 311 Cases of Child Sexual Exploitation During Review of Cold Cases

During the 3-week, “Operation Renewed Hope,” investigators combed through sexually graphic internet material involving children, much of it on the dark web and some of it decades old, made probable identifications of 311 child victims, and confirmed the rescue of several victims from active abuse.

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Over 300 New Orleans Priests Have Been Reported for Sexual Abuse, But Only 25% Are on the Archdiocese’s Credibly Accused List

A memorandum that attorneys for victims of clerical sexual abuse prepared for law enforcement includes assertions that the archdiocese has referred fewer than two dozen of its accused clerics to law enforcement, on average waiting nearly two decades to do so.

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The FBI Warns That Sexual Assault Cases on Airplanes Are on The Rise

The FBI investigated 90 reports from people who said they were sexually assaulted on a plane in 2022. That number's up to 62 so far in 2023. These numbers show a sharp increase from 38 cases reported in 2014.

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Colorado Man Arrested After Uploading Child Sex Abuse Material to a Social Media Gaming Platform

23-year-old Paul Leavitt has been charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Child, after the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit received multiple cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about someone uploading child sexual abuse material to a cloud-based storage service and gaming social media platform.

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Homeless Man Accused of Sexual Assault of Teen Girl While She Waited at The Bus Station

According to court documents, a homeless man left a liquor store, spotted the 16-year-old victim that he knew at the bus stop, convinced the teen to drink whiskey, then took the teen to Walgreens where he jumped out of his wheelchair on top of the teen, threatened to kill her if she screamed, and sexually assaulted her.

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