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As you read the news stories below, you will understand that child sexual abuse knows no boundaries. It happens to children of all ages, races and religions and it happens in homes and communities around the world. The children in your circle of influence are counting on you to believe that IT CAN happen to them and you have the power to minimize the risk through awareness and education.

Cardinal's Words Roil Abuse Scandal
New York Times
The comments came as the Vatican was trying to calm a scandal over sexual abuse by priests. Gay rights and victims' groups protested the comments — and on ...
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Boy Scouts Found Negligent in Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Newsinferno.com
The Boy Scouts of America has been found negligent in a lawsuit stemming from a decades-old child sexual abuse case. The 38-year-old plaintiff was awarded ...
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Man wanted in sexual abuse of 7-year-old girl
Houston Chronicle
Jorge Herrera Guerrero, 33, is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Officials said the girl told authorities Guerrero had ...
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Alleged Sex Abuse Victims Call on USA Swimming to Work With Them to Protect Kids
ABC News
... and said the organization was "continually studying" what other youth organizations were doing to address the problem of child sexual abuse. ...
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Emotional testimony in molestation trial of ex-mental hospital chief
Long Beach Press-Telegram
20 other guys" who were molested by Foulk, Donald said. Donald said he and the other victims, including his brother, were also kept under constant control. ...
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Former Oak Harbor resident admits child molestation, gets sexual deviancy program
Seattle Post Intelligencer
By JESSIE STENSLAND A 32-year-old former Oak Harbor resident who cooperated with police and admitted to molesting a child was sentenced under a sentencing ...
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Man who worked at adolescent home charged with molesting girl, 15
Kansas City Star
Jackson County prosecutors charged Brandon L. Roland, 31, with a misdemeanor count of second-degree child molestation. A $25000 cash bond was set and Roland ...
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Rabbi gets maximum sentence in molestation case
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The rabbi, who owns a travel agency in Borough Park, was convicted early last month of sexually molesting the Jewish teen in 2004 and 2005. ...
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Head of babysitter molestation plot to face trial
SDNN
By Staff, City News Service A search warrant issued against a San Diego man suspected of paying babysitters to bring him young children to molest was ...
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MyFox Phoenix

Girl, Now 13, Reports 2005 Molestation
MyFox Phoenix
EL MIRAGE - A 49-year-old El Mirage man has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation. El Mirage police say a juvenile female came forward on April 5 ...
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Accused molester's body found inside apartment after standoff with ...
Fox 59
... took his own life after a nearly four-hour standoff that began when police tried to serve him with a warrant charging him with child molesting. ...
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Chattanooga Times Free Press

Craft was framed, lawyer says
Chattanooga Times Free Press
With a sweeping motion of his hands, an attorney for a former kindergarten teacher charged with child molestation used the words of an old spiritual to make ...
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