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  • July 2008

    • Vt. Girl's Death a Homicide: Investigators

      newser  |  Barre-Montpelier Times Argus  |  Jul 8, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Vt. Girl's Death a Homicide: Investigators

      The death of a 12-year-old Vermont girl was murder, prosecutors said yesterday, and her uncle may face the death penalty under federal kidnapping laws. A judge ordered Brooke Bennett’s uncle, who has not been charged with kidnapping but not murder, held without bail after Bennett’s body was found near his home, the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus reports. More »

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      murder  • kidnapping  • Vermont  • sexual assault  • child molestation  • Brooke Bennett

    • Missing Vermont Girl Found Dead

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jul 3, 08 7:21 AM CDT

      Missing Vermont Girl Found Dead

      Vermont authorities found the body of a missing 12-year-old girl in a fresh grave yesterday, CNN reports. Brooke Bennett’s death “appears to be foul play,” said police, who arrested her uncle and stepfather on separate sexual assault charges. Bennett’s uncle, Michael Jacques, initiated her into a sex ring the day she disappeared, another girl told police. The other girl, now 14, said in an affidavit that she had been having sex with Jacques since she was 9. More »

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      child pornography  • missing child  • sexual assault  • child molestation  • Burlington, Vermont

  • May 2008

    • $10M Bond Allows Guru to Leave US

      newser  |  Austin American-Statesman  |  May 20, 08 5:40 PM CDT

      $10M Bond Allows Guru to Leave US

      A Hindu guru charged with groping two underage girls will be permitted to leave the country, despite 20 counts of indecency, after a follower put up $10 million to guarantee his return. Given how much money's involved, the arrangement to allow Prakashanand Saraswati—known as Swami Ji—passage to India is unprecedented, legal experts told the Austin American-Statesman . More »

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      child molestation  • Hinduism  • bond

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Jacko Can Keep Neverland

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 13, 08 5:32 PM CDT

      Jacko Can Keep Neverland

      The King of Pop will live another day as the rancher of Neverland. Michael Jackson made a last-minute deal today to refinance his notorious California homestead and will retain ownership, the AP reports. The 2,500-acre property had been scheduled for a public auction next week after Jackson—who hasn't lived there since being acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005—defaulted on his $24.5 million loan. More »

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      California  • celebrity  • David Beckham  • Michael Jackson  • default  • child molestation  • Neverland

    • Reports of Horror at UK Orphanage Extend to 2007

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 3, 08 11:15 AM CST

      Reports of Horror at UK Orphanage Extend to 2007

      British police are investigating charges that assaults at a notorious children's home occurred as recently as late last year, the Guardian reports. The revelation is the latest twist in an unraveling tale of sexual and physical abuse at the government-run home on the island of Jersey. Detectives said at least one suspect has threatened a victim, and they warned others not to follow suit. More »

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      Great Britain  • children  • child abuse  • child molestation  • orphans  • Jersey  • Haut de la Garenne  • children's home

  • December 2007

    • $37M Deal for Priest Sex Victims

      newser  |  Quad City Times  |  Dec 4, 07 2:12 AM CST

      $37M Deal for Priest Sex Victims

      A Catholic diocese in Iowa has agreed to pay $37 million to settle claims by 156 people who charge they were sexually abused by priests. The deal clears the way for the diocese to emerge from bankruptcy declared last year after a jury awarded $1.5 million to a single victim. Diocesan headquarters and three homes will be sold to raise the money. More »

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      Catholic Church  • bankruptcy  • settlement  • child molestation

  • June 2007

    • Teen Sex Case Takes a Turn

      newser  |  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jun 11, 07 6:10 PM CDT

      Teen Sex Case Takes a Turn

      A judge ordered a 21-year-old Georgia man freed from prison today, ruling that his 10-year sentence for aggravated child molestation—receiving consensual oral sex from a 15-year-old when he was 17—was "cruel and unusual" and that keeping him incarcerated would be a "miscarriage of justice." The attorney general promptly announced his intention to appeal, stalling Genarlow Wilson's release. More »

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      prison  • Georgia  • Jimmy Carter  • courts  • child molestation  • oral sex  • Genarlow Wilson

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