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NEWS ABOUT: child molestation

child molestation stories: 39 news summaries

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Jackson Sex Accuser's Dad Commits Suicide

Jordy Chandler's father found dead in NJ home

Nov 18, 09 2:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The father of a boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation has been found dead in an apparent suicide. Evan Chandler reported Jackson to authorities in 1993, claiming that the singer had abused his son Jordan, then 13. Jordan repeated the accusations to a psychologist, sparking a criminal investigation.... More »

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5 Missouri Men Busted
on Child Rape Charges

Accused believed to be father, four sons

Nov 11, 09 4:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Five members of the same family were arrested in connection with sex crimes against children in a raid on a Missouri farm yesterday. The men, aged from 47 to 77, are believed to be a father and his four sons, police say. They face multiple felony charges including forcible sodomy,... More »

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GLOSSIES

 A Sex Predator Speaks 

Pa. man, convicted of soliciting child sex, says he was set up

Nov 4, 09 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - From Pennsylvania detective Michele Deery’s perspective the story goes like this: Fishing for sexual predators, she logged online posing as a mother who wanted to find someone to have sex with her two young daughters. She soon found a nearby man who, without too much prompting, offered to have... More »

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DON'T READ WHILE EATING

 Jacko Peed 
 in Front of 
 Kids: Doc 

Arnold Klein explains away Michael Jackson's molestation accusations

Nov 4, 09 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - How could the boy who accused Michael Jackson of child molestation in 1993 describe, in detail, Jacko’s discolored genitals if he was never actually molested? Easy: Michael must have peed in front of him. In today's Too Much Information moment, Dr. Arnold Klein tells TMZ that the King of... More »

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entertainment • child molestation • celebrity • Michael Jackson • celebrity death • urine

 Parents Track 
 Sex Offender 
 Homes for 
 Halloween 

But critics warn that friends, family members are responsible for most kid assaults

Oct 12, 09 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parents are preparing for their kids' trick or treating this year with a costume, candy bag—and a map of all the sex offenders in the neighborhood. Concerned families are turning to an iPhone application locating sex offender addresses to plan routes on the spooky night. "With Halloween, I'm... More »

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iPhone • children • child molestation • sex offenders • Halloween • molestation • child rape • sex assault

 'Manhattan Manny' Pleads Guilty in Boy's Sex Abuse

21-year-old babysitter dodges life sentence with plea

Oct 2, 09 4:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A male babysitter who dubbed himself "the Manhattan Manny" is facing a 12-year sentence after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an 8-year-old boy. Jonathan Then, who also worked at summer camps and as a teaching aide in some of New York City's ritziest private schools, had originally been charged... More »

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New York City • child molestation • sexual abuse • guilty plea • babysitter

Polanski Taunt Brought DA Down on Him

Director's lawyers said prosecutors weren't trying to catch him

Sep 29, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roman Polanski may have his own lawyers to thank for his current predicament. This summer, in an attempt to get the charges against the director dropped, they told an appellate court that prosecutors weren’t actually trying to catch him, because they were afraid to face old misconduct allegations. That... More »

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Switzerland • child molestation • prosecutorial misconduct • court • fugitive • prosecutors • Roman Polanski • appellate court

Man Arrested
for Kissing His
Own Daughter

Italian tourist faces 15 years in prison after Brazil pool incident

Sep 7, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversy is brewing in Brazil over a 48-year-old Italian tourist who was arrested for touching and kissing his own 8-year-old daughter, the BBC reports. A couple reported seeing the man touching a young girl inappropriately at a hotel pool, apparently unaware that the girl was his daughter. Under a... More »

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Brazil • Italy • child molestation • sexual abuse • misunderstanding

 3 Busted in Cambodian 
 Kid Sex Face US Trial 

Justice-Immigration program extradites molesters to federal court

Sep 1, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three Americans arrested in Cambodia for sexually exploiting boys and girls as young as 10 are being returned to the US for trial, CNN reports. They were snagged by a joint program by the Justice Department and immigration authorities, known as Operation Twister Traveler, designed to combat sex tourism. The... More »

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Department of Justice • child molestation • Cambodia • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • sex crime • sex tourism

ANALYSIS

 Female Sex Crimes: 
 Society's Last Taboo 

Gender myths, unreported cases allow problem to persist unchecked

Aug 8, 09 6:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mother’s love is supposed to be sacred, which may explain why Britain is struggling to face up to child molestation at the hands of women, Charlotte Philby writes in the Independent. Stats are hard to come by, but one UK abuse organization says 11% of callers in 2004—... More »

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United Kingdom • women • child molestation • sexual abuse • taboo • pedophilia

(Newser) - An emotional ex-wife of an Arkansas evangelical sect leader testified yesterday that he forced underage girls  to "marry" and have sex with him, reports the Telegraph. The woman, who said she herself was forced into her marriage at the age of 15, said she began having serious doubts about... More »

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crime • child molestation • rape • child abuse • court • Republican evangelicals • underage sex • evangelicals • underage marriage • Tony Alamo

NY Rep Blasts Fans of 'Child Molester' Jacko

GOP's King rants about media obsession with 'pervert' on YouTube

Jul 6, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - To those mourning the death of Michael Jackson, one congressman has a message for you: get over it. Rep. Peter King posted a YouTube video yesterday blaming "politically correct" media for obsessing over "a pervert, a child molester; he was a pedophile." Asks the New York... More »

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YouTube • child molestation • pedophile • Michael Jackson • Peter King • celebrity death

Twitchy Jacko Denies He Molested Boys in 1996 Video

1996 tape shows an uncomfortable Michael

Jul 5, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 1996 video of Michael Jackson being interviewed by lawyers has surfaced, the News of the World reports. The tape shows the star squirming and groaning in annoyance throughout a barrage of questions from lawyers representing several Neverland employees who sued Jackson after being fired. At one point, the King... More »

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child molestation • video • lawyer • Michael Jackson • interview • accusation • Neverland Ranch

OPINION

Geraldo's OK
if You Kill a
Child Molester

Not that, on Fox News gabfest, he was encouraging you to

Jun 30, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Geraldo Rivera wouldn’t mind if someone happened to kill David Earls. Not that he’s telling you to do it, or anything, Gawker notes. On Fox News last night, Rivera and Bill O’Reilly were grousing about the convicted child rapist who got just a 1-year sentence. O’Reilly,... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Geraldo Rivera • child molestation • Fox News • child rape • David Earls

jackson's legacy

 In the End, Abuse
 Charges Eclipsed Career 


Jun 26, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s reputation will forever be tainted by the numerous allegations of child molestation levied against him, the New York Daily News reports. Jackson was never convicted of any crime, but he did settle out of court on two occasions, once for $20 million. A Jackson attorney said... More »

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entertainment • music • children • child molestation • child abuse • death • Michael Jackson • criminal trial • pedophilia • allegations

(Newser) - Shouting parents pounded on and hurled bottles at a van carrying a British daycare teacher charged with distributing child porn, reports the Guardian. Photos found in Vanessa George's home showed children as young as infants being sexually assaulted, according to law enforcement authorities. Parents lined up for hours to confront... More »

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crime • parents • child molestation • daycare • child pornography • sexual assault • nursery school • Vanessa George

Brit Nursery Teacher Busted
in Pedophile Internet Ring

Cops found photos of naked kids in her home

Jun 10, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British daycare teacher has been busted for suspected involvement in an Internet pedophile ring after photos of naked children were found in her home, reports the Telegraph. A police spokesman said the pictures were "at the top end of the scale." Officials are attempting to identify the... More »

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crime • child molestation • pedophile • toddler • daycare • Britain • sexual assault • teacher • nursery school • Vanessa George

(Newser) - An Argentine man fathered seven children with a daughter in sex attacks that began when the girl was 8, new DNA evidence proves, reports the BBC. Armando Lucero, 67, had claimed the girl, now 35, was not his biological daughter. He is currently on trial for incest and sex assault,... More »

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crime • child molestation • Argentina • incest • child rape • sex assault

Gay Catholic Archbishop Writes Memoir

Figure in sex scandal admits orientation, denies assault

May 12, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic archbishop who resigned in 2002 over a sex scandal with a man has written a book addressing his sexual orientation, reports the AP. Rembert Weakland was head of the Milwaukee archdiocese and a hero to liberal Catholics for his activism, until he resigned at the peak of the... More »

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Milwaukee • child molestation • clergy abuse scandal • Roman Catholic bishops • Rembert Weakland

(Newser) - An international pedophile gang that preyed on infants through teens has been convicted in a groundbreaking case in Scotland that sentenced lawbreakers for the first time for conspiring to carry out sex attacks, reports the Times of London. The eight men will be imprisoned for an indefinite period until they... More »

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crime • child molestation • rape • pedophile • sexual abuse • sexual assault • molestation • child rape • pedophilia • sex assault

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