Tag: child abuse
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Why Weren’t Charges Filed Against Josh Powell?
Facts mount Josh Powell was guilty of more than murdering his wife Susan in 2009, and two years later, taking his children’s lives with his own in an explosion at a Graham,WA rental home.
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Backpage.com Escort Outrage Hits Crescendo
The biggest forum for sex trafficking of under-age girls in the United States appears to be a Web site called Backpage.com. The owners turn out to include private equity financiers, including Goldman Sachs with a 16 percent stake.
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Pedo State Update: Sandusky Lawyer Fishing for Defense
Is defense attorney, Joe Amendola, desperate to find a defense for the indefensible? Now, the results of a fishing expedition go public in a Pennlive article that declares, “what wasn’t made public [in grand jury presentment] until now was that two days before Gricar closed the case, a psychologist concluded Victim 6 was not sexually…
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Weekend Pedoscope: Syracuse Sex Scandal Widens
Syracuse sex scandal takes unexpected turn? Douglass Dowty reports, on Syracuse.com, about recent comments made by Robert Hoatson of Road to Recovery during a Syracuse U. panel on media coverage of sports sex abuse cases.
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Weekend Pedoscope: Feds Subponea Records in Penn St Scandal
Penn St University received subpoena Feb. 2 from a Pennsylvania US Attorney, seeking information about former President Graham Spanier, on-leave athletic director Tim Curley and former Senior Vice President Gary Schultz. Is the reason for the Feds interest to evaluate extent of cover-up? Or, is it to assure a cover-up?
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Penn St. Update: Sandusky Watches Children From Back Porch
Prosecutors want bail conditions revised for former Penn St. coach Jerry Sandusky. Sara Ganim writes at pennlive.com about neighbors’ complaints concerning Sandusky on his back porch, which borders an elementary school. Gee, what a coincidence?
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Miramonte Scandal: Entire School Staff Replaced After Second Arrest In Growing Child Abuse Probe
Update on #MarkBerndt from ap: School officials in Los Angeles will remove the entire staff of the elementary school where investigators are looking into two separate cases of alleged child abuse.
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Former California Teacher Arrested on Child Abuse Charges
A former elementary school teacher who taught in a South Los Angeles school for 30 years was arrested Monday on charges of inflicting bizarre abuse rituals on at least 23 young girls and boys, including blindfolding them, binding their mouths with masking tape, and placing cockroaches on their faces and mouths before photographing them.
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before joe paterno’s death, a premature report
Early report of Joe Paterno’s death leads to apologies* from latimes: Media organizations and an interested public sat on edge Saturday afternoon, knowing grim news could come at any moment. Just before 6 p.m. PST, it did. Onward State, a student news site at Penn State, tweeted that according to its sources legendary former Nittany…
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1/19 Pop Occulture: Holy Rollers, Ritual America & More
‘Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card-Counting Christians’ // Jewish groups split over reprint of ‘Mein Kampf’ excerpts in Germany // Occult Church Members Arraigned In Nigeria // Suspect TN Child Abuser Shows ‘Church of Satan’ ID Card // Church of Satan Debunks “Lucifer’s Daughter” Rumors About Blue Ivy*
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Paterno: ‘Nobody Knew About It’
Mail Online reports Joe Paterno said, “‘in hindsight, I wish I had done more,'” in a Saturday Washington Post interview of the former head coach. The 85 year old Paterno, battling with cancer and a recently suffered broken pelvis, may still live to regret the interview. Paterno sounding a bit too innocent when he remarked:…
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Joe Pa Treated Unfairly?
Penn St scandal metastasizes with board of trustees forced to send out president Rodney Erickson to address concerns, reports CBSSPORTS.com. Erickson speaking to alumni at different venues over three day period about unfair treatment of former coach, Joe Paterno.
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Joe Paterno Interview With Washington Post
Joe Paterno, former Penn St head coach, will be interviewed today by Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins! Paterno is 85 years old and battling lung cancer. Will Paterno conduct himself as poorly as former defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky?
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Nigerian Witch Hunter Bringing ‘Gospel of Hate’ to US
Helen Ukpabio’s gospel of hate — promoted through her publications, films (like the End of the Wicked) and sermons — fuels witchcraft accusations against children in the region.
