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Naperville man charged with three counts of child porn after cops do computer search
Author Suzzane Baker A 44-year-old Naperville man was arrested Tuesday on three counts of child pornography as the result of a joint investigation conducted by the Naperville Police Department and Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow’s Crimes Against Children...
The underlying causes of an escalating crisis
Everyone loves talking about drug addiction and its consequences. But no one likes talking about the fact that it’s caused by trauma.
Federal Laws Related to Child Protection
Federal laws have a significant impact on how States fund and deliver child protection, child welfare, and adoption programs and services. This section includes publications and resources on Federal laws and policies related to child abuse and neglect, child welfare,...
Ex-Michigan State gymnastics coach charged in Nassar case
Author:DAVID EGGERT Associated Press A former head coach of Michigan State 's gymnastics team was charged Thursday with lying to an investigator when she denied that witnesses told her years ago about being sexually assaulted by ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar . A...
Judge Kavanaugh, She Was Only 15
What does it mean if we let a woman’s disclosure of sexual assault by Judge Kavanaugh keep him from getting to the supreme court? And what does it say about us if we don’t?
Man guilty of sexually abusing child he knew
Author: Staff report The Beacon-News An Aurora man has been found guilty of sexually abusing a child he knew. Kane County Associate Judge David R. Kliment on Friday convicted 44-year-old Antonio Pena, 300 block of West Galena Boulevard, of 14 counts of aggravated...
Pope Francis meets with U.S. bishops as more leaders face allegations of harassment and cover-ups
Top American bishops met in the Vatican with Pope Francis on Thursday to discuss the sexual-abuse crisis that the leader of the U.S. church said has "lacerated" the church. That leader, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of...
Tips Parents Can Use When Talking About Sexual Abuse with Children
Should you talk with your kids about child sexual abuse? When? And how? Here’s what you need to know.
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING: JUSTICE ON 18 WHEELS
How do you make truck drivers care about human trafficking, and what happens when you succeed? Learn by listening to this week’s episode of 3 women 3 ways
What’s going on with the Catholic church and child sexual abuse?
By Melanie Blow We’ve all heard about the report out of Pennsylvania. Over a thousand children sexually abused by priests. Over three hundred complicit adults. And broken laws that will prevent every single victim from having a day in court. What’s going...
Don’t wait to report suspected child abuse
Author: Mary Beth Bonaventura Reports of abuse and neglect have steadily risen since the Indiana Child Abuse Hotline was centralized in 2010. Last year, the Hotline received 225,152 reports of alleged child abuse or neglect, compared to 202,493 reports in 2014. April...
FIGHTING CHILD ABUSE
Donald H. Schlosser, Executive director, Prevent Child Abuse--IllinoisCHICAGO TRIBUNE Almost every week, your readers learn about a new, devastating child-abuse case. During the next few weeks, they can do something important to deal with the problem. They can earmark...
Arlington Heights parish rocked by public-sex charge against pastor two years after predecessor jailed for child porn
Karen Ann CullottaContact ReporterPioneer Press Members of an Arlington Heights church where a former associate pastor was sentenced to prison in 2017 for distributing child pornography are facing another controversy this week after its current pastor was charged...
Man puts toddler in trunk, tells police he was conducting social experiment in hopes of becoming ‘internet sensation’
Staff report Pioneer Press A 28-year-old man told police he was conducting a social experiment in hopes of becoming “an internet sensation” when he put a toddler in a car trunk and closed it while in the parking lot of a Norridge restaurant, according to police...
Las Vegas man accused of killing youngest daughter, whose remains were found in Illinois garage
Author:Associated Press A Las Vegas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 6-year-old daughter whose remains were found in an Illinois garage last year. St. Clair County prosecutors charged Jason Quate, 35, on Thursday in the death of his...
Redefining The Cycle Of Abuse
The cycle of abuse is a social cycle theory developed in 1979 by Lenore E. Walker to explain patterns of behavior in an abusive relationship. The cycle usually goes in the same order, and will repeat until the conflict is stopped, usually by the survivor...
Woman wanted on child endangerment warrant
Lake County Crime Stoppers and the warrants division of the Lake County Sheriff's Office are seeking the public's help in finding Ashley Bodik, who is wanted on an outstanding warrant for causing a child to be endangered, according to a news release from Crime...
When it comes to parenting, maybe sometimes it’s OK to be a nosy neighbor
Author Pat Lenhoff Recently, a story about a Wilmette mom who was investigated for potential child endangerment because she allows her 8-year old daughter to walk the family dog around the block unaccompanied spread like wildfire across social media. Apparently,...
What if guns were regulated like cars? To increase child safety, AAP president calls for public health approach
Dr. Colleen Kraft told a group of medical providers. Author Donna Vickroy American children die from gun injuries 11 times as often as children in other high-income countries, the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics said. In fact, Dr. Colleen Kraft told a...
Chicago Public Schools ‘failed to recognize’ extent of system wide sexual abuse problem
Author Juan Perez Jr. and David Jackson Broad failures at all levels of Chicago Public Schools kept officials from preventing and responding to sexual abuse suffered by students in the nation’s third-largest school system, according to a prominent law firm’s early...
Sex abuse claims raise pressure on Trump administration to reunite migrant families
Author: Julie Watson and Marcos AlemanAssociated Press The Trump administration is under increasing pressure to speed up the reunification of immigrant families it separated at the Mexican border, following allegations three youngsters were sexually abused while in...
THE HIGH COST OF FIGHTING FOR YOUR CHILD
What does it cost you to protect your child from a partner who wants to hurt you and them? An unbelievable amount of time, energy… and money
ELECTRONIC ABUSE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
When we think about domestic violence we think about yelling and hitting. We don’t think about smart phones, thermostats and Alexia. But we need to.
AG Lisa Madigan to examine Illinois ties of priests named in Pennsylvania sex abuse report
Author: Angie Leventis Lourgos Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to meet with Catholic church leaders throughout the state to ensure “a complete and accurate accounting” of alleged child sex abuse by priests with local ties who were named in the...
Trial begins for Chicago man accused of killing 3-year-old girl from Oak Forest
Author Frank Vaisvilas A Chicago man had physically abused a 3-year-old Oak Forest girl in the past before killing her five years ago, a prosecutor said. Jessie Rodriguez, 48, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Gina Presley. He was babysitting the...
A black woman shot and killed her abusive husband in a “stand your ground” state. Now she faces murder charges.
A black woman in Selma, Alabama, says she shot and killed her abusive husband because he charged at her and she feared for her life. Now she’s facing a murder charge — despite living in a state with a “stand your ground” law in place, and despite a history of...
Everything We Know About Toronto’s New Sex Doll Brothel
Author:Connor Garel A new business advertising itself as North America’s first sex doll brothel—where customers can pay to have sex with high tech, silicone models—is slated to open early next month, in a low-key strip mall plaza in Toronto’s north end. On September...
New details in fire death of foster child are ‘bizarre,’ judge says
Author Elyssa Cherney Child welfare officials offered new details Monday into the death of a 3-year-old foster child in an apartment fire last month, but a Juvenile Court judge expressed skepticism over the account, saying police must continue investigating the...
St. John man gets more than 6 years for possessing child porn
Author: Becky JacobsContact Reporter A St. John man was sentenced Wednesday to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. Christopher Raciti, 48, was sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by five years of supervised...
Pennsylvania school drops archbishop’s name amid sex abuse report fallout
Author: Marc Levy Associated Press A Roman Catholic high school will shed the name of Washington's archbishop after he was cited in a sweeping grand jury report as having allowed priests accused of sexually abusing children to be reassigned or reinstated while he was...