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December 30, 2020
Michael Scheidt
BR Proud

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – 38-year-old Thomas Ford is behind bars after allegedly taking part in illicit actions with juveniles over the span of seven years.
Ford was arrested on Tuesday, December 29 after an investigation that included interviews with three alleged victims.
The first victim in this case alleges that Ford made sexual advances and showed pornographic images and videos.
Ford also allegedly would climb into bed with the first victim and also expose himself in front of her.
The second victim in this case stated that Ford also

October 23, 2020
Namita Singh
Independent

Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested 44 men across the nation on the charges of possessing and producing child abuse material.
Dubbed Operation Molto, the probe was coordinated by the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) and has reportedly removed 16 children from harm after identifying alleged offenders in every Australian state, as well as the Australian Capital Territory.
Culminating in 350 charges on the alleged perpetrators, the year-long operation began when the ACCCE received a law enforcement report showing thousands of offenders were using a cloud

October 26, 2020
Lizzie Dearden
Independent

Survivors of alleged sexual and physical abuse at a children’s mental health unit have vowed to continue their fight for justice after a three-year police investigation ended without charges.
Police said they found evidence that children had been over-sedated by staff at the Hill End Hospital Adolescent Unit in St Albans, between the 1960s and its closure in 1995.
Hertfordshire Constabulary investigated allegations of beatings, mistreatment and sexual abuse, including rape, but said there was “insufficient evidence to support any arrest or prosecution” against former staff.
Survivors are now planning

December 21, 2020
Allison Stormo
Tri-City Herald

Washington state paid a record $2 million to a former foster child who said she was abused in Benton County for over a decade.
Tamaki Law, which represented the now 28-year-old woman, said they believe it is the state’s largest-ever sex abuse settlement in Eastern and Central Washington.
The woman filed suit in 2018 against the state, the Department of Social and Health Services and Child Protective Services, as well as her foster mom who later adopted her.
The girl was 3 1/2 years old when she was placed

December 18, 2020
Yaron Steinbuch
NY Post

A British man dubbed “Papa Smurf” who visited schools and nurseries to show off his vast collection of the blue dolls has been exposed as a child rapist — and was slapped with a 16-year prison sentence for his vile crime, according to a report.
Robin White, 65, of Derbyshire was known for driving around in a distinctive van, claiming in 2017 to possess a collection of over 10,000 Smurfs as he embarked on a world record attempt, Derbyshire Live reported.
But under the innocent façade lay a

December 22, 2020
Nikki DeMentri
WKBW

HOLLAND, N.Y. — It’s a small, tight-knit community about 40 minutes south of the city.
But now Holland is under the microscope.
The Holland Central School District is facing seven lawsuits under the New York Child Victims Act. Filed in early summer, the lawsuits involve alleged sexual abuse during the late 1970s and early 1980s — all tied to former middle school math teacher Carl Penziul.
“There were so many red flags here,” said attorney Jeff Herman, who filed the lawsuits. “So many times that we believe it was known.