Rabbi Israel Kestenbaum, 55, allegedly pursued a 13 year old girl on the Internet. Manhattan prosecutors revealed creepy details of the rabbi’s pursuit, including the black bag of condoms and lubricants they say he brought to their first date. We could meet and kiss, he typed in a message to a male undercover cop posing online as Katie. In another message sent over the course of eight days last month, before he arranged a date at a lower Manhattan Starbucks, he allegedly typed – among fare more graphic suggestions –
The Rev. Charles Papa, a well-liked pastor at St. Louis de Montfort Church, visited hundreds of pornographic Web sites from his rectory computer. Papa’s friends say he admitted to his actions. He left the Sound Beach parish last month to seek counseling and a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Rockville Centre said he is on a medical leave of absence to treat depression. Papa’s critics charge the Web sites he had been visiting involved child pornography and revealed a possible sexual interest in young boys.
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Roman Polanski, 69, had fled to France in 1978 as he was about to be sentenced for having sex with a minor. He still faces arrest the moment he steps foot in the United States. Samantha Geimer, the woman at the heart of the 1970s sex scandal that derailed his career said she had no hard feelings toward the director and that his actions 25 years ago in 1977, while creepy and scary at the time, should not color whether he wins an Oscar next month. I don’t really have
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled sex offenders as young as 12 can be ordered to register as sexual predators for the rest of their lives. The justices upheld a law that requires juvenile predators, those who commit the most serious sexual offenses, be held accountable for their actions, though their names and photos are not posted on the Internet, as is done with adult sexual offenders. Three of the justices, one in a dissent and two in a concurring opinion, called on Illinois legislators to rewrite the law. The ruling
A judge refused to dismiss more than 400 sexual abuse lawsuits against the Boston Archdiocese, rejecting arguments that the Constitution bars the courts from interfering with church operations. The lawsuits allege church officials were negligent in their supervision of priests accused of molesting children.
The Boston Archdiocese and lawyers suing the Roman Catholic Church in the sexual abuse cases filed a request in court yesterday seeking a 90-day stay on all litigation while they pursue a settlement.
A 15 year old girl accused four Queens prep-school athletes of forcing themselves on her during a Halloween party. The three 18 year olds and one 17 year old were arraigned yesterday on two misdemeanor charges. The students, all alleged first time offenders being charges at youths, pleaded not guilty to charges of child endangerment and endangering the welfare of a minor. They were released without bail and told to return March 21. The students, who are on teams at Christ the King High School in Middle Village, were expelled
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