Category Archive for : ‘Child Abuse’

USA Today
By Jeanine Santucci
1/18/25

Florida Children’s Author, Husband Plead Guilty to Abusing and Neglecting Their 3 Kids

A Florida children’s author and her husband pleaded guilty to abusing and neglecting their three children, leaving one girl hospitalized in critical condition with multiple organ failure.

She was 8 years old, according to local news reports. She weighed just 40 pounds, arrest records show. The children were beaten with a device called a “whacker,” locked up, and not allowed to speak to each other.

Jennifer Wolfthal, 45, who wrote a children’s book called “A Real Friend,” and her

News 12 Long Island
By News 12 Staff
1/15/25

Ex-School Janitor Pleads Guilty to Contaminating Food with Bodily Fluids and Child Porn Charges

A former school janitor has pleaded guilty to contaminating cafeteria food with bodily fluids and possessing child porn.

Giovanni Impellizzeri, who worked at the Upper Deerfield School District, filmed himself putting urine, feces, bleach, and his private parts into food and on utensils intended for students.

The incidents occurred in the fall of 2023, while Impellizzeri was employed at the school.

In an unrelated case, he also pleaded guilty to possessing child porn.

Impellizzeri faces

News 4 New York
By The Associated Press
11/08/24

Changes Coming to Child Protective Services After NYPD Cop Conviction in Son’s Death

The changes come in response to the 2020 death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, whose police officer father forced him to sleep overnight on the concrete floor of a freezing garage

Officials on Long Island said they’re making changes to child protective services in response to the 2020 death of an 8-year-old boy whose police officer father forced him to sleep overnight on the concrete floor of a freezing garage.

Suffolk County Social Services Commissioner

News 12 Long Island
By Roberto Torres
10/26/24

Authorities say Roshanne Marks, of Bohemia, was arrested Saturday for an incident on Oct. 17 in which she allegedly grabbed the arms and dragged two 3-year-old children at the child care center on 655 Montauk Highway.

Suffolk police say they arrested a day care worker for endangering the welfare of three children at an East Patchogue day care center.

Authorities say Roshanne Marks, of Bohemia, was arrested Saturday for an incident on Oct. 17 in which she allegedly grabbed the arms and dragged two 3-year-old children at

Reuters
By Dietrich Knauth
Oct. 16, 2024

Los Angeles Archdiocese Reaches $880 Million Sex Abuse Settlement

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to 1,353 people who alleged that they were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests, in the largest settlement by a U.S. diocese over decades-old abuse claims.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez expressed sorrow for the abuse in announcing the settlement on Wednesday.

“I am sorry for every one of these incidents, from the bottom of my heart,” Gomez said in a statement. “My hope is that this