Category Archive for : ‘SEX CRIMES COMMITTED IN SCHOOL’

October 31, 2019
Ann McAdams
WECT

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – A bill passed the State House and Senate Thursday would extend the statute of limitations for child sex crime victims. Victims would now have until the age of 28 to file a civil lawsuit, up from the current cap of 21. The bill also expands the duty of adults to report suspected abuse to law enforcement, and gives women the right to revoke consent.

The bill, which is awaiting the governor’s signature, could significantly impact a lawsuit filed against New Hanover County Schools by expanding the

October 23, 2019
Machenzie Wicker
Citizen Times

ASHEVILLE – A former Episcopal priest pleaded guilty to a multitude of child sex crimes in Western North Carolina, lending credence to allegations that span decades.

Howard White, 78, was indicted in Haywood County in 2016 on 15 charges including first-degree rape, second-degree forcible sex offense and indecent liberties with a child, District Attorney Ashley Welch told the Citizen Times.

White pleaded guilty Oct. 21 to all counts and, per a plea deal, the first-degree charges were reduced to second-degree ones. He was sentenced to 12 years in

October 23, 2019
Aljazeera

In a series of exclusive interviews with Fault Lines, several men across New York City come forward with painful memories of abuse by a Catholic priest.

They say that Father John Paddack – who was ordained in 1984 and had been ministering in New York until he was suspended in July – molested them during confession and counselling sessions in different Catholic schools across the city.
The men allege years of abuse by Paddack, sparking the latest revelations in a decades-old scandal that has shaken the Catholic Church to its

October 23, 2019
Machenzie Wicker
Citizen Times

ASHEVILLE – A former Episcopal priest pleaded guilty to a multitude of child sex crimes in Western North Carolina, lending credence to allegations that span decades.

Howard White, 78, was indicted in Haywood County in 2016 on 15 charges including first-degree rape, second-degree forcible sex offense and indecent liberties with a child, District Attorney Ashley Welch told the Citizen Times.

White pleaded guilty Oct. 21 to all counts and, per a plea deal, the first-degree charges were reduced to second-degree ones. He was sentenced to 12 years

October 22, 2019
News Sky

Almost half of child sexual abuse victims were under the age of eight when the abuse began, according to research.
More than 4,000 survivors have shared their experiences with the Truth Project in England and Wales and, of the 3,265 accounts analysed for research, some 46% said they had only been eight when abused for the first time.
The inquiry has heard that many victims were warned by those in authority that their accusations could “ruin” the lives of their abusers.
Others were dismissed as “attention seekers”.
Some 86% said they

October 22, 2019
Robert Gearty
Fox News
 
 
A New Jersey teen is under arrest after authorities say he groped a Rutgers student while she slept after sneaking into her unlocked dorm room.
 
The arrest of the 17-year-old, who was not a Rutgers student, was announced Monday by Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher Kuberiet. The teen was being prosecuted as a juvenile and his name wasn’t released.

The accuser said she was sleeping in her Quad 2 dorm room on the Rutgers Livingston Campus in Piscataway when she was groped Sunday morning, according to reports.

She said the stranger fled when she woke