March, 2018
Parents charged with child abuse after kids found living in squalid shack near Joshua Tree
March 5, 2018 · By PALOMA ESQUIVEL, ALENE TCHEKMEDYIAN and RICHARD WINTON for www.latimes.com
The parents of three children found living in a makeshift shelter in an isolated part of the desert near Joshua Tree were charged Friday with child abuse, authorities said. Daniel Panico, 73, and Mona Kirk, 51, were charged with three felony counts of child abuse and were scheduled to be arraigned later in the day […]
Read More...Indian priest jailed for rape acquitted after two years
March 5, 2018 · By Saji Thomas, Bhopal for www.ucanews.com
Police arrested Father Victor Mundargi based on accusations made on social media A Catholic priest jailed two years ago on charges of raping a young girl was released Feb. 28 after a court acquitted him of all charges in central Indian Madhya Pradesh state, a hotbed of anti-Christian activities. Sanguinist Father Victor Mundargi, now 40, […]
Read More...Saudi teacher fired for slapping student in the face three times
March 2, 2018 · By INQUIRER.net for newsinfo.inquirer.net
While teachers are trusted to be the second parents of children in school, some take it too far and violate this trust. Such appears to be the case of one Saudi elementary teacher who was fired from his teaching post by the Ministry of Education, according to a report by Arab News in Jan. 27. […]
Read More...‘I closed my eyes and tried to disappear’: British child migrants speak of their abuse
March 2, 2018 · By Owen Bowcott for www.theguardian.com
Stories of suffering of children sent to Australia after the war prompt call for compensation The experiences of two former child migrants sent to Australia from Britain after the war feature in detail in the first report by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which recommends that 2,000 or so survivors of a child […]
Read More...The Pain of Abuse is Always with Us
March 2, 2018 ·
The Pain of Abuse is Always with Us Fr. Shay Cullen 2 March 2018 Child abuse in all its cruel and insidious forms is the scourge of our society. It always has been and always will be unless more good people stop plugging their ears, turning away and denying that we are surrounded by pain-filled […]
Read More...15 ‘wanted’ persons nabbed in Mimaropa
March 1, 2018 · By Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Maricar Cinco for newsinfo.inquirer.net
SAN PEDRO CITY-Fifteen people wanted for various crimes were arrested in a two-day operation by the police in Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan (Mimaropa) region. Three of the 15 were listed as among the “most wanted” persons in Occidental Mindoro and Marinduque provinces, said Supt. Imelda Tolentino, regional police spokesperson, on Thursday. Tolentino said the simultaneous […]
Read More...3 minors rescued from sex trafficker in Lucena
March 1, 2018 · By Delfin T. Mallari Jr. for newsinfo.inquirer.net
LUCENA CITY – Three high school students were rescued by the police from a suspected sex trafficker in an entrapment operation here Tuesday afternoon. Supt. Vicente Cabatingan, chief of the Lucena City Police Station, said a guardian of one of the rescued victims reported to the police about the sex trafficking operation. Cabatingan immediately dispatched […]
Read More...Battle Creek mom pleads guilty to child abuse
March 1, 2018 ·
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A mother in Battle Creek accused of abusing her 4-year-old son has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges. Megan Schug is accused of beating her son with autism and allegedly locking him in a closet for days. He was in critical condition when he was taken to the hospital in March […]
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