UN peacekeeping plane crashes in HaitiOctober 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - A UN surveillance plane carrying six to 10 UN peacekeepers went down in Haiti Friday, but the cause of the crash was not immediately known, the UN said. The military plane belonging to the Uruguayan contingent of the UN mission in Haiti was monitoring the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the UN said.
Former dean of elite Connecticut boarding school charged with sexually assault a 4th studentOctober 7th, 2009 Ex-prep school dean charged with 4th sex assaultLITCHFIELD, Conn. — The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourth student.
California pastor gets life sentence for beating, drugging 5 adopted girls in locked garageSeptember 18th, 2009 Calif. pastor gets life term for abusing 5 girlsMORENO VALLEY, Calif. — A 65-year-old California pastor has been sentenced to life in prison for beating and drugging her five adopted daughters and locking them in a Riverside County garage.
Conn. grand jury indicts man on charges he sexually abused boys at Haiti schoolSeptember 17th, 2009 Man indicted in Conn. with abuse at Haiti schoolHARTFORD, Conn.
Superintendent: 4 Mass. boys charged in immigrant beating can't return to schoolSeptember 16th, 2009 Boys charged in beating can't return to schoolLYNN, Mass. — A ruling says four boys accused of severely beating a Guatemalan immigrant will remain indefinitely suspended from school, but they'll receive tutoring.
Calif. corrections worker charged with sexually abusing wifeSeptember 4th, 2009 Calif. corrections worker charged with sex abuseSAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California corrections worker was charged Friday with sexually abusing his immigrant wife. Michael O'Riley, 60, a social worker at a prison outside Sacramento, was arrested after his 44-year-old wife called police and reported he was threatening to kill her, authorities said.
California man convicted of beating, sexually abusing son for 18 yearsAugust 28th, 2009 Calif. man convicted of abusing son for 18 yearsVICTORVILLE, Calif. — A former school psychologist from California has been found guilty of regularly beating and sexually abusing his son for 18 years.
Brazilian prosecutor accuses Italian priest who ran kids' shelter of sexually abusing boysAugust 20th, 2009 Lauded priest in Brazil accused of abusing boysRIO DE JANEIRO — An Italian priest who ran an award-winning shelter for homeless children in Brazil has been charged with sexually abusing boys for years and allowing visiting foreigners to exploit the children, prosecutors said Wednesday. Father Clodoveo Piazza, now working as a missionary in Mozambique, was charged along with another former director of the nonprofit group Fraternal Help Organization, a private group based in Salvador.
74 yr old incest father held for raping daughters in ArgentinaAugust 20th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - A 74-year-old man has been arrested on charges of raping his three daughters over a period of 17 years and also sexually abusing children he fathered with the elder daughter, the police said. The man was arrested after his 29-year-old daughter filed a criminal complaint with police in the city of Itati.
Former California priest charged with 22 counts of sex abuse in UKAugust 8th, 2009 LONDON —British police have charged a former California priest with sexually abusing young boys when he served in the United Kingdom between 1959 and 1983. LONDON —A former California priest extradited from the U.S.
In documents, Fla. teen says many saw him sexually assaulted in middle school locker roomAugust 5th, 2009 Fla. teen: Teammates saw locker room sex assaultTAMPA, Fla. — Many members of a Florida middle school's flag football team were in the locker room when a 13-year-old boy was sexually assaulted by some of his teammates with a hockey stick and broomstick, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Prosecutors charge former California priest with past sex abuse of boy in mid-1990sJuly 21st, 2009 Ex-priest charged with past sex abuse of boySANTA ANA, Calif. — A former Southern California priest who was accused of molesting a teenager more than 30 years ago has been charged with abusing a boy in another incident in the mid-1990s.
Vt. man charged with holding boy for sex; police say victim locked up at home for 6 yearsJuly 8th, 2009 Vt. man charged with holding boy for sexBENNINGTON, Vt. — Police in Bennington, Vt., say a man spent almost six years sexually abusing a boy whom he hit, threatened and locked in a bedroom with a homemade alarm system while denying him food and water.
Sheriff: 4 teens charged with sexually assaulting fellow flag football player at Fla. schoolMay 9th, 2009 4 teens charged with sexual assault of teammateTAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say four teenagers at a Florida school have been charged with sexually assaulting a member of their flag football team with a broomstick and a hockey stick.
Sheriff: 4 teens charged with sexual battery of fellow flag football player at Fla. schoolMay 9th, 2009 4 teens charged with sexual battery of teammateTAMPA, Fla. — Authorities say four teenagers at a Florida school have been charged with sexually assaulting another member of a flag football team attacked with a broomstick and a hockey stick.