PRINTABLE PAGE Judge Refuses to Give Suspect a Castration Option By Madeline Baró Diaz, Miami BureauOriginally published in the Sun-Sentinel, June 6, 2002 MIAMI — Accused child molester Ricardo Jose Garcia cannot undergo surgical castration in exchange for a lighter…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Sex Abuse Spans Spectrum of Churches By Mark Clayton,Staff writer of The Christian Science MonitorOriginally published in The Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 2002 Despite headlines focusing on the priest pedophile problem in the Roman Catholic Church, most…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Area of Brain Injury Linked With PTSD Symptoms in Children Originally published by Reuters Health, August 2, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Lesions in the right limbic system following closed head trauma are associated with the absence…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ex-Teacher Charged in Sex Abuse By Sean Gardiner, Staff WriterOriginally published in Newsday, January 19, 2001 A former teacher arrested on Long Island last week for sending pornographic pictures to young girls has been charged with statutory rape…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Manhunt: Suspect Allegedly Drugged, Raped Daughter’s Pals By Dave WedgeOriginally published in The Boston Herald, May 31, 2001 NORTHBRIDGE — A retired Marine who allegedly slipped “date rape” drugs to his teen daughter’s slumber party pals and filmed…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Move Afoot to Change INS Handling of Children Who Are Illegal Immigrants By Marc LevyOriginally published by The Associated Press, February 15, 2002 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Back in July, four teen-agers from the impoverished African country of…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Bill Seeks Repeal of Rehab Care Spending Caps Originally published by Reuters Health, February 28, 2002 WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) — US Lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday aimed at permanently repealing limits on rehabilitation therapy that have been on the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Schools Ignore Plan to Thwart Sex Abuse By Edward WyattOriginally published in The New York Times, June 22, 2001 Seven years after a citywide commission recommended steps to prevent the sexual abuse of students in the public schools,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Nation’s First Grand Jury on Sex Abuse by Priests to Convene By Julia MeadOriginally published in the New York Law Journal, April 12, 2002 Suffolk County, N.Y., District Attorney Thomas J. Spota III has been granted permission by…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Breast Cancer Care Worse for Poor By Paul Recer, AP Science WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, April 3, 2002 WASHINGTON — Poor women are less likely to be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, and more likely…