PRINTABLE PAGE Child Molester’s Deal Means Life in Prison Ex-fugitive Thomas Bertinuson’s plea spares his former victims from having to testify in court; parole is unlikely By Claire Booth, for the CONTRA COSTA TIMESOriginally published in the Contra Costa Times,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Researchers Caution Catholic Church Originally published by The Associated Press, March 22, 2002 Researchers have identified a pattern in the molestation crisis afflicting the Roman Catholic Church: most of the victims are older boys. Noting this trend, some…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Hidden and Unreported: Sexual Abuse of Students We admit that it goes on, but we’re not stopping it Kerry Gillespie, Staff ReporterOriginally published in the The Toronto Star, June 3, 2001 School Predators Everybody says this doesn’t happen…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Former Margate Officer Gets 20 Months in Jail in Sex Case By Jeremy Milarsky, Staff WriterOriginally published in the Sun-Sentinel, March 5, 2002 A former Margate police officer pleaded guilty Monday to charges he had sex with a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Mother Convicted in Syringe-Insemination Case Originally published in The Beacon Journal, March 11, 2002 A Stow mother was convicted today of two felony charges stemming from the syringe insemination of her daughter with her husband’s semen. Narda Goff,…
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PRINTABLE PAGE State Lacks Way To Track Abusive Teachers By Christy Watson, Staff WriterOriginally published by The Daily Oklahoman, January 14, 2001 Abusive and incompetent teachers are allowed to switch school districts and leave their troubled pasts behind because Oklahoma…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Sex Abuse Case Puts Heat On Charter Schools By Pat KossanOriginally published in The Arizona Republic, June 6, 2002 The arrest of a charter school teacher on accusations of sexually abusing two students has renewed calls that Arizona…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Clergy Sex Abuse of Females Complicates Intricate Issue By Matt Stearns and Judy L. ThomasOriginally published in The Kansas City Star, July 12, 2002 They are the forgotten victims of clergy sex abuse, neglected by the media and…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Priest Rehab Chief Faces Accusations Originally published by The Associated Press, July 19, 2002 BOSTON (AP) — The director of a rehabilitation center for priests accused of molesting children has himself been suspended over sexual abuse allegations dating…
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PRINTABLE PAGE A Complaint Never Forwarded Woman says report of abuse never referred to state By Roni Rabin, Staff Writer Originally published in Newsday, June 6, 2001 Almost nine years before the state yanked a Merrick pediatrician”s medical license, a…