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Mormon Leader Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Charges

Harrisburg’s ABC affiliate reports: Shawn Gooden has now pleaded guilty in Virginia to four sexual assault charges involving a child less than 14 years old. Police in Virginia told abc27, the alleged incidents happened in the late 1990s and involved a child who was already in Godden’s life. Years later, he lived in Palmyra and was a Boy Scouts leader, …

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Texas Baptist Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports: An East Texas pastor has been arrested on accusations of indecency with a child. Timothy Nall, 68, of Hollylake Ranch, was booked Monday into the Smith County Jail on a charge of indecency with a child by sexual contact. Charges were brought forth by Wood County, according to online jail records. Nall is the pastor …

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Catholic Priest Gets Five Years For Child Molestation

The Guardian reports: The former chaplain of a Roman Catholic high school in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to molesting two minors whom he met through his work and was ordered to spend five years in prison. Patrick Wattigny’s plea and sentence on Wednesday came after both of his victims strongly advocated for a harsher punishment. One victim, who was present, …

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Five Jehovah’s Witnesses Charged With Child Molesting

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: A Pennsylvania grand jury investigating child sexual abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community has charged another five people with raping or molesting children as young as 4, the latest developments in an ongoing probe that has identified 14 suspects. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry [photo], at a Friday news conference, said that while the misconduct dates …

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Archdiocese Of Baltimore Names 42 More Predators

The Baltimore Sun reports: The Archdiocese of Baltimore added 42 names Friday to its list of church employees who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse, including that of a longtime theology dean and professor at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic historically Black college. Father Phillip J. Linden began teaching theology at Xavier in 1991, after served …

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Ohio Pastor Pleads Guilty To Felony Child Sex Charges

Cleveland’s Fox affiliate reports: A Geauga County pastor has pleaded guilty to sex crimes relating to the abuse of minors. Under a plea agreement reached Wednesday, Dennis W. Laferty, 37, of Tiro, in Crawford County, could face up to 10 years in prison on the two felony counts of gross sexual imposition to which he pleaded Wednesday, as well as …

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OR Pastor Sentenced To 13 Years On Child Sex Charges

Portland’s CBS affiliate reports: The former pastor and co-founder of North Clackamas Bible Community was sentenced to 160 months in prison after he was found guilty for sex abuse, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Tuesday. Michael Sperou, 72, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration on May 19. It’s the third time since 2015 …

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North Carolina Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

North Carolina’s Stanly County Press reports: A former pastor and founder of a ministry to help individuals dealing with substance use problems has been arrested for sex crimes against children. Stanly County Sheriff’s Office said it received a report May 30 of sexual assault involving a juvenile. Following an investigation, detectives charged Lawrence “Larry” Francis Wilkins, 44, with four counts …

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MI Catholic Priest Gets One Year On Child Sex Charges

Michigan Live reports: A former Flint-area Catholic priest convicted of the attempted sexual abuse of a 5-year-old boy in the late 1980s, was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail and probation. Vincent DeLorenzo, 84, was sentenced June 13 by Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Brian S. Pickell after previously pleading guilty to a single count of attempted first-degree criminal …

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Louisiana Baptist Leader Arrested On Child Sex Charges

Baton Rouge’s CBS affiliate reports: A prominent Louisiana Baptist leader in the central Louisiana area has been arrested, law enforcement said. Daryl Stagg, 60, of Pollock, was arrested on Thursday and is being held at the Grant Parish Detention Center in Colfax. The Louisiana Baptist Convention confirmed that Stagg has been the associational mission strategist for the Big Creek and …

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VA Catholic Priest Gets Six Years On Child Sex Charges

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A former Loudoun County Catholic priest has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old child. Police say the abuse occurred in 1985 when Scott Asalone, now 66, was 29 and the victim was 14. In addition to his sentence, Asalone is required to register as a sex offender …

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Spanish Catholic Church Names 728 Pedophile Priests

Reuters reports: An investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into child sexual abuse by members of the clergy and non-clerical staff has so far identified 728 alleged abusers and 927 victims since the 1940s, according to its first report. “We acknowledge the harm caused,” said Jose Gabriel Vera [photo], the spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. “We want to help …

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Florida Cop Fired And Arrested On Felony Charge That He Warned Pastor About Arrest Warrant For Child Sex

The Orlando Sentinel reports: An Osceola County deputy was arrested after using law enforcement databases to help an Okeechobee County coach evade an arrest for abusing a minor, the Osceola County Sheriff announced Thursday. Arturo Domínguez, 31, is facing felony charges of unauthorized access to a computer, official misconduct, disclosure of confidential law enforcement information and accessory after the fact …

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Mounties Arrest Catholic Priest On Child Sex Charges

The CBC reports: A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl in Little Grand Rapids First Nation, Manitoba RCMP say. Arul Savari, 48, is charged with sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation of a young person, luring a child and forcible confinement. He remains in custody, Supt. Scott McMurchy, Manitoba acting …

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Youth Pastor Arrested On Child Sex, Child Porn Charges

Oklahoma City’s ABC affiliate reports: The Norman Police Department says a caregiver has been arrested after a report of a child under the age of 12 being molested around Christmas time. Officials say they responded to a home in Norman on December 28, 2022, where the original report was made. That caregiver was 45-year-old Christopher Fourcade, who was arrested Thursday …

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Christian College Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

The Roys Report reports: The longtime campus pastor of a Christian college ministry at Baylor University has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of two boys. The crimes allegedly involved convicted sex offender Daniel Savala, who’s at the center of a widening sex scandal involving Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. On Tuesday, authorities in Waco, Texas, arrested Christopher “Chris” Hundl, …

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CA Youth Pastor Gets 300 Years On Child Sex Charges

The Fresno Bee reports: A Tulare man was sentenced on Friday to 300 years in prison for molesting a group of children in the late 1990s. Steven Brian Arey was convicted in April on 20 counts of lewd acts with a child under the age of 14, according to the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office. Each count carried the special …

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Prominent Catholic Youth Leader Busted For Child Sex

The Catholic news site Crux reports: A new sexual abuse scandal in Italy, featuring a prominent former official of the country’s largest Catholic organization, has raised questions both about responsibility when the alleged offender is a lay person rather than a cleric, and also about when suspicions should be publicly disclosed in an effort to prevent further abuse. Mirko Campoli, …

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Pastor Charged With Beating Kids Runs For LA House

The Shreveport Times reports: The Rev. John Raymond of Slidell, an elected member of the Louisiana Republican Party governing board who is charged with four counts of criminal cruelty to juveniles, is running for a seat in the state House of Representatives. “I feel it’s important people who believe in conservative Christian principles hold positions to create laws to direct …

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Illinois AG: 450 Catholic Priests Molested 2000 Children

The New York Times reports: More than 450 credibly accused child sex abusers have ministered in the Catholic Church in Illinois over almost seven decades, the office of the state’s attorney general, Kwame Raoul, said Tuesday in an investigative report. That is more than four times the number that the church had publicly disclosed before 2018, when the state began …

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