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A man who held a leadership position in a Ketchikan church is facing multiple felony counts of sexual assault of a minor. Seventy-one-year-old Dwight Chris John of Ketchikan faces 14 charges of first, second, and third-degree sexual abuse of a minor, and three related class C felony charges....
Over the last several years, the cracks have certainly started to show in the Duggar family's once perfect facade. And now, it's impossible to ignore the fact that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were not the people they wanted the world to believe they were when they put their lives on display for reality TV's 19 Kids and Counting....
French church leaders have appealed for patience and fairness in establishing the truth, after two more bishops were accused of sexual abuse while heading the church's main missionary organization....
ONE of the most well-known priests in Limerick was a “sexual predator” who groomed and sexually assaulted a teenager in parish houses in Croom and Kilfinane, in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, on trips abroad, and in hotel rooms after concerts, Limerick Circuit Court heard.
A Leeds County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was sentenced Friday to six years in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2017, prompting the police service to announce he had officially been fired....
BEDFORD – Scott Blattert, of Springville, was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday morning after being convicted of violently beating his children with industrial glue sticks and a belt....
The United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Service has given permission for criminal accusations of sexual misconduct to proceed against Michael Lockwood, who used to be the chief executive of the Independent Office for Police Conduct....
A youth pastor at a New Jersey church admitted to blackmailing four boys into performing sex acts online was sentenced Monday to 25 years in state prison, officials said....
A former priest from Massachusetts has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $100,000 in parish funds to buy numerous personal items, including a riding mower, wine and video games, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s office....
A Staten Island priest pleaded no contest to corruption of a minor and indecent assault on Friday after prosecutors said he sexually abused an underaged boy in Fishtown during the mid-2000s....
COVINGTON, La. (WVUE) - A priest who has worked for schools and churches across the metro New Orleans area returned Monday (June 12) to a St. Tammany Parish courtroom, where a plea deal was offered. Father Patrick Wattigny could face up to 20 years in prison, but would likely get less for pleading guilty....
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...
NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans priest accused of sex crimes is under investigation by the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office. Lawrence Hecker, a retired priest, is accused of being a serial child molester. Hecker was named in a list by the New Orleans Archdiocese of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse. Hecker has...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The son of a Memphis COGIC bishop has been arrested and charged after pulling a gun on a woman in the church parking lot.
COLFAX, La. (BP) – Daryl Stagg, a Southern Baptist associational mission strategist (AMS) serving dozens of churches in north central Louisiana, is jailed on 12 counts of felony sex crimes, the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office reported....
A former Cripple Creek detective and Colorado Springs police officer has pleaded guilty to indecent exposure and attempting to influence a public servant....
Jordan Webb, 31, was sentenced last week in Webster County [Iowa] after he was convicted by a jury on charges of second-degree sexual abuse, incest and child endangerment....
Court records show defrocked Oblate priest Eric Dejaeger is facing six charges of indecent assault and two charges of sexual assault for crimes he allegedly committed in Nunavut between 1978 and 1982....
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....
Ruch has admitted making “regrettable errors” in how he handled allegations of sexual abuse by Mark Rivera, a lay minister in the diocese who has since been convicted of both felony sexual assault and felony child sexual assault. In July 2021, Ruch took a leave as bishop of the Upper Midwest Diocese, headquartered in...
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Rev. James Garisto, 74, pleaded no contest to charges of corruption of a minor and indecent assault after a man came forward accusing the priest of touching him inappropriately at a Fishtown, Pa., home between 2006 and 2010 when he was 15 years old, according to the report.
A priest has been arrested in Hyderabad for the murder of a woman earlier this week after she insisted on getting married to him.
The former director of the Sumner County Food Bank was indicted Thursday and charged with theft of more than $250,000, money laundering and patronizing prostitution during his time leading the nonprofit.
An employee with the Jefferson Parish Public School System was arrested Monday after he was accused of inappropriate behavior toward a teenage student, according to authorities....
