Tag: Child Abuse and Neglect

R. Kelly surrenders to authorities at Chicago First District police station, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019.

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Why the Chicago indictment isn’t enough to #MuteRKelly

Madeline Fry Schultz · February 23, 2019 8:25 pm

Then-Archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick attends an event at Georgetown University.

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick over sex abuse

Associated Press · February 16, 2019 1:11 pm

Southern Baptist Convention.

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Spotlight now turns to Southern Baptists: what newspaper uncovered is horrifying

Nicole Russell · February 13, 2019 6:42 pm

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Cruelty in the name of ‘child welfare’

Naomi Riley · February 1, 2019 5:00 am

Youngsters walk near PS90 Condominiums, a $40 million conversion of a century-old public school on 147th Street in Harlem, N.Y.

Who’s disproportionately a victim of human trafficking? Young black women

Karla Jacobs · January 30, 2019 5:00 am

Then-Bishop Donald Wuerl (right) thanks the former Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, during a 2006 press conference.

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Cardinal Wuerl claimed he didn’t know of accusations against McCarrick. He did

Katie Anderson · January 12, 2019 1:08 pm

In this photo taken on Saturday, July 20, 2013, a woman protests against underage marriages in Lagos, Nigeria.

Immigration officials let 8,000 child brides into the US, say laws will need to change to stop that

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2019 5:01 am

Griswold Tigers' Elizabeth Million runs during the Special Olympics 4 x 100-meter relay at the Drake Relays athletics meet, Friday, April 27, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Teaming up to protect children from abuse

Washington Examiner · January 8, 2019 5:00 am

In this Aug. 15, 2016 file photo, Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, D-Kingsburg, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Arambula, arrested on suspicion of child cruelty, says he spanked his 7-year-old daughter. The Fresno Bee reports Arambula described what happened Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, and said he has no plans to resign.

California Democrat arrested on suspicion of child cruelty after disciplining daughter

Diana Stancy Correll · December 13, 2018 4:53 pm

Boy Scouts salute during a ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery on Saturday, May 26, 2018.

Boy Scouts of America weighs bankruptcy

Diana Stancy Correll · December 12, 2018 10:25 pm

A child, who is part of the Central American migrant caravan, sits in a stroller wrapped in a reflective blanket as protection from the rain at a sports complex where more than 5,000 Central American migrants are sheltering in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018.

2-year-old found at border without parents

Anna Giaritelli · December 11, 2018 7:18 pm

FILE - This July 27, 2006 arrest file photo made available by the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office, in Florida, shows Jeffrey Epstein.

Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein settles case, apologizes to his victims’ lawyer

Maria Biery · December 4, 2018 7:17 pm