A Maryland man has come forward with allegations that the Rev. Philip DeRea, an Aurora priest and chaplain for the Indy 500, sexually abused him over the course of eight years. The man, now in his early 40s, filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Chicago that details the abuse, which occurred in the Washington, D.C. area in the 1980s. It also claims the priest acknowledged the molestation in emails last year and tried to give the man money in exchange for his silence.

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Not too many persons who were abused as a child can find the strength to face their past, live with the hurt and then find the strength to come public with their story. At 30, Akil Johnson is speaking up. He has given a face and a voice to an issue that speaks to the very heart of every community – the protection of children.

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Police Believe There May Be Other Victims

SACRAMENTO, Calif — A Sacramento piano teacher has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation. Hao “Henry” Nguyen, 41, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on one charge of committing a lewd act with a child and one count of oral copulation with a child.

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WEIRTON — It is a case of child abuse that is hard to forget for investigators in Weirton. A 3-year-old girl was so severely injured that first responders could not waste one more minute to have her rushed to a hospital. Weirton Police received a call on Feb. 21, four days after an alleged child abuse that was so bad, the young girl had to be immediately flown to a Pittsburgh hospital.

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A woman and seven men, including one from East Anglia, have appeared in court charged with being involved in a worldwide internet child abuse ring. The eight defendants face a total of 113 charges at Portsmouth Crown Court including rape and sexual assault of children aged under 13 and making and distributing indecent photos of children. Kerry Maylin, prosecuting, told the court the case involved the alleged abuse of two children aged under 13.

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http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/regional/eight_before_court_over_child_abuse_1_2596999

One convicted child-abuse offender said his selfish behavior led him to molest his daughter

MUNCIE — “Forgiveness is something I would like,” said Daniel, who was convicted five years ago of molesting his 10-year-old daughter.The man — whose last name is not being used because doing so would identify his victim — hastily added that he hoped his family forgave him “more for their sake than mine,” noting that lingering anger and bitterness can cause not only problems for maintaining relationships but also illnesses.

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http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20110417/ABUSE/104170336

Child abuse cases on rise: CPS: Number of referrals up more than 100 percent

It’s been almost a year since five siblings with special needs, all under 10 years old and victims of abuse and neglect, have been living in temporary foster care homes. Social workers with the Department of Public Health and Social Services have been trying to find a stable home for the children, but haven’t been successful. They’ve even tried to reunite the children with their birth mother, but determined the reunion may not be the best solution.

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It’s the headline du jour whenever a horrific case emerges of a mother killing her kids, as Lashanda Armstrong did when she piled her children into her minivan and drove straight into the frigid Hudson River. Our shock at such stories is, of course, understandable: They seem to go against everything we intuitively feel about the mother-child bond. But mothers kill their children in this country much more often than most people would realize by simply reading the headlines; by conservative estimates it happens every few days, at least 100 times a year.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/16/ap/health/main20054645.shtml

Broomfield, CO—- An Adams County School District employee was arrested by Thornton Police and charged after images and videos of child porn were found on his personal computer. Brandon Leyte, 19, was employed as an after-school counselor for Meridian Elementary School’s before and after school enrichment (BASE) program. His Facebook, now private, stated that was working with special needs children.

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Abuse is a major epidemic in this country, but one that is easily overlooked and misunderstood. Many people have the misconception that abuse only happens to those who are uneducated or those of poverty, but the truth is abuse can happen to anyone, at any given time. Unlike people, abuse is not prejudice.

The talk show features a variety of authors, child abuse advocates, educators, experts, motivational speakers, musicians, celebrities and regular Joe’s who want to spread the word and educate the public.

The concept behind the show was to have different women, from different backgrounds, with strong opinions, who share one common goal, stopping child abuse and creating a voice for ALL children!

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Headlines – Discussion on the daily child abuse headlines

OAK HARBOR, Ohio — A man who recently told a relative he was having marital problems called 911 and informed a dispatcher that he had fatally shot his wife and three young children and was getting ready to kill himself, too, authorities and his grandmother said Saturday. The 911 call came in just after midnight, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department said, and deputies arrived within minutes at the white-sided, two-story farmhouse in Oak Harbor, about 25 miles southeast of Toledo. They didn’t enter the home until two hours later, after they’d tried to contact the people inside by phone and through a loudspeaker.

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When Discipline Goes Too Far

For most children, home is a safe haven. For abused children, home can be a place of danger.Growing up as a victim of abuse can cause profound psychological, behavioral and physical consequences. Severity depends on the conditions of abuse — age of the child, their developmental status at the time of the abuse, frequency of abuse and type: physical, sexual, emotional or neglect.

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State data shows cases of severe child abuse on the rise, especially in southwest Idaho

BOISE, Idaho — State officials say newly released data show a spike in the number of severe child abuse cases last year, at a time when many families were suffering from the effects of the recession. The number of cases of life-threatening injury suffered by children increased by 9 percent, with the biggest leap coming from the state’s southwest, according to a report Tuesday by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The data tracked a 15 percent increase in the Nampa/Caldwell area and a 13 percent spike in Boise compared to 2009.

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Two West Palm Beach-area parents, in separate incidents, are facing aggravated child abuse charges for allegedly striking their children in an effort to discipline them. Ismmale Petit-Frere, 39, of suburban West Palm Beach, was arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday after a deputy concluded that she had burned her 14-year-old daughter with an iron and hit her with a belt, leaving permanent marks on her body, according to the arrest report.

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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/2-west-palm-area-parents-charged-with-child-1403297.html