A “DEPRAVED” former police inspector who led a double life encouraging internet paedophiles to sexually assault children has been jailed for 30 months. Geraint Lloyd Evans, 48, was suspended and later sacked by South Wales Police after he admitted the charge against him. The former inspector, who formerly lived at Purdey Close in Barry and Coychurch in Bridgend, was a highly respected officer, commended for bravery.  READ MORE HERE

Second sex abuse suspect priest suspended

Two Dutch priests suspected of child sex abuse have been suspended from Saint Lucas parish, which comprises several Roman Catholic churches in a large rural area of the eastern Netherlands. On Thursday, the archdiocese of Utrecht announced that, as well as Father Bert Sturkenboom, a second priest from Saint Lucas had been suspended following allegations of child sexual abuse. The priest, who conducted services in the church at Putten, had been suspended from his duties for some time, according to the archdiocese.  READ MORE HERE

If, as you were going about your shopping one day, you encountered a young man wheeling a stroller containing what appeared to be a wailing baby and saw that man yell angrily at the baby and violently jerk the stroller around, how would you respond?  Most of us probably hope we would intercede in some way, stopping what appeared to be abusive behavior toward a helpless infant. But if we did do that, we would apparently be unlike a host of people who actually did encounter such a man recently in a crowded New York City store and park. What did those people do as the angry young man hollered “shut up” and stronger invective at what appeared to be an uncontrollably crying baby?  READ MORE HERE

AN IRISH priest responsible for what is believed to be one of the largest ever settlements in a clerical child sex abuse case in the State has been deported to England from Brazil, where he had spent the past eight years. Fr Peter Kennedy (72), a priest with the St Patrick’s Missionary Society at Kiltegan, Co Wicklow, faces child abuse allegations from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s.  READ MORE HERE

Pedophiles: The Facts You Need To Know

We fear them. We have nightmares about our kids being their victims. We need to know who and where they are so we can monitor them and protect ourselves. They are the predators among us, the child molesters who make headlines almost every day. To protect your family from them, you need solid information: READ MORE HERE

PROFILE OF A PEDOPHILE: Pedophiles Can Be Anyone

Statistics on Pedophiles

• Sixty-seven percent of all victims of sexual assault reported to law enforcement agencies were juveniles (under the age of 18) 34% of all victims were under age 12.
• One of every seven victims of sexual assault reported to law enforcement were under age 6.
• 8 out of 10 prisoners convicted of sexual assault had committed their crime against a victim under age 18.
• Convicted rape and sexual assault offenders serving time in State prisons report that two-thirds of their victims were under the age of 18, and 58% of those–or nearly 4 in 10 imprisoned violent sex offenders–said their victims were aged 12 or younger.
• FIND THE ENTIRE LIST OF STATISTICS HERE

ALBANY — A 44-year-old woman stole her 3-year-old grandson’s Christmas gifts and sold them for crack while she was supposed to be baby-sitting him, police said. Andrea Ocasio was arrested early Saturday after her son came home at 3 a.m. to his North Lake Avenue apartment and found the door wide open. The 3-year-old was asleep on a couch by himself, Christmas presents were missing and Ocasio, who was supposed to be watching the boy, was gone.  READ MORE HERE

REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS IN THE UNITED STATES

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are 739,853 registered sex offenders in the United States.  The center, which tracks missing children and helps apprehend those who may have taken them, considers state sex offender registries “our best resource” to tracking down fugitives, says Kristen Anderson, director of case analysis. With sex offender registries likely to keep expanding, legislators are trying to balance the need to protect the public from genuine predators with a growing awareness that many less-serious offenders, including those with no history of sexual crimes, are being swept into the net. But legislators remain reluctant to pass bills that could be seen as helpful to sex offenders, says Mary Sue Molnar, head of Texas Voices, an organization that lobbies for laws that would allow less-serious offenders to petition the courts to have their names removed from public registries.  READ MORE/VIEW MAP HERE

A Johnson City man arrested Friday on multiple charges of raping an 8-year-old boy was arraigned on the charges Tuesday in Washington County Sessions Court. Kenneth John Wispell, 20, 907 Antioch Road, Apt. 49, is charged with five counts of rape of a child.  READ MORE HERE

TUCSON – A Tucson man has been arrested on felony child abuse charges after an investigation that determined extensive injuries to his 7-week-old son were not caused by him being dropped in the shower, as the man claimed. David Hollenbeck, 26, was arrested for one count of Child Abuse, after Tucson Police and Dependent Child Unit detectives investigated the explanation for his child’s injuries, according to a TPD news release.  READ MORE HERE

Martial Arts Instructor Wanted for Molesting At Least 6 Girls

APPLE VALLEY, CA — Sheriff’s deputies are searching for an Apple Valley martial arts instructor facing child molestation charges. Umar Love, 30, was arrested Dec. 14 on suspicion of committing lewd acts on a child, after a 14-year-old girl reported that he had touched her inappropriately on a number of occasions. Sheriff’s investigators eventually uncovered a total of six females between ages 14 and 16 who reported that they had been molested by Love.  READ MORE HERE

Love is believed to be traveling with his girlfriend, Suzann Elizabeth Angel, 24, in a green 2001 BMW 325i, California license number 4SYK536. Anyone with information about their whereabouts or about possible additional victims is asked to contact the Apple Valley Police Department at (760) 240-7400 or (760) 245-4211 for the 24-hour sheriff’s dispatch.