A man and two women are facing felony charges, Johnston County authorities say, after a 15-year-old girl was sold for sex. Teresa Ashworth Page, 41, of 1120 William R. King Road, Newton Grove, was arrested Monday and charged with felony child abuse by prostitution. Page was paid to allow Johnny Franklin Thornton, 62, to rape the girl, Johnston County sheriff’s investigators said.

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A woman from Victoria, Australia, is under investigation after she offered her two young children for sale to the highest bidder on eBay. The woman, in her early 30s, lives near Geelong. She wrote a “lengthy sales pitch” that included photographs of her son and daughter, both aged under 10, reports News.com.au. Several people placed bids on the sickening auction, which has alarmed authorities. A horrified member of the public alerted detectives from the Sexual Offences and Child Abuse unit to the Internet page.

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Irish Catholic priests have said that they will not reveal secrets given in confession even though new legislation by the Irish government will call for it. The new legislation will be introduced after another child abuse scandal in Cloyne, a Cork diocese came to light. As late as 2008, clerics accused of child abuse were being protected by the diocese the Murphy Inquiry found.

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Casey Anthony freed from jail, slips from view

July 17, 2011 (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Casey Anthony walked out of jail a free woman under heavy guard early Sunday, facing shouts of “baby killer” from a heckling crowd less than two weeks after she was found not guilty of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. The 25-year-old woman, whose acquittal shocked and enraged many around the country who had been following the case for months, left an Orlando area jail at 12:14 a.m., swiftly boarded an SUV and rode out of public view.

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In 2007, approximately 3.2 million allegations of child abuse and neglect, representing 5.8 million children, were made to child protective services agencies. Of those, 2,085,443 reports were referred for investigation, as reported by 37 states. During FFY 2007, an estimated 794,000 children in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico were determined to be victims of abuse or neglect. Of these children, 59.0% were neglected, 10.8% were physically abused, and 7.6% were sexually abused. The victimization rate was 10.6 per 1,000 children, representing a 12.4% decrease from 2006, which can be explained by definitional changes.

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http://www.cwla.org/advocacy/statefactsheets/2010/nationalfactsheet10.pdf

A hidden history of child abuse may lie behind the myriad social problems that afflict Australia, from its high rate of depression to its high rate of homelessness. We are more aware, partly thanks to the wayward Catholic clergy, of the existence of child abuse. But that has not translated into an understanding of its pervasive and long-lasting legacy. In a room of 100 women, 12 or 13 on average would have experienced sexual abuse as a child; in a room of 100 men, at least four or five would be survivors of sexual abuse. These figures come from the 2005 Australian Bureau of Statistics personal safety survey, and some in the field consider them conservative.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/the-dark-legacy-of-child-abuse-20110701-1gv68.html#ixzz1SHvclUBb

Police have discovered around one million indecent images of children at a man’s home. The photographs are understood to be the largest number ever recovered by the Metropolitan Police in relation to one individual, a Scotland Yard spokesman said. Robert Barrow (57) of Plaistow, east London, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court yesterday to making indecent images of children.

The former leader of the paedophile pressure group Pie was jailed after becoming the first person to be convicted for making drawings of children being raped. The prosecution, under the 2009 Coroners and Justice Act, was described as a landmark case by Scotland Yard. Detectives found 3,000 drawings at Steven Freeman’s home, where he held weekly meetings to view and trade images of child abuse. The images were described at the Old Bailey as “vile and disgusting” and were amongst the worst seen by police, they said. Some 14,500 pictures and films were found on computer discs there and at the address of two of his paedophile ring. Detectives believe tens of thousands more were stored on encrypted computer hard-drives they have been unable to access.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/15/paedophiles-jailed-child-abuse-drawings

Mark Christopher Nichols, 21, is being held in the Wagoner County jail. His bail has not been set. Maverick Nichols died of blunt force trauma of the head according to a preliminary finding from the state Medical Examiner’s Office, Wagoner County Assistant District Attorney Jack Thorp said. The child had skull fractures to the back of the head and a broken rib, the prosecutor said. Authorities believe they are “crushing” type injuries, not those associated with a short fall.

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The Casey Anthony trial and the terrible story of the death and dismemberment of 8-year-old Leiby Kletsky in Brooklyn this week has captivated our nation like so many high profile cases in the past. While many might believe that cases like this will bring attention to the issue of protecting our children, at the end of the day these individual stories only highlight the tip of the iceberg.. The reality is that 150 children, most under the age of four, die every month from abuse or neglect. While high profile cases do bring awareness, they take our focus off the real issue of suffering children and instead keep us embroiled in speculation and legalities.

A Gainesville woman accused of smothering a baby she was babysitting Tuesday night has been arrested on an aggravated child abuse charge. Arrested was Tiffany Long, 21, of 6029 NW 53rd Terrace, according to an arrest report. Schibuola said Long was babysitting at a home when the baby’s mother came home early and saw Long smothering the baby in her crib with a pillow.

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A Venice woman with a history of arrests for child abuse and drug use now stands accused of washing her 18-month-old son with bleach and chlorine, and frequently making her other children jump into a pool with a high concentration of chlorine to “cleanse” them. Sandra Michelle Freeman, 38, of the 200 block of Venice Palms Boulevard, was arrested Wednesday on three counts of child abuse.

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