STOCKTON, CA – A 2-year-old boy is on life support after he was severely beaten by his own father, according to Stockton police. The boy’s mother said she had been warning law enforcement and the court system for months that she and her son were being abused. Friday night, Oakland police notified the Stockton Police Department that a child arrived at Oakland Children’s Hospital with life threatening injuries and the father’s story was suspicious. READ MORE HERE

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New report shows that the scale of the problem has grown by almost a quarter in 10 years

Almost a million children in Britain are affected by domestic violence, either as victims or witnesses, a new study will reveal tomorrow. The number has increased more than 22 per cent over the past decade. Some 52 per cent of parents with children under 18 experience frequent or serious conflict, according to YouGov in a poll for the charity 4 Children. Of those relatives who have regular clashes, 8 per cent – or 600,000 – are so violent that physical injuries occur. READ MORE HERE

Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was labelled a ‘likely pedophile’ who was grooming 11-year-old boys in 1998 report

• State College psychologist wrote a damning report claiming Sandusky was grooming young children
• Despite the police investigation launched after claims the coach was showering with boys, Sandusky was never charged
• Instead, police closed the case and advised him not to shower with kids

Trial could lay bare ‘decades of child sex abuse coverup’ in the Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia

A 17-year-old was charged with sexually abusing three young girls at his mother’s licensed residential day care, Winthrop Harbor Police officials said Tuesday. Brett A. Degler has been charged as an adult with four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse following a two-week investigation at the unidentified day care facility, Detective Sgt. Chris Willets said.  READ MORE HERE

A toddler was found high on drugs in the backseat of his mother’s car. A two-year old boy was found high on heroin in the backseat of his mother’s car in Everett, Washington on Thursday. It was apparent the boy was high from the heroin his mother had been smoking in the car, according to one deputy. READ MORE HERE

A teacher and assistant go to extreme lengths to discipline a special needs student. A fifth grade teacher and her assistant in Sacramento, California have been put on leave after being accused of duct taping a special needs student’s mouth closed on Thursday.  The boy’s arms were held back while they covered his mouth with tape as a punishment for talking too much during a special education needs class at John Cabrillo High School. READ MORE HERE

A Phoenix couple has been arrested on suspicion of burning their eight-year-old daughter with a hot spoon and locking her in a yard shed over night, police said Sunday. Susan Espiru, 23, of 8500 W. Palm Lane, and her husband, Alberto Melendez-Baez, 27, of the same address, were booked Saturday on suspicion of four child abuse counts and one count each of kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment.  READ MORE HERE

Navy sailor on Guam charged in rape of young girl

Lucas Irvine death: Mother denies harming baby boy

A mother has denied harming her four-month-old son who is said to have died from “deliberate and violent shaking”. Lucas Irvine died in hospital on 21 November 2010, four days after an incident at his home in Lancaster. Karen Irvine, 19, told Preston Crown Court she was “completely unaware” of what had happened to the baby.  READ MORE HERE

With no evidence against them, couple  were banned from looking after their son