One-month old baby ‘raped and battered’ so badly his heart stopped makes remarkable recovery after four weeks in hospital

A one-month-old baby boy who was allegedly raped and battered so badly that his heart stopped has made a remarkable recovery. The tiny child was beaten viciously, leaving both his lungs punctured, and all his ribs were broken along with his collar bone and arm. There was reportedly also a sexual injury and internal wounds, suggesting rape.  READ MORE HERE

Island Lake, Illinois – Brandon Stancliff and Lauri Ruble have been jailed after they allegedly brought a 5-year-old child along to a bank robbery. According to police, the couple was arrested after an informant seeking a reward provided a tip to police that identified the couple as suspects in a bank robbery that occurred last month. Investigators say Lauri Ruble admitted to the robbery and expressed regret over bringing her 5-year-old son along. READ MORE HERE

BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities on Monday raided three bishops’ administrative offices as an official said investigators were nearing the end of a two-year probe into whether church officials protected child abusers at the expense of their victims. Belgian Catholic Church spokesman Geert Lesage said the offices in the Hasselt, Mechelen and Antwerp cooperated during the raids and handed over requested files as much as possible.  READ MORE HERE

Child abuse, neglect deaths in Lee County on the rise

The trend runs contrary to figures in Southwest Florida and throughout the state.

After mopping the floors one morning just over a year ago, a Hendry County mother of five left the bucket of water in the garage, out of reach of her 1-year-old daughter. When the older children came home from school, she asked her 8-year-old to watch the baby as she cleaned. Maybe 10 minutes later, she checked in. The toddler was gone and the garage door was open.  READ MORE HERE

A drunken father who tossed his seven-year-old son overboard in a busy California harbour, forcing another boat to veer to avoid hitting the boy, has been sentenced to rehab. Thirty-five-year-old Sloan Briles, a former Marine from Irvine, avoided jail by pleading guilty on Monday to felony child abuse and endangerment. He was sentenced to three years of probation, one year in a treatment program for child abusers and six months in a residential alcohol-treatment program run by the Veterans Administration.  READ MORE HERE

Middletown: ‘Scream Rooms’ Will No

A 65-year-old woman is accused of physically abusing twin infants earlier this week in the Lincoln Park neighborhood after a “nanny cam’’ filmed it, police said.  Alice Vesely was booked into Cook County Jail Thursday after a judge set her bail at $300,000, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s office. Vesely, 65, of the 2700 block of Fitch Avenue, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a child, police said. READ MORE HERE

ALBERTVILLE, Alabama — An Albertville couple charged with aggravated child abuse earlier this week will be facing more serious charges later today after their baby died.
Bridgett Duncan, 24, of 306 Katherine Drive and her boyfriend Immanuel Gage Allen, 17, of 132 Denise Circle, were arrested early Wednesday morning after deputies and ambulance personnel were dispatched to Denise Circle on a non-responsive child call.  READ MORE HERE

Virginia Beach-based sailor has been charged with felony child abuse and neglect in the death of a 4-month-old baby, police said Friday. Master-at-Arms Seaman Micah James Patterson, 22, of Seymour, Mo., was arrested and charged Thursday. He is being held without bond at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center. Patterson enlisted on Sept. 27, 2007, and has been assigned to the Public Safety Staff at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story since Nov. 25, according to Navy Personnel Command.  READ MORE HERE

A Roman Catholic priest in Germany has admitted to 280 counts of sexually abusing three boys over a several-year period. The 46-year-old priest, who has been suspended, went on trial Thursday at the state court in Braunschweig. The dapd news agency reported that he showed no remorse.The man who was not identified was arrested last July after one victim told his mother what had happened. He was charged with abusing three boys aged between 9 and 15.  READ MORE HERE