A Catholic priest admitted to a psychiatrist he had molested more than 100 boys, including his 5-year-old brother, had sex with male prostitutes and visited gay strip clubs while serving in a Californian parish for years, according to explosive documents released overnight. Ruben Martinez’s vile confessions are among nearly 2,000 pages of secret church documents on a dozen religious order priests, brothers and nuns accused of sexually abusing children while working in the Los Angeles archdiocese over several decades. The papers, released under the terms of a $660 million settlement agreement reached in 2007, are the first glimpse at what religious orders knew about the men and women they posted in Roman Catholic schools and parishes around LA. READ MORE HERE

A 46-year-old woman has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two boys who played on her son’s hockey team.  Kathia Maria Davis, from Laguna Niguel, will also have to register as a lifetime sex offender, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. The court was told that Davis had sex with a 16-year-old boy on four occasions between July 2010 and 2011, and engaged in sex acts with a 14-year-old during a slumber party. READ MORE HERE

Had Unprotected Sex With Four of His Students

The Department of Education spokesperson stated that the man’s actions were “completely reprehensible.” 31-year old Malik Taylor, former dean of the Business of Sports School in Manhattan, sexually harassed four students and had unprotected sex with four of his students in his classrooms, in motels throughout New York City, and in his car. READ MORE HERE

FLINT, MI — A Mt. Morris Township grandmother made her first court appearance on an open murder charge more than 14 years after her granddaughter was first reported missing. Lois Janish was ordered held without bond during her arraignment Thursday, Aug. 1, in front of Flint District Judge Nathaniel Perry III. Janish is charged with open murder in the death of Coral Hall. READ MORE HERE

Ariel Castro Sentenced to Life, plus 1,000 Years

Cleveland (CNN) — When her chance came, kidnapping victim Michelle Knight lit into Ariel Castro, the man who held her captive and raped her in his Cleveland home for a decade. “You took 11 years of my life away,” she said. “I spent 11 years in hell. Now, your hell is just beginning.” In handing down a sentence of life without parole plus 1,000 years in prison, Judge Michael Russo told the kidnapper there was no place in the world for his brand of criminal. “You don’t deserve to be out in our community,” Russo told the defendant. “You’re too dangerous.” READ MORE HERE

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Diaries of captives paint picture of torment

updated 12:32 PM EDT, Thu August 1, 2013

Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus weren’t in the courtroom. But their diaries gave authorities a window into the horror they suffered for a decade.

Victims speak out

updated 10:06 AM EDT, Tue July 9, 2013

For the first time since their rescue, the world is hearing directly from the three women who were held captive in Cleveland for a decade.

Ariel Castro’s son: I won’t visit dad in prison

updated 7:51 AM EDT, Tue July 30, 2013

In his first television interview, Ariel Castro’s son said that his dad belongs in prison for the rest of his life and he doesn’t plan on ever visiting him.

Inside Cleveland’s haunted house

updated 8:25 PM EDT, Thu May 9, 2013

In retrospect, there were plenty of signs that something was wrong.

Photos: Inside the house

updated 1:10 PM EDT, Thu August 1, 2013

For the first time, take a look inside the Cleveland house where three women were held captive for a decade.

Child custody rights for rapists?

updated 7:50 AM EDT, Thu August 1, 2013

When an judge denied a request for Castro to visit the 6-year-old girl he fathered with one of the women he kidnapped and raped, the reason seemed pretty clear.

Ariel Castro agrees to plea deal

updated 1:55 PM EDT, Sun July 28, 2013

The deal, reached with prosecutors, would let him avoid the possibility of a death sentence and spare his victims from having to testify at a trial.

How the abductions happened

updated 6:55 AM EDT, Mon May 13, 2013

How the macabre enslavement of two girls and a woman began has deeply disturbed a nation, if not the world.

‘Please don’t let me go,’ victim told officers

updated 11:37 AM EDT, Sun May 19, 2013

When the police arrived at Castro’s house, it was almost peaceful. As if nobody else was there. And then they heard the sound of scurrying feet upstairs.

Lessons for the survivors

updated 10:16 AM EDT, Sat May 11, 2013

The world will never fully know the unspeakable tortures they endured. But they survived.

Castro’s brothers: Ariel fooled us

updated 10:53 AM EDT, Mon May 13, 2013

Ariel Castro’s brothers say he’s “a monster” who should rot in jail and they “want the world to know” they had no idea their brother was holding women captive.

I, too, am an abduction survivor

updated 10:54 AM EDT, Wed May 15, 2013

The amazing escape of three Cleveland women exploded into the media amid sordid back stories of their captivity and gave life yet again to one woman’s own dark memories of captivity and despair.

‘We don’t have monster in our blood’

updated 5:34 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2013

A daughter of the suspect said that pieces of her father’s life she didn’t understand are falling into place.

Neighbor played key role

updated 10:56 PM EDT, Thu May 9, 2013

Those who were freed after years of imprisonment may have remained trapped had it not been for the efforts of a man visiting across the street.

A glimpse of Ariel Castro’s yard

updated 7:20 AM EDT, Tue May 14, 2013

Bicycles. Barbed wire. A chain.

Alleged abuse, sadism all too common

updated 12:21 PM EDT, Sat May 11, 2013

In trying to understand the mind of a man like Ariel Castro, two things are important to keep in mind: (1) in human psychology, nothing occurs in a vacuum; and (2) the psychological profile that is emerging of this man is not rare.

Timeline: 10 years of not knowing

updated 5:58 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2013

Lorain Avenue is where the nightmare began for three women held captive in a Cleveland home for roughly a decade.

Photos: Kidnapped women found

updated 8:00 AM EDT, Thu August 1, 2013

Two were just teenagers when they were kidnapped, but the three women have finally been found a decade later.

Who are the three women?

updated 5:33 AM EDT, Wed May 8, 2013

When Amanda Berry screamed for help through a crack in the front door of the house where she was being held, she set in motion an end to roughly a decade of captivity for herself and two other women.

Neighbor feels ‘fooled’ by suspect

updated 9:19 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2013

Who is Ariel Castro? His Cleveland neighbors are trying to come with grips with the two personas — the first, they thought they knew, the other, the one that authorities describe.