LANIER COUNTY, GA – Investigators are waiting for toxicology reports to confirm whether alcohol or drugs may have been involved in an attempted murder and suicide Saturday in Lanier County. Investigators say a father shot his daughter and wife, who survived, before he killed himself. “It was a sight I pray that nobody ever sees,” said neighbor Sarah Moyer. Moyer lives across the street from the Flynn family. Lanier County investigators say Saturday afternoon 50-year-old Mark Flynn shot his wife, 33-year-old Kathy Flynn, and their 5-year-old daughter at their home on Eleanor Place. Flynn then shot and killed himself. Moyer says she ran to the family’s home after Kathy yelled for her to help save her daughter. READ MORE HERE

MURFREESBORO, TN — The mother of two young children who died after being left inside a hot car in Smyrna has been on indicted on charges of murder. The Daily New Journal reports the Rutherford County Grand jury has charged Samantha Harper with two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated child neglect for the Aug. 2 deaths of her children. READ MORE HERE

A former teacher and Albemarle police officer has pleaded guilty to a pair of child porn charges.  Officers arrested Charles Farrell Long, 47, last April after spending months investigating a sexual abuse complaint. Arrest warrants claim Long molested two victims between 1992 and 1997 – the same time Long was working with international exchange students. While Long initially denied any wrong doing, court filing says he admitted to providing pornographic magazines and lubricant to a pair of minors and was present while they masturbated. READ MORE HERE

Cardinal “FORGIVES” Us For Being Upset About Church Sex Abuse Scandal

Cardinal Roger Mahony still doesn’t get it. In a blog post Thursday mostly focused on himself and his feelings, the disgraced former archbishop of Los Angeles who was deeply implicated in the cover-up of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church wrote that he has “experienced many examples of being humiliated” amid the scandal. Still, despite feeling sorry for himself, Mahony notes that he’s ready to forgive those who are angry at him over his role in concealing the rape of children. READ HIS STATEMENT HERE

A former LDS Church missionary accused of having sexual contact with a girl under age 14 has pleaded not guilty to multiple rape charges. Brandon Scott Cordero entered the pleas to two counts of first-degree felony of rape of a child on Feb. 14 in Davis County’s 2nd District Court.  The charges carry a possible penalty of life in prison. In court papers, Davis County prosecutors contend the 20-year-old from Kaysville attempted to have sex with the girl multiple times between Nov. 23, 2010, and May 31, 2012, by placing his penis in or near her vagina. READ MORE HERE

LOUISVILLE, KY – “I got a call from Raleigh’s babysitter saying she woke up from her nap and her head was swollen,” said Christy Becker, Raleigh’s mother.Becker said she had no reason to ever suspect abuse at the sitter’s house. The registered nurse knew something was very wrong at the hospital, before the injuries got worse. “I noticed behind her ear there is a classic, what they call ‘battle sign,’ which is bruising behind the ear, an indication of head trauma,” Becker said. READ MORE HERE

DURHAM — A woman who owned a daycare center pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse Monday in Durham County Superior Court, but the judge was not happy with the plea agreement. Christy Guzman faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily/mental or emotional injury and felony child abuse inflicting serious injury for an alleged incident involving a 3-month old baby in her care. Under a plea agreement, the felony charges were dismissed and Guzman was allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor child abuse. Guzman entered an Alford plea to the child abuse charge, meaning she did not admit guilt. READ MORE HERE

GARLAND -— A Garland man is facing murder charges in the death of his five-week-old daughter, who was critically injured while home alone with him. Tommy James White Jr., 20, is charged with capital murder of a person under six years of age in the death of his daughter, Spencer Claire White. “We believe the baby was crying, and that’s why the injuries occurred,” said Garland police spokesman Joe Harn. READ MORE HERE

VIP child abuse ring: Cops probe paedo teacher Charles Napier

Police are re-investigating notorious paedophile Charles Napier as part of their probe into a high-profile VIP child abuse ring, the Sunday People has revealed. The Sunday People first revealed the shameful past of Napier, ex-treasurer of the Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), after we tracked him down in a sleepy country town. Now officers from Operation Fairbank – set up to investigate historical allegations of a UK-wide paedophile network – are re-opening files on the 68-year-old. READ MORE HERE

• Disgraced Legion of Christ founder, Reverend Marcial Maciel, is accused of fathering three children with two women and abusing seminarians
• Claims that Vatican ignored reports of sexually abusive priests for decades
  
• Legion also accused of soliciting $60 million from an elderly widow

The inner workings of a secretive and now-disgraced Roman Catholic order called the Legion of Christ were revealed by documents released on Friday. They include details on how the founder of the organization, the Reverend Marcial Maciel who died in 2008, lived a double life, fathering three children, and was accused of abusing seminarians. The Legion kept this information hidden. Also revealed are allegations that the organization solicited money from an elderly widow, eventually persuading her to bequeath it $60 million. READ MORE HERE

Stanley Marsh 3 was charged with 11 felony counts of molesting children

Stanley Marsh 3, an eccentric millionaire artist best known for his “Cadillac Ranch” art display along an interstate in the Texas Panhandle, has settled lawsuits from 10 teenagers who allege he paid them for sex acts, attorneys announced Saturday. In a statement, plaintiffs’ attorney Anthony Buzbee and Marsh’s attorney Kelly Utsinger said the teenagers and Marsh have resolved their differences and that no side will have further comments.  The statement was obtained by the Amarillo Globe-News. READ MORE HERE

SPOKANE, WA — The effort to prosecute two boys, ages 10 and 11, for allegedly bringing weapons to a Colville school in a plot to kill a classmate is posing legal challenges because the suspects are so young. The state’s criminal justice system presumes that children below the age of 12 do not have the capacity to understand they are planning to commit crimes, Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen said Thursday. READ MORE HERE

MOM WALKS IN ON MAN MOLESTING HER DAUGHER

ORMOND BEACH, FL — A Volusia County man is accused of molesting a child, and the victim’s mother told police officers she caught him in the act. Matthew Tighe, 24, was arrested in Ormond Beach on Thursday night after a 7-year-old’s mother caught him in the child’s bedroom with the victim, police officers said. READ MORE HERE

A judge calls the incident “every parent’s nightmare.”  Peter Lowe, 68, repeatedly punched a pregnant woman while trying to kidnap the baby she was holding in her arms. The incident occurred at a bus stop as the 20-year old mother attempted to put her 11-month old daughter in a stroller. READ MORE HERE