MOULTON, AL – A Lawrence County Grand Jury formally indicted a former Moulton police officer on child abuse charges. Mitchell Breland was indicted for allegedly beating two 8-year-old girls. Breland was arrested in September after investigation by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation. The arrest came after complaints from hospital workers who treated one of the alleged victims. READ MORE HERE

The allegations date from the 1970s when the alleged victims were pupils at a school where Mr Talbot taught

Detectives probing child abuse allegations have searched the home of TV weatherman Fred Talbot. Officers swooped on the property in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, eleven days ago, it was revealed today. The allegations date from the 1970s when the alleged victims were pupils at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys. Mr Talbot, 63, who is currently abroad, taught biology there. No arrests have been made. The inquiry originally began into another school, St Ambrose RC College in Hale. READ MORE HERE

A three-year-old girl was left needing a skin graft after she was held under scalding water for wetting her pants. Police arrested her father, Terrell Williams, 28, his girlfriend, Kenyatta Gill, 31, and Gill’s brother, Aaron Alston, 25.  All three live in the Phoenix home where the incident happened along with Gill’s three-month-old daughter, documents stated. The unidentified child was taken to a Valley hospital on December 12. READ MORE HERE

Savannah Cross, 3, died after Reed allegedly stomped on her stomach

A British child molester who slipped through the hands of UK police because they did not have enough evidence against him has been sentenced to prison in Cambodia. But the one-year-jail sentence imposed on 71-year-old Reginald Blakely has outraged child protection groups in the south east Asian country, the previous haunt of notorious child sex abuser Gary Glitter. Child victim groups said the sentence was too lenient and would do nothing to deter other abusers of children in Cambodia. READ MORE HERE

Jane Doe unmasked: Child sex abuser busted by federal agents just 24 hours after they released horrific internet footage

Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have caught the woman suspected of producing child pornography and appearing to abuse a young child in a sex video she posted on the internet – less than 24 hours after the Feds appealed to the American public for help. Corrine Danielle Motley of Okaloosa County, Florida was arrested late Wednesday and faces federal charges for the production and distribution of child pornography. The 25-year-old was apprehended by Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force members and Homeland Security Investigations special agents. READ MORE HERE

Behind bars: John Duffy charged with sexual abuse with a teen girl he molested starting at the age of 12

A parish councillor is today starting a 12 year sentence behind bars for exploiting his status as a ‘pillar of the community’ to have an affair with a teenage schoolgirl. Married youth group leader John Duffy used his position of respectability as a cover for his five year illicit relationship with the besotted youngster during the 1990s. After befriending her through his youth club, Duffy seduced her when she was just 12 then had regular sexual liaisons with the girl – promising her marriage and even showing her holiday brochures of where he said they would go on their honeymoon. READ MORE HERE

THIRD MISTRIAL DECLARED

Three strikes and the prosecution is out – and so may be the accused. Terry Borgia, 63, of Detroit has been tried for first degree murder three times in the drowning death of her four-year-old grandson, and each time the case has been declared a mistrial.  READ MORE HERE

Several years ago, when Matthew West invited people to share their stories to serve as inspiration for an upcoming album, he had no idea it would be the start of an amazing journey that would forever change his music, ministry and life. Armed with more than 10,000 stories from fans all over the world, the floodgates of inspiration opened and West crafted a landmark album, The Story of Your Life. Suddenly people were given a voice and a chance for their stories to be heard. It started a powerful wave that continues with even greater momentum on West’s new album Into the Light. READ MORE HERE

“Broken Girl” Lyrics
by Matthew West | from the album The Story Of Your Life

Look what he’s done to you
It isn’t fair
Your light was bright and new
But he didn’t care
He took the heart of a little girl
And made it grow up too fast

Now words like innocence
Don’t mean a thing
You hear the music play
But you can’t sing
Those pictures in your mind
Keep you locked up inside your past

This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You’re not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don’t have to stay the broken girl

Those damaged goods you see
In your reflection
Love sees them differently
Love sees perfection
A beautiful display
Of healing on the way tonight
Tonight

Look what he’s done to you
It isn’t fair
Your light was bright and new
But he didn’t care
He took the heart of a little girl
And made it grow up too fast

Now words like innocence
Don’t mean a thing
You hear the music play
But you can’t sing
Those pictures in your mind
Keep you locked up inside your past

This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You’re not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl
You don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl

Let your tears touch the ground
Lay all your shattered pieces down
And be amazed by how Grace can take a broken girl
And put her back together again

This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You’re not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl
You don’t have to stay the broken girl, girl
You don’t have to stay the broken girl

READ MORE HERE ABOUT MATTHEW WEST

Edward Furlong’s estranged wife, Rachael Bella, claims he exposed their six-year-old son, Ethan, to cocaine although the ‘Terminator 2′ actor insists she is lying. Edward Furlong’s estranged wife claims he exposed their six-year-old son to cocaine. Rachael Bella has filed court papers alleging their little boy Ethan tested positive for the class-A drug after spending time with the ‘Terminator 2’ actor and has obtained a court order which forbids him from being alone with his son. READ MORE HERE

KEARNS, Utah – A 6th grade student brought an unloaded handgun to West Kearns Elementary School Monday. The 11-year-old boy allegedly told other students his parents encouraged him to bring a gun to school for protection following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday. The boy reportedly pulled the gun, a .22-caliber pistol, out of his backpack during recess Monday morning. READ MORE HERE

LONDON — The lead singer of British rock band Lostprophets appeared in court Wednesday charged with child sex offenses including conspiring with a woman to rape a 1-year-old girl. Prosecutors said Ian Watkins also is accused of conspiring to engage in sexual touching with two children; possessing, making and distributing indecent images; and possessing “extreme” animal pornography. READ MORE HERE

A former Beaver leader and tennis coach appeared in court today accused of sexually assaulting a child during after-school activities. Jason Asthana, 32, appeared at a Crown Court hearing held at Brighton Magistrates’ Court accused of inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sex assault on a child under 13. He denies the charges which allegedly took place on one boy between August 2009 and August 2010. READ MORE HERE

Following the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy, the Westboro Baptist Church is unsurprisingly stirring up controversy by doing one of the things they do best: picketing funerals. Your friendly, faceless, neighborhood hacking group Anonymous has responded by doing what they do best: publishing private information, in this case, about the members of the Westboro Baptist Church. READ MORE HERE