A chaplain with Bishop McGuiness High School turned himself in today on charges that he sexually abused a 14-year-old boy more than three decades ago at a Catholic church in Albemarle. Father Joseph Kelleher, 82, of 1525 Wood St. is charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child. He was released on a $5,000 bond and his first court date is scheduled for Aug. 9, according to Albemarle Police Chief Ronnie Michael.

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Berkeley County, SC – The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man and his girlfriend with homicide by child abuse in the death of a toddler whose body was found encased in concrete in a trash bin. This comes after investigators were led to the bin in Bowman Wednesday, after interviewing Williams and Trotman about the disappearance of 2-year-old, Rodricus Williams.

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Vatican City, July 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The head of the Catholic Church – Vatican says that they would revise the rules on child sex abuse. The church will introduce penalties for child pornography by the church’s priests. The announcement was made on Thursday at the Vatican City. The church has come under intense criticism for child abuse by its priests. Abuse has been reported in Europe, America and South America.

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Computers, laptops and hard drives have been seized by detectives as part of a crackdown on possession of indecent images of children in Cambridgeshire. During this week’s operation, 12 warrants were executed at properties in the Cambridge, Peterborough and Huntingdonshire areas.

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BELOIT (WKOW) — A 10-year-old babysitter accused of child abuse appeared in Rock County court as a prosecutor alleged the girl threw a toddler in her care into a bathtub and smashed the child’s head on a concrete floor. Hours after the four foot, eighty pound girl was charged as a juvenile with intentional physical abuse of a child, Beloit police officials said the 23-month-old victim’s mother, Stephanie Schober was arrested for child neglect.

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A GP who examined Baby P on at least 15 occasions became the first medical professional to be found guilty today of missing a series of opportunities to save his life. Dr Jerome Ikwueke, 63, faces being struck off for failing to notice the extensive injuries Peter Connelly suffered from horrific abuse. The Nigerian doctor was found guilty of a ‘serious breach’ of professional duty and of allowing his conduct to fall below the standard expected of a competent GP, the General Medical Council ruled today.

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Bishopville, MD – It’s bad enough to get your kicks by smackin’ little kids around, but to beat on a blind, autistic child? One would hope there is a seat reserved in the fiery pits of hell for such scum. As a matter of fact, I think I’ll call in a couple of favors right now to ensure that Carleigh Renee Kufchak is welcomed with open arms. She’s accused of beating the snot out of an 8-year-old girl she has been babysitting for and the kid’s mom got it all on tape.

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http://www.dreamindemon.com/2010/07/08/carleigh-kufchak-beat-up-a-blind-autistic-child/

BELOIT, Wis. – Let’s skip the fact that a 10-year-old was left in charge of caring for a toddler for a minute and get to why the kid was arrested. A mother brought her 23-month-old toddler to Beloit Memorial Hospital suffering brain damage and bruises all over their body. They were told that the child had fallen from a crib. But the injuries were not consistent, looking more like prolonged abuse, so the police were called. That’s when it was revealed that the person who had been caring for the victim for the last few weeks was a 10-year-old kid. The 10-year-old, who is not related to the victim, later confessed to investigators that they were responsible for the child’s brain bleeding and severe external injuries.

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MT. JULIET, Tenn. – Mt. Juliet police have confirmed that a 4-year-old hospitalized last week in a case of suspected child abuse has died from her injuries.

Mt. Juliet Police Chief Andy Garrett did not verify what day she passed away or give any detail on the type of injuries she had.

The child was in the intensive care unit at the Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt since Thursday.

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MADISON COUNTY, Miss. —

A baby boy that was found dead in a suitcase last week was born alive, Madison County Sheriff Toby Trowbridge said on Tuesday.The newborn was found Friday afternoon in a garbage bag, wrapped in a blanket, inside the suitcase, behind the Smith Chapel Baptist Church in the 300 block of Livingston Vernon Road in Flora, the sheriff said.

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A Rosenberg man received 48 years in prison on each of four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child after pleading guilty to the indictments last week in the 240th District Court.

Donny Chad Curry, 35, was sentenced to another 20 years in prison on two additional sexual assault of a child charges and an indecency with child charge, according to the district attorney’s office.

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THE State Government has launched a review into a program for people who sexually assault their own children after a Casino man who entered the program escaped a prison sentence, despite admitting he sexually abused his young daughter 74 times.

However, the man, who cannot be named, will not go to jail for his crimes, with Attorney-General John Hatzistergos saying the man’s referral to the Cedar Cottage program cannot be appealed.

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http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2010/07/06/child-rape-appeal-casino-court-crime-government/