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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest in Brazil is facing charges he abused eight boys in cases dating back to 1995, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding to a growing list of allegations against clergy in Latin America.

Father Jose Afonso, 74, is accused of abusing altar boys between the ages of 12 and 16, Sao Paulo state prosecutors said in an e-mailed statement.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-lt-brazil-church-abuse,0,3325527.story

Erin Flynn said she and Patrick Hall had just finished snorting lines of heroin, with a 5-month-old boy nearby, when she stepped outside to smoke a cigarette. When she returned to the Fairfax County townhouse a few minutes later, the infant had a piece of paper in his mouth that might have had some of the drug on it.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042705086.html

RACINE COUNTY – An employee of the Human Services Department has been fired and is under criminal investigation for allegedly filing false reports on child abuse cases he never investigated.

Todd O’Brien, a child protective services initial assessment worker with HSD who investigated complaints of child abuse and neglect, was terminated Tuesday, said Racine County Human Services Director Debra Jossart.

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http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/breaking/article_7dd4fb50-52f1-11df-beaf-001cc4c03286.html

SIERRA VISTA — A 6-year-old boy remains in guarded condition after police arrested the child’s relatives on abuse charges, police said Tuesday.

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http://www.svherald.com/content/news/2010/04/28/family-charged-abuse-case

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Authorities in Spartanburg County said they arrested an Upstate mother on charges of child abuse and neglect.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said 29-year-old Patricia Diane Emory, of Converse, was arrested Monday after an investigation by the Juvenile Crimes Unit determined that Emory’s 7-month-old daughter had suffered two fractures in her right leg.

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http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/23291346/detail.html

Police say the baby’s father, Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem, confessed to throwing the infant off a bridge.

SAYREVILLE, N.J. — A body found near a New Jersey river may be that of a 3-month-old girl who police say was thrown off a highway bridge by her father earlier this year.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-bridge-baby,0,838256.story

A woman and her boyfriend have been charged with murder in the death earlier this year of the woman’s 17-month-old daughter.

Lillian Kathryn Callender, 22, and Michael Christopher Stoffa, 25, are each charged with one count of murder in the course of child abuse and two felony counts of child abuse. They are charged in the March death of Callender’s daughter, whose name has not been released to the media.

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http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-now-child-death.a27,0,1738723.story

Matthew “Travelin” Boyer’s MySpace Profile

Neosho, Missouri (The Weekly Vice) – Matthew Boyer, a 35 -year-old Missouri man, was arrested Thursday for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an underage girl and possessing nude pictures of another minor on his home computer.

According to Newton County Sheriff’s Department, the victim informed investigators and school officials she had intercourse with Boyer on two occasions in September of 2009 at his home when she was 16 years of age.

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http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2010/04/little-child-rape-little-child-porn.html

His MySpace and His Facebook

8th grade school teacher arrested

Atoka, OK – After conversations on the internet turned sexual, a Harmony School teacher was arrested for having sex with a 14-year-old female student. Samuel “Sam” Bellows, 24, has been teaching history and computer for the past three (3) years.

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http://deadkidsofmyspace.com/

A 22 year old Zanesville man is facing 47 sex related charges involving children.

The Muskingum County Prosecutor’s Office says that Irvine Carnes IV appeared in Judge Cottrill’s courtroom and pled not guilty to 47 counts of rape and one count of gross sexual imposition.

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http://www.whiznews.com/content/news/local/2009/08/26/man-faces-47-sex-counts-with-children

EDWARDSVILLE — Calling Keith Recklein “a danger to society,” a judge sentenced him Monday to 50 years in prison for luring a stranger to a park, then raping and beating her and leaving her for dead.

Associate Judge Kyle Napp ordered two consecutive 25-year terms for Recklein, 31, of Granite City, for aggravated criminal sexual assault, and a concurrent five-year term for aggravated battery.

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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/F3C9463E8ADD59138625771200008E13?OpenDocument

April 27, 2010-April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, which means that volunteers, organizations, and community activists are ramping up their education in an effort to prevent the awful reality of child abuse.

It was too late for Oleander Labier, a 5-year-old girl from Gresham, a city right outside of Portland. Police were called to the home of Guadalupe Quintero and Christopher A. Rosillo on Tuesday. They found Oleander unconscious and not breathing. EMTs took her to Portland Adventist Medical Center, but the girl did not make it. She was pronounced dead on arrival.

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http://www.examiner.com/x-2032-Portland-Parenting-Examiner~y2010m4d27-Gresham-couple-charged-with-murder-of-5yearold-daughter