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.

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.

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.

MONTEREY — A Castroville man is missing with a 10-month old boy after a report of possible child abuse, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Deputies were called to a residence in Castroville on Saturday on a report of possible child abuse, but could not locate either the suspect, Jesus Vargas Espinoza, 47, or 10-month-old Angelle Jenisis Negron, a sheriff’s office spokesman said.

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.

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.

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.

NEW CASTLE — The Friday death of a New Castle Correctional Facility inmate is being investigated as a homicide. Jeremiah K. Taylor, 37, of Ligonier in northern Indiana, died Friday morning at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. According to an Indiana State Police press release, Taylor was found unconscious at the bottom of a stairwell inside the prison about 11:05 p.m. Thursday. He was taken by ambulance to Henry County Hospital, then flown by medical helicopter to Indianapolis.

Secure and healthy families are the foundation of healthy and safe homes as well as strong communities. Exchange Clubs and Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Centers across the country help build this foundation. At the heart of our efforts is the Exchange Parent Aide program, facilitated through Exchange Club CAP Centers across the country. Parent Aides are trained and professionally supervised individuals who work in the homes of families to provide education and support. Parent Aides are mentors for families. In addition to the Parent Aide program, these centers also provide a variety of other supportive services. Exchange Club members support this effort in a variety of ways—from distributing educational information to volunteering to raising funds for CAP programs.

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.

Pope Benedict will have immunity from any attempts to prosecute him in connection to sexual abuse cases around the world, legal experts say of the pope’s decision to resign his position. Benedict announced that he will spend the remainder of his days living at the Vatican, where he will also be given security measures, Reuters reported.

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.

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.

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.