On July last year when temperatures peaked, a desperately thirsty eight-year-old child living in a park went in search of water, leaving her younger siblings behind, after her poverty-struck mother left for work. The child found what she was looking for, but never returned. She was raped, bludgeoned 15 times with a steel rod and killed behind an NDPL office near Maurya Enclave in North-West Delhi where she had chanced upon a water cooler, but then encountered a sex-crazed accused Sanjay Kumar Valmiki.

The wife of an East Prairie pastor charged with statutory sodomy and possession of child porn is charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Beth Lynnette Allen, 36, is charged with the endangering welfare of a child-1st Degree. Her husband, Kenneth Neal Allen, 36, is charged with three counts of first degree statutory sodomy and possession of child pornography. The East Prairie community says Kenneth Allen is the Pastor at Grace Apostolic Church.

Less than 24 hours after Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna called for tougher penalties for adults who sexually abuse children, the blood-curdling story has emerged of a mother who held her teenage daughter hostage, so that she could be repeatedly raped by an adult male.

Police are investigating more than 250 complaints of the abuse of children living in residential care in Northern Ireland. Most of the 251 cases being examined by Operation Charwell relate to incidents at least 20 years ago, but some date back 40 years.

(Reuters) – The child sex abuse trial of a former Pennsylvania State University football coach starts on Tuesday in a scandal that shook the school and its vaunted football program and opened a national dialogue on sexual predation in sports.

A top canoe coach who represented Great Britain in three Olympics was found guilty today of sexually abusing one of his promising young pupils. Peter Lawler, 71, faces a jail sentence for indecently assaulting the girl over a two-year period when she was just 13. His conviction represents a shocking fall from grace for the one-time sporting star, who reached the semi-finals in 1,000-metre Kayak events at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, again in Mexico City in 1968 and just missed out in the same event at 1972 Munich Games.

A wealthy Texan socialite who has the car number plate ‘My Syn’ has been arrested on child pornography charges. Erika Perdue is alleged to have amassed so large a collection of graphic videos and photos she had trouble keeping track of them. The 41-year-old, who lives with her attorney husband in one of Dallas’s most expensive areas, is alleged to have told police she traded in the illegal images every day.

MEDFORD, Ore. — The mother of missing 7-year old Kyron Horman filed a $10 million civil lawsuit Friday against the boy’s stepmother Terri Horman in connection with his disappearance two years ago.

Michelle Preston, 28, of Lenexa, Kansas, a former teacher and cheerleading coach at Shawnee Mission West, was placed on a 32-month probation on Friday as part of a plea deal and must register as a sex offender, after she admitted to having sex with three male students.

Four children, their mother and her boyfriend were shot and killed in “one of the most violent incidents in recent Arizona history.” When & Where: About 8:25 p.m. on June 24, 2005, at a home in the 2000 block of East La Mesa Street in Yuma. TipLine 1-888-755-TIPS (8477)

The priest always started his favorite ‘game’ by having the young boy remove his underwear and put on loose-fitting shorts so he could fondle him more easily. Then, the Rev. Robert Van Handel would run his hands up and down the child’s body as he stretched across his lap, Walkman headphones on his ears, pretending to be asleep.

BLACKMAN TWP. — A 24-year-old man has been charged with torture and first-degree child abuse after two children he was caring for were found with severe hot water burns. MLive.com reports a Jackson County judge denied bond during today’s arraignment for Daniel Ronquillo.

EAST HARLEM– After being teased for being too short and too smart, a 12-year-old East Harlem boy is now dead. The final straw came when Joel Morales was teased about his dead father. His mother found the fifth grader hanging from a shower rod in the bathroom of their apartment at the Jefferson Houses on 2nd Avenue and 115th Street, at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

MORENO VALLEY, CA — A golf coach at Moreno Valley High School was arrested Thursday on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student. David Brohamer, 37, has been a teacher at the school since 2006. He coaches both boys’ and girls’ golf.