They call them the “perversion files”, and more than 5,000 alleged child molesters aren’t the only ones hoping to prevent their hitherto-secret contents ever seeing the light of day. Boy Scouts of America is at the centre of a growing legal crisis as it attempts to block publication of documents that name and shame the extraordinary number of adults expelled from the organisation amid accusations of sexual misconduct.

Loudon County, TN—– A pedophile incest father was sentenced to 44 years in prison for raping his 2-year-old son while videotaping the abuse. Edward William Crandall, 24, is a single father, nickname “Eddy” on his MySpace. His handle is ProudDad87. Proud dad? You’re kidding me. This scum of society lived in a camper besides his grandparent’s home and had visitation rights with his son.

NEW DELHI – India experienced thousands of cases of violence, including rape and murder, against children last year, as 5,484 children were sexually assaulted and 1,408 others killed in different parts of the country, reported local daily The Times of India Monday. The report quoted the latest National Crime Records Bureau data as saying that 10,670 children were also kidnapped or abducted during the year.

AN Adelaide man caught hoarding child pornography by US authorities has been jailed for three years. The District Court this morning ordered Stephen John Foster serve at least 18 months of that sentence before being eligible for parole. Foster, 63, of Ethelton, pleaded guilty to aggravated dissemination and possession of child pornography.

VICIOUS sex offender who raped a woman he knew after contacting her on Facebook has been jailed for life. William Jameson, 48, bound and gagged her and told her she was going to be his “sex slave” after luring her to a shed, a court heard. The 31-year-old victim, a civil servant, was unaware Jameson had a history of sexual violence including child rape, attempted murder and manslaughter.

As costumed kiddies take to the streets tonight, thousands of sex offenders across the country will be forced to turn off their lights and refuse to answer the door. Some will be required to also post “no candy” signs and refrain from decorating their yards. Some counties round them up for a mandatory movie night or an evening in jail. In some areas with prohibitively strict residency requirements, police will be rounding up several hundred transient sex offenders.

VAN NUYS, Calif. — The Supreme Court issued a final, stinging rebuke of a lower court’s decision on three separate occasions to dismiss the assault conviction of a grandmother in the shaking death of her 7-week-old grandson.

HEATH and Deborah Campbell have three children: Adolf Hitler, 5, Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie, both 3. They insist they aren’t racist – they just like the names. Heath and Deborah Campbell have covered their house in swastikas and have swastika tattoos. But still, they insist they aren’t racist – they just like swastikas.

IT’S a new dangerous drinking fad dubbed “drunkorexia” and gripping NSW — women starving themselves so they can booze and not gain weight. Medics say the growing craze is most common among university students faced with the challenge of staying slim and peer-pressure drinking.

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Child molestation is a disease. The child molester is a sick person with an illness that he is unable to control or stop on his own. He has a preoccupation and a sexual desire for young children. In order to stop, he needs help through treatment, supervision or incarceration. In our collective experience working with this population in the Jewish community, approximately one-third of pedophiles have a preference for boys, one-third prefer girls, and one-third have no preference. Some pedophiles also have distinct preferences within select age groups. And one predator may abuse dozens or hundreds of children. What can we — as parents, educators and a community — do to protect and respond to sexual abuse?

Los Angeles (CNN) – Former LAPD Detective Federico Sicard still remembers the Monday he arrived at a school to interview children who said a priest had molested them, even though the visit took place 23 years ago. Sicard found four children at the school, Our Lady of Guadalupe in East L.A., who said they’d been abused by Nicolas Aguilar Rivera, a priest who’d recently arrived from Mexico. But police never had a chance to interview Aguilar.

CINCINNATI — A prosecutor said Friday he will seek the death penalty against a Cincinnati father accused in the abuse death of his 2-year-old son, who was recently returned to his birth parents from foster care in a decision that triggered outrage and an independent review of the county’s social services agency.

A man accused of tying up a 14-year-old schoolgirl in his Ohio basement in 1967 before killing her and dumping her body was convicted Friday of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Robert Bowman, 75, took the witness stand before his sentencing to deny involvement in the killing after hearing the victim’s sister describe how Eileen Adams’ death tore her family apart.