A Hubert couple accused of seriously abusing their five children were charged Thursday with counts related to sexual abuse. Larry W. Anderson, 25, was charged Thursday by Onslow County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Getty with child abuse by sex act and taking indecent liberties with a minor. Janet Lynn Anderson, 28, was charged with accessory after the fact in connection to her husband’s charges.

Child abuse complaints have been filed against the city of Asheville, N.C., and its police department following a “rally” last weekend that promoted “equal rights” for women and encouraged them to take off their shirts. They did. But while the state allows that level of nudity under some circumstances, it forbids it in front of children, and there were children at the rally, critics have documented.

(CNN) – A total of 250 clerics in the Boston Archdiocese have been accused of child abuse in recent decades, according to information made public Thursday by Cardinal Sean O’Malley in an attempt to help resolve an issue tearing at the core of Catholicism.

A new report, which is almost sort of certain to attract some rather harsh feedback from hardcore social media enthusiasts, claims that teens who are addicted to social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace, are more likely to fall victim to alcohol, nicotine, and even marijuana than those who shy away from socialising in the virtual world.

EL SEGUNDO, CA — Police are searching for a sexual predator who masturbated while watching a toddler playing in a kiddie pool at an apartment complex in El Segundo. The man was seen peering through an opening in a fence near an apartment complex in the 300 block of Bungalow Dr. on August 20. Police say the suspect began to masturbate while watching a toddler playing in a kiddie pool.

RICHMOND, Texas — An accused child molester on the run from the law is back in custody. Charles Dyer is accused of sexually abusing a child and also having a stolen grenade launcher. Dyer was headed to trial in Duncan last week when he bolted. Thursday morning, a call about a suspicious person led authorities south of Houston, Texas straight to the fugitive. Dyer will now be brought back to Oklahoma to face his sexual abuse allegations in addition to new federal charges.

This fact sheet highlights key issues related to sex offenses and the management of sex offenders who are under the control of the justice system. It is prepared for members of the public who want to know more about sexual assault, sex offenders, and the role that citizens can play in keeping their communities safe.

Lil Wayne is occasionally called a genius in the Hip Hop world. And his recent video production for “How To Love” has really set some hearts on fire. The controversial video has been labeled harsh and the song itself has a deep meaning. The Chris Robinson-directed clip tells the story of an abused mother, who unintentionally leads her daughter to relive her own vicious cycle.

Over the last few days we have seen a few articles written about B4U-ACT and the conferences they are holding. This organization is attempting to normalize pedophilia. They are attempting to change the name of pedophiles to “minor attracted individual” as well as create a way for the public to be more tolerant of pedophiles, “decriminalize” the act, and to change and enact laws to help pedophiles and lesson sex offender laws.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A local child advocate hopes someone can identify the person shown in a Youtube video punching a child. The incident is believed to have happened in Kansas City about three weeks ago. FOX 4 was contacted by Sister Berta Sailer who runs Operation Breakthrough in Kansas City. She’s desperate to identify the woman and child in the video since there’s reason to believe it happened near the organization’s child care center. The video’s most disturbing moment occurs in the opening frame when a woman knocks a girl down to the floor.

A book written by Christian fundamentalists from the US that teaches parents how to beat their children could be banned. The book, To Train Up A Child, is being investigated by Internal Affairs after a complaint was made last week. The book promotes using weapons, thumping, smacking, hair pulling and even sitting on them in order to get children to obey – and insists the “conditioning” must cause physical pain.

A Phoenix man was arrested Monday after his 5-month-old daughter was violently shaken and later died, according to Maricopa County Superior Court documents and Phoenix Police Department. Amos Carle Andreas, 25, has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and two counts of child abuse. On July 22, Jordyn had been lying on Andreas’ chest the night before and fell off sometime in the night while he was asleep, according to police and the court documents. He had been sleeping for about four hours when he woke up and found her on the floor.

German Moreno, 50, is arrested by the Judicial Investigation Police outside his mother’s house in Tibás on Monday morning, on charges relating to sexual abuse of a minor. The fugitive Costa Rica doctor fled the U.S. after being accused of child molestation in 2005. A Costa Rican man has stepped forward and filed new sexual abuse allegations against fugitive doctor German Enrique Moreno Rojas, 50, who is wanted in the United States on similar charges.

Seminole, FL- Jessica Marie Beers aka Jessica Mickles, a 28-year-old Florida woman has been jailed after she allegedly attempted to sell her five-year-old son for $2,000. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation was launched after detectives received a report from a couple who told them that Beers attempted to sell them her son for the bargain price of $2,000.