A PAEDOPHILE jailed for possessing child porn claimed the images found on his computer were ‘artistic’, a court was told. Ian Whittaker, formerly of The Esplanade, Weymouth, was sentenced to a total of 16 months in prison after admitting 12 offences of possessing indecent images of children and three charges of making indecent photos of a child.

COURT HOUSE, N.J. — Cape May County had the highest number of children in out-of-home placement in 2010 and the second highest number of abuse and neglect investigations in 2009, according to the non-profit organization Advocates for Children in New Jersey (ACNJ). In the statewide report on child well being, the organization used a scale from 1 to 21, with 21 being the worst. Cape May County ranked 18.

A shocking haul of child sexual abuse material has been seized on ships arriving in Tauranga during a month-long Customs operation. Customs officers seized 14 hard drives and five laptops from several vessels. Some of the items contained “extreme” images of child sexual abuse, and were inspected by investigators and forensic officers who travelled from Auckland.

The Oklahoma Medical Examiner’s office has not released an official cause of death, but investigators do not believe that the death is a result of the alleged sexual assault, Muskogee police Cpl. Pedro Zardeneta said. Robert Jack Meeks II, 22, and Betty J. Hall, 42, both of Muskogee, were booked into the Muskogee County Jail.

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is investigating a Twitter account displaying child sex abuse images. Twitter has made much of not bowing to the UK courts when it comes to coverage of super-injunctions, but abuse images normally get less support from freedom of speech advocates. The mini-blog site has been echoing with whispers of the supposed UK super-injunctions which are meant to stop publication of certain information, and stop reporting of the existence of the actual injunction.

FORT DEFIANCE. – A northeastern Arizona man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the kicking death of his unborn baby. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday that 28-year-old Fernando Woody of Fort Defiance received his sentence Thursday. Woody pleaded guilty in March to voluntary manslaughter after admitting that he kicked the mother of his child in the stomach while wearing boots.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The phenomenon of the sexual abuse of minors within the church requires a strong response that is not “not inertia, a culture of silence or repression,” said the Vatican’s top investigator of clerical sex abuse said. Msgr. Charles Scicluna, promoter of justice for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said that the church must do all it can to respond to the problem and emphasize that protection of children is integral to the good of the universal church.

It is apparent that today’s society is obsessed and terrified by what appears to be an out-of-control epidemic of child molestation. The Perverse Plague – Confronting Society’s Epidemic of Child Molestation ($24.99, paperback, 9781613790137), a new Xulon Press title from Robert and Angela Banner, invites readers to delve beyond the overly simplistic, politically-correct dialogue of the sexual offender to find answers to end the hysteria. The co-authors invite all audiences to discover the whole truth behind child molestation through the support of a Christian worldview and well-documented psychological truths. They respond to the mystery of why authentic Christian people who are accustomed to making responsible moral decisions can radically shift into embracing deviant sexual behaviors and what can be done to restore them to sustained sexual sobriety. Ultimately, this must-read book offers a lasting solution toward curbing our societal plague of child sexual offending.

Lincoln, NE – A Lincoln man faces child abuse and assault charges after his girlfriend’s son suffered injuries requiring emergency surgery. Police told KLKN-TV that 20-year-old Kenvon Erving claimed the 19-month-old boy fell off the couch while he was watching him June 4th. The boy was flown to an Omaha hospital, where police say he was diagnosed with four broken ribs and a tear to his small intestine. He also had swelling to his pancreas and abdomen.

MALIBU — A well-known Malibu artist is in custody after he was accused of molesting his two toddlers, sheriff’s officials said Saturday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims investigators believe Paul Alan Rusconi sexually assaulted his two daughters, both aged 20 months old. Rusconi, 45, was arrested Friday on suspicion of lewd acts upon a minor and possession of child pornography.

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI – A father in Commerce Township has been arrested and arraigned in the murder of his four-month-old son. Richard L. Gillis III is being charged with Homicide Felony Murder and First Degree Child Abuse after the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner ruled craniocerebral trauma/homicide as the cause of death for his four-month old child, Richard Gillis IV.

Medical tests show a terminally ill infant had still been alive when her mother placed her in a plastic bag, doused it with gasoline, and then set the bag on fire, according to Thursday testimony in Washoe District Court that ended with the woman’s release from jail. While the autopsy of the baby, named Brandy, has not yet been completed, Sparks police Detective Steve Fiore testified that a pathologist from the county’s medical examiner’s office reported a recent blood test concluded the 2-month-old had inhaled smoke — meaning she was alive when Suceli Ardon burned her on March 6 in a Sparks field.