Dennis Hastert, former U.S. Speaker of the House, was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison with two years of supervised release in his hush money case. The sentence also requires the man who once was the second in line for the presidency to comply with …
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The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women released a statement Thursday opposing anti-transgender initiatives–such as North Carolina’s notorious HB2–because they will inevitably increase violence against transgender people rather than protect women from violence. 250+ Anti-Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Orgs: Support Trans Community https://t.co/xI41ybQWw3 #ProtectEveryone …
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As former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert awaits his April 27 sentencing by a federal judge for charges related to evading banking laws, the Chicago Tribune has reported that unidentified sources within law enforcement can confirm that four men have filed “credible allegations” which accuse the 74-year-old Republican with sexual …
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At the end of a criminal trial linked to Tuesday’s report of systematic sexual abuse of children in the Altoona-Johnstown Dioceses and the two bishops responsible for hiding their crimes, the first of approximately 50 Western Pennsylvania priests accused of raping children was sentenced to a long prison term. A 71-year-old Catholic priest in Pennsylvania …
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It has been revealed that hundreds of children were sexually abused over a period of at least four decades by priests and other leaders within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in Pennsylvania. The findings by a statewide grand-jury, which was released Tuesday morning by the office of Pennsylvania State …
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Carl Nathan Weeks Jr., 33, a former Franklin County sheriff’s deputy was arrested by the State Bureau of Investigation on three charges of sexual abuse involving minors. A grand jury later indicted Weeks on six total counts of sexual abuse including one account of rape. Weeks is a current member of …
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For decades Bill Gothard was the influential leader of a Christian homeschool movement that drew in conservative Christian families such as the Duggars from “19 Kids and Counting.” The now 81-year old resigned in 2014 after being accused by 30 women including minors of sexual harassment and molestation. On Wednesday 10 …
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The victim is a 15-year-old girl who was abducted from the front of her home on December 26th, brought to a hotel, drugged and raped by 6 to 8 men. The lead suspect is Mian Adnan Sanaullah, a prominent Lahore politician, who was among the eight already arrested. The event is …
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A pastor in a small local Lowell church was found guilty for years of sexual abuse toward a young girl, including aggravated rape. His wife was found guilty of assault and battery as well as reckless endangerment for her role in the abuse. Read on in The Lowell Sun
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Lowell Correctional (Ocala, FL) is out of control; prosecutor describes it as “akin to prostitution.”
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