Child Abuse Articles

SPOKANE -- A Spokane man who admitted to beating his girlfriend's baby son to death will face additional child abuse charges for a separate case. Spokane Police were called to an apartment near Market and Everett around 5:00 p.m. Tuesday night when the ...

COVINGTON – A Boone County teacher who faced a felony charge for spanking his son before a judge threw out the case has sued a sheriff’s detective, prosecutor and his ex-wife. Christopher Robison, 46, claims in a suit filed in U.S. District Court in ...

DE PERE (AP) -- U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson is complying with an activist's request by urging the Green Bay Diocese to be transparent in its investigation of alleged pedophile priests. The Republican issued the call Wednesday in a statement. He asks ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Police say they have caught a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after he was convicted of sexually abusing young girls in southern Brazil. A police officer in the state of Rio Grande do Sul says the Rev. Avelino Backes was arrested ...

Authorities have charged a 26-year-old Montevallo man with sexual abuse of a child under age 12 after authorities allege he was seen acting suspiciously in a toy section of a store. Alabaster Police Department say Target employees alerted them after they ...