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32-pound, 10-year-old found locked in Mo. closet
A Kansas City woman was charged Saturday with abusing her 10-year-old daughter who weighed just 32 pounds when she was found locked in a closet that ...
What's next for Jerry Sandusky after the trial?
A jury took less than two days to find Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse, but the judge will need substantially more time ...
Ex-Penn St. assistant Sandusky convicted of abuse
For years, the children Jerry Sandusky had preyed upon kept quiet about what the former Penn State assistant football coach did to them in echoing ...
Monsignor convicted for covering up abuse claims
Monsignor William Lynn helped the Archdiocese of Philadelphia keep predator-priests in ministry, and the public in the dark, by telling parishes their ...
Breakdown of Sandusky verdicts, by victim
Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted Friday of 45 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys. Here's a breakdown, by victim, of what ...
Penn State child sex abuse case goes to jury
Jerry Sandusky was either a "predatory pedophile" who lured young boys to Penn State with gifts and access to big-time football, or a victim of ...
Sandusky defense rests on 3rd day in abuse case
The defense in Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse trial rested on its third day Wednesday without calling the former Penn State assistant coach to ...
Divided jury returns Friday in Philly priest case
A stubbornly divided jury will have a day off to dwell on clergy-abuse charges pending against two Roman Catholic priests before returning for a 13th ...
Church abuse victim on trial for beating priest
Northern California prosecutors concede the man on trial in the beating of an aging priest was sexually abused by the Jesuit, but told a jury ...
Dottie Sandusky breaks silence about husband
She's been a constant, if silent, presence by Jerry Sandusky's side. Dottie Sandusky had not spoken publicly in more than six months until taking the ...
Church abuse victim faces trial for beating priest
Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of beating an aging Jesuit priest who he says molested him and his ...
Ill. investigated parents of kids tied at Walmart
An Illinois couple arrested after two of their five children were found bound and blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot in Kansas were investigated for ...
Experts cast doubt on Sandusky's disorder defense
The defense in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial is suggesting that a personality disorder explains some of the charges against the former ...
2nd man pleads guilty in Texas child rape case
A man who is part of a group of 20 males accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a case that horrified and divided their ...
Pope to Irish: Child abuse by clergy 'a mystery'
Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, ...
Sandusky strategy emerges after trial's first week
After a gripping, emotionally charged four days of testimony that saw eight men from 18 to 28 years old tell jurors that Jerry Sandusky sexually ...
Testimony at Sandusky trial shows missed chances
The eyewitness testimony that confronted jurors in Jerry Sandusky's child-molestation trial this week was disturbing not only for its graphic ...
Judge allows Sandusky to put on disorder testimony
Jerry Sandusky won a court ruling Friday that will let him have an expert testify about a psychiatric condition that his lawyer says helps explain ...
News guide to Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial
Jerry Sandusky's trial moved briskly this week as accusers, a former team assistant who said he witnessed Sandusky assaulting a boy, a Penn State ...
Accuser: Sandusky called himself 'tickle monster'
The judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky's child sex-abuse trial says prosecutors could finish presenting their case Thursday. Judge John Cleland tells ...