Foster grandparent pleads guilty to child sex abuse

A Franklin County foster grandparent is in prison for sexually abusing five children.

James Horton pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of child sex abuse. Investigators say Horton abused five kindergarten children in the foster grandparent program. As part of the plea deal, Horton was sentenced to seven years in prison.

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Slidell man arrested for sex crimes against juveniles

A Northshore man has been booked on sex crimes against juveniles, according to the Louisiana Attorney General's Office.

Investigators said they received a tip Friday afternoon involving Michael Reynolds. By Friday evening, the AG's Office said Reynolds was arrested on dozens of counts.

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Children in care in Nottingham 'abused by predators'

Hundreds of children were sexually abused by predatory foster carers and residential home staff who were allowed to thrive, an inquiry has found.

Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County councils exposed vulnerable children to repeated rapes and physical abuse, a report said.

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• Nottinghamshire children in care abused for decades – report

Foster dad gets 10 years for child-sex abuse

A Winnipeg man who sexually abused three foster children over the course of nearly a decade has condemned his victims to a "lifetime of trauma and pain," a judge said Tuesday.

"There are no adjectives to properly describe the court's repugnance, repudiation and rejection of your vile and depraved acts," provincial court Judge Ray Wyant told the 49-year-old man, before sentencing him to 10 years in prison.

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California father, son charged with sexual abuse of multiple foster children for years

Police in Antioch, California have arrested a father and son on charges of sexually abusing multiple children under their care for six years.

Simon Mendoza Chavez, 64, and his son Simon Magana Chavez, 31, provided foster care for children between 2011 and 2017.

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• Antioch father, son charged with sexual abuse of multiple foster children for years

Child Abuse Inquiry to hear evidence against 7 Scottish boarding schools in 2020

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has announced it will hold hearings into abuse allegations in boarding schools in summer next year.

Chairwoman Lady Smith urged anyone with evidence to get in touch with the inquiry, even if they have already spoken to police or been involved in other investigations.

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Foster dad pleads guilty to child sex crimes in Lauderdale County

One of the suspects in one of the worst child abuse cases ever for the Shoals has pleaded guilty.

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• Former foster parent pleads to 14 counts of abuse

Foster father, son accused of sexually abusing children, Contra Costa DA says

A foster parent and his son are accused of sexually abusing multiple children in Antioch, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.

The foster father, identified by the district attorney as 64-year-old Simon Chavez, cared for young children for at least 18 years at his home in Antioch.

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• East Bay foster care father, adult son charged with sexually abusing children

Foster father accused of raping, assaulting children

A Chelsea man was arraigned Monday after he was accused of sexually assaulting his two foster children.

Michael Diaz, 33, was arrested July 19 on nine counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, six counts of aggravated rape of a child under 16 and one count of distribution matter harmful to a minor.

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• Chelsea Man Charged With Raping His 2 Foster Children

‘Foster dad begged for custody of girl, 7, he said was in danger then raped her’

Eric Schrecengost, 37, was arrested Tuesday in Keizer, Oregon for allegedly raping and sexually abusing the girl. The Oregon Department of Human Services and Child Welfare placed the girl in Schrecengost’s custody last year after he filed a motion for temporary custody due to immediate danger.

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• Man accused of sexually abusing girl Oregon child welfare workers put in his custody

Pedophile convicted for inventing claims about child abuse by VIPs

A man who falsely alleged he had been a victim of a supposed child sex ring decades ago involving high-profile individuals including senior political and military figures was found guilty on Monday of perverting the course of justice.

Carl Beech, who was known by the pseudonym of “Nick,” told detectives he had been abused at military locations and at apartments close to parliament, and also said the pedophile gang had murdered three young boys.

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Valley mom shares experience with foster parents in child molestation case

A Valley mom spoke with ABC15 about her experience with George and Leslie Little, the Gilbert foster parents at the center of a child molestation case.

The mom, who didn't want to use her name, says she placed her two daughters in foster care two years ago in order to keep them safe.

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DCFS placed boy in foster home with sex offender, he was abused: lawsuit

A new allegation claims the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services placed a child in a home with a convicted sex offender, and he was sexually abused. That’s according to a pair of lawsuits filed by the Cook County public guardian against DCFS, the foster mother and the sex offender.

“DCFS is supposed to run a background check," public guardian Charles Golbert said. “They did not do that in this particular case so they ended up placing a 12-year-old boy with a convicted child sex molester.”

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Mother accused of letting husband abuse adopted twins released with GPS monitor

Regina Ceska, accused of doing nothing while her husband allegedly abused their adoptive twin daughters both physically and sexually over a six-year period, was released on her own recognizance pending her trial.

She is charged with second-degree misdemeanors for failing to report abuse of a cognitively disabled or otherwise impaired adult and neglect of an adult she had care for. The twins, who were adopted when they were 11 years old, turn 22 Tuesday.

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Pennsylvania missionary arrested for allegedly abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing children at an orphanage he founded in Kenya, federal officials said.

Gregory Dow, 60, was taken into custody Friday at his home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He started a home for orphaned children in the east African nation in 2008, and allegedly abused the minors under his care for years, according to the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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PD: Foster dad in Gilbert arrested for child molestation

A foster dad has been arrested in Gilbert for child molestation, police say, and his wife spoke exclusively to Arizona's Family.

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Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking targets: 'The more vulnerable the better,' investigator says

Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier convicted 11 years ago of soliciting minors for prostitution, now stands accused of preying on children in a manner that is disturbingly familiar to sex-trafficking experts: targeting society’s most vulnerable.

A federal indictment unsealed Monday charges that Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls,” some as young as 14, at his homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida, and other locations. The indictment describes the victims as "particularly vulnerable to exploitation."

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• Many were from “disadvantaged families, single-parent homes or foster care,” she wrote, with several girls just “one step away from homelessness.” Some girls had endured parents’ suicides, abusive fathers and abused mothers, she added.

Oregon caseworkers accused of sex in presence of foster child: 1 has resigned, 1 no longer being paid

A pair of Oregon child welfare workers accused of having sex in the presence of a foster child they were supposed to care for during an overnight hotel stay are no longer being paid by the state, and one has resigned.

Mark Walsh, a child welfare supervisor in the Department of Human Services’ Dallas office, quit on June 28, effective immediately, according to department spokesman Jake Sunderland.

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Wife took husband's phone and loaded child abuse images - then shopped him to cops

A vengeful wife loaded her husband’s mobile phone with sickening images of child porn and then called police in an effort to frame him.

Cherie Renee Bolton, 34, of Siloam Springs pleaded guilty last week in Benton County Circuit Court in the US to possessing and distributing child abuse images and filing a false police report.

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Before he became a registered sex offender, Carlile was a foster parent in Wichita Falls

Jason Wayne Carlile of Wichita Falls was an active foster parent in a window of time between committing indecency with a child and pleading guilty to the crime, according to information obtained by the Times Record News through an open records request to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

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