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Jerry Sandusky Sex Abuse: Louis Freeh to Head Penn State Probe

Nov 21, 2011 1:49 PM CST

Ex-FBI Boss to Head Penn State Inquiry

Sandusky victim driven from high school by bullying

(Newser) - Penn State has chosen the former director of the FBI to head its investigation into Jerry Sandusky's alleged sex abuse scandal. Louis Freeh, who headed the FBI from 1993 to 2001, says the internal probe might extend back to 1975. The university has faced complaints over choosing two university...

Democratic Rep. Dale Kildee Hit With Child Sex Abuse Allegations

Congressman Hit With
Child Sex Abuse Allegations

Nov 21, 2011 7:26 AM CST

Congressman Hit With Child Sex Abuse Allegations

Rep. Dale Kildee denies family members' claims

(Newser) - Rep. Dale Kildee is facing accusations of child sex abuse, but the Michigan Democrat denied the allegations in a statement last night. Relatives claim Kildee abused a male second cousin, who was 12 at the time, when Kildee was in his 30s—more than 50 years ago, according to the...

Syracuse Assistant Coach Accused of Molesting Ball Boys

Syracuse Coach Accused
of Molesting Ball Boys

Nov 18, 2011 2:22 AM CST

Syracuse Coach Accused of Molesting Ball Boys

Bernie Fine put on leave; Jim Boeheim leaps to his defense

(Newser) - More sexual abuse allegations have surfaced in the world of college sports. Bernie Fine, an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, has been placed on administrative leave amid allegations that he molested two former ball boys. Bobby Davis, now 39, claims Fine molested him starting when he was in the...

Please, Penn State, Decline Your Bowl Game

OPINION

Nov 17, 2011 12:20 PM CST

Please, Penn State, Decline Your Bowl Game

This season needs to be put out of its misery, Chris Dufresne argues

(Newser) - Penn State has been tone deaf throughout the Jerry Sandusky crisis, so it’s no surprise that its interim president recently said the team should play in a bowl game this year. Wrong, says Chris Dufresne of the LA Times . “Penn State’s season can’t end fast enough....

Sandusky Gets New Judge

Nov 17, 2011 8:12 AM CST

Sandusky Gets New Judge

And this time, it's not one connected to his charity

(Newser) - District Judge Leslie Dutchot is off the Jerry Sandusky case, after a public outcry over her ties to Sandusky’s charity for troubled kids, the New York Daily News reports. She’ll be replaced by an out-of-county judge who "has no known connections with the Pennsylvania State University, the...

Pa. Paper
Reported
Sex Abuse
Allegations
... in March

Nov 15, 2011 8:24 AM CST

Pa. Paper Reported Sex Abuse Allegations ... in March

Harrisburg Patriot-News' months-long coverage largely ignored

(Newser) - The nation—not to mention State College, Pa.—was rocked by the Penn State sex abuse allegations, which were first reported on November 5. Except that's not when they were first reported. The Harrisburg Patriot-News covered the initial allegations to surface against Jerry Sandusky ... in March. That's...

Penn State's Mike McQueary Email: He 'Made Sure' Jerry Sandusky Stopped

McQueary:
I Didn't Turn
and Run

Nov 15, 2011 7:00 AM CST

McQueary: I Didn't Turn and Run

Coach says he did the right thing when he saw Sandusky abusing boy

(Newser) - Mike McQueary has told former Penn State teammates that contrary to what many people infer from his grand jury testimony, he didn't allow Jerry Sandusky to continue what he was doing when McQueary allegedly saw him attack a 10-year-old boy, the New York Daily News reports. "I didn'...

Meet the Man in the Middle
of the Penn State Scandal

Nov 10, 2011 1:27 PM CST

Meet the Man in the Middle of the Penn State Scandal

Mike McQueary is the witness who went to Joe Paterno

(Newser) - On March 2, 2002, Mike McQueary went to Joe Paterno to tell him what he’d seen the night before in the Penn State locker room: Former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky raping a boy who looked to be about 10. McQueary, then a 28-year-old grad assistant in the football program,...

Next Penn State
Casualty: Its
President

Nov 9, 2011 12:26 PM CST

Next Penn State Casualty: Its President

Graham Spanier will be out by the end of the day, says a source

(Newser) - The heads keep on rolling: Casualty No. 4 of the Penn State sexual assault scandal will be university President Graham Spanier, reports the Express-Times . A source with access to the board of trustees tells the paper he will either resign or be voted out—but that either way, he'll...

Joe Paterno:
I Will Retire
After Season

Nov 9, 2011 9:56 AM CST

Joe Paterno: I Will Retire After Season

'I've lived for this place,' disgraced coach tells fans

(Newser) - Joe Paterno will end his storied career as Penn State's football coach, reports Fox 29 News , stepping down in disgrace at age 84 amid the sexual abuse scandal that tarnished his decades of squeaky-clean success. "I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this...

CDC Official Accused of
Child Molestation, Bestiality

Oct 12, 2011 12:02 AM CDT

CDC Official Accused of Child Molestation, Bestiality

Senior scientist, boyfriend arrested

(Newser) - A senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control at Prevention was up to some pretty sick stuff, investigators say. Kimberly Quinlan Lindsey has been arrested on charges of child molestation and bestiality, and her boyfriend, CDC night watchman Thomas Westerman, is also facing charges. Investigators say the couple included...

Activists: Vatican Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

FOR SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

Sep 13, 2011 7:50 AM CDT

Activists: Vatican Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

Pope, 3 officials named as responsible for rampant sex abuse

(Newser) - In the most substantial effort yet to hold the Vatican's feet to the fire for clergy sexual abuse, human rights lawyers will file a complaint today asking the International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute Pope Benedict XVI and three top Vatican officials for crimes against humanity. According to...

Boston
Archdiocese
Lists Accused
Priests

Aug 26, 2011 2:40 AM CDT

Boston Archdiocese Lists Accused Priests

159 clerics on list; 91 others omitted

(Newser) - Nearly a decade after a sexual abuse scandal erupted in the Archdiocese of Boston, Cardinal Sean O'Malley has released a list of 159 clerics accused of abusing children. The list was compiled using files that go back as far as 70 years, but the archdiocese has come under fire...

Vatican Releases
Sex Abuse Files

Aug 18, 2011 7:48 AM CDT

Vatican Releases Sex Abuse Files

Holy See denies accusations of cover-up of abusive priest in 1960s

(Newser) - The Vatican attempted to rebut claims it has been covering up sexual abuse by a priest in the United States in the 1960s by releasing files of its internal investigation on the Internet yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal . The alleged victim filed suit against the Vatican in a federal...

Warren Jeffs
Sentenced
to Life in
Prison

Aug 9, 2011 11:40 AM CDT

Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison

Polygamist leader guilty of sexually assaulting two girls in sect

(Newser) - The jury in Warren Jeffs' sex abuse trial took all of 40 minutes to decide that he should spend the rest of his life in prison. Jeffs was convicted last week of sexually assaulting two girls in his Texas polygamist sect, and the sentencing phrase wrapped up this morning. Jurors...

Warren Jeffs
Convicted of
Child Sex
Abuse

Aug 4, 2011 7:17 PM CDT

Warren Jeffs Convicted of Child Sex Abuse

Polygamist leader faces life in prison after sentencing phase

(Newser) - A Texas jury made quick work of the Warren Jeffs case today, deliberating for less than four hours before finding him guilty of sexually assaulting two underage girls in his polygamist sect, reports CNN . He faces life in prison when the sentencing phase of the trial wraps up. Jeffs acted...

Warren Jeffs: Cancel Trial,
or I'll Sic God on You

Jul 29, 2011 6:19 PM CDT

Warren Jeffs: Cancel Trial, or I'll Sic God on You

Polygamist threatens court with 'sickness and death'

(Newser) - Polygamist Warren Jeffs' decision to represent himself in court continues to go swimmingly: Today, he relayed a statement from God and threatened the court with biblical destruction unless it ended his trial, reports AP . "I, the Lord God of heaven, call upon the court to cease this open prosecution...

Woman Accused
of Groping TSA Agent

Jul 16, 2011 2:00 PM CDT

Woman Accused of Groping TSA Agent

Passenger accused of grabbing female screener

(Newser) - More allegations of groping from the airport screening world, but this time in reverse: A 61-year-old Colorado woman faces felony sexual abuse charges after authorities say she grabbed the left breast of a TSA agent with both hands at a Phoenix airport, reports MyFoxPhoenix . Yukari Mihamae was immediately arrested, and...

Pediatrician's Child Rape
Trial Over in a Day

Jun 8, 2011 2:00 AM CDT

Pediatrician's Child Rape Trial Over in a Day

Graphic testimony heard at Earl Bradley trial

(Newser) - The trial of former Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley, accused of committing monstrous sex crimes against scores of young patients, lasted four hours. Several people fled the courtroom as investigators described how Bradley, 58, had recorded hundreds of hours of video of himself abusing a total of 86 victims, all but...

Church-Backed Study
Blames '60s for Sex Abuse

May 18, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Church-Backed Study Blames '60s for Sex Abuse

Priests were ill-equipped to deal with social change, study finds

(Newser) - The Catholic Church's requirement for all priests to be celibate is not to blame for the church's sex abuse scandals, according to a study commissioned by and partially funded by America's Catholic bishops. The study concludes that most sex abuse cases involved priests trained in the '...