Latest Child sexual abuse Stories

Now is the time to raise awareness of child abuse and crimes against children. Dominick’s Law will lead legislation in Pennsylvania to create stiffer penalties for child abuse. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Dolores M. Miller, Poet and Author of the Beautiful Warrior writings, shares her time and her treasure to combat child abuse while providing hope, healing and inspiration to survivors of childhood abuse. The most recent benefactor of her time and talents is Dominick’s Law....

The Atlanta area group, Black Concerned Clergy of Atlanta, Georgia is meeting with Bee Wise Kids.org representatives on Monday, May 6, to address the issue of how churches can act to prevent childhood sexual molestation. According to Raymond King, cofounder of http://www.BeeWiseKids.org, the upcoming meeting is meant to bring local churches into an even greater leadership role in combating the growing problem of childhood sexual abuse. Atlanta Georgia (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 The organization...

Adults who have been abused or neglected as children have higher rates of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and are more likely to die at younger ages. New book by Praeclarus Press Editor, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Abuse, 2nd Edition, describes why child abuse survivors are more likely to get sick--and more importantly, what they can do to heal. Amarillo, Texas (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 Research over the last two decades has clearly shown that...

Sound Practices aimed at eliminating child sexual exploitation released in response to sex abuse scandals. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, in partnership with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, today released "Sound Practices for Keeping Children Safer in Youth-serving Organizations." To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...

Event to call people to action in support of healthy child development through massive display of pinwheels, the new national child abuse prevention symbol, in Times Square NEW YORK, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Prevent Child Abuse America will turn the "Big Apple" into the "Big Pinwheel" today with a display of more than 5,000 pinwheels - the new national symbol for child abuse prevention - in Times Square to call people to action in support of healthy child development and to...

Women who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse as children are more likely to have a child with autism than women who were not abused, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Those who experienced the most serious abuse had the highest likelihood of having a child with autism — three-and-a-half times more than women who were not abused. "Our study identifies a completely new risk factor for autism," said lead author Andrea Roberts, research...

Race to Stop the Silence on Sunday, April 14th to raise awareness and funds for programming to address the near-silent epidemic impacting more than one in four girls and one in six boys in the U.S. Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 16, 2013 Stop the Silence: Stop Child Sexual Abuse, Inc. is a DC-based non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving society’s efforts to prevent, treat, and end child sexual abuse. The organization is holding the 10th Annual Race to Stop the Silence on...

- Bakker Schut Foundation's Adele van der Plas credits pressure from U.S. Congress for recent action taken by the Turkish government to investigate allegations of pedophilia by the former Dutch Justice Ministry official during his official trips to Turkey - AMSTERDAM, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following the announcement of a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of sexual abuse in Turkey by former Dutch Justice Ministry Secretary-General Joris Demmink , Adele...

A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows evidence that certain forms of abuse negatively influence women cancer patients’ quality of life. Published in the Journal of Women's Health, the research focuses on the effects of intimate partner violence (including physical, sexual, and psychological violence) and childhood sexual abuse and how these forms of abuse affected a woman's levels of depression, perceived stress, and cancer-related wellbeing. The cross-sectional...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Do the names Bill Clinton, Bob Livingston, James McGreevey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Edwards, Christopher Lee, and Anthony Weiner, to name a few, ring a bell? If so,that is because at one point in time they were involved in a sexual, political scandal and Americans wanted to know every gritty detail involved. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121218/CG31887) But what about the women that were involved in these so called...