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Recent events, ranging from the women-focused “#metoo” movement to outcries of repeated sexual abuse by powerful men in government and Hollywood, have made sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, and disclosure part of the national conversation. Statistically, children wait an average of two years before beginning the disclosure process, if they ever report it at all. No one who regularly works with victims of abuse is surprised to see victims come forward years after their abuse has ended. 
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San Diego police are looking into a now-viral Facebook video showing a baby being slapped on the head.
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Generations of native Sami people living in remote northern Norway have been victims of rape and child sex abuse that has gone largely unreported and uninvestigated, police have acknowledged in a report citing deep failings in the way authorities operated there.
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The decision by the Girl Scouts of America urging parents not to encourage their daughters to hug relatives during the festive period has sparked widespread controversy.
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Basil L. O'Kimosh, 39, Keshena, is charged with Attempted Child Exploitation and Attempted Child Enticement, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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Why has child sex abuse been a recurring problem in the Afghan military since the 2001 US occupation began?
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Former state Sen. Ralph Shortey, a Republican, had been accused of offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sexual "stuff" earlier this year. Federal prosecutors will drop three additional child pornography charges against him in exchange for his guilty plea.
"It is in my best interest and in the best interest of my family," the former state senator wrote in plea deal paperwork signed this week, according to the Oklahoman.
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One in five children in North Texas lives in poverty, with more than 260,000 kids in the area considered food insecure, according to...
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The national party pulls out of a fundraising pact with the Alabama candidate, further isolating him.
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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) is investigating a serious error after the name of an alleged sexual offences victim was published online.
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The Senate race in Alabama is in a dead heat, just days after allegations surfaced that the Republican running sexually abused a child nearly 40 years ago, according to a new poll. Roy Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court justice, has seen a dip in the polls after the allegations surfaced, leaving him tied with Democrat Doug Jones. If Mr Jones manages to win the race, it would be the first time in two decades that a Democratic senator would represent Alabama in Washington.
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There are things that are more important than partisanship. The protection of our children is and the prosecution of predators should be everyone's top priority.
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The Pasco County Sheriff’s office is working multiple cases where kids under the age of 10 were solicited online to perform sex acts.
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Corey Feldman was encouraged by Dr. Oz to call the LAPD and identify two sexual predators in Hollywood, who he claims molested him and fellow child star Corey Haim.
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The U.S. government has long known that U.S.-funded Afghan units routinely engage in "bacha bazi" — boy play. Afghan military commanders and police kidnap boys and use them as sex slaves. American troops have complained of seeing boys chained to beds and hearing their screams at night. As Aaron MacLean, who served in Afghanistan with the Marines, observed, the “Taliban have long used reports of rapes committed by government agents as a recruiting tool(.) Indeed, among the elements of Mullah Omar's rise to power was his reputation for taking violent action against those who kidnapped and raped children.”
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Authorities promise swift response after parents claims toddlers have been molested, spiked with needles and drugged with mysterious white pills
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An inspector general report has found that for more than a decade, U.S. forces were not properly trained in how to report allegations of child sexual abuse by American allies in Afghanistan.
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Multiple advertisers put global YouTube ads on hold in wake of child exploitation scandal - CNBC.com
Several big-name advertisers have stopped advertising on YouTube after their ads appeared next to videos showing children in their underwear
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YouTube is deleting videos in response to its kids' content crisis.
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According to accused sexual predator Roy Moore, what the nation really needs is a man like him to restore our moral values.
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Two more women have come forward with allegations that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore made aggressive, unwanted advances on them when they were many years younger than he was.
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Online sites too often traffic in sex with minors. And that is not protected by the First Amendment.
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Locals Were Troubled by Roy Moore’s Interactions with Teen Girls at the Gadsden Mall - NewYorker.com
Charles Bethea on rumors that Roy Moore, the Alabama senate candidate accused of sexual contact with teen girls, was banned from a mall for his behavior.
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Gary Goddard is denying recent allegations he sexually abused Anthony Edwards and his friends when they were child actors decades ago.
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Families of children attacked or harassed by other pupils are dismayed by lengthy delays in issuing guidelines to schools
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‘It’s completely changed my perception, especially of Snapchat. It is frightening’ said one Durban North parent.
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