SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man who authorities said traveled across the country to sexually abuse children, including a 6-year-old girl drugged by her mother, was sentenced...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Eugene elementary school teacher on Tuesday pleaded guilty to sex trafficking involving a child.

Federal prosecutors will seek a prison sentence of more than...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield youth basketball coach has been charged with sexually abusing a half-dozen girls over the past 25 years.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Indian Health Services to release a report investigating how one of its doctors was able to sexually abuse boys on Indian reservations in South...

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man is claiming he was sexually abused as a Boy Scout and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threatened ex-communication when he tried to report it 45...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former police chief has been hired to oversee the handling of sexual abuse claims at St. Paul's School, replacing a compliance monitor who resigned in protest.

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who delivered the homily at U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy's funeral in 2009 has pleaded not guilty to child sexual abuse.

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a controversial Muslim televangelist and cult leader to life in prison, finding him guilty of forming a criminal gang and sexual abuse of...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman has been sentenced to the maximum 30 to 60 years in prison for her role in the sexual abuse of an infant.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's attorney general said Monday his office's 18-month investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the state's two Roman Catholic dioceses will...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A second-grade public school teacher in Gettysburg has been charged with sexually abusing a child, and the state police are asking for tips if anyone believes there may be...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man with a history of sex crimes has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for creating and storing child pornography, federal officials said.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was hit with several lawsuits Monday for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the...

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida women's prison has likely violated inmates' constitutional rights by failing to protect them from sexual abuse by staff, federal investigators announced...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two months after a compliance monitor overseeing the handling of sexual abuse claims at St. Paul’s School resigned in protest, the school has agreed to hire an additional...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — One of four priests accused of sexual abuse by an Ellensburg man has been exonerated, with the man's attorneys expressing regret over the false accusation and the priest being...

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A Eugene man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of the kidnapping and sexual abuse of a woman, police said.

Eugene Police Department spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — All nine judges in Louisiana's Second Circuit Court of Appeal have recused themselves from a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport and a late...

PHOENIX (AP) — A married couple from Hereford accused of abusing their adopted children have agreed to a plea agreement.

The Arizona Republic reports that Brian and Monica Campbell agreed...

PLEASANTON, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas high school student sexually abused by her school’s resource officer on Monday sued the former sheriff and school for not stopping the abuse.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A person who accused a retired Catholic priest of child sexual abuse has recanted their allegation, The Catholic Diocese of Richmond announced Tuesday.

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — A high school varsity girls basketball coach has been arrested on suspicion of sex abuse.

Lisa DeFluri, 31, was arrested by Springfield Police Monday morning and...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Colorado woman has agreed to drop a lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints alleging she was sexually assaulted by a former missionary leader in the...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A victim advocate for the Connecticut court system was charged Friday with distributing child pornography over a cellphone app.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two men have been sentenced to federal prison in the rapes of young male victims in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, according to federal prosecutors.

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — A former student at a private Rhode Island school has sued the school and a former teacher, alleging the teacher sexually abused her and the school did not do enough to...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An attorney for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has claimed that alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse and their lawyers are seeking to eliminate the archdiocese in New...

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky chiropractor has been arrested on sex charges involving juvenile patients, authorities said.

Matthew J. Colasanti, 32, who operates Colasanti...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Twenty-five more women have joined four former patients in an amended civil lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by former suburban Portland physician David B. Farley and negligence...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights pledged Thursday to defend victims of clerical sex abuse and work to ensure member countries do better at protecting children and...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused as a child by a defrocked priest who was convicted of...

CHICAGO (AP) — A police officer was freed on bond Wednesday after being accused of sexually assaulting a high school student and a woman years before being hired by the Chicago Police Department....

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A California-based Roman Catholic bishop confirmed Wednesday that he is under investigation by the Vatican for his handling of abuse and misconduct cases in his former...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Salem man was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday, after a jury found him guilty on seven counts related to the sexual abuse of two children.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's attorney general cannot use a consumer protection law to sue a Roman Catholic diocese over sexual abuse allegations, the state's high court said Monday....