February 11, 2011: Philadelphia’s district attorney has taken a step no prosecutor in the U.S. had taken before: filing criminal charges against a high-ranking Roman Catholic official for allegedly failing to protect children.
District Attorney Seth Williams filed charges against three priests, a parochial school teacher and Monsignor William Lynn, who as secretary of the clergy was one of the top officials in the Philadelphia Archdiocese from 1992 to 2004. The three priests and the teacher were charged with raping boys. Lynn, 60, was accused not of molesting children but of endangering them. A damning grand jury report said at least two boys were sexually assaulted because he put two known pedophiles in posts where they had contact with youngsters. Question: Who are you allowing access to your children. Full FBI background check need to be conducted prior to allowing employees or volunteers to work with children. How often are you conducting background checks? Do you have a Child Protection Policy and is it being enforced? Do you have a Nursery, Preschool & Children’s Ministry Policy Manual? Is training being conducted? How often and what type of training is being conducted? Are employees and volunteers required to attend Child Abuse/Neglect & Reporting Training annually?
Posted By rodneypires on February 15, 2011
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Feb 3, 2011: The Diocese of Wilmington, has agreed to settle the cases for $77 million.
The settlement is still pending the approval of U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Sontchi. The agreement sets up a trust in the amount of $77,425,000 which will be divided among the victims.
In addition to the money, the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington has also agreed to open its secret archives and establish procedures to prevent future child abuse.
Posted By rodneypires on February 5, 2011
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Friday, February 04, 2011: LITTLESTOWN — Authorities in Pennsylvania have charged Jeffrey Crosley, 35-years-of-age, a former youth minister with sexual abuse of two teenage boys.
The alleged victims now 21-years-of-age, informed police that they were sexually molested as teens by Jeffrey Crosley. Before recently stopping, Jeffrey Crosley, volunteer for 10 years at Jesus Messiah Evangelical Church in Hanover central Pennsylvania according to officials. According to police officials, Jeffrey Crosley admitted having sexual relationships with about 10 boys.
Jeffrey Crosley also faces child pornography charges based on photographs sized from his home according to Shawn Wager, Adams County District Attorney. Question: I wonder if a Background Check was conducted by Jesus Messiah Evangelical Church prior to allowing Crosley access to children? Staff and volunteers should have a completed FBI Background Check conducted prior to being allowed to work with children. Background Checks should be conducted no less then every 5 years thereafter. Question: Have you conducted FBI Background Checks on your employees and volunteers? If so, when was the background checks conducted? Does your organization provide and require that all employees and volunteers working with children attend annual Child Abuse Prevention Training? If not, why not? Call us today to setup a training seminar for your organization!
Posted By rodneypires on February 5, 2011
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A YOUNG Kentucky man revealed on Facebook that he suffered sexual abuse in the Catholic Church – then shot and killed himself in the parking lot of Blessed Mother Catholic Church on Owensboro.
avid M Jarboe, 23, who died on Thursday, wrote on the social networking site:
The abuse of the church is real … never once will I ever agree with the molestation of children. And never once will I agree with an institution that chooses to not acknowledge it.
He added that he hoped:
That this message will save at least one child from the pain and torment that I had to go through. … Let this be hope to all those out there that have been abused by a Catholic priest in any capacity. Perhaps your parents don’t see, perhaps those you know don’t see, know that God sees. And God never forgets.
Jarboe was a 2006 graduate of Owensboro Catholic High School, where he was a linebacker on the football team.
The Most Rev William F Medley, bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro, issued a statement yesterday saying:
In light of the information that has surfaced in his Facebook posting, the Diocese has begun an investigation in accord with diocesan policy.
Posted By rodneypires on February 5, 2011
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January 25, 2011: Six Portland men sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday, seeking more than $25 million for alleged sexual abuse by a church teacher and Scout leader more than 20 years ago.
The lawsuit contends that Timur Van Dykes, 51, molested Boy Scouts in Troop 719, which was supervised by the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. The lawsuit includes two brothers who dropped a previous complaint. It does not name Dykes as a defendant.
Dykes, a registered sex offender who now lives in Southwest Portland, has been convicted of at least 26 sex crimes since 1983. He is one of
about 50 Oregon leaders expelled by the Boy Scouts for sex abuse has been convicted of at least 26 sex crimes since 1983. He is one of
since 1946, according to confidential Boy Scout files and summaries obtained by The Oregonian.
The number of Boy Scout leaders ejected in Oregon eclipses the number of abusive priests identified statewide in the recent Catholic Church
sex-abuse scandal and presents an enormous potential legal liability or both the Mormon Church and the Boy Scouts.
Under Oregon’s flexible statute of limitations, victims of sexual abuse can bring cases once they’ve discovered how the abuse affected
them, sometimes decades after the actual crimes. The lawsuit reserves the option to seek punitive damages against both
the Boy Scouts and the Mormon church. Comment: Churches need to realize that they can be held liable for punitive damages for crimes on their premises by third party organizations. Churches need to protect themselves against risks from accidents on church property, fire, vandalism and theft to allegations of sexual abuse committed third party identities allowed to conduct business or activities on church premises. Your insurance in most incidents, will not cover liability costs of criminal acts committed by third party organizations on your premises. Call us today to learn how we can assist you in protecting your church from incidents of this nature.
Posted By rodneypires on January 27, 2011
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January 14, 2011 – Charged: Lewis Givens, 35, educational assistant, Olympia Brown Elementary School, Caledonia, Wisconsin and minister, Martin Luther King Church of Christ, of “two counts each of sexual assault of a child and sexual assault by school staff,” allegedly committed against a nine-year-old girl in the school’s special needs program. Story: Journal Times, January 14, 2011
Posted By rodneypires on January 20, 2011
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Friday the police arrested James Ben Harris, age 33, at Brookwood Baptist Church in Lawrenceville’s, Georgia. James Ben Harris is accused of having an ongoing sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy according to police. James Harris met the victim while the boy was attending his Sunday School class. Reports indicate that James Harris went on trips together with the victim. James Harris was arrested by police and charged with six counts of child molestation. James Harris was working as a Sunday school teacher and youth counselor. Police arrested Harris at the church Friday after the boy’s parents found explicit text messages between the two. 
Comment: I wonder if the church conducted a Background Investigation on James Harris before allowing access to the children?
Posted By rodneypires on January 20, 2011
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Las Vegas, NV. Jan 11, 2010: 
A Las Vegas pastor will appear before a Henderson judge Thursday to face sexual assault charges involving children.
Otis Holland, 54, was charged with two counts of sexual assault of a minor under 14 years of age, one count of sexual assault of a minor under 16 years of age and two counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14, according to a criminal complaint. He was arrested Dec. 17 for allegations involving a girl in his congregation — then on Tuesday a second alleged victim came forward, police said.
The first victim’s father alerted police Dec. 8 about the alleged sexual abuse after she told him about the encounters with Holland, a pastor of United Faith. The congregation includes about 80 members and meets in the lobby of Rob’s Tax Service in the 2400 block of East Hacienda Avenue in Las Vegas, the report states.
According to the police report, the alleged sexual assaults occurred on five occasions in a limousine and at his Henderson residence from April 2008 through Dec. 25, 2009. The victim’s parents had allowed her to go to Holland’s house under the pretense that she was receiving counseling.
The girl described to investigators numerous sexual acts Holland allegedly performed on her, according to the police report. At one point, she told police she saw a video camera in the “secret” back room where Holland is accused of assaulting her.
“Otis stated to her that she couldn’t tell anyone about what had occurred due to the fact that if he was caught, he would go to prison for a long time and the church would be ruined and it would be all her fault,” police said in the report.
Members of Holland’s congregation went to a police station after the allegations surfaced and argued Holland “was a good man who wouldn’t do that,” according to the police report. Investigators, however, instructed them not to dissuade other possible victims from coming forward.
According to the police report, Holland’s previous criminal record includes a conviction for disorderly conduct in California in 1981 and an arrest for domestic battery in Las Vegas in 2005. That case was later dismissed.
Holland was taken to the Henderson Detention Center and posted bail Dec. 20. His arraignment is scheduled for Thursday at Henderson Justice Court.
Posted By rodneypires on January 13, 2011
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two men have been charged with assaulting teenagers in a church, thanks to a whistle-blower’s tip.
The lawyer for 56-year-old Paul Keith Groover and 45-year-old Darrell Vincent Moore declined comment Tuesday after his clients pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges.
Officials say Groover’s father is a church leader at Greater Refuge Temple.
Moore is accused of raping several girls, including one at knifepoint. Arrest warrants say Groover molested a boy for several years and texted him locations in the church to meet him for sex.
Both are charged with sexual battery. Moore is also charged with lewd and lascivious conduct.
Posted By rodneypires on January 13, 2011
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WEST UNION, Iowa December 21, 2010 – A former Iowa pastor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl last year. The former pastor pleaded guilty to two charges of third-degree sexual abuse according to reports. Police indicate that all assaults took place at the church.
Posted By rodneypires on December 21, 2010
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