Sexual Misconduct

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal investigation into deaths at the defunct Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. His letter to Holder follows release of a report earlier this week by University of...

A well-known Orange County church has been roiled by allegations that a volunteer sexually assaulted children. A Sunday school volunteer at Rock Harbor Church in Costa Mesa allegedly formed relationships with children in his church and went on to...

Attorneys filed four more lawsuits this week in connection with lewd-conduct charges against a former teacher at Miramonte Elementary School....

A Sunday school volunteer at a Costa Mesa church has been arrested for sexually abusing children, according to church leaders and court documents....

Los Angeles school officials have been slow to act on some sexual misconduct allegations and often failed to notify, as required by law, the state agency that oversees the credentials of teachers, state auditors have concluded....

A young man who has sued Maine Township High School District 207 over his claims that fellow members of a Maine West High School soccer team sexually abused him during a hazing ritual said he hopes the suit will prevent further incidents. “Nobody...

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A Chicago Ridge deputy fire chief Sunday evening was being held on $150,000 bond after prosecutors alleged that he broke into a neighbor's home wearing a ski mask and carrying a knife. Gary Swiercz, 49, of the 8100 block of West 168th Place in Tinley...

The captain of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Malibu/Lost Hills station has been relieved of duty after a deputy made allegations of sexual misconduct, an official said Tuesday. Earlier this month, Assistant Sheriff James Hellmold said...

Burger King's biggest franchise holder, Carrols Restaurant Group,  reportedly has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle claims of sexual harassment. The settlement, Reuters reported, brings to an end a 14-year lawsuit involving 88 women who formerly...

Four allegations of sexual abuse among Boy Scouts of America troop leaders in Huntington Beach appear in a Los Angeles Times database recently compiled from Scouting and court records. The Times, which owns the Huntington Beach Independent, last month...

GALENA, Mo. -- The owner of Predator World, a former business in Branson West, is charged with repeatedly abusing two teenagers.   In a case filed by the Stone County prosecuting attorney on Wednesday, Breck Wakefield is accused of regularly having sexual...