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Now, a 25-year-old man faces charges.
A disturbing video of a Georgia teen named Trinity being abused by her father and an unknown woman, believed to be her stepmother, was posted on Instagram Live today and people on social media are ...
Former Warner Robins Police Chief George Johnson, who was sent to federal prison for his involvement in a blackmail scandal in the early 1990s, was arrested last week on child sex abuse and incest ...
Sexual abuse scandal in Providence diocese; Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Boston; Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles; Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic diocese of Orange; Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Sexual abuse cases in Southern Baptist churches
Research estimates that over half of child sexual abuse offenses in the United States are committed by perpetrators under the age of 18. [12] However, child-on-child sexual abuse frequently goes unreported because it is not widely known about by the public, [2] and often occurs outside of adults' supervision.
In the United States, it was estimated in 1989 that 40% of the AIDS cases in South Carolina went unreported, largely due to social stigma in the early days of the epidemic. [27] In 2008, out of 2,460 deaths from AIDS-related illnesses during a six-year period in Washington, DC , an estimated of 1,337 had not been reported. [ 28 ]
Of the 3,925 child sexual abuse cases the FBI opened from Oct. 2021 through Feb. 2023, the DOJ OIG audit reviewed 327, and 42 were flagged to the FBI for its "immediate attention."
Economic abuse can occur across all socio-economic levels. [75] The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in the United States reports that: 25% - 50% of victims of abuse from a partner have lost their job due to domestic violence. 35% - 56% of victims of domestic violence are harassed at work by their partners.