Child Sexual Violence News

Founder of StandUp for Kids arrested on child sexual assault charges

Boy Scouts helped alleged molesters cover tracks, files show

Former Teacher Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison for Distributing Images of Child Sexual Abuse

Bus driver charged with touching students

Ex-Priest on the Run

State Keeps Death Files of Abused Children Secret

Judge sentences Geneva man to 4 months in jail, probation

Family hopes $150B civil award prompts charges

Lake Bluff man gets probation, jail for sex and child porn

Nubia Barahona Case: New Documents Reveal Family’s Frustrated Attempt To Get Help

Recent Charges of Sexual Abuse of Children in Hollywood Just Tip of Iceberg, Experts Say

States Fail In Fight Against Sex Trafficking

Positive legacy of the Sandusky scandal: More sexual abuse victims speaking out

Breaking the silence

William Fox Sentenced To 35 Years For Sexual Abuse Of Two Adopted Sons

1,000 California Foster Care Homes Match Sex Offender Addresses: Report

Unfit for trial on molestation charges, former psychiatrist William Ayres heads to mental hospital

Victim’s advocate targets prosecutor for failing to convict former psychiatrist accused of molesting patients

McHenry man charged with sex abuse

Furor Over Giving Rape Suspect Explicit Tapes

Benjamin Janicki, Former Daycare Worker, Gets 40 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Preschool Kids

Effects of sexual abuse last for decades, study finds

Tim Pawlenty wiped a serial child molester’s record clean in 2008

Jury finds Rosemont man guilty of sexual assault

Incarcerated Pedofile Teacher Granted Visitation With Conditions With 5-year Old Daughter

Wadsworth man faces 14-40 years in prison

Philadelphia Priests Accused by Grand Jury of Sexual Abuse and Cover-Up

Australian police unearth global pedophile ring

Body of burned child found in Texas

A Letter from a Prosecutor to a Young Woman

Should Sex Offenders Be Castrated?

Appeals Court Throws Out Child Porn Conviction of Former Scott Lake Principal

Acquitted in Sex Assault

Hannah's journey will help scores of people, police say

Elgin High student's battle to strengthen stalker law helps others

Part of Jessica's Law ruled unconstitutional

Drama teacher accused of sex with student

Antioch man arrested for not registering on offender list

Lake Zurich teacher accused of sexually abusing student

Tears of woman guilty of sex attacks on baby

Gurnee cop found guilty of child molestation

Former Columbia teacher's aide found guilty of child sex abuse

Ex-teacher gets prison for sexual relationship with former student

Waukeganite accepts plea deal just prior to start of his trial

Chelsea's Law to be signed this morning - watch online!

American Fritzl? Father 'raped one of his daughters repeatedly and kept another locked in a tiny room for a year'

Afghanistan's dirty little secret

85-year-old pedophile get prison

MURDERED TEEN'S FAMILY MOVES BACK TO NAPERVILLE

Round Lake sex offender jailed for not registering

Tennessee Man Charged in Connection with Sex Trafficking Scheme

Chelsea's Law Passes Senate Appropriations

Man gets 12 years for molesting girl

Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Justice Department's national strategy for preventing sexual abuse of children.

Attorney General Eric Holder on the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention

Attorney General Eric Holder on the National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention

Dr. Ricardo Arze and sex abuse cases shows disconnect between law enforcement, state regulators of doctors

Warren Jeffs: Utah court overturns polygamist's rape conviction

Pentagon workers tied to child porn

Roman Polanski free after Swiss reject US request to extradite on sex charge

Congratulations, Polanski-Defenders — Now the Child-Rapist Walks Free!

What causes people to give false confessions?

Lake Zurich man gets probation for sex with juvenile

Convicted child molester arrested, charged in Gurnee Mills abduction

Ill. provides child care in sex offenders’ homes

Jasmine Law a step closer to reality

COURT RULES CHILD PROSTITUTES VICTIMS, NOT CRIMINALS

A Second Chance for Joshua

A Second Chance for Joshua

Cornell doctor sliced young girls’ genitals; Tested girls as young as six with vibrator, columnist says

Registered sex offender charged in Buffalo Grove exposure complaint

Former campus cop admits abuse, gets 10 years

$500,000 bail on Elgin man charged in sexual abuse case

Round Lake Beach man held on child molesting charges

Beach Park sex offender denies failure to register

Carol Stream man sentenced to 18 years for abusing girl

Ex-Round Lake Beach cop gets jail for sex with 16-year-old

Holy Fathers

Palatine woman gets 4 years for possession of child porn

Schaumburg grad, sex abuse victim campaigns for 'Erin's Law'

More allegations against convicted former priest

Teacher admits sexual relationship with former student

A Better Chance at Justice for Abuse Victims

Jail time, probation in molestation case

Judge: Man unfit for trial in Roselle molestation case

Judge: Didn't want to, but killer's release required by state law

Ex-Chicago DJ sentenced for soliciting Carol Stream boy

McHenry Co. child killer free after 47 years behind bars

Catholic Church in Germany melts down on first day as 4,000 people phone in

Rome waited to ban pedophile priest

God's Justice for Becca

Judge Frederick W. Crow III and King Solomon's Sword

To Sinead O'Connor, the pope's apology for sex abuse in Ireland seems hollow

To Sinead O'Connor, the pope's apology for sex abuse in Ireland seems hollow

Sex abuse charges filed against Round Lake Beach man

Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys

Man denies molesting child while stationed at Great Lakes Naval Base

Man denies molesting child while stationed at Great Lakes Naval Base

Man found guilty in molestation case

Report: Boy Scouts have covered up sex abuse for decades

Man gets 15 years for molesting child

Ex-cheerleading coach gets 40 months for sex abuse

Chance to save kids from sex offenders

Des Plaines man charged with long-term molestation

Defendant in Chelsea King murder charmed some

Sex offender pleads not guilty in death of former Naperville teen

Chelsea King suspect investigated for other crimes

Elburn sex offender arrested on new rape charge

Missing ex-Naperville teen's body found

Naperville man admits sexual abuse

Officials concerned about protecting youngsters from predators in child welfare system

Blue Springs Man Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation

Child Abuse Monster Father Brendan Smyth Ruined My Life

Unregistered sex offenders roam free

Mistrial declared in officer's sex trial

Vernon Hills man's molestation trial delayed

Man gets 24 years for molesting three children

State regulator disciplines 283 for sex offenses

Jail escapee sentenced as habitual criminal

Jury convicts Vernon Hills man in child molesting case

Mundelein man admits molesting teen

Man gets 40 years for molesting children

Glen Ellyn church 'shocked, stunned' by child porn arrest

Former band director admits affair with student

Chicago man get 15 years for molesting boy who went on to molest

Rock Island man pleads guilty to rape

Rock Island man pleads guilty to rape

Carol Stream cops say Schaumburg man solicited minor

Skokie man gets prison for exposing himself at Lake County pools

Wheeling man gets 90 days in jail for touching teenage girl

Former cop convicted in child abuse case

McHenry Co. sex abuse suspect nabbed after 13 years on the run

Court upholds conviction of Carlie Brucia’s killer

Former fire official pleads not guilty to child porn

Man denies years of child molestation

Cary man admits molesting 10-year-old, faces prison

Aurora men accused of assaulting runaways

Palatine man charged with abusing 8-year-old girl

Wheeling baby-sitter charged with sex abuse

Man pleads not guilty in girl's rape

Family sues Elgin sex offender

Testimony starts in fitness hearing for Lake Co. molestation case

Man gets 15 years in DuPage rape solved by DNA from jail toothbrush

Lombard sex offender gets jail time for molesting minor

Security guard indicted on child porn

Attempt to change guilty plea rejected

Lombard sex offender gets jail time for molesting minor

Lake Co. real estate agent charged with sexually abusing client's child

School bus driver charged with showing lewd video to children

Zion man denies sex with 8-year-old

Grayslake man admits to sex with teen

Lake Co. man admits possessing child porn

Lake Co. man admits possessing child porn

Child porn offenders no longer falling through the cracks

"What Mike Did to Me" - Vernon Hills pedophile sentenced to 60 years

"Molester sentenced to 60 years; more cases pending

Beach Park woman gets prison for sex with girl

Center helps child sex crime victims

Man charged in criminal sex assault grayslake

High school security guard accused of seeking lewd photos fired

Man pleads guilty to sex with teen

Antioch teacher pleads innocent to sex charges

Pedophile ex-priest loses bid to have court proceedings kept secret

US abuse victims demand right to testify vs church

Lake Co. sex offender gets prison after moving, not re-registering

16-Year Old Got Life Without Parole for Killing Her Abusive Pimp -- Should Teens Be Condemned to Die in Jail?

Neighbor gets 3 years for sex with teen girl

Wadsworth man pleads not guilty to child porn charges

Teacher pleads not guilty to sex changes

Jury acquits Wauconda man in 2007 sex case

Sailor gets probation for sex with girl, 14

Sailor pleads guilty to molesting Lincolnshire girl

Embattled ex-coach can take sons trick-or-treating

Teens held over homecoming dance gang rape

Death Notice: GAMGEE DRIPPS

Antioch teacher facing additional sex assault charges

Twenty years on, hope lives for Jacob Wetterling

Mom 'will not sleep' until daughter's killer found

Dense Population of Sex Offenders in Fla. Case Is Alarmingly Typical

Ex-Spring Grove principal who had sex with teen released from jail

Police officer charged again as he leaves court

2 teens raped as evidence sat

Ex-Lake Co.-area deputy fire chief charged with possessing child porn

Former fire official faces child porn charges

Felon wanted for death threat from Mexico

Waukegan teen denies sex assault

In book, Fleury details alleged abuse

Buffalo Grove molester denies he had more victims

Therapist denies sex with teen

Waukegan fireflight pleads not guilty to child pornography

Zion man accused in rape of girl, 8

84-year-old pleads not guilty to molesting child

Ex-cheerleading coach guilty of abusing student in Naperville

Lake Co. man admits molesting boys

Antioch man charged with sexual abuse

Pedophile ex-priest's parole being fought

Facebook link ends in abuse charges

More teen sex allegation against 53-year-old

'Uncle Mike' guilty on all counts of sex abuse

Trial begins for Vernon Hills man accused in sexual abuse

Wadsworth man held on sex charges

Waukegan man charged in attempted kidnaps

Man accused of having sex with girl, 12

New charges for Lake Co. teacher arrested for sex abuse

AUGS social studies teacher also faced sex charges

Bond cut in half for Libertyville therapist charged with sexual assault

Child porn DVDs linked to firefighter

Therapist charged with sexual assault

Waukegan man denies raping 4-year-old girl

Bond reduced in sex case

Chicago man pleads guilty to sex assault

84-year-old Barrington man charged with sexual assault

Probation for Round Lake Beach man accused of child porn

Guilty plea to sex assault in 2000

Ingleside man who had sex with teen pleads to lesser charge

Buffalo Grove man admits to sex abuse

Ingleside man who had sex with teen pleads to lesser charge

Suburban bowling coach charged with child porn

McHenry County man sentenced to four years for battery

Wadsworth man denies raping teen babysitter

Sex offender arrested while out on bond

Convicted sex offender held in kidnapping, rape

Wheeling man charged with child pornography

Huntley man charged with downloading child porn

Elgin man admits sexually abusing boy, gets 4 years

Aurora man gets three years in prison for child porn

Wauconda sex offender accused of soliciting 14-year-old

Mundelein man admits molesting girls

Mundelein man gets probation for attempted rape

Former Antioch teacher gets 3½ years for child porn

Man accused of molesting children at wife's Naperville home day care

Man accused of molesting children at wife's Naperville home day care

Adams gets probation for kid porn Ex-mayor, GOP leader must file as sex offender

Ex-Green Oaks mayor gets 30 days for child porn

Probation in Highland Park child porn case

Sex offender charged with indecency at Barrington pool

Sex case plea nets four-year-term

Judge won't jail accused Ill. child porn collector

Attempted Child snatch in Round Lake

Maine East teacher accused of having sex with student

Driving instructor sentenced to probation

Lake Co. authorities looking for man who tried to abduct student

Northbrook man charged with luring teen

Judge warns suspect to stay away from teen

Gages Lake man denies sex charge

Child Molester gets 104 years - Horak abused 8-year-old; Must serve 85%

Volunteer pleads innocent to sexually molesting girl

Four-year jail sentence for sex with underage relative

Former Antioch teacher admits to child porn charges

Horak plea deal stands

Wauconda woman's plea deal sticks despite legal double-cross

Home monitoring for man who had sex with girl, 15

Former Zion man gets year in jail for kicking cat

'Person of Trust' faces sex charges

Warren Twp. man held in sex case

Sex offender arraigned on assault charges

Sex offender arraigned on assault charges

Man attempted to lure girl into van in Schaumburg

Ex-Hanover Park coach convicted again for child sex crime

Lake Zurich man gets 7 years for sex abuse

Ex-campus cop charged with harassing sex abuse accuser

Lakemoor man gets jail for molestation

New accusations leveled in child pornography case

Victim testifies in molestation case

Error delays Adams case

Horak faces up to 120 on 13-count sex verdict

Teacher's porn cache 'gross stuff' Sheriff probing claim that he abused 75 boys

Comments on story about sex offender may lead to jail time

Lake Co. man gets probation for child porn

Gurnee man gets 26 years for child molesting

Sex offender takes plea deal

Elgin man gets probation for sexually abusing Lake Co. girl

Schaumburg man admits asking cop for sex

Man facing 15 years after admitting to Cary sex assault

Ingleside man gets 20 years for child assault

Prospect Heights man guilty on sex count with child

Sex offender evaluation ordered for Wauconda school official

McHenry man sent to jail for touching girl

Former Larkin teacher accused of molesting student

Prosecutor wants to revoke school board member's probation

Prosecutors act to revoke former attorney's probation

Ray Graham worker admits to abusing disabled woman

Round Lake Beach man admits molesting two girls

Wauconda school official pleads guilty to domestic battery

Music promoter pleads guilty to touching teen

Unbowed, politicians vow to execute child rapists

Sex offender now accused of child pornography

Ingleside man admits sexually assaulting 5-year-old girl

Fox Lake man gets probation for kid porn

SEX OFFENDER ASSAULTS GIRL IN BOOK STORE

Ex-Lake in the Hills official pleads guilty to sex abuse charge

Fox Lake parolee charged with criminal sex abuse

St. Charles man gets jail for child porn

Ex-youth pastor sentenced to prison for molesting teen girl

Ex-McHenry High teacher admits to sexual encounter with student

Ex-Grayslake Central coach admits sexual abuse

Wheeling man gets 14 years for molesting child

Sex abuser receives 99 years

Ex-pastor sent to prison after claiming abuse victim harassed him

Convicted molester gets 3 years probation