Dec 26 - By Jonathan M. Katz, AP Writer
Every unit in the U.N.'s 7,800-strong Haitian peacekeeping force has been warned against misconduct after a sex-abuse scandal erupted last month, the top U.N. official in Haiti said Wednesday.
Dec 21 - By Associated Press
Two more young men have been freed after serving time in jail for a case involving a 17-year-old who had consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Dec 19 - By MSNBC
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Dec 17 - By Tales Azzoni, AP Writer
The U.S. couple accused of sexually abusing minors at a nudist colony in Brazil are hopeful they will be cleared and released, though Brazilian authorities were awarded more time to investigate them, their lawyer said Monday.
Dec 14 - By Associated Press
A lawyer for one of seven state troopers accused of sexual assault while they were off duty said Friday that the activity was consensual, calling the woman's allegations "absurd."
Dec 12 - By Tales Azzoni, AP Writer
A U.S. couple accused of sexually abusing minors at a nudist colony in southern Brazil deny the charges and don't understand why police arrested them earlier this week, one of their lawyers said Thursday.
Dec 11 - By Associated Press
Two boys, ages 11 and 14, have been charged with breaking into the home of a 60-year-old woman and trying to sexually assault her, police said Tuesday.
Dec 11 - By Associated Press
Seven state troopers have been suspended with pay as authorities investigate a woman's claims that one or more off-duty troopers participated in sexually assaulting her, officials said Tuesday.
Dec 4 - By Mary Foster, AP Writer
The first of seven members of a now-defunct church accused of raping children as part of a devil-worshipping ritual was found guilty of molesting his 2-year-old daughter and a boy.
Dec 4 - By Associated Press
A 17-year-old Argentine has undergone surgery to become a female only months after winning a court battle in the first case of its kind involving a minor in this country, a representative for the teen said Tuesday.
Dec 4 - By Mitch Stacy, AP Writer
A former teacher serving house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old student was arrested on charges of violating her probation, state records show.
Nov 30 - By Associated Press
The Vatican removed from the priesthood two men who faced credible complaints of sexual abuse of children, the Cleveland Catholic Diocese said Friday.
Nov 29 - By Frank Eltman, AP Writer
A man accused of luring lonely hearts on the Internet to engage in secretly videotaped sex that he and his then-girlfriend used as blackmail pleaded guilty Thursday to grand larceny and conspiracy charges.
Nov 29 - By Roger Alford, AP Writer
Reacting to the case of a high school band teacher accused of having sex with a student, a Kentucky lawmaker has become the latest state legislator to propose changing a law governing the age of consent.
Nov 28 - By Associated Press
Lawyers for a former cadet who was the first student court-martialed in the 130-year history of the Coast Guard Academy's are seeking to reverse his convictions for sexual misconduct.
Nov 27 - By Mary Foster, AP Writer
Tales of devil worship will not play a major role in the trial of a man accused of having sex with children during occult rituals at a now-defunct church, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Nov 27 - By Associated Press
Authorities found child pornography among the possessions of a prosecutor who fatally shot himself last year when police arrived at his home as part a sting arranged by "Dateline NBC: To Catch A Predator," according to a state report.
Nov 21 - By Associated Press
A gymnastics coach turned himself in Wednesday on charges that he repeatedly raped one of his teenage students and molested another in the 1990s.
Nov 15 - By Jay Reeves, AP Writer
A judge ordered a prominent businessman to pay $8 million to his daughter, who claimed he sexually abused her for decades beginning when she was a preschooler and included a rape the night she was crowned homecoming queen.
Nov 14 - By Jim Abrams, AP Writer
The House is taking on people who use the Internet to prey on children, working through bills that would make it easier to monitor and prosecute cyber crimes against juveniles and to educate children about online dangers.
Nov 11 - By Errin Haines, AP Writer
A crowd gave a hero's welcome to a 20-year-old freed from a 10-year prison sentence imposed on him for having underage sex in a hotel room at a New Year's Eve party.
Nov 6 - By H. Josef Hebert, AP Writer
Programs that focus exclusively on abstinence have not been shown to affect teenager sexual behavior, although they are eligible for tens of mil lions of dollars in federal grants, according to a study released by a nonpartisan group that seeks to reduce teen pregnancies.
Nov 2 - By Ken Ritter, AP Writer
The man accused of molesting a little girl in an explicit sex videotape hid out last month in a short stay apartment where authorities have found a video camera and a quarter-pound of cocaine, a detective said Friday.
Nov 2 - By Sopheng Cheang, AP Writer
A German man caught in bed with a 14-year-old Cambodian girl has been arrested in one of several new suspected pedophile cases in Southeast Asia, police said Friday.
Nov 2 - By Robert Tanner, AP National Writer
The state government would open its now-secret books on teacher sexual misconduct in Maine. Missouri school districts would be barred from backroom deals that let misbehaving teachers quietly move on. New York would be able to swiftly remove convicted teachers' licenses.