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Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation.
Child sexual abuse has been recognized specifically as a type of child maltreatment in U.S. federal law since the initial Congressional hearings on child abuse in 1973. [1] Child sexual abuse is illegal in every state, [2] as well as under federal law. [3] Among the states, the specifics of child sexual abuse laws vary, but certain features of ...
Most sexual abuse offenders are acquainted with their victims; approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often fathers, uncles or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances such as friends of the family, babysitters, or neighbors; strangers are the offenders in approximately 10% of child sexual abuse cases. Most child sexual abuse is ...
May 23—WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne County jury took their time Wednesday before convicting Jack P. Covert II of having child sexual abuse materials. The jury deliberated for about six hours ...
Later that day, jurors sentenced Gates to 38 years in prison for the continuous abuse offense and 10 years plus a $1,000 fine for the indecency charge. The sentences will run concurrently.
Convicted child molester released into Madera County. ... 1993 of two counts of “lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age” and one count of “continuous sexual abuse of a ...