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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dozens of children who were sent to juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in Pennsylvania suffered physical and sexual abuse including violent rapes, according ...
Four PA men arrested as part of child sexual exploitation investigation in Centre County. Bret Pallotto. November 13, 2023 at 9:29 AM. Prosecutors made public Monday the arrest of four men as part ...
Jun. 10—The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Monday denied an appeal by a Dennison Township man who challenged his lengthy state prison sentence for downloading and sharing child sexual abuse ...
The new law abolishes Pennsylvania's criminal statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse and extends the timeline victims have to file civil action against their abusers from 12 to 37 years. [3] [79] It also clarifies penalties for failure to report child abuse by making such an offense a third degree felony rather than a misdemeanor.
Under Pennsylvania law of the time, any state employee who learned about suspected child abuse was required to report the incident to his immediate supervisor. In the case of the 2002 incident, McQueary reported the incident to his immediate supervisor, Paterno.
The new law: abolishes Pennsylvania's criminal statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse and extends the timeline victims have to file civil action against their abusers; clarifies penalties for failure to report child abuse; makes conversations with law enforcement agents exempt from non-disclosure agreements; and creates a fund for ...
In October, the Pennsylvania’s attorney general charged four other members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations with child sexual abuse, according to a news release. In those cases, the ...
Game Over: Jerry Sandusky, Penn State, and the Culture of Silence is a 2012 book written by Bill Moushey and Bob Dvorchak about Jerry Sandusky and the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. [1] Moushey in an investigative journalist, formerly with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and a professor at the school of Communications at Point Park University ...