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A Wichita County jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon on the fate of a Wichita Falls man accused of sexually assaulting a little girl. ... call the Texas child abuse hotline at 1-800-252-5400.
Editor’s Note: This story contains details about an alleged sexual assault of a child. If you know or suspect that anyone under 18 is being sexually or physically abused, call the Texas child ...
In the later half of the decade, after the changes, the number of reported children was 42,366, but only 10,399 were sustained. Critics of mandatory reporting laws point out the number of fatalities relating to child abuse rose from 96 in 2014 to 194 in 2021 (seven years after the implementation). [10]
A 2004 report by Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn was very critical of the Texas foster care system. [10] A follow-up statement with continued criticisms of the Texas foster care system was made in 2006 by the Comptroller and renewed a request to have the governor create a Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team. [11]
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 ...
A judge voluntarily stepped away from presiding over a case against a Wichita Falls pastor accused of child sexual abuse, and the case was transferred to another district court this week ...
Nationwide, there was a 2348% increase in hotline calls from 150,000 in 1963 to 3.3 million in 2009. [7] In 2011, there were 3.4 million calls. [8] From 1992 to 2009 in the US, substantiated cases of sexual abuse declined 62%, physical abuse decreased 56% and neglect 10%.
All seats were full in 78 th District Court Friday when a Wichita Falls pastor was formally sentenced to a lengthy prison term for six counts of indecency with a child.. Ronnie Allen Killingsworth ...