Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Hedge fund mogul Jeffrey Epstein becomes a free man today, five years after he was first accused of sexually abusing underage girls. After months of reporting, The Daily Beast’s Conchita Sarnoff reveals exclusive details of the investigation and the legal wrangling that saved him from a long prison term. She reports:

• Palm Beach’s police chief objected to Epstein’s “special treatment” and gave The Daily Beast an exclusive look at his nine-hour deposition about the investigation.

• Earlier versions of the U.S attorney’s charges, including a sealed 53-page indictment, could have landed Epstein in prison for 20 years.

• Victims alleged that Epstein molested underage girls from South America, Europe, and the former Soviet republics, including three 12-year-old girls brought over from France as a birthday gift. (more…)

A father who lost his son to suicide joined local lawmakers Monday as they announced new legislation to strengthen and broaden bullying policies in Pennsylvania.

http://www.univision.com/uv/video/Anti-Bullying-Legislation-Announced-At-P/id/2147329731

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Children’s author K.P. Bath has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.

Bath made the plea Thursday before U.S. District Judge Ancer L. Haggerty. The Oregonian newspaper reports the 51-year-old author of “The Secret of Castle Cant” is expected to spend six or seven years in prison.

The Portland resident was arrested last April after federal agents discovered thousands of sexually graphic images and more than 125 videos on Bath’s computer and thumb drives.

Glenda Hatchett, host of “Judge Hatchett,” talks about ways to handle bullying.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2010/04/03/nr.holmes.hatchett.bullying.cnn

The Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (RIICAC). along with the Coventry Police Department and United States Marshal?s Service. arrested Edward J. Sadowski, age 67, of 452 Shady Valley Road, Coventry, Rhode Island, on the charges of 1. Possession of Child Pornography, 2. Fugitive from Justice on an Affidavit and Arrest Warrant from the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, Stafford, Virginia, for 54 counts related to the Transmission of Child Pornography and the Indecent Solicitation of a Minor.

http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/8178/1223642

Rome, Apr  (Prensa Latina)

Pope Benedict XVI announced his readiness to receive more victims of sexual abuses committed by priests, according to a communique issued by the Vatican on Friday.

  In remarks to Vatican Radio, spokesman for the Holy Seed Reverend Federico Lombardi said the text addresses the approach to be followed by the Catholic Church against continuous cases of pedophilia committed by members of religious orders in several countries of Europe, Latin America and the United States, made public after several decades of silence.

Lombardi said the Church must “continue acting with determination and veracity against those responsible by applying properly the proceedings of the canon law, besides collaborating with civil authorities with regard to their judicial and criminal competences.”

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