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It would allow people to challenge their inclusion on the state list after as few as five years.

A bill reforming due-process rights for people placed on Iowa’s child abuse registry advanced out of a House subcommittee on Thursday.

But changes are still on the table for the legislation, which has taken shape through an unusually cooperative process on what had been a sharply contentious issue. (more…)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek disability groups expressed anger Monday at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs.

The National Confederation of Disabled People called the action “incomprehensible,” and said pedophiles are now awarded a higher government disability pay than some people who have received organ transplants. (more…)

BERLIN—A German court has convicted a Roman Catholic priest of some 250 counts of sexually abusing children over a several-year period and sentenced him to six years in prison.

German news agency dapd reported that the state court in Braunschweig on Thursday convicted the priest, who was found guilty of abusing three boys aged 9 to 15 between 2004 and 2011. (more…)

BATON ROUGE, La. — A New Orleans state senator wants to toughen Louisiana law that requires people to report child abuse, in response to the allegations of sexual abuse of boys involving a former Penn State University assistant football coach.

Democratic Sen. J.P. Morrell has filed legislation to make it a felony if a person witnesses sexual abuse of a child and fails to report it to police. The prison sentence would be up to five years for conviction. (more…)

Some children are at risk of abuse even before they are born, Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has been told.

Ms Bennett brought her two-week Green Paper roadshow to Lower Hutt’s Little Theatre last night. Nearly 200 locals turned up to air their concerns.

The discussion paper, launched in July, asks the public to give their opinions on how to protect abused, neglected and disadvantaged children. (more…)

A Maori health researcher says reducing Maori child abuse will require tackling poverty and racial discrimination.

Dr Fiona Cram, in a report published today by the Families Commission, says family poverty is “the major contributing risk factor for children” – and Maori children are twice as likely as European children to live in poverty.

Families Commission chairman Carl Davidson said Dr Cram had “a particular perspective on Maori children in care” which the commission did not necessarily share. (more…)

DETROIT — The rate of child abuse and neglect rose by more than one-third in Michigan during the past decade, the result of high unemployment and inadequate social programs, according to a new report released today.

The annual Kids Count in Michigan report found about 32,500 children in the state were confirmed as victims of abuse or neglect in 2010. The largest increase was in a category where the risk to children is deemed low to moderate, and it was widespread: Only seven of Michigan’s 83 counties saw a drop in their rate. (more…)

Stating that the Crime Branch-CID of the State police had not properly investigated a case relating to the alleged sexual abuse of a four-year-old child by two school teachers, the Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered transfer of investigation to the CBI.

In its judgment on a writ petition, the First Bench comprising Chief Justice M.Y.Eqbal and Justice T.S.Sivagnanam, said the victim should not be subjected to any further medical test. Investigation should proceed based on the available medical opinion. (more…)

This morning the fifth day of trial for the Perry family began with J. Runyon, Windie Perry’s attorney putting forth evidence geared at showing the jury,

Windie, 55,and her adopted daughter, Elizabeth, 23 Perry are charged in a multi-count indictment with severely beating and sexually assaulting two adopted girls over a two year period.

Ernest Perry, 68, had majority of his charges of child abuse and kidnapping dismissed on Friday and is charged with one count of especially aggravated kidnapping and two counts of aggravated child neglect. (more…)

A North Yorkshire children’s outdoor activity centre manager who pretended to be a woman in order to be accepted as a member of a nudist website which encouraged child abuse has been jailed for four years.

Jonathan Garner-Harris, a deputy director of the Marrick Priory centre in Marrick, near Richmond, was the ninth member of an international paedophile network to be dealt with by the courts.

The 37-year-old was investigated by Durham Police and pleaded guilty at Durham Crown Court to 20 offences. (more…)