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Teen’s suicide prompts schools to take on bullying

| April 28, 2010 at 08:49 pm

By MARTHA IRVINE,
Associated Press
CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) – The parents of a Michigan teen who killed himself last year are taking on the topic of bullying in schools.

Tom and P.K. Harrison say a Michigan State Police investigation determined that their son Alex was harassed and ostracized before he died in February 2009.

Their story is resonating with students, especially when news of bullying-related suicide has become more common.

In one high-profile case in Massachusetts, several students have been charged in the death of a 15-year-old Irish girl.

The Harrisons have started a campaign called “See It. Hear It. Stop It.” It encourages students and teachers to report bullying.

Meanwhile, Michigan lawmakers are reconsidering a bill that would require schools to have anti-bullying policies.

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Portland author pleads guilty in child porn case

| April 22, 2010 at 09:55 am

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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.

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Brazil priest detained after pedophilia accusation

| at 09:38 am

By TALES AZZONI,

Associated Press.

SAO PAULO (AP) – Police detained an 83-year-old Brazilian priest after a congressional hearing produced allegations he molested boys as young as 12 and a television station displayed a sex tape of him in bed with a 19-year-old. 

The pedophilia allegations against Msgr. Luiz Marques Barbosa are the most lurid of several sexual scandals to hit the Brazilian church recently, largely because of the videotape that has been widely distributed over the Internet.

Sen. Magno Malta, the lawmaker leading the legislature’s sexual abuse probe, said that the detention late Sunday of Barbosa was a milestone in the fight against child abuse in Brazil. He said the investigation is not an attack on the church, but at suspected child molesters.

Judge Romulo Vasconcelos, who participated in the congressional probe, told Globo TV on Monday that he requested Barbosa’s immediate detention out of fear that the priest would flee the country. (more…)

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Ex-NJ lawmaker pleads guilty in child porn case

| April 13, 2010 at 12:11 pm

                                 
 By ANGELA DELLI SANTI,

Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A former New Jersey assemblyman has pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child by distributing child pornography.

Neil Cohen was accused of using computers in his northern New Jersey legislative office to view, print and duplicate images of underage girls simulating or engaged in sexual acts.

Under terms of the plea agreement, prosecutors will seek a five-year prison term at Cohen’s July 12 sentencing. The 59-year-old also would have to register under Megan’s law and has agreed never to seek public office again.

Cohen checked himself into a psychiatric hospital after giving up his Assembly seat in 2008. As an assemblyman, the Democrat championed bills aimed at fighting child pornography.

Cohen left court without commenting.

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Bullying gives parents teachable moments

| at 11:44 am

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

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RISP Arrest Former RI Teacher on Child Porn Charges

| at 10:50 am

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

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Pope to Receive New Pedophilia Victims

| at 10:40 am

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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Judge OK’s $1,000 restitution in child porn case

| April 6, 2010 at 08:25 pm

By AMY FORLITI,
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A federal judge in Minnesota has approved a $1,000 restitution award in a child pornography case.

Federal judges have in recent months struggled to decide whether someone who possesses an abusive image is directly responsible for harming a child. Restitution awards have ranged from nothing to over $3 million.

U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz warned Monday that determining restitution in such cases will not get any easier.

James Marsh, who is representing a victim seeking restitution in 400 cases nationwide, said that in this case the defendant, Brandon Buchanan, has limited means and that the $1,000 settlement is the best use of his resources.

Buchanan is serving a 7 1/2-year prison sentence for possessing child pornography.

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