Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

In Pennsylvania, most professionals who come in contact with children are required to report suspected child abuse. As a direct response to the sex abuse scandal at Penn State University, the state legislature has created the Task Force on Child Protection.

The ten members will review current state policies governing child protection, the reporting of child abuse, and propose suggestions to improve the system. Four members were appointed by Governor Tom Corbett, and three each by the House and Senate.

Dr. Rachel Berger, a Child Protection team member at Pittsburgh’s Children’s Hospital, was selected by Senate leaders. Berger says that, due to factors such as budget, the now highly-publicized issue had been put on the back-burner. (more…)

A man whose six-year-old stepdaughter tested positive for a sexually transmitted infection shortly after accusing him of molesting her in Saskatoon says the child must have been abused by someone, but it wasn’t him.

“If I ever find out who touched this f-ing kid, I will kill him,” the 28-year-old former oilpatch worker told Justice Ron Mills when he took the witness stand at his trial in Court of Queen’s Bench this week.

The accused, who can’t be identified due to a publication ban on information that could identify the complainant in the case, said he was “disgusted” by the girl’s allegations against him. (more…)