Man accused of sexually abusing teenage boy for two years arrested
A West Columbia man is behind bars accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy.
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New SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward
By Deepa Bharath and Peter Smith (AP)
The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention said Wednesday he will accelerate sex abuse reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Pope on sex abuse: “We showed no care for the little ones”
Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the “crime” of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church.
Former Catholic Priest Indicted on Sex Abuse Charges in Jasper County
JASPER COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A former Catholic priest in Savannah, GA has been indicted by a South Carolina grand jury for alleged sexual abuse cases from 40 years ago. Authorities said Wayland Brown, 74, abused two children while he was a parish priest at St. James Catholic School in Savannah in the late 1970s and 80s. Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor…
