Will California lawmakers break their promise to child sexual abuse survivors?
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Empowering Voices, Ensuring Justice: Insights and Updates on Sexual Abuse Legal Battles
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Ian Schenkel, CEO of Halliburton International Foods, Charged With Engaging in Prostitution With 2 Teenage Girls
Ian Charles Schenkel, 59, of Newport Beach, was charged Tuesday with six felony counts of unlawful sex with a minor and two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution of a minor involving two girls, ages 15 and 16. A 22-year-old Huntington Beach woman, Amanda Emilia Perez, has also been charged with pimping and pandering for arranging to bring the underage girls to him for sex, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Schenkel is the CEO of Halliburton International Foods, a multi- million dollar corporation.
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Jose Andres Lopez, Pastor at Two Aliso Viejo Churches Arrested on Suspicion of Child Molestation
Jose Andres Lopez, of Mission Viejo, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 26 at a home in San Juan Capistrano and was booked on suspicion of committing lewd acts on a girl.
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Firefighter Jacob Carothers Charged With Possessing Child Porn and Molesting a Child
U.S. Forest Service firefighter Jacob Daniel Carothers, 38 was arrested on charges of possession of child pornography and groping a 12-year-old girl in Newport Beach.
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What Happens After a Child Sexual Abuse Report Is Filed?
Child sexual abuse is a tragedy that affects tens of thousands of children around the US annually. Sadly, it is a widely underreported crime.
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Reporting Child Sexual Abuse: When and How to File
Child Protective Services finds evidence of child sexual abuse during a claim every nine minutes in the US. About 1 in 9 girls and 1 in 53 boys under the age of 18 are victims of sexual abuse at the hands of adults.
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Michael Medeiros Former Archdiocese of OC Musician Arrested on Suspicion of Lewd Acts With a Minor
On March 13, 2020 Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail investigators arrested 34 year old Lake Forest resident Michael Medeiros on suspicion of two counts of felony child molestation. Medeiros previously worked for the Archdiocese Orange County and was fired in February 2020 after the church was notified about the allegations.
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University of Michigan Sexual Assault Attorney
Dr. Robert E Anderson, the former university physician and team doctor of the University of Michigan, has recently been implicated in numerous past instances of sexual misconduct and abuse against the school’s patients and athletes. Although the late doctor passed away in 2008, more accounts are surfacing about his predatory actions against students.
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What Is Clergy Abuse?
Clergy abuse is the sexual assault, harm and/or exploitation of a member of a congregation by a member of the clergy. Consent is not a valid defense for clergy abuse since the member of the clergy is in a position of power over parishioners. Clergy abuse is a heinous crime that affects hundreds of people in California.
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If I File a Sex Abuse Claim, Will My Name Be Public or Kept Private?
A common concern among sex abuse survivors is whether they have the option to remain anonymous or if coming forward and filing a lawsuit will require them to reveal their identities.
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Ab-218: What It Means for Survivors of Child Sex Abuse
On October 11, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB-218 into law. Effective January 1st, 2020, this bill gives survivors of child sex abuse a second chance at compensation from their abusers.
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