The elderly parole decision allowing convicted child molester David Allen Funston to move toward release has sparked fierce opposition from law enforcement and prosecutors.
Chicken pen abuse allegations have stunned Missouri after investigators accused a rural couple of subjecting two teenagers to extreme confinement and violence.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Rhode Island arrested a Guatemalan illegal alien just one day after a local judge released him on bond despite serious charges involving a minor.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced multiple arrests and deportations of illegal aliens involved in severe criminal offenses against minors. Described by officials as the “worst of the worst,” these individuals have now been removed from the United States under strengthened immigration enforcement policies.
A surge in AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is raising alarm worldwide, as predators exploit cutting-edge technology to produce horrific content with unprecedented realism. According to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the first half of 2025 saw 1,286 verified AI-made abuse videos—up from just two the previous year. Over 1,000 of these were classified as Category A, the most severe form of abuse.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit challenging Washington’s new law, Senate Bill 5375, which requires clergy to report child abuse even when disclosed during confession. The law directly confronts the long-standing confessional privilege that has shielded such disclosures.
A 55-year-old French man has been arrested and charged in France for allegedly commissioning livestreamed sexual abuse of children in Colombia. The Paris prosecutor’s office announced that the suspect faces multiple charges, including complicity in human trafficking of minors under 15, rape and sexual assault of minors—including incestuous acts—and possession of child pornography.
A licensed child therapist on Long Island has pleaded guilty to distributing highly explicit, disturbing material depicting the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers,...
A Colorado man who founded an orphanage in Haiti has been sentenced to 210 years in federal prison for abusing children under his care. Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 73, established the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985, which was intended to house orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti.