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Daycare/Sex Offender Proximity
The state of Colorado is one of 29 states that does not have a law regarding how close a registered sex offender can live to potential victims, such as day care centers. This lack of a "proximity" law led KDVR to investigate just how many sex offenders - specifically pedophiles - were living near child care facilities. They discovered that of about 4,500 sex offenders in Colorado, 64 percent were within 1,500 feet of a day care facility, with many of that 64 percent being pedophiles. There was one situation where a sex offender was living in the same home as a day care owner, who had their license revoked as a result of the investigation.
Tags: Sex offenders; pedophilia; proximity law; Colorado; Department of Human Services; day care centers
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Children for Sale
Dateline investigated the child sex trade in Cambodia. The story led to the prosecution of a Canadian man for purchasing sex with children there. The investigative team worked with a human rights group whose sting operation led to the arrest of pimps and the rescue of three dozen girls.
Tags: sex trade; Cambodia; sex slavery; sex abuse; pedophilia; prostitution; forced prostitution
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Ex Cathedra: The Orange Dioscese Sex-Abuse Scandal
The Orange County Weekly investigates sexual abuse by catholic priests in the southern California region. This series that ran over a period of more than a year showed that the diocesan officials covered pedophilia by the priest and paid off some of the victims. After this spate of investigations, one Orange County dioscese fearing a public trial agreed to release personnel files on some of the priests accused of sexual misconduct as part of a $ 100 million settlement to the victims.
Tags: sexual abuse; Orange County dioscese; parish; Catholoc church; priests and sexual abuse; pedophilia; sexual abuse of children; child molestation; OC Weekly
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Pedophilia
This story examines pedophilia and looks at various causes and methods of treatment.
Tags: pedophilia; child molestation; child sexual abuse; catholic church; psychiatric treatment
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The Priest and the Boy: Father Jim brought a little bit of hell to the kids of St. Joe's. Then one of them grew up and got mad.
Jason Berry tells the in - depth story of one victim of sexual abuse by a priest. The story then looks at the issue as a whole, within the context of the affect that it had on one specific victim.
Tags: child molestation; catholic church; sexual abuse; pedophilia
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Mexico's Dirty Little Secret
KNXV-TV found that "thousands of Mexican children are being raped and molested every year at the hands of American tourists. Very little is being done to stop it." It was "discovered that men from the United States are one of the largest groups of tourists traveling with the express purpose of engaging in sex with minors."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Mexico; children; sexual abuse; pedophilia; sex tourism; rape; Puerto Vallarta; international crime; Casa Alianza
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The Priest Scandal
The Catholic priest sex abuse scandal was big news in 2002. The problem is the story was done before in the mid-80s. Why did it take so long for the New England area to catch on? Why was the story national news this time instead of in the 80s? Cannon writes about his experience reporting on this important scandal more than a decade ago and how it stayed under the national radar for so long.
Tags: sex abuse; priests; church; pedophilia; child abuse; journalism
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The Web's Dark Secret
Newsweek takes an in-depth look at how Father Fortunato Di Noto has been combating child pornography on the Web. "Before the Internet came along, pedophiles were lonely and hunted individuals. Authorities had child pornography under control. Today networks of child abusers are proliferating worldwide."
Tags: Child pornography; Pedophilia; Pedophiles; Internet
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Scandal of the Century
CBC examines the "Scandal of the Century," a horrific event that ended up not to be true. It was alleged that "sixteen people had been charged with sexual assault. The details were grizzly: pedophilia, ritualistic abuse, tortured babies, innocent children. One of the people charged was a 14-year-old girl, in grade nine. It would soon become known as the Scandal of the Century. There was just one problem: The story was not true. Perhaps the real Scandal of the Century was how these unfounded allegations - the heart of which belonged to a single, seriously disturbed young boy - could ignite a police investigation that would destroy more than a dozen innocent lives."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Scandal of the Century; sexual assault; police; false accusations
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Gods and Monsters
Connecticut Magazine investigates the current slew of cases being invoked against Connecticut Catholic priests on charges of sexual misconduct. Dioceses consistently covered up complaints and defended its clergy in light of numerous accusations. Church officials then proceeded to send the priests to other parishes, where the cycle of abuse continued. Special attention given to the recent legal triumphs that have forced churches to shell out millions in compensation.
Tags: Priests; Pedophilia; Sexual misconduct; Bridgeport; CT; Pcolka; L. Brett