child abuse

A Pomfret couple is facing child abuse charges. Jacqueline Barbour, 34, and Jason Carroll, 34, are charged with cruelty and risk of injury to a minor. The investigation began in January 2020 when staff at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center reached out about a 9-year-old girl who was a patient at the hospital. Hospital staff diagnosed her with chronic severe malnutrition…

Officials say reports to the DCF child abuse and neglect care line went down more than 20% when schools closed or went remote. Now as schools reopen, reports are back up.

An Associated Press analysis has found that reports of child abuse plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic, as children are out of the public eye and away from usual reporters of welfare problems

A man has been arrested after a 10-year-old boy was found beaten and unconscious inside his New York City apartment. Police were called to the apartment at 260 West 131st Street in Harlem on Saturday and responding officers found family members performing CPR on Ayden Wolfe. The young boy had cuts and bruises all over his body, according to law…

A trial has been postponed until April for a former Franciscan friar accused of molesting students in the 1990s at a Catholic school in Mississippi.

A Florida waitress noticed an 11-year-old boy with bruises and thought something was wrong. Orlando police say her quick actions may have saved the boy from more danger.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been hit with several lawsuits for allegedly covering up decades of sexual abuse among Boy Scout troops in Arizona, marking the latest litigation before the state’s end-of-year deadline for adult victims to sue

In a candid Instagram post, Jacob Roloff claims he was molested by a former “Little People, Big World” field producer.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said there needs to be a “sense of urgency” in working toward the end of child labor globally.

A former head of Boston’s police union already charged with raping a young relative now faces 16 new charges and accusations that he sexually assaulted and abused four more children, prosecutors said Tuesday. Patrick Rose, a former Boston police officer and president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, was arrested on child sex charges earlier this month. Those charges...

A Trolls doll is being pulled off store shelves amid complaints it promotes child abuse.  Toymaker Hasbro said Wednesday that it’s in the process of removing the “Trolls World Tour Giggle and Sing Poppy” from the market and will be offering customers a replacement doll of the popular female character.  The doll had been designed to giggle when placed...

Preliminary data shows that reports of child abuse around the nation have plunged during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, according to an NBC News analysis, while experts are concerned there could be an unseen surge in abuse behind closed doors due to COVID-19 related unemployment and financial strain.

Thomas Valva’s father allegedly left him to die in an icy cold garage earlier in 2020, and now the boy’s mother believes the NYPD cop, his fiancee and many county officials are to blame for the events that eventually led to her son’s death

With schools closed and teachers unable to report suspected cases of abuse, child welfare agencies have lost some of their best eyes and ears as the coronavirus pandemic strains families

As COVID-19 continues to affect millions of families around the world, Angelina Jolie is speaking out and reminding citizens that we must look out for children in need during this time.

As the coronavirus continues affecting millions of people around the world, Angelina Jolie is standing up for vulnerable children during this time. “Of the many ways that the pandemic is making us rethink our humanity, none is more important, or urgent, than the overall protection of children,” Angelina wrote in an op-ed for Time. “They may not be as susceptible...

A Texas man faces murder charges after stuffing his girlfriend’s 10-month-old child into a backpack and leaving her in his car for more than five hours. KCBD’s Katie Main reports.

Norwich police have made an arrest in what they call a case of severe abuse of a 3-year-old boy.

YouTube says it’s hiring more people to help curb videos that violate its policies. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says “some bad actors are exploiting” the Google-owned service to “mislead, manipulate, harass or even harm.” She says Google will have more than 10,000 workers address the problem by next year, though her blog post Monday doesn’t say how many the company...

Alex Littlefield of Augusta was arrested and charged with the domestic assault of her 6-month-old daughter, according to CentralMaine.com.