The Child Protection eNewsletter

Are female teachers preying on teen boys more...
After two new cases surfaced last week, in which a 27-year-old Tennessee teacher was charged with having an ongoing sexual relationship with a 13-year-old male student, http://www.foxnews.com and a 39-year-old Texas female teacher was indicted for sexual encounters with a Texas teen, http://abclocal.go.com people have begun asking if more female teachers are preying on male students. http://www.foxnews.com All of this as Mary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth-grade pupil, with whom she had two children, have set the date for their wedding. http://www.foxnews.com

After Shanley...
A Massachusetts judge today sentenced former priest Paul Shanley to 12-15 years in prison for child molestation. http://www.msnbc.msn.com Inmate rights groups have expressed concern over pedophile priest Paul Shanley’s safety in prison. http://wireservice.wired.com As everyone begins to reflect on the lessons in the Shanley trial, http://www.boston.com the fallout from the pedophile priest scandals shifts to other venues with dozens more lawsuits still pending. http://www.guardian.co.uk These cases include a guilty plea in Philadelphia http://www.lancasteronline.com and the Baltimore trial of a priest shot by his accuser http://www.kansas.com The death of convicted pedophile priest James Porter also brought out comments by his ex-wife on, among other things, the sexual abuse of his own children. http://www.kansas.com

In other news...
An FBI sting led to the arrests of seven men in Los Angeles and San Diego on suspicion of seeking sex with boys, and of an eighth man, an Orange County, California minister, on suspicion of distributing child pornography, the FBI said Monday. http://ktla.trb.com The men were seeking to travel to Mexico to have sex with boys as young as 8 years old. The FBI claims that the three men arrested in San Diego are members of the North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). http://www.nbcsandiego.com

Jury selection continues in the Michael Jackson child molestation case, with the judge telling jurors to keep an open mind. http://www.msnbc.msn.com Recently released juror questionnaires revealed that nine in ten jurors are familiar with case and 60% knew about the 1993 case. http://www.courttv.com For those who just can’t get enough Jackson trial information, we recommend http://www.courttv.com.

Canadian officials are looking for help identifying a girl in a child pornography video that they believe was shot at Walt Disney World in Florida. http://www.foxnews.com They believe she was nine years old when the abuse occurred.



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