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On Sunday, May 22, 2022, a 300-page report will be made public, the document detailing matters regarding sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention. The report was independently prepared by a law firm engaged to undertake a comprehensive investigation of sexual abuse by Southern Baptist clergy and others in positions of leadership or trust. The report should also provide detailed information about how leadership of the nation’s second largest Christian denomination failed to properly respond to allegations of sexual abuse….

A Pennsylvania high school coach has been charged with sexual misconduct arising out of an illicit sexual “relationship” with a teenage student in 2018. Jane Woodside had worked at West Shamokin High School, located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. She had been employed by the school since 2018. She was put on leave by the previously as a result of accusations of her sexual misconduct with a student. About a month ago, Woodside resigned from her position of employment with the…

The number of Boy Scout sexual abuse claims tops over 82,000. The matter of extensive Boy Scout sexual abuse allegations made headlines again at the end of March and the beginning of April with the announcement of the first person arraigned on criminal charges. Mark Chapman was arraigned on eight counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The charges were brought in the state of Michigan. Chapman was extradited from New York for…

The iconic Thacher School in Ojai, California, continues to be rocked by allegations of sexual abuse of students by faculty members. There are also allegations of student upon student sexual abuse as well. These latest California sexual abuse allegations have yet again upended this otherwise venerable institution, founded in 1889. Thacher School: Home to the Famous and Well-Healed The Thacher School counts numerous well-known and powerful alums among its graduates. These include: Howard Hughes Joely Richardson Noah Wyle Tuition at…

A North Carolina teen treatment center is being accused of abusing its youthful residents by engaging in conduct that includes providing them potentially lethal dosages of certain types of prescription medications. For example, a resident of the Solstice East North Carolina teen treatment center is said to have been provided five-times the appropriate dosage of a prescription medication called Lamictal. Solstice East oftentimes is referred to as a “reform school” because the facility includes residents that are children who have…