Sexual Assault

The Vatican has reaffirmed that the cause of sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church has nothing to do with celibacy. Others see celibacy (and according to one cardinal, homosexuality) as a reason priests abuse in the first place. Do you believe...

A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery Thursday after he inappropriately touched a 16-year-old girl on a flight from Northern California to Burbank, authorities said. Van Nuys resident Alexander Weber, who was aboard the Southwest...

Authorities in Ventura County on Monday night announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and criminal charges against a man who sexually assaulted a woman earlier in the day. The woman was walking alone about 9 a.m. Monday in an...

The Army has scheduled a Wednesday court-martial for a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson soldier accused of sexual abuse, Anchorage’s third military sex-crimes case to be publicly announced this month. A Monday statement from U.S. Army Alaska...

A Highland Park man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, law enforcement officials said. Victor De Yta-Morales, 43, of the 600 block of Glenview Avenue, was taken into custody in the early morning hours of May 9....

Births A son, Alexander James Goldsmith, was born to Jayson and Sara Goldsmith of Boyne City at 4:41 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Alexander weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth. His...

While hanging out with friends at his apartment, a 28-year-old Chicago man allegedly forced two teenage girls into his bedroom, where he sexually assaulted them as they tried to escape, Cook County prosecutors said Sunday. Everado Salinas stood...

LEALMAN - When a 75-year-old man was fatally stabbed at the Palace Mobile Home Park last month, residents were shocked. The slaying was out of character for this community of 80 mobile homes, spread out behind a liquor store and used merchandise shop in...

Births Twins were delivered at Sheridan Memorial Hospital in Sheridan, Wyo., to Michael Leroy Davis II and Rebecca Elizabeth (Gardner) Davis on Sunday, April 28, 2013. Isabelle Rose arrived at 1:50 a.m. and was 18 3/4 inches long and weighed 5 pounds,...

A bipartisan group of women serving on the Senate and House Armed Services committees, including Indiana's 2nd District Rep. Jackie Walorski, is to be congratulated for exercising historic clout to battle sexual assault in the U.S. armed services....

UCLA and Steve Alford. A basketball program of unmatched pedigree led by a former prodigy who became a national champion and Olympic gold medalist before making a steady climb up the coaching ladder. On paper, a harmonic convergence. How they came...

Three teenagers face sex assault charges after they raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posted a video of the December attacks on Facebook, prosecutors said. Scandale Fritz, 16, Kenneth Brown, 15, and Justin Applewhite, 16, were all ordered held in...