Topics :: child abuse

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S. African Teen Dies After Alleged Torture at ’Gay Conversion’ Camp

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Apr 30, 2013
A teen died after he was allegedly tortured at a South African training camp that claimed it could turn teen boys into "men."

Gay Couple on Trial for Allegedly Raping Adopted Children

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Apr 9, 2013
A Connecticut gay couple accused of sexually abusing two of their nine children will soon stand trial.

Wrongly Jailed for 21 Years, Bernard Baran Demands His Records Be Expunged

By Tony Hobday | Tuesday Mar 19, 2013
Bernard Baran was 1984 when he was falsely accused of sexual misconduct of a child. After nearly 22 years in prison, he was finally released. He now demands that his records be expunged.

Scientists Discover More Than 50 Unmarked Graves at Fla. Boys’ Reform School

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Dec 13, 2012
Scientists found at least 50 graves at the Dozier School for Boys in Florida and discovered that 98 deaths occurred at the school between 1911 and 1973.

Sex-Abuse Charges Sinks Del. GOP Pro-Family Candidate

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Nov 2, 2012
A Republican politician in Delaware, who has ties to the anti-gay marriage group Focus on the Family and has been endorsed by Christine O’Donnell, has been charged with 113 counts of sexually abusing a boy in the late ’80s over a 3-year period.

Scouts Allegedly Covered Up Sexual Abuse, LGBT Groups Criticize Anti-Gay Policy

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Jul 19, 2012
A San Diego news station got hold of files that allege officials from the Boy Scouts did not report sexual abuse incidents that occurred within the organization. Additionally several LGBT groups criticized the BSA’s decision to uphold its anti-gay policy.

Conn. Gay Couple Accused of Molesting Adopted Sons

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Dec 2, 2011
A gay Glastonbury, Conn., gay couple is being charged with sexually assaulting some of their many adopted sons over the past 10 years, but their other children disagree with the accusation.

Gay Man Describes ’Conversion Therapy’ Torture

By Kilian Melloy | Wednesday Oct 12, 2011
A gay man has come forward to describe the torture that he endured as part of a program of so-called "reparative therapy," including psychological and emotional abuse, electrocution, and being burned and frozen in the name of a cure for being gay.
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