Category Archives: Sexual Abuse

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 42-year-old Christian minister was sentenced to life in prison Monday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. Prosecutors claim the man befriended the child and his family in Georgia before moving to Sarasota. In Sarasota, the man apparently started a storefront church that had around [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a bill that requires anyone to report known or suspected cases of child sex abuse on Friday. Following the charges brought against Jerry Sandusky, Florida’s victim advocates saw a need to correct the state’s child sex abuse reporting laws. [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crimes Attorneys A 28-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested Sunday after a witness allegedly saw the man having sex with a dog named Mimi. According to a police report, the witness apparently viewed the man penetrating the dog’s backside with his penis. The witness claims the dog [...]

Whittel & Melton, LLC 1-866-608-5LAW (5529) – Florida Sex Crime Attorneys Ex-Amateur Athletic Union president Robert “Bobby” Dodd was recently accused of molesting two former basketball players dating back from the 1980s. Both men said that the news coverage of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal urged them to independently confront Dodd concerning his alleged [...]

While federal officials continue to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse occurring at Penn State University this week, Florida experts are addressing a state statute that requires teachers, doctors, child care workers and all other professionals to report any suspicion of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement officials. Florida statute 39.205 clearly holds any [...]

The Vatican announced that bishops must make it a priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests on Monday. The Roman Catholic Church told bishops in a letter that they are to cooperate with civil authorities in an attempt to end the sexual abuse that has plagued the church’s reputation around the world. [...]

Washington Redskins DT Albert Haynesworth was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on misdemeanor sexual abuse charges from a complaint filed in February after an incident occurred with a waitress at the W Hotel in Washington, D.C. Haynesworth allegedly caressed a female waitress’ breasts after allowing him to slip a credit card in her shirt [...]

A Roman Catholic priest was arrested on 11 counts of sexual abuse involving a 14-year-old boy. He reportedly was previously arrested in Washington, D.C. in 2007 for touching a 14-year-old boy on the thigh, which resulted in an assault conviction where he served 15 days in jail. The 54-year-old priest was arrested on Feb. 1 [...]