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Connecticut is poised to pay $12 million to settle a case involving a neglected 14-month-old boy who was placed by the state’s child welfare agency in 2015 with a relative and ended up severely malnourished and physically abused.
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About 30 Mohawk residential school survivors and their families marched across the Cornwall bridge to Canada on Saturday. They were calling for the Anglican Church in Canada to open access to all documents relating to the Mohawk Institute.
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Pope Francis arrived Monday at the site of a former Indigenous residential school to deliver long-awaited apology for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's policy of forcibly assimilating Native peoples into Christian society that led to generations of trauma and abuse.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut announced this week it has hired a retired judge to investigate claims of child sexual abuse. The…
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An investigation by the Albany Times Union found Suffolk County urged New York investigators to suppress a report about the death of Thomas Valva, the…
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A federal lawsuit alleges Long Island officials ignored warnings of sexual and physical abuse that led to the death of an 8-year-old child earlier this…
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Federal data show over 20% of child abuse and neglect cases are reported to officials by someone at school, like a teacher or social worker. Kids spend so…
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A former Suffolk County corrections officer was sentenced to five years in prison for child rape. The victims say that’s too short, and they criticized…
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The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, under the weight of hundreds of childhood sexual abuse cases filed against the organization. An…
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Child Protective Service agencies on Long Island have a higher caseload than other counties in the area. That’s according to New York state officials.The…