Sexual Misconduct

Los Angeles Police Department detectives who specialize in child sexual abuse cases have begun examining a trove of newly disclosed priest abuse files to determine whether there are cases that can be prosecuted. Capt. Fabian Lizarraga said detectives "are...

The teachers union in the L.A. Unified School District spoke out on the arrest of a former elementary school instructor accused of sexually abusing 20 children and an adult, calling the alleged acts "horrific."...

The principal of a Wilmington elementary school received an allegation about four years ago that a teacher behaved inappropriately with a student but took no action, Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. John Deasy said Thursday. The same teacher was....

A former teacher arrested on sexual abuse allegations involving 20 children was previously alleged to have inappropriately touched students as early as 2002, but the accusations went unreported, a top LAUSD official said Thursday. Robert Pimentel, 57, a...

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal investigation into deaths at the defunct Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. His letter to Holder follows release of a report earlier this week by University of...

A well-known Orange County church has been roiled by allegations that a volunteer sexually assaulted children. A Sunday school volunteer at Rock Harbor Church in Costa Mesa allegedly formed relationships with children in his church and went on to...

Attorneys filed four more lawsuits this week in connection with lewd-conduct charges against a former teacher at Miramonte Elementary School....

A Sunday school volunteer at a Costa Mesa church has been arrested for sexually abusing children, according to church leaders and court documents....

Los Angeles school officials have been slow to act on some sexual misconduct allegations and often failed to notify, as required by law, the state agency that oversees the credentials of teachers, state auditors have concluded....

A young man who has sued Maine Township High School District 207 over his claims that fellow members of a Maine West High School soccer team sexually abused him during a hazing ritual said he hopes the suit will prevent further incidents. “Nobody...

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A Chicago Ridge deputy fire chief Sunday evening was being held on $150,000 bond after prosecutors alleged that he broke into a neighbor's home wearing a ski mask and carrying a knife. Gary Swiercz, 49, of the 8100 block of West 168th Place in Tinley...