Sexual Abuse

Dick Thornburgh (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) and Louis B. Freeh (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Dick Thornburgh Calls Freeh Report ‘Incomplete, Inaccurate And Speculative’

“What we found was that in many respects, with regard to Mr. Paterno, the report was incomplete, inaccurate and speculative about his role,” former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh told WFAN host Mike Francesa.

2013/02/11

Christopher Yonitch stands accused of sexually abusing one of his students at Washington Elementary School in West Orange, N.J. (Photo: CBS 2)

N.J. Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Abusing 10-Year-Old Student

The teacher arrested was 36-year-old Christopher Yonitch, charged in connection with alleged sexual abuse of the fifth grader.

2013/02/07

Yoel Malik (credit: FailedMessiah.com via CBS 2)

Brooklyn Yeshiva Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Teens In Car, Motel

Yoel Malik, 33, was taken into custody late Wednesday after investigators said they received an anonymous tip through a confidential hotline.

2013/01/31

Former Teacher’s Aide On Trial For Allegedly Molesting Boy

The trial has gotten underway for a teacher’s aide at an Upper West Side public school, who is accused of molesting a then-8-year-old boy.

2013/01/26

Police Seek Man Who Touched 10-Year-Old Girl, Exposed Himself In Queens

Police Monday were searching for a man who inappropriately touched a 10-year-old girl, and exposed himself to her, in Queens this past weekend.

2013/01/07

Irvington, N.J. Man Admits To Sexual Abuse Of 2 Young Boys

An Irvington, N.J., man pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting two boys under the age of 14.

2012/12/12

Nechemya Weberman Leaving Court Dec. 6, 2012 (credit: CBS 2)

Brooklyn Ultra-Orthodox Leader Found Guilty On Child Sex Abuse Charges

Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader Nechemya Weberman became a convicted pedophile Monday, when a jury found him guilty on 60 counts of child sex abuse.

2012/12/10

Prosecutors, Defense Make Closing Arguments In Brooklyn Ultra Orthodox Leader’s Sex Abuse Case

Nechemya Weberman, 54, smiled as he left the courthouse with his wife on Thursday, seeming upbeat. But it could be his last night as a free man.

2012/12/06

Hudson Pointe Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (Photo: CBS 2)

Janitor Charged In Stunning Case Of Sexual Abuse At Riverdale Nursing Home

They are investigating the unthinkable. The New York State Health Department has now joined the probe into the sexual assault of an elderly woman at a nursing home.

2012/12/06

Surveillance footage of the suspected groper. (credit: NYPD)

New Suspect Charged As ‘Gentleman Groper’ On Subway

Another man has been arrested and charged as the “Gentleman Groper” seven months after charges were dropped against another man.

2012/12/03

Rabbi Nechemya Weberman (file/credit: CBS 2)

Trial Set To Continue For Brooklyn Orthodox Leader Accused Of Sex Abuse

The trial was set to continue Monday for a prominent Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish leader accused of sexually abusing a now-17-year-old girl.

2012/12/02

Sex Abuse Trial Of Brooklyn Orthodox Leader Continues

In defense of Nechemya Weberman, his attorney Michael Farkas suggested that the now-17-year-old victim brought charges of sexual abuse against the counselor out of a desire for revenge because she believes he told her father that she had a relationship with a boyfriend, something forbidden in the ultra Orthodox Satmar community.

2012/11/28

Man Wanted For Molesting Sleeping Woman On Subway Train In Midtown

Police were searching Monday for a man who molested a woman as she slept on a subway train rolling through the Grand Central-42nd Street stop in Midtown last month.

2012/11/26