sex crimes

It’s tragic when a revered, global religious institution fails to protect those who come to it seeking spiritual aid and comfort. Yet, while the Catholic Church is facing widespread allegations of sexual abuse by priests, CBS News has reported that several women have...

A Prince George’s County police officer is facing rape and sexual assault charges after allegations surfaced that he ordered a woman in a car that he had pulled over for a traffic stop late one night to drive behind a nearby store for sexual purposes, the Baltimore...

When a former Alabama judge and would-be politician recently made a run for a seat in Congress, several women came forward with tales of being approached romantically by the man when they were teenagers. Among other conversations prompted by revelations of the women –...

When basketball star Kobe Bryant recently received an Oscar for a short, animated film, the award brought up memories of the 2003 accusations of rape and sexual assault brought against him by a Colorado hotel employee. Maryland takes sex crimes seriously, one of the...

In one of the first cases to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court addressing the First Amendment and the Internet, the nation’s top court recently reversed a state law that prohibited sex offenders from using social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc....