An 88-year-old Virginia pastor was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for child sex crimes, after a judge greatly reduced it from 55 years. According to Richmond County Circuit Court records, a plea deal allowed the pastor, who had previously faced 31 charges, to receive the shorter sentence. Albert “Ben” Wharton, pastor of Victory Baptist Church in Warsaw, Virginia, from 1976-2002, pleaded guilty to eight of the counts against him, court records showed.| The Roys Report
The son-in-law of televangelist Mark Barclay was convicted on Friday of sexually assaulting a girl for about six years. James Randolph, a former church leader at Living Word Church in Midland, Michigan, now potentially faces life in prison. Living Word Church was founded by Barclay, whose TV ministry reaches millions of viewers each week. Following two and a half hours of deliberations, Randolph was found guilty of all six counts he faced.| The Roys Report
A former teacher and youth pastor in west Texas has been charged with assaulting a child, according to court records. Jeremy Scott Maxfield, a former teacher and coach at Lubbock High School in Lubbock, Texas, was arrested last Wednesday. Victims have accused Maxfield, 41, of assaulting them while at the west Texas school or at an unspecified church in Amherst. Maxfield was initially charged with three counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of improper relationship between an educa...| The Roys Report
Carlos Ramirez Valdez, 61, was arrested in 2021.| Orange County Register
The Times of Israel today published an in depth report from a recent meeting before Israeli lawmakers where victims of child Satanic ritual sex abuse throughout Israel testified to the horrors they endured, such as torture and rape when they were children. I am not shocked that this has happened and continues to happen in Israel, but what is shocking is that such a detailed investigative report like this brings the whole Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) network in Israel into the spotlight in an Is...| Medical Kidnap
Abused by her adoptive father, she was victimized again by the police charged with protecting her.| Reveal
New Jersey pastor Stephen Sweet has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a child, according to Bergen County Sheriff records.| The Roys Report
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys The Supreme Court’s Purdue Pharma decision applies directly to the Boy Scout bankruptcy, putting the BSA bankruptcy plan in peril. This is good news for our Dumas & Vaughn clients who appealed the BSA plan because it is a bad deal for abuse claimants. The Supreme Court vindicated the arguments of these sex abuse […] The post Purdue Decision Applies to Boy Scout Bankruptcy appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Today was the deadline to file all sex abuse claims in the Boy Scout bankruptcy. We’ve been hair-on-fire the last few weeks, getting the claims ready and filed for all my abuse survivor clients. We just got confirmation that the last one was successfully filed. WHAT’S NEXT? Now the big issue is what will happen […] The post Boy Scout Bankruptcy in Race with Purdue Pharma appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers Six Oregon men are on an official SBC list of accused Baptist sexual abusers. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released a list naming over 700 men accused of sexually abusing or assaulting people in Baptist churches. Over 50 of the accused abusers were in western […] The post Six Oregon Men on SBC List of Baptist Sexual Abusers appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
Dumas & Vaughn -- Sex Abuse Attorneys Understanding sexual abuse is hard. And who wants to try? Sexual abuse is not a subject anyone wants to think about, let alone read about and study. But our clients live with the sexual abuse they went through when they were kids, or sexual assault as adults, so Ashley and I try to learn as […] The post Understanding Sexual Abuse – Books, Experience, and Listening to our Clients appeared first on Dumas & Vaughn.| Dumas & Vaughn
One out of ten children will be sexually abused by the age of 18 in the US. What does that have to do with nonprofit management or fundraising? Absolutely nothing. So, why am I mentioning it? I’m s…| Michael Rosen Says...