Santa Clara children interviewed in front of abusive parents
In nearly every Bay Area county, parents accused of abusing their children are kept out of the interview room when a social worker gets a court order to question their …
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Children’s Hospital Colorado sued over failure to report child abuse
Children’s Hospital Colorado failed to alert police or social services for two years that a teen reported she was being abused, leaving her in constant fear of retaliation by her …
Elijah Vue, 3, missing after mom sent him to male friend’s home for ‘disciplinary reasonsâ: cops
A 3-year-old Wisconsin boy is missing after his mother sent him to a male friendâs home for âdisciplinary action,” cops say — and local woods and waters are now being …
Catholic schools in Oakland, Fremont to close over bad finances
OAKLAND — The embattled Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland is losing two of its elementary schools as it goes through bankruptcy proceedings stemming from widespread sex-abuse lawsuits against the church. …
Japan shocked by case of poisoned girl as child abuse rates soar: ‘I’m speechless’
Police in Japan reported a record number of child abuse cases last year, with experts suggesting that parents facing rising prices and stagnant wages were taking their frustrations out on …
Santa Clara County supervisor blasts secrecy of state report in baby Phoenix’s death
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian railed against the California Department of Social Services on Tuesday for refusing to release an investigation of the county’s child welfare …
county agency makes progress on children’s removals
The number of at-risk children removed from their homes in Santa Clara County has soared in recent months, a dramatic shift for the county’s child welfare agency that came under …
San Jose police ‘had no idea’ baby’s skull was fractured until 8 months after death
San Jose police say it took eight months for officers investigating the suspicious death of a severely malnourished 2-month-old baby to learn from Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner that the …
Former Bay Area education official sentenced for lewdness with child
A former superintendent for the Shoreline Unified School District was sentenced to jail Monday for engaging in lewd conduct with a child. Robert Patrick Raines, 69, of Petaluma was ordered …
Pope Francis blasts surrogacy as “deplorable” practice that turns a child into “an object of trafficking”
Surrogate babies trapped by war in Ukraine Parents of surrogate babies battle to meet their newborns, trapped by the fighting in Ukraine 03:34 Rome — Pope Francis on Monday called for …