Former Catholic priest, teacher sentenced in child sex abuse trial
Former Catholic priest Charles Englehardt and teacher Bernard Shero were sentenced for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old student at St. Jerome Parish.
Police: Dad slashes 7-year-old daughter’s throat in East Mount Airy
Police said a man was arrested for cutting his 7-year-old daughter’s throat inside a home on the 300 block of Cliveden Street in East Mount Airy.
Zumba madam Alexis Wright tearfully talks of childhood abuse in Maine sentencing
A Zumba instructor who admitted to using her exercise studio as a front for a prostitution business tearfully described a history of abuse before being sentenced to 10 months in county jail on Friday.
Man accused of molestation at Arlington Boys & Girls club
A man is set to be arraigned Monday on child molestation charges for alleged assaults at the Boys and Girls Club in Arlington during the 1970s.
Five-year-old child fell from window of Point Breeze home
Police said a 5-year-old child fell from the window of a home in the 2100 block of Manton Street early Saturday morning.
East Boston man pleads guilty to killing alleged abuser
An East Boston man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting he killed an older man who allegedly molested him as a child.
Father charged with critically injuring 2-month-old son
A Lowell man was charged with assault and battery on a child after prosecutors said he critically injured his infant son.
Child abuse billboard shows different message to kids, adults
The billboard shows a different message to children and to adults, even if both are looking at it at the same time.
Accused abuser faces new child molestation charges
A Wakefield man facing 100 child molestation charges is due in a Salem courtroom Wednesday, accused of additional crimes.
Grand jury indicts Christina Regusters for alleged child kidnapping
Christina Regusters is accused of raping and kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, but attorneys for both sides believe there were others involved in the crime.