Travis Sanford reports on the closing arguments in a civil suit against Boy Scouts of America (BSA). BSA was sued over allowing a man, Timur Dykes, to remain active despite the fact that he had confessed to the Mormon bishop supervising his troop that he had sexually abused 17 boys. The Church of Jesus Christ…
Category: Youth & Schools
ABC News Investigation: USA Swimming Coaches Molested, Secretly Taped Dozens of Teen Swimmers
Megan Chuchmach and Avni Patel report In a sex abuse scandal that some victims compare to what happened in the Catholic Church, at least 36 swimming coaches have been banned for life by the USA Swimming organization over the last 10 years because of sexual misconduct with teenagers they coached. […] One coach, Brian Hindson…
Facebook slander mum hits back at son
The mother of a 16-year-old boy said she was only being a good mother when she locked him out of his Facebook account after reading he had driven home at 150km/h one night because he was mad at a girl. His response: a harassment complaint at the local courthouse. “If I’m found guilty on this…
CIA given details of British Muslim students
Syma Mohammed and Robert Verkaik report: Personal information concerning the private lives of almost 1,000 British Muslim university students is to be shared with US intelligence agencies in the wake of the Detroit bomb scare. The disclosure has outraged Muslim groups and students who are not involved in extremism but have been targeted by police…