NCAA Task Force To Oversee $60M Penn State Fine
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A 10-member task force has been named to come up with guidelines for how to distribute the record $60 million fine that Penn State has agreed to pay in the wake of the Jerry...
View ArticlePenn State Brings In Victim Fund Veteran Feinberg
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The lawyer who ran the Sept. 11 victim fund and other major victim compensation efforts has been hired by Penn State in its effort to settle personal injury claims related to...
View ArticleKey Dates In The Penn State Child Sex Abuse Case
A chronological look at the case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, based on grand jury reports, court appearances and testimony. Some key dates in Penn State football...
View ArticleStatement From Jerry Sandusky
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (CBS) — Jerry Sandusky read a statement during his sentencing on Tuesday. The following is what Sandusky had to say: “I’m grateful for the opportunity to speak today. I feel the need to...
View ArticleSandusky Transferred To Prison In Southwestern Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is serving his child molestation prison sentence at an institution in far southwestern Pennsylvania that includes most...
View ArticlePa. Auditor General Thinks NCAA Lawsuit Will Divert Attention From Sex Abuse...
By Tony Romeo PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Pennsylvania’s auditor general says he’s concerned that a lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s sanctions of Penn State will divert attention from issues raised by the child...
View ArticleSentencing Day For Priest, Lay Teacher In Sex Abuse Case
By Tony Hanson PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – This is sentencing day for a priest and former lay teacher convicted of sexually assaulting the same 5th and 6th grade boy at St. Jerome’s in Philadelphia in 1999...
View ArticlePenn State Fallout Lingers Year After Sandusky Trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In the year since eight young men took the stand to testify they were sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the scandal has played out in...
View ArticleGloucester County Man Arrested For Alleged Sexual Abuse Of 2 Minors Now...
MANTUA, NJ (CBS) – A Mantua man already arrested for the alleged sexual assault of two boys is now facing additional charges. Forty-seven-year-old Scott J. Bicking was initially arrested in September...
View ArticleSandusky Asks Pa. High Court To Take His Case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky is asking Pennsylvania’s highest court to take up his appeal of child sex abuse conviction, saying a judge should have instructed jurors regarding the length of...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Children’s Alliance To Hold Annual Fundraiser Next Week
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS)–A Philadelphia non-profit that provides a safe place for child sex abuse victims to access law enforcement is having its annual fundraiser next week. The Philadelphia...
View ArticleMore Sex Abuse Charges Filed Against Bucks Psychiatrist
By Brad Segall DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — Prosecutors in Bucks County have filed additional charges against a Doylestown psychiatrist already accused of molesting three young women who came to his office...
View ArticlePa. Boys Choir Founder Faces 1,100 More Charges
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — The founder of a northeastern Pennsylvania boys choir charged with rape is facing 1,100 additional counts. Seventy-four-year-old Kenneth Schade of Wind Gap was taken into...
View ArticleSandusky’s Wife: Prosecution Report Isn’t Truthful
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky’s wife says Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor lacks the courage to admit the former Penn State assistant coach isn’t guilty of the child molestation charges that sent...
View ArticleDel. Man Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Abusing 3-Year-Old Girl
MILLSBORO, Del. (CBS) – Police arrested a Delaware sex offender for allegedly sexually abusing a three-year-old girl. An investigation began after the young girl complained of soreness and was examined...
View ArticleSandusky’s Son Speaks About Abusive Childhood
By Jim Melwert PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — One of the most prominent victims from one of the most prominent sexual abuse cases in recent memory was a keynote speaker today at a conference on investigating...
View ArticlePhila. Man Sentenced For 2012 Rape of Developmentally Delayed Niece
By Steve Tawa PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia man was sentenced today to at least 8½ years in prison for raping his 18-year-old, developmentally delayed niece three years ago, at a family...
View ArticleChester Co. DA: Male Teacher At Private School For Boys Arrested On Sex Abuse...
MALVERN, Pa. (CBS) – The Chester County DA says a teacher from a day and boarding school for boys located in Malvern has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a student. The male teacher,...
View ArticlePolice: Del. Man Accused Of Sexual Abuse Shoots Himself In Front Of Cops
BEAR, Del. (CBS) – Police in New Castle County say they are investigating sexual abuse claims against a 58-year-old man from Newark, Delaware. Authorities say an investigation began early Sunday...
View ArticlePope Francis On Sex Abuse Within Church: ‘All Responsible Will Be Held...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — While speaking to bishops and archbishops at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Pope Francis touched on a number of topics, including sex abuse within the Catholic Church. He said, “In...
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