Abuse News

Piscataway - Julie Hermann, Rutgers' new athletic director hired after the firing of men’s basketball head coach Mike Rice, who was caught on video abusing players –– quit as a coach 16 years ago for apparently doing the same, The Star-Ledger reported Saturday.

A video has surfaced showing teens at a orphanage in Russia, beating and kicking young orphans. It shows the young children lined up against the wall as they wait for their turn to be abused.

Thirty-nine teachers from two leading music schools in Manchester are under investigation in relation to allegation of pupils who were sexually abused.

Harned - Family and friends of a Kentucky teenager who is being tried in the case of his stepfather's death are now rallying behind the teen, trying to raise money for his defense.

Durham - The childhood saying "sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt me," may have been wrong after all according to a new study that finds adults bullied as children carry the scars of their experience within them for decades.

Melbourne - The Roman Catholic Church in Australia's state of Victoria has admitted that hundreds of children have been sexually abused since the 1930s.

Famed ape researcher Susan Savage-Rumbaugh has been suspended from the Bonobo Hope Great Ape Trust Sanctuary in Iowa over accusations that she has put the animals in jeopardy because of her "erratic behavior."

Edmonton - A legal battle is expected to resume in Edmonton next week, over whether to remove a 2-year old girl from life support, that has ignited an ethical debate. The girl was allegedly starved and neglected since birth.

Ipoh - The video of the CCTV footage went viral on Facebook as many concerned citizens & women shared the incident to trigger a response from the police department to bring him to justice.

Breaking the Silence is an organization formed in 2004, made up of Israeli army veterans. On Saturday, they released a report to the international media on the abuse of Palestinian children.