The child died from asphyxiation at a Pentecostal church in San Jose, Calif., as her mother, uncle and grandfather tried to expel what they believed was an “evil spirit,” the authorities said.
Tag: Child Abuse and Neglect
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Top Texas Court Allows Abuse Inquiries of Parents of Transgender Children
State officials can resume child abuse investigations of parents who provide certain medical treatments to transgender youths, but not against a family that had filed suit.
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Jury Awards Man $10 Million by School District After Coach’s Abuse
Alex Harrison sued his school district for negligence after his high school tennis coach molested him. The case landed him back at the courthouse where he’d first told his story years earlier.
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Report Catalogs Abuse of Native American Children at Former Government Schools
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland called for a review last year, after the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of children who attended similar schools in Canada.
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Mother’s Day Brings Me Two Kinds of Grief
There is grief that strangles you and grief that holds you.