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Child Abuse
July 9, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Ally Offers Grotesque Defense for Sexual Abuse Accusation
Pastor Robert Morris claims his accuser initiated the relationship when she was 12 years old.
June 17, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Ally Admits to Horrific Relationship With a Minor
Pastor Robert Morris said he molested a child for five years in the 1980s.
February 21, 2020
Matt Farwell
Let the Boy Scouts Die Out, Already
An Eagle Scout lays out how the organization was morally bankrupt long before it filed for Chapter 11 protection.
August 20, 2018
Sarah Jones
Pope Francis: Catholic Church “abandoned” child sex abuse victims.
September 17, 2014
Danny Vinik
Does Corporal Punishment Really Cause Long-Term Damage? An Expert Weighs In
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