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10 Jan 2025 US
🇺🇸▫️Horrifying Polaroids found in the walls of a California home reveal decades of darknessPolaroids hidden for decades in the walls of a California home have led to a father and son being sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
The horrifying photos, taken between 1985 and 1995, showed children under the age of 14 being sexually abused by Theodore Smith, now 90, and his son, James Smith, 66, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office.
They were finally uncovered in 2021, when a new homeowner was renovating an outbuilding on their Orangevale property - where the Smiths had lived for more than 40 years before they moved to Texas.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14268625/Polaroids-California-Theodore-James-Smith.html»
https://www.sacda.org/2025/01/father-son-sentenced-for-child-sexual-assaults-from-1980s-and-1990s/▫️Greene County judge sentences 'serial child molester' to more than 9 life sentencesA Greene County judge followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced the man described as a “serial child molester” on Thursday, Jan. 9 to serve more than nine consecutive life sentences.
Edward Martinez, 53, was convicted by a jury in September 2024 of 20 felony charges, including numerous counts of first- and second-degree child molestation, first-degree attempted statutory rape, first-degree statutory sodomy, first-degree statutory rape and sexual misconduct. That same jury recommended Martinez serve the maximum sentence allowed for each charge — nine life sentences plus another 69 years in prison.
The case against Martinez spanned 25 years, from 1996 to 2021. The charges stemmed from six victims, all under the age of 12 when the incidents occurred with the youngest being 4.
https://sgfcitizen.org/government/crime/greene-county-judge-sentences-serial-child-molester-to-more-than-9-life-sentences/▫️Seton Hall president urged to resign after report he knew of sex abuse claimsRep. Mikie Sherrill called POLITICO’s reporting “deeply disturbing” — and state lawmakers planned to discuss taking action.
Lawmakers and victim advocates are calling for Seton Hall University’s president to resign after POLITICO revealed he was named in an internal report on sexual abuse allegations more than five years ago. They also want the Catholic university to release the findings as a measure of transparency and accountability.
A 2019 memo detailing the internal investigation, viewed by POLITICO, did not accuse the new president, Monsignor Joseph Reilly, of abuse. But it said he knew of sexual abuse allegations that he did not report. Investigators recommended, pursuant to a responsive action plan the school’s governing body adopted, Reilly be removed as a seminary leader and member of university boards.
Instead, he took a yearlong sabbatical, returned as a vice provost and, in November, formally became president of the New Jersey school.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/seton-hall-president-urged-to-resign-00197176»
https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2025/01/seton-hall-president-urged/▫️Dem Massachusetts Governor plays down hundreds of horrific crimes reported in heaving migrant shelters - including rape, trafficking, drug abuse, neglect and domestic violence The Democrat governor of Massachusetts has downplayed more than 300 reports of horrific crimes within the state's rapidly growing migrant shelters.
An influx of migrants have made their way to the blue state in recent years, many of whom are enrolled in the state's Emergency Assistance migrant-family shelter program.
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities recorded 316 'serious incident' reports at hotels, congregate sites, scattered sites and co-shelters within the program since 2022.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14267665/maura-healey-surge-crimes-migrant-housing-shelters-massachusetts.html @ENDHUMANTRAFFICKING
