Houston Child Abuse Case Uncovers Larger Issues No One Wants to Face


by PJ Media

PJ Media— A mother in Texas has pleaded guilty to severe abuse of her fourteen-year-old daughter, including choking, beating, and even burning. The case is horrifying enough in itself, but it uncovers even deeper issues that no one in American public life has yet shown any willingness to face. Eventually, however, these issues will become unavoidable and obvious to everyone.

KRQE News 13—46 reports and 22 investigations: CYFD faces lawsuit over alleged mishandling of child abuse case. The lawsuit said investigators and supervisors were not licensed social workers and didn’t have the professional basis to assess the children’s home life.

The Philippine Star—Marcos wants online child sex abuse stopped. President Marcos wants the elimination of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children to be his legacy as he regards the crime, whose youngest victim in the country is a three-month-old infant, as “unFilipino,” the Department of Justice said yesterday.

ABC7 Chicago—Lawyers dispute child's cause of death in 'treadmill abuse' murder case. The murder trial of a New Jersey dad charged in the death of his 6-year-old son has begun with prosecutors and defense lawyers disputing what caused the boy's death.