Children are vulnerable in any number of ways. When adult authority figures take advantage of that vulnerability, children can be left facing harrowing circumstances because the people who they should have been able to trust, such as teachers, placed the children in...
Sexual Abuse – Plaintiff
Sexual abuse conviction upheld in New Mexico
When people are accused of wrongdoing, it is common for them to deny the allegations against them. Even when individuals commit heinous crimes, like the sexual abuse of a child, they may still try to maintain their innocence. Fortunately, the law works to hold...
Teacher pleads guilty to sexual abuse of student
Adults have an obligation to guide children and teenagers in positive directions in life. Unfortunately, some individuals may instead choose to take advantage of young people and put those children in damaging situations by committing sexual abuse. When this happens,...
Sexual abuse at youth detention center spanned decades
Accounts of crimes against children, especially crimes of a sexual nature, often leave a pit in one’s stomach. Children relying on adults to keep them safe sometimes face sexual abuse from those same adults or endure a lack of help from other adults in positions of...
Child abuse prevention should happen every month, not just April
Far too often, innocent children are subjected to neglect and abuse from parents, relatives and other adults in their lives. Individuals who are supposed to provide care and support may instead deprive children of their needs and physically, mentally and sexually...
Kids sexually abused by neighborhood ‘grandfather figure’
Children are often trusting of adults, especially when those adults seem nice, give them gifts or otherwise try to make the children feel as if the adults are trustworthy. Unfortunately, predators in New Mexico and elsewhere often use these tactics and then use that...
New Mexico bill hopes to prevent sexual abuse in schools
Teachers and other employees that work in an educational setting are often trusted by students. Most often, teachers and other school workers do their best to protect students and work toward helping them thrive. Unfortunately, some individuals take an unscrupulous...
Changes in a child’s emotions, behavior may point to sexual abuse
Parents typically want to do whatever they can to protect their children. Unfortunately, as well as they try, their children can still fall victim to serious physical or emotional harm. One of the most harrowing situations a parent could consider their child facing is...
Sexual abuse investigation leads to criminal charges
Being subjected to wrongdoing for years can have a significant effect on how a child sees him or herself and how he or she grows up. Unfortunately, too many children in New Mexico and across the country are subjected to sexual abuse that can go on for years because...
After suffering sexual abuse as orphans, adults seek justice
Young children often find themselves in situations that are controlled by the adults around them. Unfortunately, some children do not have loving and trustworthy adults around. In fact, the adults that are supposed to be caring for those children could commit acts of...