JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A decade after the Pentagon began confronting rape in the ranks, the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base, an Associated Press investigation has found. Reports of assaults and rapes among kids on military […]
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Former Maine priest pleads not guilty to sex assault charges
A former Jesuit priest and longtime Cheverus High School teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he sexually abused a 9-year-old boy at a Freeport church nearly 20 years ago. James Francis Talbot, 80, has been held at Cumberland County Jail in Portland since Wednesday, when he was extradited from Missouri. He appeared Friday […]
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Organizations join to offer workshop on child sexual abuse prevention
JAY — Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services (SAVES), and the Franklin County Children’s Task Force are offering a workshop for parents and guardians, Parents in the Know. The free four-week workshop will meet from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning May 23, at the Spruce Mountain Elementary School library. Childcare will be provided. Parents […]
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Bishop Deeley names March 3 as Day of Prayer and Penance
PORTLAND — Bishop Robert P. Deeley has designated Friday, March 3, as a diocesan-wide Day of Prayer and Penance to seek forgiveness for past harm while offering prayers for the healing of victims and survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The day will also reaffirm the Diocese of Portland’s continuing pledge to provide […]
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State dismisses sexual abuse charges against Jay man
FARMINGTON — The state Tuesday dismissed sexual abuse charges against a Jay man because of insufficient evidence, according to a court document. Steven M. Dumeny, 33, was arrested in May after Jay police and New York State Police conducted an investigation. Dumeny adamantly denied the charges May 23 during a court appearance. The state had […]
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Jay man accused of sexually abusing girls
JAY — A local man is accused of sexually abusing two girls under the age of 12. Jay Detective Michael Mejia launched an investigation last week after receiving information from New York State Police about two girls who said they were abused in December 2015 in Jay, Mejia said. Steven M. Dumeny, 33, of Jay […]
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Wilton man sentenced to four years in sexual abuse case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a Wilton man Friday to one year in prison for sexually abusing two girls younger than 16. Upon his release, Peter J. Essman, 65, he will serve four years of probation. He also will have to register with the state for 10 years as a sex offender. Essman […]
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Son charged with dismembering dad claims sex abuse
AUGUSTA — A Maine man charged with killing and dismembering his father was ordered Thursday to undergo a mental health evaluation at a court appearance that ended with him declaring himself “the Lord, Father of life” and asking the gathered media to follow him on Twitter. Leroy Smith III, 24, told an investigator he recorded […]
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Rumford brothers arrested on sex charges
MEXICO — Two brothers from Rumford were charged this week with having sex with teen girls after giving them drugs or intoxicants, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said he arrested Jacob Blood, 20, of 414 Cumberland Street in Rumford on Tuesday on four counts of Class D sexual abuse of a minor and […]
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Madrid Township man to serve three years in prison in sex abuse case
AUGUSTA — Justice Nancy Mills on Monday ordered a Madrid Township man to serve three years of a five-year sentence for sexually abusing a teenage boy. John A. Fahnley, 59, was sentenced in Kennebec County Superior Court in Augusta. The conviction carried a penalty of up to five years in prison. He will serve two […]