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A bill by Rep. Leigh Hulsey and Sen. Roger Smitherman would punish church leaders who engage in sexual activity with anyone under age 19.
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sexual abuse stories
Legislature
The bill's sponsor said the bill is needed to ensure clergy in positions of trust do not groom children who are under their authority.
Courts
An Elmore County judge is forcing a child into visitations with a family member under investigation for sexually assaulting her.
Featured Opinion
In the church-going community, members are talking more openly than ever about “church hurt."
Courts
In the statement, Elizabeth Daly said the last words she heard from Hooper were "I’ll get away with it, because I’m Perry Hooper."
Courts
"He put a hand on the hip, pecked on the cheek," Hooper's attorney, Tommy Gallion, said.
Courts
The indictment by a Montgomery grand jury comes after an August arrest on charges he groped and kissed a restaurant hostess.
Public safety
Hooper is a member of the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee and a former state representative.
Prisons
ADOC said that the final cause of death is pending the results of a full autopsy.
Prisons
Eric Todd Ellis sexually abused an incarcerated woman at a federal prison in Aliceville, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.