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Rigali responded by retaining former city child-abuse prosecutor Gina Maisto Smith to re-examine complaints made against the active-duty priests that internal church investigators previously said they could not substantiate.

21 Pa. priests named in sex report are suspended 2011

The case did not involve any child-abuse allegations, the official said.

Badly Bruised 17-Month-Old Found at Foster-Care Home Sean Gardiner 2011

And superior court would have to eliminate supervision of juvenile criminals, eliminate family court (which deals with domestic-violence and child-abuse cases) and family facilitators, eliminate attorneys and volunteer superviors for CASA, the court-appointed special advocates program, and eliminate customer service and phone service.

Without Tax Increase, County’s Criminal Justice System Faces 12 Percent Cut « PubliCola 2010

Rigali responded by retaining former city child-abuse prosecutor Gina Maisto Smith to re-examine complaints made against the active-duty priests that internal church investigators previously said they could not substantiate.

21 Pa. priests named in sex report are suspended 2011

Under the cuts, legal aid will not be available for most parents and adults involved in private family law, save for attempts at mediation, for victims of domestic violence in limited circumstances and for those protecting children in certain cases involving child-abuse.

Carry on with the cuts and good divorce reforms will fail | Joanne Edwards 2011

"The government has a compelling interest in conducting child-abuse investigations in a manner that is least likely to be traumatic for the child and is least likely to taint disclosures of abuse."

Supreme Court confronts conflict between constitutional rights and protecting children 2011

Some observers wonder why lying to a grand jury about knowledge of child-abuse allegations carries a stiffer punishment than failing to report them in the first place.

Child-Abuse Reporting Law Is Challenge to Prosecutors Joe Palazzolo 2011

The Post reported that Fairfax prosecutors subsequently dismissed another of Christian's child-abuse cases in the middle of a trial because she acknowledged misstating the facts in her sworn testimony.

Lanny Davis: The Shameful Case of Sean Lanigan and the Presumption of Guilt Culture Lanny Davis 2011

"The government has a compelling interest in conducting child-abuse investigations in a manner that is least likely to be traumatic for the child and is least likely to taint disclosures of abuse."

Supreme Court confronts conflict between constitutional rights and protecting children 2011

Rigali responded by retaining former city child-abuse prosecutor Gina Maisto Smith to re-examine complaints made against the active-duty priests that internal church investigators previously said they could not substantiate.

21 Pa. priests named in sex report are suspended 2011