The Department of Homeland Security states that human trafficking threatens our physical and virtual borders, our immigration and customs systems, our prosperity, our national security, and our personal and public safety. For this reason, the Department of Homeland Security has declared it a national priority to end human trafficking. In this episode, America’s Hope is…
Ending Human Trafficking: A National Priority | America’s Hope (July 21)
July 20, 2023
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Ex-officers at Federal Women’s Prison in California Plead Guilty to Multiple Sex Abuse Counts
July 14, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—Two former officers of a federal women’s prison in California pleaded guilty Thursday to multiple counts of sexual abuse, the latest to be prosecuted following an Associated Press investigation last year resulting in prison sentences for the former warden and chaplain. Andrew Jones, a former cook supervisor at Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, pleaded…
11 Sisters Who Were Separated as Kids Survive Child Abuse, Reunite After 43 Years
Eleven sisters who were separated as kids when their biological family fell apart spent 43 years searching for each other. It wasn’t until they reunited that they learned the extent of the horrors they’d each suffered, but, in sharing their pain, they formed a sibling bond stronger than ever. Reverend Barbara Lane, the ninth of…
Former Olympic Gold Medal Cyclist Convicted in German Child Sex Abuse Case
BERLIN—A former champion cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics has been convicted by a German court in a child sexual abuse case. Gregor Braun was found guilty on Wednesday by a regional court in the southwestern city of Tuebingen of sexually abusing a child, soliciting the serious sexual abuse of a…
San Francisco Man Convicted of Murder for Beating Roommate During Zoom Call and Burning Her Alive
June 5, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—A jury has convicted a San Francisco man of killing his 79-year-old roommate by beating her with a baseball bat and lighting her on fire. The attack was partially captured on Zoom. Min Jian Guan, 63, was found guilty of first-degree murder on May 30 for the June 14, 2020, death of Yu Quin…
Paris Hilton, Lawmakers Introduce New Bill Aimed at Stopping Institutional Child Abuse
TV personality Paris Hilton joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers and abuse survivors on Capitol Hill on April 27 to introduce a new bill aimed at preventing the abuse of children in institutional care. Hilton joined Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), as well as Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), in introducing the “Stop Institutional Child…
Former Cardinal McCarrick Charged in Wisconsin With Sex Abuse
MADISON, Wis.—The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago, court records show. A criminal complaint filed Friday alleges that Theodore McCarrick, who was removed from the priesthood in 2019 after a…
China Jails Man for 9 Years in ‘Chained Woman’ Scandal
April 9, 2023
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A Chinese man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the abuse of a female victim of human trafficking. In early 2022, the mother of eight was found chained in a hut in eastern China. The “chained woman” scandal has shocked both China and the international community. Dong Zhimin, a 56-year-old villager from…
Former Military Couple Faces 4th Sentencing in Child Abuse Case
April 5, 2023
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NEWARK, N.J.—A former U.S. Army major and his wife accused of routinely beating their young foster children and denying them food and water as punishment will be sentenced for a fourth time. But, the sentencing will be handled by a different judge, a federal appeals court has ruled. Federal prosecutors have argued that the sentences…
Chasing Horse Pleads Not Guilty in Nevada Sex Abuse Case
LAS VEGAS—A former “Dances With Wolves” actor pleaded not guilty Wednesday to state charges that he sexually abused Indigenous women and girls for a decade in Nevada. Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, appeared briefly in Clark County District Court following his indictment last week on 19 charges, including sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping, and drug trafficking. He…
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