NEW YORK - Teri Hatcher, one of the stars of ABC's "Desperate Housewives," says in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair that her uncle sexually molested her 35 years ago. The 41-year-old actress says she learned in 2002 that a 14-year-old victim of her uncle had committed suicide. Concerned that he would escape charges of molestation, Hatcher approached the prosecutors.

Chandler has seen a spate of severe child abuse cases and child deaths in the last three weeks that have left the police department shaken.

Chandler has seen a spate of severe child abuse cases and child deaths in the last three weeks that have left the police department shaken.

May 13, 2004

State Child Protective Services received nine reports of abuse and neglect about Isaac Loubriel and his family since 1999, the last one just days before Phoenix police found the emaciated 7-year-old boy locked in a closet.

Jon Beydler, guest commentary

A Middle Eastern military pilot who admitted Friday to touching the breast of a 14-year-old Chandler girl agreed to a plea deal in which he could avoid jail. Saeed Ali Al-Mazrooei, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse, which carries a punishment range of probation to 7 1/2 years in prison.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital will host a free Stewards of Children child abuse prevention class 2-5 p.m. today at the Rosenberg Medical Plaza, Cohen Conference Center, 1920 E. Cambridge Road, located on the Phoenix Children’s main campus. 

A former family counselor who worked with children was arrested Thursday on suspicion of molesting his former girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter and taking pictures.

NEW YORK - It started as a radio program discussion about a taboo subject: child molestation among members of the insular world of Orthodox Jews.

On Sept. 11, 2006, Darla Gooden’s world changed forever when her son revealed that he had been sexually abused by a youth leader from their church. A few days later, her younger son told her that he had been sexually abused by the same man, who is now in prison.

On Oct. 7 following the sixth and seventh murders of two small children who'd been on "the radar" of local police and Arizona Child Protective Services, Gov. Jan Brewer ordered the establishment of the Arizona Child Safety Task Force to examine the state's current policies and practices when it comes to protecting children.

In his own way, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has brought order and toughness to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix since he arrived in December 2003.

In his own way, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has brought order and toughness to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix since he arrived in December 2003.

In his own way, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has brought order and toughness to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix since he arrived in December 2003.

The live-in boyfriend of the mother of a 2-year-old boy whose leg was discovered broken after he was hospitalized earlier this month is facing charges alleging that he caused the boy's injuries, including a possible fractured vertebrae.

On a voice vote the House on Thursday gave preliminary approval to altering state laws on child abuse.

May 16, 2005

An east Mesa man who could have spent 35 years to life in prison will walk free May 26 after a judge ruled his confession to digitally penetrating a 10-year-old girl was inadmissable at trial.

On the lawn of the Arizona state capitol Tuesday, there were 51 empty chairs symbolizing heartbreak, sadness and senseless tragedy.

A San Tan Valley man has been sentenced to five consecutive life sentences for molesting and sexually abusing a young girl, according to authorities.

Six Catholic priests — four of whom led East Valley churches — have been indicted on charges of sexual conduct, molestation and public sexual indecency as part of a year-long investigation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley announced Monday.

Valley hospital personnel say they are seeing a rise in child abuse cases and an increase in the severity of injuries in those cases.

Last year, when a National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month program was launched at the state Capitol in downtown Phoenix, 51 small empty chairs were lined up across the Senate lawn.