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Nshangalume: Stop Exploiting Children

By Iragi Nshangalume, Opinion Writer March 1, 2024

  Over the past summer, Ruby Franke — the matriarch of the YouTube channel "8 Passengers" — was charged with four counts of aggravated child abuse, just after officials found two of her children...

Local Mormon church near Foothill Drive on Sunday, July 11, 2021.

Cushman: Stop Child Abuse by Making Clergy Mandatory Reporters

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer February 16, 2023

  In August 2022, AP News released a story detailing how a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints knew about child sexual abuse and didn’t report it to authorities. The child...

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Scott: The Fight Against Trafficking Is Derailed By Your Exploitative Conspiracy Theories

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer August 18, 2020

  Somewhere amidst the shapeless slog of the pandemic’s summer months, I received a notification adding me to a new Facebook group. The group was local, primarily made up of alumni from my high...

The vision for safety of young children should always come first. (Courtesy CBS News)

Poma: Protecting Children from Abuse Will Help Religious Communities, Not Harm Them

By Sasha Poma, Assistant Opinion Editor February 12, 2020

  Utah State Rep. Angela Romero’s H.B. 90 Child Abuse Reporting Amendments has made some religious communities in Utah concerned that their first amendment rights may be stripped away and clergy...

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Christopherson: Utah Should Fund Child Abuse Prevention Programs in Every School

By Nain Christopherson, Assistant Opinion Editor August 8, 2019

  Even in the wake of the #MeToo movement, there’s confusion among many of the adult women I know about exactly how to report sexual abuse. If we tell a doctor, does the doctor have to report...

According to the University of Utahs campus directory, Sterling Van Wagenens office was 257B in the Art Building prior to his resignation. (Photo by Emily Anderson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Professor Sterling Van Wagenen Resigns After Allegedly Admitting to 1993 Molestation of a Minor

  Film professor Sterling Van Wagenen has resigned following the release of a recording during which he is heard admitting to molesting a minor in 1993, according to spokesperson for the University...