Diana Yniguez, a teacher at the all-girls Catholic Ramona Convent Secondary School, was just arrested by the Alhambra Police Department for her unlawful sexual relationship with a teenage girl, and was subsequently placed on leave by the school. The girl was in Ms. Yniguez’ class during the 2015-2016 school year at Ramona Convent. Yniguez...

66-year-old Gabriel Argote, long-time music teacher at Mendota High School and Legends Music Sound Stage, was recently sentenced to eighteen years in state prison. Residents may be wondering “what’s next?” As the attorneys helping one of the young victims of Gabriel Argote, we are thrilled to hear this news of the sentencing. Over time...

Mar Vista High School Sex Abuse Arrests Three Mar Vista High School sex abuse arrests have the school reeling following the arrest of a tutor, substitute teacher and ROTC instructor along with a football coach. The walk-on assistant football coach Edward Aaron Mendoza was arrested for having an inappropriate relationship with a 9th grade student....

Shane Alan Kent, 56, a former teacher at Orange Elementary, will stand trial for four felony counts of lewd acts committed upon a child under the age of 14. It's alleged that Kent "inappropriately touched" the first victim, a young female, which triggered the initial investigation. Three more victims came forward, claiming that Kent...

Four adult men have come forward to accuse Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the House, of sexually molesting them. The abuse allegedly took place while Hastert was a wrestling coach in Illinois in the 1960s and 1970s. Dennis Hastert is accused of molesting five victims, all of whom were wrestling students at the school...

David Park sex abuse lawsuits accuse the school district of failing to properly supervise the former Los Altos High School teacher and ignoring blatant “red-flag” behavior. The San Diego law firm of Estey Bomberger has filed two separate lawsuits in the David Park sex abuse case. In December of 2015, David Park, a 37-year-old...

Shannon Fosgett sex abuse case highlights societal attitude against male victims Shannon Fosgett is facing a criminal trial after she pleaded not guilty to eight counts of child molestation. The former Murrieta High School earth sciences teacher is accused of engaging in sexual relations with one of her 16-year-old male students. Now, as Shannon Fosgett’s trial approaches, the...

An 80-year-old Orange County man was arrested April 5 on suspicion of child sex abuse. Douglas Dale Whinery, a native of Tustin, was an active missionary and was involved in several churches in Foothill Ranch, Santa Ana, and Yorba Linda. He even flew a personal jet to Indian reservations to do missionary work there....

Federal prosecutors might file a racketeering lawsuit against the Altoona-Johnstown Pennsylvanian Roman Catholic Diocese after a state grand jury found two former bishops conspired to cover up the sexual molestation of hundreds of minors by 50 clergy members over a period of four decades. This case bears a resemblance to the systemic abuse of...

Hermendegildo Huizar-Vera, 51, a volunteer choir leader at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Yuba City, was arrested March 24 and is awaiting extradition to Arizona, where he will face child sex abuse charges. Perhaps the most disturbing thing about this case is that, in order to become a volunteer choir leader in Yuba City,...