Ignite Life Center in Gainesville is facing three sexual abuse and coverup lawsuits. Attorneys at ‘Horowitz Law’ a law firm in South Florida also named The Florida Multicultural District Council of the Assemblies of God- a denomination office in orlando that oversees the church- in the suit. TV20 spoke with the boys’ attorney, Jessica Arbour, who says her clients fear for the safety of other children. “I think for each of my clients the most important thing is not only that the entities who failed to keep them safe are held accountable but also that kids will be...

- James Cox was arrested Tuesday on child pornography charges while they found Henry Cox shot himself in the head before the search warrant was executed this week. - Federal agents they have been investigating James Cox and his son Henry since late 2023 for producing and uploading child pornography. - This all comes after an investigation began in November 2023, when St. Cloud Police received a tip that someone was uploading child sex abuse material online. - Later, they learned it was of a 12-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who live in the neighborhood. -...

Kelton Salowitz, 18, has been arraigned in the 92nd District Court on the following charges: - Ten counts of aggravated child sexually abusive activity - Eleven counts of possession of child sexually abusive material - One count of distributing or promoting child sexually abusive activity - Two counts of using a computer to commit a crime - One count of bestiality Salowitz was engaged in an inappropriate online relationship with a 12-year-old girl in Austin, Texas Several search warrants were executed over the course of an eight-month investigation in which Salowitz's electronic devises were seized and "hundreds"...

An Oregon man is facing several charges for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Fresno. Police arrested 51-year-old James Ellis back on December 30. Officers say he had contacted the girl through a social media app about a month ago before making plans to meet up with her over the weekend. He picked up the victim from her home and took her to a parking lot, where police say he assaulted her. A family member tracked her location through her cell phone, and found Ellis's vehicle. Ellis then drove off with the...

Several scouts in his Savannah-area troop accused him of molesting them back in 1972. They said Dubois fondled them at his home and on camping trips. They also said he had oral sex with them. According to his file, just four months after Dubois was kicked out of one of the  Savannah-area troops, a man with the same name registered to join the Boy Scouts in Montgomery, AL. The national headquarters sent a detailed inquiry to the Montgomery branch, asking if this was same man who lived in Savanna four months earlier; the same man who worked as...

- Samuel Max Dubois Jr., 51, has been charged with first-degree sexual offense, taking indecent liberties with a child and being a fugitive from justice. He was arrested in Los Angeles last week by North Carolina correction officials as he got off an airplane arriving from Mexico.Dubois is being held under no bond in the Guilford County jail in High Point. Dubois was expected to go on trial in connection with the sexual assault of two 12-year-old boys from High Point. - Police say Dubois served three years in prison in Alaska in the early 1980s for sexually assaulting a...

On one level, the story of Ron Hunter – Ronnie in his teenage years – is just a grain of sand in a vast mountain of abuse. Now aged 63, he is one of more than 80,000 men who have made bankruptcy claims against the Boy Scouts of America on grounds they were violated by troop leaders in incidents spanning decades. It is the largest case of child sexual abuse involving a single organization in US history. Amid that epic mass of suffering, Hunter stands out. Not just because of the severity of the abuse that he endured, or...