A lawsuit was filed Thursday against Central Baptist Church in Magnolia alleging that a former youth pastor there committed sexual abuse against a female minor.
Attorneys in Little Rock and Chicago have filed a lawsuit against a former Arkansas facility for troubled children, claiming one of its then-staff members sexually abused its children.
Ex-Arkansas judge Joseph Boeckmann is being sued by four men, accusing him of coercing them into sex acts as part of community service, but his attorney argues that he is protected by judicial immunity.
Former Judge Joseph Boeckmann Jr. sat with his cane at his side before Circuit Court Judge E. Dion Wilson on Wednesday in the same judicial circuit where he once presided as his defense attorney argued Boeckmann has judicial immunity and therefore is protected from being sued over allegations that he used his power to coerce men, including minors, into sexual acts.
When William Stevens decided to sue the Boy Scouts of America in June 2018, he felt a deeply ingrained sense of guilt as he told attorneys at Green and Gillispie that a Scout leader sexually abused him when he was a child, he said.