Sexual Offenses

St. Louis Priest Father William Vatterott Indicted on Child Pornography Charge

William Vatterott, a Roman Catholic priest from St. Louis, was indicted yesterday on a federal child pornography charge -- and could ultimately face ten years in prison and fines of up to $25,000. Vatterott, 36, will appear in federal court later this week or early next week to respond to the indi ... More >>

Missouri Doctor Accused of Sexting, Assaulting Patient, May Have a Dozen More Victims

A Missouri doctor is accused of inappropriately touching a female patient during an examination -- and then sending "sexually related text messages." And police officials say that their investigation into Rajesh Malhotra, a 45-year-old Sikeston physician reveals that he might have a dozen more vic ... More >>

Pope Francis I: Survivors Network of Those Abused By Priests Say He's Not One of "Dirty Dozen"

Yesterday afternoon, the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Rome billowed white smoke, and the new pope emerged on the balcony in white robes: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires. His papal name will be Francis I. David Clohessy, the executive director of Survivors Network of T ... More >>

Mystikal, Famous Sex Offender / Rapper to Drop New Album in 2013 With Appearances By Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne

Mystikal has been getting a lot of attention for an interview he did with Rolling Stone recently. In said interview, he mentions that lately he's been listening to James Brown, Sam Cooke, Master P, Ludacris, and Eddie Murphy lately, and is in the midst of working on a new album (recent singles seem ... More >>

Lecourtney Luckett, 32, Released From Prison, Allegedly Beats, Rapes Ex-Girlfriend Same Day

Soon after Lecourtney Luckett, 32, was released from prison -- completing a three-year sentence -- he went to the house of his ex-girlfriend, forced his way in, beat her and raped her. At least these are the charges that the East St. Louis Police Department have brought against Luckett, who found hi ... More >>

David Clohessy and SNAP: Ten Years After Gaining Celebrity

Ten year's ago this month David Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), was named one of the world's "25 Most Intriguing" by People magazine. Included in that 2002 class were actors and performers such as George Clooney and Britney Spears, world leaders the l ... More >>

Are Child-Porn Cartoons Good for Society?

On Monday, a 36-year-old from southwestern Missouri named Christjan Bee pleaded-guilty to having some filthy porn inside his computer. His wife had discovered it, then tipped off the local police department in their hometown of Monett. According to news reports, police seized Bee's computer and ... More >>

Terrell Holley, Accused of Armed Robbery, Adds Sodomy And Attempted Rape to his Docket

Seventeen-year-old Terrell Holley was apprehended early Sunday morning after allegedly robbing or attempting to rob numerous people in multiple city neighborhoods. Today, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office leveled ten more charges against Holley for two incidents earlier this summer.According t ... More >>

Daniel Hooper: Police Say He Sexually Assaulted a Woman at Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Daniel Hooper, 42, has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse and one count of kidnapping for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on Friday, August 24, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. According to the probable cause statement, the victim was sitting in a wheelchair in the hospital when Hooper app ... More >>

Donrico Holmes ID'd by Police as Suspect In Sex Assault on Three Girls

Donrico Holmes, 32, has been charged in connection with the armed robbery and sexual assault of three girls ages 12 to 17 on July 23. Holmes is not in custody at this time, however; police released this mugshot from a prior arrest. At the time of the alleged assault, Holmes had short braids, as seen ... More >>

Third Patient Sues Castlewood for Planting False Memories

When Brooke Taylor was being treated at a Ballwin-area eating disorder clinic, she uncovered a devastating secret from her past. In the course of her therapy at Castlewood Treatment Center for Eating Disorders, Taylor realized a close family member had repeatedly raped her, and that she'd been phys ... More >>

Slutwalk St. Louis Returns to The Grove July 14

Last year's Slutwalk St. Louis made a splash when dozens of scantily clad women (and a few men) marched down Manchester Avenue in The Grove to protest sexual violence. See slideshow from last year's Slutwalk.And because sexual violence continues even after last year's protest, organizers will once a ... More >>

Illinois Strip Club Owners Will Not Challenge Amended "Pole Tax"

The Illinois Club Owners Association will not mount a constitutional challenge to the amended "pole tax" bill should it become law, according to Michael Ocello, president of VCG Holdings (which owns Roxy's, PT's and Penthouse in Metro East).The adult industry has been lobbying hard against the bill ... More >>

Shattermask Lead Singer Brian Dotson Wanted for Five Counts of Statutory Rape and Sodomy [Update]

Update: Per St. Louis Crimestoppers, Brian Dotson was arrested last night without incident. Adds Crimestoppers, "Thanks to all our callers. The response to this was great." You don't say... Update: According to the probable cause statement obtained by RFT Music from the Jefferson County Prosecutor' ... More >>

Burrell Mohler Jr: Missouri Man Accused of Incest Released from Jail

​Burrell Mohler Jr. has been imprisoned since 2009, when he and his four brothers, his father and one uncle were all accused of committing long-term, horrific incest and abuse by six relatives. The Burrell family saga is rife with stomach-churning details such as children as young as five being "m ... More >>

Brent Woody: Former Parkway Central Coach Gets 12 Years for Child Sex Charges

​Brent Woody, the one-time substitute teacher and freshman girls basketball coach at Parkway Central High School, pleaded guilty in October to charges of transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity. Yesterday he was sentenced to 151 months in federal pris ... More >>

"Pole Tax" Poll: Should Strip Clubs be Taxed to Fund Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault?

Image viaIs the "pole tax" right?​Illinois state senator Toi Hutchinson (not pictured on the right) is introducing a bill that would require strip clubs serving alcohol to charge patrons a five-dollar tax at the door. The revenue would then go toward funding programs that assist women who've been ... More >>

Tessa Vanvlerah: Case Against World's Worst Mother Grows More Disgusting

Tessa Vanvlerah​Tessa Vanvlerah, the Ballwin mother accused of prostituting her daughter to a college professor from California in 2010, pleaded guilty last week in St. Louis Circuit Court to statutory rape, statutory sodomy and incest involving the now two-year-old child. Federal prosecutors also ... More >>

"Lost Boy" Member, Kiddie-Porn Producer, Sentenced

​A Michigan man who produced child pornography depicting young boys being sexually abused and shared it with one of the most notorious online pedophile groups ever busted by the federal government has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, the United States attorney for the Central District of ... More >>

When federal investigators busted Jeffrey Greenwell outside St. Louis, they hit the kiddie-porn jackpot

Should Undocumented Sexual Predators Be Detained or Deported?

Missouri Department of Mental HealthHe came for the American dream, but this is what Javier Calleja will likely get.​In a unanimous opinion made public this morning, a three-member panel of judges with the Missouri Court of Appeals in the Eastern District sent a pointed -- some might say ironi ... More >>

Darnell Clemons: Charged in Kidnapping Woman from St. Louis Bus, Raping Her

Darnell Clemons had warrant for prior rape in Maplewood.​A St. Louis man wanted for a prior rape charge is in custody today after allegedly forcing a woman off a St. Louis bus last week and sexually assaulting her. The incident occurred November 11 and lasted into the next day, according to probab ... More >>

What Are Missourians Required to Do When Faced With Jerry Sandusky-Style "Horseplay"?

image via​Say Mike McQueary had stumbled on Jerry Sandusky engaging in "horseplay" (as Sandusky described it to Bob Costas on Monday night) with a ten-year-old boy in a shower in Columbia instead of State College. Forget questions of moral obligation versus moral cowardice. Would our hypotheti ... More >>

Lost Boys: New research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker — and sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide

Joseph Ross: Former St. Cronan's Priest Accused of Molesting Parishioner

bishopaccountability.orgJoseph Ross left St. Cronan's in 2002.​Updated 4:15 p.m. with comment from the Archdiocese of St. Louis. A lawsuit filed today paints a disturbing picture of abuse within a St. Louis Catholic Church. According to the complaint filed in St. Louis Circuit Court, Father Joseph ... More >>

Why A Guy Named "Woody" Should Not Coach Girls Basketball

​Brent Woody, a former freshmen girls basketball coach at Parkway Central, pleaded guilty today in federal court to transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sexual activity.According to court documents, Coach Woody drove the 15-year-old girl to his parent's residence in Illinois with t ... More >>

Jason Berry: Author and Expert on Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal in St. Louis Tuesday

jasonberryauthor.com​Perhaps no other journalist in the world has devoted as much time or penned as many words covering the Catholic Church and its sex abuse scandals as Jason Berry. The New Orleans' journalist has written three books on the subject with his latest (released just last week) Render ... More >>

Archdiocese Not Liable For Pedophile Priest Robert Johnston

courtesy of SNAP MidwestRobert Johnston: not the archdiocese's fault that they hired a perv.​Score one for the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis. Because, as a legal ruling today makes clear, even if a Christian ethicist would hold the church accountable for allowing a predatory priest to run roug ... More >>

SNAP Blasts Report Blaming Priest Sex Abuse On 1960s Culture

The '60s made them do it!​The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has responded to the controversial study released yesterday exploring the cause of the sex abuse crisis inside the U.S. Catholic Church. Commissioned by the church, the 300-page study by researchers at John Jay Colle ... More >>

Woman To Be Sentenced for Not Stopping Husband-Daughter Incest Tryst

Image viaUh, don't look inside. ​This just in, to make you feel horrible about people: A woman in western Missouri is going to be sentenced today for knowing that her husband impregnated her daughter four times -- yes, FOUR times -- and did nothing about it. Three of the four kids have died, by th ... More >>

Corey Brown: Confession Following Suicide Attempt Leads to 538 Counts of Sex Abuse

Corey Brown​Corey Brown allegedly tried to kill himself earlier this month. Now we know why.According to reports, while recuperating in the hospital the 45-year-old Lake Saint Louis resident admitted to sexually abusing two neighborhood girls. And it didn't just happen once. It stretched over thre ... More >>

Kurtis Neely: Former Track Coach at St. Joseph Academy Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Child Porn

The U.S. Attorney's Office reports that Kurtis W. Neely, a former girls track coach at St. Joseph's Academy in Frontenac, pleaded guilty in court in Kansas City today to attempting to receive child pornography over the Internet. Kurtis, 32, who now resides the western Missouri town of Raymore, admi ... More >>

Kenneth Tomlinson: Former Police Chief and Boy Scout Leader Now a Child Molester

​Kenneth Tomlinson has pleaded guilty to 22 counts of sexual abuse of minors all during the time that he served as police captain of Fredericktown and a Boy Scout leader in the southeastern Missouri town. In January, Tomlinson was charged with a dozen counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and fo ... More >>

Missouri Sex Offenders All Clear for Trick-or-Treating (If Convicted Prior to '08)

How to know whether your kids are knocking on a sex offender's door? The Jack-o-Lantern might offer a clue.​Remember Missouri sex offenders: If you were convicted prior to August 28, 2008 you're all good for participating in trick-or-treating this Halloween. That said, those of you convicted after ... More >>

Dennis Iagulli: Sexual Assault Added to Torturing and Dismembering of Homeless Man

Image ViaEe-gads: Iagulli​It wasn't enough that they allegedly tortured and dismembered a fellow homeless man and set his body on fire. Now one of the two men accused of the brutal slaying of 22-year-old Zachary Irvin this past June in an abandoned building in East St. Louis is also charged with s ... More >>

Dannell Wise: University City Teen Charged with Rape, Kidnapping, Robbery

Dannell Wise​The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged Dannell Q. Wise Jr., an 18-year-old University City teenager, with robbing, kidnapping and raping and sexually assaulting two women earlier this month. According to St. Louis County police, Wise and an unknown accomplice a ... More >>

Chester Mast: Amish Tried to Heal Accused Child Molester Before Turning Him In

Chester Mast​Former Riverfront Times' reporter Malcolm Gay is out with new revelations about Chester Mast, the Amish man in northeastern Missouri accused of sexually assaulting at least six girls between the ages of 5 and 15. As Gay reported for the New York Times yesterday, elders within the tigh ... More >>

Leon Pullen: Former Cop Pleads Guilty to Charges Involving Prostitutes

​Leon Pullen, 32, a former police officer employed by the north St. Louis County suburb of Uplands Park has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations stemming from several incidents where he sexually assaulted and stole money from prostitutes. According to court documents, on July 15, 2009 Pu ... More >>

St. Louis Female Priest Responds to Vatican Equating Women Reverends with Pedophiles

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergThe Revs. Elsie McGrath and Rose Marie Hudson​By now you've probably heard how the Vatican unveiled sweeping changes last week regarding its policies on sexual abuse and sexuality within the Catholic church. On one hand, the Church increased efforts to out priests accused ... More >>

Thomas Lowery: East Alton Man Guilty of Sharing Heinous Porn Collection on Limewire

Limewire: The least disgusting Google image search related to this story.​Heaven knows there's been an epically disgusting porn collection or two (or two million) shared on the old Interwebz but it's hard to imagine anything more repulsive than the horde of filth accumulated and offered up for fre ... More >>

SLU Basketball Players Arrested, Questioned in Sexual Assault in Dorm

​Three Saint Louis University basketball players are being investigated for the sexual assault of a 20-year-old female student. The woman said she was attacked in between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Saturday inside a dorm at the Grand Forest Apartments.Police have questioned three male basketball players ab ... More >>

Tessa Van Vlerah: Case Against Sexually Abusive Mother Gets More Disgusting

Van Vlerah: You think her mugshot is gross? Wait 'til you read how she spends her freetime. ​You know her. You despise her and, unfortunately for all of us, she just won't go away. The woman Daily RFT readers overwhelming elected Ass Clown of the Week following the recent revelation that she alleg ... More >>

"You're the Greatest, Asshole!"

The Mexican explains a Mex-centric phenomenon.

Urban Legendary

Did anyone really drug and rape Sheila Shulz’s friend?

Extended Sentence

A convicted pedophile earns his release but can't escape from himself

Family Portrait

Andrew Jarecki captured the Friedmans, perhaps to free them

Sucker-Punched

Jefferson County nailed them in an adult-business raid. Like it or not, they're poster boys in a fight to fix Missouri's sex laws.

A Cross to Bear

Joyce gets nailed for tall talk and tiny action

Getting Off Easy

He drugged her and raped her. "This," the judge told them, "is why you don't go to bars." Then, ignoring the jury's advice, he gave the rapist probation.