A 44-year-old Payson, Utah women was arrested this month in connection with the sexual assaults of 5 young men in her care.Katherine Lynn Estep was an employee at the Journey Impact Ranch in Mona, Utah, a facility designed to care for young boys with behavioral issues. The boys that attend the facility are all between
Month: May 2015
Former Utah School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of Students
Brianne Altice, a former teacher at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah, plead guilty in April to three counts of forcible sexual abuse related to charges that she engaged in inappropriate sexual activities with students in her care. Altice, now 37-years-old, was employed at Davis High School as recently as February of 2014. According to her plea
Utah Lawmakers Pass Bill Eliminating Statute of Limitations in Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
In a victory for victims of child abuse all over the United States, the Utah Legislature announced in March of 2015 that it will sign a bill into law effectively eliminating the statute of limitations in all cases of child sexual abuse. It is a well-known fact that undergoing the horrors of child abuse, whether it
Utah Boy Scout Troop Increases Child Abuse Safety Measures
On Monday, May 18th, the Utah National Parks Council announced a major change to the policies that allow them to guard against and weed out incidents of child sexual abuse in the Boy Scout Corps. The Utah National Parks Council is the nation’s largest youth scouting organization, made up of over 89,000 youth spread across 5,000