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A Leander man pleads guilty to having child porn on his home computer, and is sentenced to forty years in prison. Investigators say William Jonathon Young, 47, had thousands of explicit images of children on his home computer. They testified a female friend of Young’s alerted them to his collection. She says she became concerned when she saw a pornographic screen saver on Young’s monitor. Young pleaded guilty to ten counts of possession of child pornography – and will serve out a forty year sentence. Court documents say Young admitted to collecting child pornography for decades.

LAS VEGAS, July 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An unfortunate toddler is the object of a legal battle with five adults vying for his custody: the homosexual father who paid a surrogate mother $23,000 to impregnate herself with his sperm, the homosexual’s sister, the biological mother, and the boy’s current foster parents. Baby X, as identified by court documents, is currently in the care of foster parents who want legal custody of the child, after the surrogate mother, Rachel Sullivan, found it too taxing to care for him, reported the Globe and Mail on July 21 in a lengthy article detailing...

San Francisco, Mar. 13, 2006 (CNA) - The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has said Catholic social service agencies should not place children with same-sex couples. In light of this, the Archdiocese of San Francisco is currently reviewing its practice of permitting homosexuals and lesbians to adopt children through its local Catholic Charities. Maurice Healy, a spokesman for the archdiocese, said the decision to review the policy came after Archbishop William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said that bishops must not permit children to be adopted by same-sex couples....