TULSA (OK)
Tulsa World

By KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer
Published: 10/15/2012

The number of child-abuse cases reported in Tulsa is on the rise, and Sgt. Brandon Wyckoff of the Tulsa Police Department’s Child Crisis Unit has come to grips with the sobering reality that he has arguably the dirtiest job in law enforcement.

The unit handles an average of roughly 1,500 cases of child physical or sexual abuse a year, according to police data, and so far this year, the unit has investigated more cases than in all of 2011, Wyckoff said.

Last month alone, the unit investigated 147 reports of child physical or sexual abuse. In August, 160 such cases were investigated. …

Also last month, Chris Denman, 20, and Israel Castillo, 23, were fired from Victory Christian Center, a Tulsa megachurch with 17,000 members and a worldwide presence through television and Internet, after allegations arose…