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Last Nassar Abuse Survivor Speaks at Hearing
The last sexual abuse survivor has spoken at the sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar, a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting women and girls, including U.S. Olympians.
Nassar faces a minimum prison term of...
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Abuse survivors back for another Nassar sentencing
Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar appeared Wednesday in a Michigan courtroom for the start of his third and final sentencing hearing, and a judge said that 265 people have come forward to say they were abused by the disgraced former...
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Nassar Victims Support Reporting Legislation
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Several former gymnasts, including some sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, spoke on Capitol Hill Tuesday in support of legislation that requires...
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MSU Students' Tribute to Sexual Abuse Survivors
Students and faculty at Michigan State University described a melancholy mood on campus the day after Larry Nassar was given a lengthy prison sentence and the school's president resigned amid an outcry over its handling of allegations...
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Former sports doctor Nassar gets 40-125 years in final sentence
The judge who sentenced former doctor Larry Nassar to decades in prison for sexually abusing patients at an elite gymnastics club says the depth of his crimes is "incomprehensible."
Judge Janice Cunningham...
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MSU Students' Tribute to Sexual Abuse Survivors
Students and faculty at Michigan State University described a melancholy mood on campus the day after Larry Nassar was given a lengthy prison sentence and the school's president resigned amid an outcry over its handling of allegations...
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VOICED : Activistas en Peru piden carcel para sacerdotes pederastas
Activistas de varios paises dijeron el miercoles en Peru que que no basta con pedir perdon a las victimas de abusos sexuales cometidos por sacerdotes como lo hizo el papa Francisco en Chile sino que los culpables deben ir a prision
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Chile sex abuse whistleblower recounts meeting with Pope Francis
Pope Francis' reported comments to a gay man that "God made you like this" have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gays feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church.
In an...
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One of pope's conservative critics, US Cardinal Burke, at Italian Senate
One of Pope Francis' leading critics says he was "deeply shaken" by accusations against the pontiff of a sex abuse cover-up and wants them investigated, but is still pressing Francis to respond to an earlier set of questions about his...
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CLEAN : Ending Clergy Abuse victims group holds press conference
The ECA Ending Clergy Abuse group holds a press conference in Fulda Germany after the German Catholic Church officially apologizes after revealing sexual abuse of more than 3,600 minors for decades
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CLEAN : Bill Cosby leaves court after receiving jail sentence
Disgraced US television icon Bill Cosby leaves court after being sentenced to three to 10 years in prison by a judge and branded a sexually violent predator for assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago
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CLEAN : Chile: Full of emotion says abuse victim on Karadima expulsion
The pope has given proof of having a firm hand; strong but fair says Chilean sexual abuse victim Jose Andres Murillo who suffered under the power of paedophile priest Fernando Karadima who has been dismissed of his priesthood by Pope...
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Vatican knew of Argentine bishop misconduct
The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis had taken naked selfies, exhibited "obscene" behaviour and had been accused of sexual misconduct with seminarians, his former vicar general...
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Pope Francis names top sex abuse investigator for upcoming summit
Pope Francis named the Vatican's top sex abuse investigator and a close U.S. ally to an organising committee for a February abuse prevention summit that has grown even more high stakes after the Holy See blocked U.S. bishops from taking...
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Alleged victims call for change to Italy-Vatican pact
As Pope Francis opened a landmark summit of bishops on sex abuse at the Vatican, an Italian victim of clergy sexual abuse said Thursday his country should renegotiate a 90-year-old treaty with the Vatican that he claimed lets offending...
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Another tape appears to show R. Kelly with girls
A Pennsylvania man says he has turned a tape over to law enforcement that appears to feature R. Kelly sexually abusing girls.
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Abuse survivors on toppling of Polish priest statue
A survivor of clergy sex abuse said that pulling down the statue of an alleged abusive priest in Poland was an important and symbolic act which represented the will of all abuse survivors.
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Analyst on Pope's acceptance of resignation of Cardinal Wuerl
Pope Francis accepted the resignation Friday of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of many in his flock.
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Brisbane archbishop: We pray for those abused
The Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge on Tuesday said that Australian bishops had been shocked at the conviction of Cardinal George Pell on charges of child sex abuse.
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Sex abuse survivors speak ahead of Catholic summit
The organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen abuse victims who have travelled to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to the crisis and demand an end to decades of...
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Another tape appears to show R. Kelly with girls
A Pennsylvania man says he has truned a tape over to law enforcement that appears to feature R. Kelly sexually abusing girls.
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Abuse survivors demand diocese' list "predators"
While Roman Catholic Diocese across the United States have released the names of priests involved in credible sexual abuse allegations, the Charlotte Diocese has yet to follow suit.
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US victims' group on Vatican sex abuse summit
Survivors of sexual abuse who met with the organisers of a Vatican summit on abuse are demanding transparency and true accountability for religious superiors who protect priests who rape and molest children.
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CLEAN : Stockshots: Trial begins for alleged paedophile priests in Mendoza
Trial begins for alleged paedophile priests who ran the Provolo Institute in Mendoza a Catholic school for deaf children as part of a sweeping scandal that has shaken Argentina, Pope Francis home country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)