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Vatican condemns reported sex abuse by Pennsylvania priests
The Vatican on Thursday expressed "shame and sorrow" about a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy who raped and molested children in six dioceses and decried the abuse as "criminally and morally reprehensible".
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Ex-CDC director appears in court on abuse charge
A former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was accused of grabbing a woman's behind and was arrested on Friday on a sex abuse charge but said the woman's allegation "does not reflect" who he is or the values...
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Ex-CDC director appears in court on abuse charge
A former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was accused of grabbing a woman's behind and was arrested on Friday on a sex abuse charge but said the woman's allegation "does not reflect" who he is or the values...
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Anger erupts in Spain over lesser sexual assault sentences
Protests erupted across Spain on Thursday after a court sentenced five men to nine years each in prison for the lesser crime of sexual abuse in what activists saw as a gang rape during the 2016 running of the bulls festival in Pamplona.
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LA prosecutors decline sex abuse charges against Les Moonves
LA PROSECUTORS DECLINE SEX ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST LES MOONVES
Prosecutors in Southern California have declined to pursue sexual abuse claims against CBS head Les Moonves because the statute of limitations has expired.
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CLEAN : Jean Claude Arnault on trial in Sweden over rape charges
Swedish prosecutors on Monday called for a minimum three year sentence against a Frenchman accused of two counts of rape in one of the first big trials to come out of the MeToo movement
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Church Calls on Judge to review sex abuse policies
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CLEAN : Japanese women confront grim taboo by saying me too
In patriarchal Japan a culture of silence persists when it comes to sexual assault and harassment but Journalist Shiori Ito refused to suffer in silence and went public last year
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CLEAN : Rancagua residents react to new scandal of sexual abuse
Chileans react to the suspension of 14 Catholic priests involved in a sex abuse scandal
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VOICED : La Iglesia chilena en su hora clave por casos de abusos sexuales
Un grupo de nueve victimas del cura chileno Fernando Karadima se reunira en junio en el Vaticano con el papa Francisco que realiza una reestructuracion de la Iglesia local sumida en una enorme crisis tras una serie de escandalos de...
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VOICED : Chilenos victimas de abusos piden expulsion de maristas
Victimas de abusos sexuales exigieron el jueves que la Iglesia catolica expulse a seis religiosos de la Congregacion Marista en Chile a quienes senalan de haberlos agredido cuando eran estudiantes de colegios que estan bajo el control de...
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Church Calls on Judge to review sex abuse policies
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Italian government accused of "disinterest" in pursuing clerical abuse cases
An Italian non-profit organization representing victims of clerical sex abuse announced Tuesday that it is filing a complaint against the Italian state accusing it of "disinterest" in pursuing cases of clerical sexual abuse because the...
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French priest urges cardinal to resign over handling of sexual abuse cases
When a lowly Roman Catholic father rebels against the church hierarchy, publicly castigating a prominent cardinal's handling of child sex-abuse cases, is that an act of backstabbing against the institution he serves or a brave solo...
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Prosecutors reject sex abuse cases involving Spacey, Seagal
PROSECUTORS REJECT SEX ABUSE CASES INVOLVING SPACEY, SEAGAL
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Vatican spokesman on Pope Francis's call for abuse prevention summit
Pope Francis is summoning the presidents of every bishops conference around the world for a February summit to discuss preventing clergy sex abuse and protecting children - evidence that he realises the scandal is global and that...
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Italian government accused of "disinterest" in pursuing clerical abuse cases
An Italian non-profit organization representing victims of clerical sex abuse announced Tuesday that it is filing a complaint against the Italian state accusing it of "disinterest" in pursuing cases of clerical sexual abuse because the...
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Vatican sexual abuse expert: church has to 'face up to past that is very dark'
The Catholic Church has to "face up to a past that is really very dark", a member of Pope Francis’ sex abuse commission said on Thursday.
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Analyst on Pope's acceptance of resignation of Cardinal Wuerl
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Pope defrocks 2 Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors
Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, and to show greater transparency about how he's responding to the church's global sex abuse crisis, the pontiff publicly explained why they were...
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Italian Catholic bishops vow new era of transparency about clergy sex abuse
Italian church leaders announced new measures on Thursday to address sexual abuse of minors among Italian clergy.
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Faithful react to Pope's comments on church sex abuse scandals
Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that the sex abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church have outraged the faithful and are driving them away, and said the church must change its ways if it wants to keep future generations.
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VOICED : Papa expulsa del sacerdocio a Fernando Karadima por abuso sexual
El papa Francisco expulso del sacerdocio al influyente religioso chileno Fernando Karadima quien habia sido suspendido de por vida de sus funciones por el Vaticano en 2011 tras ser condenado por abuso sexual a menores
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Chilean victim reacts to Pope defrocking of priest at center of abuse scandal
Pope Francis on Friday defrocked a Chilean priest who was a central character in the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy.