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VOICED : Se suicida exentrenador olímpico de gimnasia de EEUU acusado de agresión sexual
John Geddert, entrenador del equipo de gimnasia femenina de Estados Unidos en los Juegos Olímpicos de 2012 se suicidó tras ser acusado de agresión sexual y tráfico de personas cometidos en su club deportivo de Michigan (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : FILE: Probe finds against Scotland's leader in ex-ally case: reports
A Scottish parliamentary committee has found against the country's first minister Nicola Sturgeon, in her government's handling of sexual assault complaints against her predecessor, British media reported Thursday (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : Seoul voters go to polls to elect new mayor after abuse scandal
Voters in Seoul went to the polls to pick a successor to the capital's mayor Park Won-soon, who took his own life following allegations of sexual abuse (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Activist behind France's answer to #MeToo movement wins appeal against defamation conviction
The defamation conviction of Sandra Müller, the initiator of France's #Balancetonporc movement against sexual aggression has been overturned on appeal (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Nobel winner Mukwege urges DR Congo leaders to tackle sexual violence
Nobel Peace laureate Denis Mukwege urges politicians in the Democratic Republic of Congo to engage in the fight against sexual violence in the east of the country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Former BBC journalist accuses fashion icon Gerald Marie of rape
Former BBC journalist Lisa Brinkworth is leading the charge against Gerald Marie, the former European boss of the famous Elite agency, whom she and other former models accuse of rape and sexual assault (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : El papa expresa su "vergüenza" ante el escándalo de abusos sexuales contra niños en Francia
El papa Francisco expresó el miércoles "su vergüenza" tras la publicación de un detallado y demoledor informe sobre los abusos sexuales contra niños en el seno de la Iglesia francesa durante décadas (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Day of "shame" as French catholics return to church in wake of abuse report
Ask for forgiveness": the rector of Rheims Cathedral begins Sunday mass in front of around 200 worshippers, expressing his "shame" and "amazement" days after the publication of the Sauvé commission's report, an independent inquiry on...
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CLEAN : France's catholic church 'appalled' by findings of sex abuse inquiry
The independent commission that investigated sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France estimates that 216,000 minors have been victimised by priests, deacons and other clergy since 1950, a finding that has left the Bishops'...
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CLEAN : Church abuse scandal: AFP meets head of inquiry commission
In an interview with AFP, Jean-Marc Sauvé, the president of the commission on paedocriminality in the Catholic Church, speaks of the results of his two-year investigation, which led to an estimate of 330,000 victims of sexual assault in...
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CLEAN : Church abuse scandal: "I ask their forgiveness", says archbishop
The Archbishop of Lyon expresses his "shame" and asks victims of paedocriminality for forgiveness "on behalf of the Church", after the publication of the report of the Commission on sexual abuse (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : Pope expresses 'shame' at French child sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis expresses his personal shame and that of the Church at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, and offers the victims his prayers, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report (Footage...
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VOICED : French Catholics must assume 'responsibility' to keep Church 'safe': Pope Francis
Pope Francis reacts to a devastating report detailing the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : PROFILE: Ex-priest Preynat arrested to begin prison sentence in France
The former priest Bernard Preynat, sentenced in 2020 to five years in prison for sexual assaults on minors committed between 1971 and 1991 in the diocese of Lyon, was arrested in the Loire area of France so that he can begin to serve his...
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CLEAN : Diocese near Paris sets up cell to help victims of paedophilia
What can be done concretely to prevent this from happening again?" In the Diocese of Evry, on the outskirts of Paris, volunteers are "stunned by the extent" of sexual assault in the Church as reported by the Sauve report, and are trying...
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CLEAN : Protest in Brussels against sexual violence at nightclubs
Hundreds of protesters gather in Brussels as a feminist collective called for an evening boycott of bars and nightclubs accusing this sector of inaction against sexual assaults (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : WRAP: trial of Aïssa Zerouati, alleged rapist of the Sénart forest, near Paris
Aïssa Zerouati appeared before a Paris court accused of over thirty rapes, attempted rapes and aggravated sexual assaults that occurred between 1995 and 2000. The accused "is in denial" said one victim's lawyer (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : Pedocriminality: in Lourdes, French bishops ask God for forgiveness
Kneeling on the esplanade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in the southern town of Lourdes, the president of the French bishops' conference asks God's forgiveness for the sexual abuse committed in the Church (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : French bishops kneel to ask forgiveness for sexual abuse
Bishops gathered in Lourdes pray on their knees on the esplanade of the Rosary Basilica in a penitential gesture to ask God for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Parisians show support for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clerics
Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clerics gather in front of the headquarters of the French Bishops Conference, demanding recognition and for the Catholic Church to take responsibility (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Beijing 2022 : 'Not for us to judge' says IOC on Peng Shuai's assault retraction
IOC spokesperson Mark Adams says it is not up to the sports organization or the media to answer the question of whether Peng Shuai was speaking freely when she recanted her allegations of sexual assault against a top Chinese official...
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CLEAN : Beijing 2022: IOC would back Peng Shuai inquiry if she wants one - Bach
The IOC would support an inquiry into the allegation of sexual assault made by Peng Shuai against a top-ranking Chinese politician -- if she calls for one, its president Thomas Bach said Thursday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : Cardenal condena los "comportamientos criminales encubiertos por tanto tiempo" en la Iglesia
El influyente cardenal canadiense Marc Ouellet lamentó el jueves que "comportamientos criminales hayan sido por tanto tiempo encubiertos para proteger a la institución", en alusión a la crisis que atraviesa la Iglesia católica por los...
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CLEAN : Ghislaine Maxwell 'will appeal' her jail sentence for sex crimes: lawyer
Bobbi Sternheim, Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer, says her client "will appeal this case," after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York judge for helping the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls...