Vatican bans Irish priest from public duties due to abuse
SANTIAGO, Chile - The Legion of Christ religious order says the Vatican has banned an Irish priest from public duties for 10 years for sexually abusing a minor in Chile. The post Vatican bans Irish...
View ArticleNew York Archdiocese names 120 priests accused of sex abuse
At least 120 priests accused of sexually abusing a child or having child pornography have worked in the Archdiocese of New York The post New York Archdiocese names 120 priests accused of sex abuse...
View ArticleAmerican sexual predator arrested in Cebu
MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested an American citizen wanted in the United States for sexually abusing a child. The post American sexual predator arrested in Cebu appeared...
View ArticleVatican law: Priests, nuns must report sex abuse, cover-up
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church...
View ArticleAustralian cardinal won’t fight sentence if he loses appeal
SYDNEY - An Australian court spokesman says disgraced Catholic cardinal George Pell will not fight for a reduced jail sentence if he fails in his appeal of his conviction for molesting two choirboys in...
View ArticleUS Catholic bishops convene to confront sex-abuse crisis
US Catholic bishops convene to confront sex-abuse crisis The post US Catholic bishops convene to confront sex-abuse crisis appeared first on Inquirer News.
View ArticleFrenchman takes groping complaint case to Vatican
VATICAN CITY - One of a half-dozen men who have accused the Vatican's ambassador to France of groping them said Wednesday he plans to take his legal complaint directly to the Vatican, alleging the Holy...
View ArticleCalifornia man sentenced for keeping 15-year-old captive
One of two men charged with imprisoning a 15-year-old girl in a metal box at their Northern California marijuana farm was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years in federal prison. The post California man...
View ArticleIndonesia frees Canadian teacher convicted in child sex case
Indonesia has freed a Canadian teacher who maintains he was wrongfully convicted in 2015 of sexually abusing children at a prestigious international school in Jakarta. The post Indonesia frees Canadian...
View ArticleCatholicism ingrained in daily life on US island of Guam
A towering white cathedral built on the site of Guam's first church dominates the skyline of Hagåtña, the sleepy capital of this American territory. The post Catholicism ingrained in daily life on US...
View ArticleSex offenders in the Catholic Church
PARIS — The Catholic Church has been shaken by a string of child sex abuse scandals. In France on Tuesday, the head of an independent enquiry investigating church child abuse said there might have been...
View Article53 countries demand answers from WHO on sex abuse claims
Geneva, Switzerland — Fifty-three countries voiced alarm on Friday at reports that World Health Organization (WHO) leaders knew of sexual abuse allegations against the UN agency’s staff and failed to...
View ArticleU.S. judge signs off on $850 million Boy Scouts sex abuse settlement
The judge overseeing the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy on Thursday approved the youth organization’s request to sign off on an $850 million settlement to resolve tens of thousands of sex abuse...
View ArticleNew bishop named in Brooklyn after predecessor retired amid sex abuse scandal
NEW YORK — The Vatican on Wednesday announced a new bishop for the Diocese of Brooklyn, after the retirement of long-serving Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who was cleared in a sex abuse investigation. The...
View Article216,000 children were victims of French clergy sex abuse since 1950 – report
PARIS — An investigation into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found that an estimated 216,000 children were victims of abuse by clergy since 1950, Jean-Marc Sauve, head of the commission...
View ArticleFourth Ghislaine Maxwell accuser expected to testify at sex abuse trial
NEW YORK — A fourth woman who said she was a teenager when Ghislaine Maxwell gave her an unsolicited massage and set her up for sex abuse by late financier Jeffrey Epstein is expected on Thursday to...
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell sex abuse trial jury asks to review more testimony
NEW YORK — Jurors in British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial asked to review transcripts of the testimony of additional witnesses on Wednesday, as the second full day of deliberations...
View ArticleUS judge rejects Prince Andrew’s bid to dismiss sex abuse accuser’s lawsuit
NEW YORK — A United States judge has rejected a bid by Britain’s Prince Andrew to dismiss Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was 17 and being...
View ArticlePrince Andrew seeks jury trial, denies Virginia Giuffre’s sex abuse claims
NEW YORK – Britain’s Prince Andrew on Wednesday asked for a U.S. jury trial as he again denied Virginia Giuffre’s accusations that he sexually abused her more than two decades ago when she was 17....
View ArticleUS Congress passes ban on forced arbitration of worker sex abuse claims
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would ban companies from forcing employees who allege sexual assault or harassment to settle their claims with an arbiter without the...
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