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Archbishop of York ‘sorry’ he was not able to act sooner in sex abuse case

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Wander Franco’s sex abuse trial has been postponed 5 months

Associated Press

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking, was postponed on Thursday and scheduled to resume June 2, 2025. Documents that prosecutors presented to the judge in July and were viewed by The Associated Press …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Shock as Butterball turkeys selling for just $0.25 a pound in Walmart after sex abuse controversy

Daily Mail

Butterball turkeys are being sold for as little as just over $3 in Walmart amid a sex abuse controversy over an unearthed video. A TikTok video posted on Wednesday shows the turkeys going for just $0.25 a pound in an unknown Walmart location - down 80 percent from $1.28 a pound. A TikTok video posted on Wednesday shows the turkeys …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Woman's third alternate identity gives evidence in Newcastle child sex abuse trial

ABC

A jury has watched a woman switch personalities for a third time, this time to that of a five-year-old girl during the trial of her allegedly abusive father. The dissociation has been described by Crown prosecutor Kristy Mulley as "an adaptive process that is used defensively to manage an overwhelmingly traumatic experience." Today, LN appeared composed in the witness box …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

50 Cent to make documentary about Diddy abuse allegations for Netflix

The Independent

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Survivors of sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention facilities hope for justice

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Michael Moss said he felt shame and guilt for years after he was sexually abused as a teenager by guards at a troubled Chicago juvenile detention center. Moss, now 30, spoke publicly Tuesday about his traumatic experiences as one of hundreds of survivors who’ve filed lawsuits recounting disturbing allegations of systemic sex abuse in youth detention facilities in …

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5 months ago

The Quiet Epidemic of Predators in Uniforms

Slate

A series of recent groundbreaking investigative reports unveiled what many advocates for police accountability have known for decades: Child sex abuse by law enforcement officials is far too common across our country. In a piece published last month, the Washington Post uncovered at least 1,800 law enforcement officers charged with child sex abuse between 2005 and 2022—a staggering 10 percent …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Popular Adult Film Star Accused Of Distributing Child Sex Abuse Material Over Telegram

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LOADING ERROR LOADING A popular adult film star was arrested and accused of possessing and distributing hundreds videos showing child sex abuse through the encrypted chat app Telegram, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Friday. Gabe Ginsberg via Getty Images Authorities’ search of the phone revealed the Telegram user had communicated with someone using …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says

Associated Press

SEATTLE — The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday, asking a court to force the Seattle Archdiocese to turn over decades of records. Ferguson said the archdiocese ignored a second subpoena issued this spring …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

Associated Press

A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was featured in an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse was arrested by police in Virginia this week after being indicted on charges he sexually abused his daughter while accompanying her on a school trip when she was a …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

The Independent

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9 months, 1 week ago

Victims of Catholic nuns rely on each other after being overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis

Associated Press

On Wednesdays, the support group meets over Zoom. “We’ve heard so much about priests who abuse and so little about nuns who abuse that it’s time to restore the balance,” said the group’s founder, Mary Dispenza, herself a former nun, in a speech to abuse survivors last year. NEW LAW OFFERS CHANCE FOR JUSTICE Before she found the support group …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

D.A. reviewing cases against 2 L.A. County Probation Department employees accused of sex abuse

LA Times

Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar is one of the county facilities where victims say sexual abuse of minors was rampant. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office is reviewing cases against two Probation Department employees accused of sexually abusing minors in their custody, the first sign of possible criminal ramifications for current and recently employed staff named in …

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1 year ago

Jehovah’s Witnesses expelled a member for criticising child sex abuse policy

NL Times

The Jehovah’s Witnesses expelled one of their members from the church community because he criticized how the community deals with the sexual abuse of children, Trouw reports. The member involved is Bart van Gasteren from Oss, who tried to improve the position of sexual abuse victims from inside the Jehovah’s Witnesses, according to the newspaper. But, according to critical members, …

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1 year ago

Takeaways from The AP’s investigation into the Mormon church’s handling of sex abuse cases

Associated Press

HAILEY, Idaho — Paul Rytting had been director of the Risk Management Division at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for around 15 years when a 31-year-old church member told him that her father, a former bishop, had sexually abused her when she was a child. Over the next four months, during multiple conversations, Rytting told Chelsea, Lorraine …

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1 year ago

Mormon church helps keep child sex abuse cases hidden from scrutiny

Associated Press

HAILEY, Idaho — Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. AP AUDIO: Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims Sound of Paul Rytting, director of the Risk Management Division for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, making a $300,000 offer to Chelsea Goodrich and her mother Lorriane …

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1 year ago

Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims

The Independent

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1 year ago

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

Associated Press

BALTIMORE — As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even more. Black survivors like Richardson have been nearly invisible in the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis — even in Baltimore, home to a historic Black Catholic community that plays an integral role in the nation’s oldest archdiocese. “Something like this is …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Philadelphia Moms for Liberty organizer is a registered sex offender: report

Salon

A prominent figure of the Philadelphia chapter of Moms for Liberty is a registered sex offender, according to a new report from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Phillip Fisher Jr. is a pastor at the Center for Universal Divinity and a Republican ward leader responsible for coordinating faith-based outreach for the group, which is a well-endowed organization that aims to align American …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Maya Kowalski accuses hospital of sex abuse days after lawsuit win

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against Mormon church

Associated Press

An Arizona judge has dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ruling that church officials who knew that a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse to police or social service agencies because the information was received during a spiritual confession. In a ruling …

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1 year, 1 month ago

New charges against Schagen babysitter accused of child sex abuse

NL Times

A new complaint has been filed against Julian F., a 24-year-old babysitter from Schagen accused of child sex abuse. The new charges concern an incident from F.'s past that is not related to his later work as a babysitter, the Public Prosecution Service announced at a non-substantive hearing in the case against the man. In hindsight, the Public Prosecution Service …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

Associated Press

MADRID — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. The survey was part of a damning report by the office of Spain’s ombudsman, or “defensor del pueblo,” following an 18-month …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

LA Times

Spanish ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo delivers a report on abuse in the Catholic Church to President of the Congress Francina Armengol in Madrid on Friday. Spain’s first official investigation of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. …

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Archbishop of York ‘sorry’ he was not able to act sooner in sex abuse case

Wander Franco’s sex abuse trial has been postponed 5 months

Shock as Butterball turkeys selling for just $0.25 a pound in Walmart after sex abuse controversy

Woman's third alternate identity gives evidence in Newcastle child sex abuse trial

50 Cent to make documentary about Diddy abuse allegations for Netflix

Survivors of sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention facilities hope for justice

The Quiet Epidemic of Predators in Uniforms

Popular Adult Film Star Accused Of Distributing Child Sex Abuse Material Over Telegram

Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says

Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges

Victims of Catholic nuns rely on each other after being overlooked in the clergy sex abuse crisis

D.A. reviewing cases against 2 L.A. County Probation Department employees accused of sex abuse

Jehovah’s Witnesses expelled a member for criticising child sex abuse policy

Takeaways from The AP’s investigation into the Mormon church’s handling of sex abuse cases

Mormon church helps keep child sex abuse cases hidden from scrutiny

Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

Philadelphia Moms for Liberty organizer is a registered sex offender: report

Maya Kowalski accuses hospital of sex abuse days after lawsuit win

Court cites clergy-penitent privilege in dismissing child sex abuse lawsuit against Mormon church

New charges against Schagen babysitter accused of child sex abuse

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands