Men file abuse suits against Mormons, Boy Scouts

The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America were named as defendants in lawsuits Monday claiming childhood sexual abuse by youth leaders decades ago.

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Hearing scheduled in Del. diocese bankruptcy

A status hearing is scheduled in the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's bankruptcy, which was filed just before a trial on alleged sex abuse could begin.

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Sex complaints double against US prison workers

Accusations of sexual abuse at the hands of federal prison workers doubled in the past eight years, according to a new government report released Thursday.

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Teen with 47 IQ gets 100 years for child sex abuse

A teenager who has profound mental disabilities was sentenced to 100 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges in a sex abuse case involving his 6-year-old neighbor.

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UN finds 217 sex abuse claims against blue helmets

A United Nations probe collected 217 allegations of abuse of girls and women by peacekeepers in eastern Congo, from sex with teenagers in the back room of a liquor store to threats of "hacking" victims for cooperating with investigators.

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Appeals court lets Vatican sex-abuse case proceed

A lawsuit can continue against the Vatican alleging that top church officials should have warned the public or authorities of known or suspected sexual abuse of children by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

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Ex-Wash. priest agrees to pay abuse victims $5M

A former priest accused in many of the child sex-abuse claims that bankrupted the eastern Washington Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $5 million to victims, who'll likely never be paid.

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Ban promises UN probe of sex abuse by peacekeepers

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday the United Nations will investigate allegations by a leading children's charity that U.N. peacekeepers are involved in widespread sexual abuse of children.

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Attorney wants pope to testify on clergy sex abuse

Pope Benedict XVI should be questioned soon about clergy sex abuse in the Catholic church because he is the most knowledgeable person on the topic and his advanced age makes future testimony unlikely, an attorney said Monday.

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US Nudist Under House Arrest in Brazil

A U.S. woman jailed in Brazil since December in a sex abuse case involving minors has been placed under house arrest because of poor health, her lawyers and authorities said Thursday.

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School Official Works to Stop Misconduct

Arthur Brokop, a young substitute teacher, shut the windowless door of the first-grade classroom he'd been called in to oversee.

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Vatican Removes 2 From Priesthood

The Vatican removed from the priesthood two men who faced credible complaints of sexual abuse of children, the Cleveland Catholic Diocese said Friday.

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Teacher Sex Abuse Cases Reveal Patterns

Back in August, the rumor around Lexington Middle School was that 25-year-old math teacher Kelsey Peterson had a boyfriend — a 13-year-old former student. People had complained to administrators three months earlier that Peterson spent too much time hanging out with the kids. When new complaints reached administrators linking her to the student in August, her principal gave her a verbal warning, but that was it.

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AP: Sex Abuse Laws Can Fail School Kids

Every school has rules governing teacher behavior. Every state has laws against child abuse, and many specifically outlaw teachers taking sexual liberties with students. Every district has administrators who watch out for sexual misconduct by teachers.

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AP: Sexual Misconduct Plagues US Schools

The young teacher hung his head, avoiding eye contact. Yes, he had touched a fifth-grader's breast during recess. "I guess it was just lust of the flesh," he told his boss.

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Protestants: 260-Plus Abuse Cases a Year

The three companies that insure the majority of Protestant churches in America say they typically receive upward of 260 reports each year of young people under 18 being sexually abused by clergy, church staff, volunteers or congregation members.

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Taoiseach Brian Cowen today said it was shocking and disturbing that three decades of horrific child abuse was hidden by the Catholic hierarchy in Dublin.

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CARDINAL Desmond Connell has asked for forgiveness from child sex abuse victims who suffered at the hands of paedophile priests under his control.

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The parents of some Mooresville High School students are outraged over a 41-second cell phone video showing a softball player licking her coach's toe.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska and representatives of almost 300 alleged victims of sex abuse by clergy have agreed on a settlement of almost $10 million.

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Prisoners of a White God was produced by Czech anthropologist Tomas Ryska.

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While we haven't been the biggest fans of Amazon as of late and their history of selling a rape simulation game (which they did end up banning), it looks like another game involving violence against women seems to have"slipped" past their radar.

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A FEMALE nursery worker who sexually abused up to 30 infants in her care was yesterday told by a judge to disclose the identities of her victims to spare their parents further anguish.

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What is the most shocking thing about the convictions of Vanessa George and Angela Allen?

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - A former Canadian bishop who oversaw the settlement of sex abuse allegations against the Roman Catholic Church, is facing child pornography charges, police said on Wednesday.

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An assistant football coach and teacher at Chouteau has been charged with sexual abuse of a 17-year-old female student. Prosecutors in Mayes County filed the charge against 26-year-old Zachary George on Monday.

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A volunteer minister and his teenage nephew were arrested after deputies said the two men sexually abused the same 12-year-old girl.

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Health officials launched a new campaign to help prevent sexual abuse.

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An 84-year-old man who runs a pony ride business has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who cared for the animals at his Barrington area home.

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A Hamilton man has gone on trial, accused of 14 rapes against female members of his family. The 23-year-old man has appeared at the High Court in Hamilton accused of sexually abusing six family members.

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A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested Monday on sexual assault charges.

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A local radio station owner dogged by financial problems and listeners who say his travel auction show took them nowhere was jailed Friday on accusations of sex with a teenage boy.

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The state-funded institutions in Ireland were a "secret and closed world run on fear", the decade-long report concluded. However, no new prosecutions are expected.

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More criminal charges were filed Monday against a former Greenfield teacher accused of having sex with a student. Alison M. Peck faces statutory rape and sodomy charges in Dade and Lawrence counties. She now faces four charges.

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Sarasota County Deputies have arrested a woman who videotaped herself having sex with two dogs and watching child pornography with a friend.

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Man found with child porn. Girls from age 2 thru early teens depicted.

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Former Pasco County youth pastor arrested after admitting having sex with teen he counseled.

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This woman is accused of arranging to have her 11 year old daughter raped by a sex offender, more than once, for money. As if that was not disgusting enough, mommy dearest watched the assaults.

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The principal of a Nashville middle school was arrested Friday afternoon, charged with sexually abusing two teenage boys from his church years ago.

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Lawyers for a man who alleged he was sexually abused 40 years ago as a teenager by a Roman Catholic priest lauded Wednesday a US appeals court decision that paves the way for abuse victims to sue the Vatican.

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A Mexican judge has approved the release of the 88-year-old man from Arlington who has been held in a Mexican prison for 54 days. Edward Chrisman should be able to leave the prison in Mexicali by week's end, his family in Yuma said Monday.

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