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CLEAN : Vatican envoy set to begin abuse investigation in Chile
The Vatican's top investigator Archbishop Charles Scicluna who prosecuted cases involving predator priests for the Vatican's doctrinal body from 2002 to 2012 is in Chile to begin a probe into Bishop Juan Barros who is accused of covering...
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Youth soccer sex abuse scandal causes uproar in Argentina
A sexual abuse investigation involving some of Argentina's most powerful football clubs is causing a scandal in soccer-crazed Argentina.
The abuse accusations come just days after police arrested a referee for his suspected...
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Prosecutor: minors at risk of forced labor at Brazil church
Minors remain at risk and are being forced to work against their will by a Brazilian church with ties to the U.S.-based Word of Faith Fellowship, a senior labor prosecutor said Wednesday.
She made the statement after the...
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Youth soccer sex abuse scandal causes uproar in Argentina
A sexual abuse investigation involving some of Argentina's most powerful football clubs is causing a scandal in soccer-crazed Argentina.
The abuse accusations come just days after police arrested a referee for his suspected...
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The Michael Jackson estate is objecting to an ABC TV special airing Thursday
MICHAEL JACKSON ESTATE SLAMS ABC TV SPECIAL ON HIS LAST DAYS
The Michael Jackson estate is objecting to an ABC TV special airing Thursday (24MAY2018) on the end of the life of the late King of Pop, calling it a crass...
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Sport Executives Answer Congress on Sexual Abuse
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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Susanne Lyons, U.S. Olympic Committee Acting CEO:
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Lead prosecutor iun Chile church sex-abuse case speaks to AP
For decades, the abuse of minors by members of Chile's Catholic church was a closely guarded secret within the church.
But a report ordered by Pope Francis and published in March revealed a culture of abuse and cover-ups...
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Grandfather: Body at NM Compound is Missing Boy
A severely disabled Georgia boy who authorities say was kidnapped by his father and marked for an exorcism was found buried at the ramshackle compound in the New Mexico desert that has been the focus of investigators for the past week,...
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Grandfather: Body at New Mexico Compound is Missing Boy
A severely disabled Georgia boy who authorities say was kidnapped by his father and marked for an exorcism was found buried at the ramshackle compound in the New Mexico desert that has been the focus of investigators for the past week,...
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Ex-Teacher Pleads Not Guilty To Rape Charges
A onetime Massachusetts boarding school teacher returned to the U.S. from Thailand has pleaded not guilty to child rape charges.
The Norfolk District Attorney's office says 72-year-old Reynold Buono left Milton Academy in...
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Ex-Teacher Pleads Not guilty To Rape Charges
A onetime Massachusetts boarding school teacher returned to the U.S. from Thailand has pleaded not guilty to child rape charges.
The Norfolk District Attorney's office says 72-year-old Reynold Buono left Milton Academy in...
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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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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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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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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.
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Abuse survivor applauds Vatican laicizing McCarrick
A clergy abuse survivor has commended Pope Francis's decision to laicise former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick over sexual crimes says he's concerned the pontiff is just "throwing a bone to his dissenters."
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R. Kelly vows to 'straighten all this stuff out'
R. KELLY VOWS TO 'STRAIGHTEN ALL THIS STUFF OUT'
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Another tape appears to show R. Kelly with girls
A Pennsylvania man says he has truned a tape over to law enforcement that appears to feature R. Kelly sexually abusing girls.
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R. Kelly attorney: singer is 'depressed, fearful and anxious'
R. KELLY ATTORNEY: SINGER IS KELLY IS 'DEPRESSED, FEARFUL AND ANXIOUS'
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AP reporter on R. Kelly bond hearing
R. Kelly was ordered jailed on $1 million bond on Saturday at his first court hearing since the American R&B star was charged with sexually abusing four people, including three minors.
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Victims' groups on Pope's summit on sexual abuse
Groups of survivors of clergy abuse said that a four-day summit hosted by Pope Francis on child sex abuse had failed to yield significant results despite some advances.