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Pope expresses 'shame' at French sex abuse scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 05:10 PM

Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his 'shame' at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, laid bare in a devastating report this week. Read more »

French Catholic Church probe finds 216,000 sex abuse victims

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 08:07 PM

The report found that the majority of victims were pre-adolescent boys from a wide variety of social backgrounds. Read more »

Some 3,000 pedophiles in French Church since 1950: probe

Karine Perret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 06:42 PM

Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP days ahead of the release of its report. Read more »

R. Kelly found guilty on all counts in sex abuse trial

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 28 08:54 AM

One of the 1990s' brightest stars whose hits included "I Believe I Can Fly," Kelly faces up to life in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for May 4. Read more »

Prosecutors rest case against R. Kelly after month of testimony

Tyler Clifford, Reuters
Posted at Sep 21 11:27 AM

US prosecutors on Monday rested their sex trafficking case against R. Kelly, after a month of often disturbing and graphic testimony from people who accused the R&B star of sexually abusing women and girls. Read more »

Pope Francis opens conference on child sex abuse ‘crisis’

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 06:31 PM

Pope Francis on Sunday opened a Vatican conference on child sex abuse by the clergy in Central and Eastern Europe by urging participants to brainstorm 'concrete pathways of reform'. Read more »

'R. Kelly demanded oral sex before granting audition'

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 09:20 AM

A former girlfriend of R. Kelly told jurors Monday that he pressured her into having oral sex with him when she was 17. Read more »

Singer R. Kelly appears in NY court before sex abuse trial begins

Reuters
Posted at Aug 04 07:16 AM

Aug 3 (Reuters) - Singer R. Kelly appeared in a New York City courtroom on Tuesday for a hearing, just days before his sex abuse trial is due to begin. Read more »

34 women sue Pornhub in sex abuse video, trafficking case

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 08:03 PM

Nearly three dozen women have filed a lawsuit in California against adult video website Pornhub, accusing it and its parent company of knowingly profiting from footage depicting rape and sexual exploitation, including of minors. Read more »

Singer R. Kelly tells judge he fired two defense lawyers as trial looms

Tom Hals, Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 06:55 AM

R. Kelly told a federal judge on Wednesday that he fired two of his defense lawyers, exposing deep rifts in the singer's legal defense team ahead of his August sex abuse trial in New York. Read more »

Senate approves tougher measure to combat online sexual abuse of minors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 07:04 PM

Senators on Thursday approved on final reading a tougher measure against online sexual abuse and exploitation of minors. Read more »

Macron says France's laws on child sex abuse must change

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 09:04 AM

French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday the law had to change to better protect victims of child sexual abuse, after thousands shared their stories in response to a newly published book. Read more »

South Korea sex abuse group leader jailed for 40 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 04:06 PM

The mastermind of a notorious online sex abuse ring was jailed for 40 years in South Korea on Thursday. Read more »

New Vatican manual advises bishops to report sex abuse claims to police

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 17 03:03 AM

The Vatican released guidelines Thursday for bishops and other senior church officials on how to deal with clerical child sex abuse claims, after Pope Francis called for the procedures to be laid out step-by-step. Read more »

Online child sex abuse cases triple under lockdown in Philippines

Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 29 06:17 PM

Cases of online child sex abuse in the Philippines have tripled under coronavirus, the government said, with campaigners warning that the country's lockdown has left more children vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers and cash-strapped relatives. Read more »

Cardinal Pell to walk free from Australian jail after winning appeal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 07 09:15 AM

Cardinal George Pell's historic child sex abuse convictions were quashed by Australia's High Court on Tuesday, paving the way for the senior Catholic cleric's release from prison. Read more »

Pope Francis abolishes 'pontifical secrecy' for sex abuse investigations

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 17 08:31 PM

Two documents issued by the Pope cover practices that have been in place for some time in some countries, including reporting suspicion of sex abuse to civil authorities where required by law.   Read more »

US bishop accused of sex abuse cover-up steps down

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 05 07:30 AM

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, New York, and named Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, to administer the Buffalo diocese until a new bishop can be appointed.  Read more »

Fil-Am allegedly abused by Pinoy priest sues LA Archdiocese

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 03:34 PM

A 34 year-old Filipina has sued the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in what is believed to be the first civil suit against the country's largest Catholic diocese since California passed a law last month that extends the statute of limitations for child abuse survivors. Read more »

R&B singer R. Kelly gets May 2020 trial date in sex abuse case

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 06:53 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer R. Kelly will face a May 18 trial on charges that he recruited underage girls and women to have sex with him, isolating them and controlling what they ate and when they went to the bathroom, a US judge ruled on Wednesday. Read more »