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Men as the real victims? After Kavanaugh, #HimToo gains attention

Charlotte Plantive, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 02:17 PM

The notion that it is dangerous to be an American man in the #MeToo era took off during the angry debate over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.  Read more »

Pope defrocks two Chilean bishops over sexual abuse allegations

Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 07:57 PM

Defrocking, officially called "reduced to the lay state," means they are no longer priests. Read more »

Pope blames devil for Church divisions, scandals, seeks angel's help

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 01:18 PM

VATICAN CITY - The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. Read more »

Quiboloy 'vehemently denies' running 'child sex ring'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 08:20 PM

Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Apollo Quiboloy on Friday "vehemently denied" the allegation of a former church follower that he runs a "child sex ring." Read more »

Abuse victim sues Vatican in bid to identify predators

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 01:25 PM

A US man who says he was raped by a priest as a child announced Thursday he was suing the Vatican seeking the identification of accused clergy members worldwide.  Read more »

Pagtulong gusto pang pag-ibayuhin ng Bantay Bata 163 Village

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 09:48 PM

Nais paigtingin ng Bagong Bantay Bata 163 Childrens’ Village ang pagtulong sa mga batang biktima ng sexual abuse. Read more »

Pope: Outrage over Church's handling of sexual abuse scandals justified

Andrius Sytas and Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 07:16 PM

He spoke hours before the Catholic Church in Germany was due to present a report on its sexual abuse record.  Read more »

Filipino nurse among 24 men nabbed in New Jersey sex sting

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Sep 20 04:21 AM

NEW JERSEY - A Filipino nurse was among 24 men arrested in a sting operation in New Jersey, US law enforcement officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Dalai Lama: I knew of sex abuse by Buddhist teachers since 1990s

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 16 08:29 AM

The Dalai Lama said Saturday that he has known about sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers since the 1990s and that such allegations are "nothing new." Read more »

Pope meets with US church leaders over clergy sex abuse

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 13 08:55 PM

Pope Francis was set to host US bishops and cardinals on Thursday to discuss the Vatican's response to a new wave of devastating claims of sexual abuse by clergy. Read more »

Pope summons bishops to discuss protection of minors from sexual abuse

Reuters
Posted at Sep 12 08:59 PM

Pope Francis has summoned senior bishops from around the world to the Vatican in February to discuss the protection of minors from sexual abuse, the Vatican said Wednesday. Read more »

Catholic priests abused thousands in Germany: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 08:57 PM

Most of the victims were boys. Read more »

Sexual abuse in country, an ongoing adversary for jiu-jitsu medalist Meggie Ochoa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 08:33 PM

Ochoa, a bronze winner in the 2018 Asian Games, is part of Fight2Protect, a group that helps sexually abused minors to cope and recover from the trauma. Read more »

Duterte vows to help expose priests’ abuses in PH

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 08:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he would be glad to provide an “opening” for sexual abuses allegedly committed by Catholic priests in the Philippines, amid the controversy of an alleged cover-up of Church sex abuse in America.   Read more »

Pope says will not respond to allegations of abuse cover-up

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Aug 27 06:47 AM

Pope Francis said on Sunday he would not respond to explosive accusations by a former top Vatican official that the pontiff had covered up sexual abuse, saying dismissively that the document containing the allegations "speaks for itself". Read more »

Former top Vatican official calls on Pope to resign amid abuse crisis

Reuters
Posted at Aug 26 05:20 PM

Vatican officials declined immediate comment on the letter on Sunday. Read more »

Former top Vatican official calls on Pope to resign amid abuse crisis

Reuters
Posted at Aug 26 04:31 PM

A former top Vatican official accused Pope Francis of having known of allegations of sex abuse by a prominent US cardinal for 5 years before accepting his resignation last month and he called on the pontiff to resign.  Read more »

Pope vows no more cover-ups on sexual abuse in unprecedented letter to Catholics

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Aug 21 01:54 PM

The Vatican said it was the first time a pope had written to all of the world's some 1.2 billion Catholics about sexual abuse.  Read more »

Filipino priest accused of molesting boys in Texas goes missing

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 12:39 PM

A Filipino priest under investigation for allegedly molesting 3 teenage boys more than a decade ago in Dallas, Texas has gone missing. Read more »

Pope says on side of victims of US 'predator' priests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 01:58 PM

Francis has compared sex abuse by priests to participating in a "Satanic Mass" Read more »