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Child Abuse

Civil Rights International Law 

French Government Seeks to Set Age for Sexual Consent at 15

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
age, Child Abuse, consent, France, sex

France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse, amid growing public pressure and a wave of online testimonies about rape and other sexual violence by parents and authority figures.

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Government Latest Headlines Regional 

FBI Lauds Two Slain Agents for Work in Sex Crimes Division

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 IZZY KAPNICK
Child Abuse, FBI, Shooting, warrant

Two FBI agents killed Tuesday while serving a South Florida warrant were veterans of the bureau and key members of a division that tracks down sex offenders who prey on children.

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Civil Rights International Media Politics 

Stepson Files Charges in Explosive French Sex Abuse Case

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
celebrity, Child Abuse, France, sex abuse

Pressure on one of France’s most prominent political commentators, under investigation for alleged incestuous sexual abuse, grew Tuesday when his stepson and alleged victim brought a lawsuit of his own.

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Criminal International Religion 

Israel Extradites Woman Wanted for Sex Crimes to Australia

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Child Abuse, extradition, Israel, sex abuse, teachers

Israeli authorities on Monday extradited a former teacher accused of sexually abusing her former students in Australia, capping a six-year legal battle that had strained relations between the two governments and antagonized Australia’s Jewish community.

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Civil Rights Entertainment 

Sheen Sued

December 31, 2020January 4, 2021 BRIEF
Child Abuse, film, Hollywood, sexual assault

John Doe sued actor Charlie Sheen, his driver and many involved in the production of Sheen’s 1994 movie “Terminal Velocity” on Thursday, claiming the driver hired him as an assistant and sexually assaulted him nightly throughout the film shoot.

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Appeals Civil Rights Technology 

Virtual Witness

December 28, 2020December 29, 2020 BRIEF
California, Child Abuse, disability, emotional distress, negligence

Parents of a disabled boy who was abused by his in-home caregiver can pursue their negligent infliction of emotional distress claims because they were virtually present to witness the abuse through a livestream on a smartphone from a “nanny cam,” a California appeals court ruled.

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Business Entertainment Technology 

Mastercard, Visa Investigate Pornhub Business Relationship

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Child Abuse, credit and debit card, internet, pornography, rape

Credit card giants Visa and Mastercard said Sunday that they are investigating their business relationship with Pornhub after a prominent newspaper columnist alleged that the pornographic website shows videos of rape and underage sex.

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Criminal International Trials 

Surgeon Jailed in France’s Massive Pedophile Case

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Child Abuse, France, rape, sentencing

A retired French surgeon has been sentenced to 15 years in jail at the end of his closed-doors trial for the rape and sexual abuse of four children in the first part of France’s biggest ever pedophilia case.

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Civil Rights Government Religion 

Church Sex Abuse

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 BRIEF
Catholic, Child Abuse, churches, injunction, New York, sex abuse

Skewering the Diocese of Buffalo for its long-running failure to prevent its clergy from sexually abusing minors, New York asked a state judge for an injunction Monday to achieve stronger oversight.

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Appeals Criminal Education International 

Israel Court Says Woman Can Be Extradited in Child Sex Case

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Child Abuse, extradition, Israel, teachers

An Israeli court on Monday approved the extradition of a former teacher wanted in Australia on charges of child sex abuse, potentially paving the way for her to stand trial after a six-year legal battle.

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Appeals Civil Rights Sports 

Abusive Coach

September 17, 2020September 18, 2020 BRIEF
California, Child Abuse, negligence, sexual assault

A California appeals court revived negligent misrepresentation claims against a skating arena that did not disclose a coach’s suspected misconduct to another arena. The director of the latter arena recommended the coach to a minor victim he sexually abused.

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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal Entertainment Sports 

Sandusky-Related Conviction Argued at Third Circuit

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Child Abuse, college, football, Jerry Sandusky, Third Circuit

A Third Circuit panel grilled lawyers Tuesday about whether Penn State’s former president deserved to have his misdemeanor child endangerment conviction, related to his response to a complaint about Jerry Sandusky, overturned last year.

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Appeals Criminal Religion 

Top Australian Court Nixes Abuse Conviction of Cardinal Pell

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia, Catholic, Child Abuse, sexual assault

Cardinal George Pell welcomed Australia’s highest court clearing him of child sex crimes Tuesday and said his trial had not been a referendum on the Catholic Church’s handling of the clergy abuse crisis.

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Civil Rights Entertainment 

Pandemic Won’t Slow Fight Over Sealed Jeffrey Epstein Docs

March 31, 2020April 1, 2020 ADAM KLASFELD
Child Abuse, discovery, eldCelebrity, New York, public records, sex trafficking

The federal judge who holds the key to secret records concerning the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein refused Tuesday afternoon to approve a monthlong delay in the case.

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Civil Rights Criminal Education 

Bad Teacher

March 19, 2020March 20, 2020 BRIEF
Arizona, Child Abuse, schools

Parents sued Peoria, Ariz., its unified school district and former teacher Ricky Ordway, 44, who has been accused of 11 counts of child molestation of students at Sun Valley Elementary School, in Maricopa County Court.

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Civil Rights Employment 

Taping Children

February 26, 2020February 27, 2020 BRIEF
Child Abuse, disability, negligence, transportation

Two lawsuits accuse a bus driver for Citizens Acting Together Can Help, LogistiCare Solutions, et al. of duct-taping children’s arms, legs, feet, hands and mouths while taking them to treatment, in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

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Financial National Religion 

Another Abusive Catholic Diocese Seeks Bankruptcy

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
bankruptcy, Catholic, Child Abuse, Pennsylvania, Settlement

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics.

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Criminal International National Religion Sports 

NFL Saints in Court Over Catholic Church Emails

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Catholic, Child Abuse, Emails, New Orleans, NFL, sex abuse

The New Orleans Saints head to court Thursday to try to block the release of hundreds of confidential emails detailing the behind-the-scenes public relations work the team did for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese in its sexual abuse scandals.

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Civil Rights Religion 

Forced Labor

February 14, 2020February 18, 2020 BRIEF
Child Abuse, churches, Los Angeles, sex abuse, sex trafficking, slavery

A woman seeks punitive damages from La Luz del Mundo, claiming she was “enslaved, trafficked, and sexually abused by (its) leaders,” and that the religious organization “has made the economic and sexual exploitation of children and others a centerpiece of its operations for decades,” in L.A. Federal Court.

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Economy Entertainment International Media 

Writer’s Safe Faces Search Ahead of France Pedophilia Trial

February 14, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Child Abuse, France, literature, Publishing, rape, scandal, sex abuse

French police on Thursday searched the home of a writer accused of raping a minor and who repeatedly described relationships with young teens in his work, a source said.

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