sex abuse
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Two women sued the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and Bruce Mapley Sr. in federal court, claiming Mapley sexually abused them for years, and the Society orders its elders not to report such abuse to police.
Read moreChild Trump Supporters
A 12-year-old Trump supporter could not prove that Newsweek’s portrayal of him in an article cast him in a false light, the Third Circuit ruled. An article in the publication quoted a professor discussing how the child and other Trump-supporting child spokespeople were used to “‘camouflage’ positions of the hard right ‘as feel-good sweetness and light, when, in fact, they are defending raw racism and sexual abuse.’”
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Court Official Seeks Silence on Priestly Abuse Emails
Hundreds of emails detailing the New Orleans Saints’ efforts to conduct damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese in its clergy sexual abuse scandal should remain shielded from the public, a court official recommended Thursday.
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Woody Allen Memoir Released After Protests
Woody Allen’s autobiography was released in the United States Monday, swiftly finding a new home after its original publisher pulled out after protests due to abuse allegations against the filmmaker.
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NCAA Accused of Letting Coaches Sexually Abuse Athletes
Three former students claim in a federal class action Wednesday that the National Collegiate Athletic Association has categorically failed to prevent sexual harassment and abuse by coaches and should be forced to enact policies that protect student-athletes.
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Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years for Rape, Forced Sex Act
A New York judge sentenced ex-Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein to 23 years in prison Wednesday for two forced sex acts perpetrated against women in the entertainment business in 2006 and 2013.
Read moreSchool Superintendent
A Missouri woman claims in a federal complaint that the former superintendent of Lone Jack C-6 School District “is a sexual predator who serially preyed on female students, including” herself when she was a minor, and that the school board president and high school principal “actively assisted” the superintendent’s cover-up.
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Nassar Victim Slams Michigan for Lame Response to Abuse
The first woman who publicly accused convicted sports doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse said she is “horrified,” and “deeply disappointed” with the University of Michigan for how it handled allegations of abuse by a late doctor at the school.
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NFL Saints in Court Over Catholic Church Emails
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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Sex-Abuse Claims Force Boy Scouts to File for Bankruptcy
The Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday, seeking to shield its local councils from hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits while establishing a victims’ compensation trust to pay settlements.
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Disgraced Catholic Order Told Abuse Victim to Lie
The cardinal’s response was not what Yolanda Martínez had expected — or could abide — after her son was sexually abused by a priest of the Legion of Christ, a disgraced Catholic order.
Read moreUSC Settlement
As he indicated he would at a hearing in January, a federal judge signed off on a $215 million settlement in the University of Southern California sex abuse scandal with one small change: a three-person panel will decide on payouts rather than a single person.
Read moreMassage Envy
An Indiana woman sued Massage Envy in federal court, claiming it failed to take action against a repeat customer who sexually attacked her and other masseuses — it’s the 26th lawsuit against Massage Envy involving sexual behavior since Jan. 1, 2019, according to the CNS database.
Read moreForced Labor
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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Writer’s Safe Faces Search Ahead of France Pedophilia Trial
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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Media Seek Open Hearing on Saints’ Emails With Church
New Orleans news outlets on Thursday will ask a judge for an open hearing on the confidentiality of emails between Roman Catholic officials and the city’s NFL franchise, the New Orleans Saints, concerning clergy sex-abuse scandals.
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Appeals Court Acquits French Cardinal of Sex Abuse Cover-Up
A French appeals court on Thursday acquitted a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock, a decision culminating a drama that has produced angst for the Roman Catholic Church and reawakened a past of pain and shame for some victims seeking justice.
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Alabama High Court Orders Bishops to Testify in Sex Abuse Case
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday two bishops in the United Methodist Church must answer questions about what they did to prevent child sex abuse around the time a boy was allegedly victimized by a former youth leader.
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