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NEWS ABOUT: sexual abuse

sexual abuse stories: 68 news summaries

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Torture Orphanage Yields Shackles

Search for remains continues as government connections emerge

Feb 29, 08 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Police found shackles yesterday in a torture chamber beneath a former children’s home on the British island of Jersey where human bones were discovered last week, the Guardian reports. An ongoing investigation of alleged physical and sexual abuse has turned up the remains of one child, and search dogs... More »

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crime • sexual abuse • Haut de la Garenne • Jersey • children's home

Jesuits Settle Sex Suit for $50M

Case involves abuse of 110 children in remote Alaskan villages

Nov 19, 07 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The Jesuits have agreed to pay $50 million to some 110 people living in remote Alaskan villages who claim they were sexually molested as children by 15 priests, brothers or men working for the Jesuits, reports the Seattle Times. Details of the settlements are still being negotiated, according to attorneys... More »

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Alaska • sexual abuse • priest sex abuse • Society of Jesus • Jesuits • Diocese of Fairbanks • Province of Oregon • Yukon

Strip-search Costs McD's $6.1M

Jurors say franchise negligent in hoax

Oct 6, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Kentucky jury has ordered McDonald's to pay $6.1 million to settle the case of an employee who was strip-searched in the fast-food restaurant as part of a hoax. Jurors gave Louise Ogborn, 18 at the time, hefty punitive damages because McDonald's didn't seem all that concerned about warning... More »

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McDonald's • sexual abuse • hoax • strip search • telephone

Nuns' Home Will Fund Priest Sex Abuse Payment

LA archdiocese, facing $660M settlement, issues eviction notice

Sep 7, 07 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The LA Archdiocese has notified three nuns that their Santa Barbara convent will be sold to help pay the $660 million settlement with victims of sexual abuse by priests. They received only a letter requesting they vacate by year's end, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We're not even worth... More »

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Los Angeles • sexual abuse • nuns • priest • archdiocese • Santa Barbara • settlement • eviction

Church Sex Abuse: Should the Pope Pay?

In US cases, a move to hold the Vatican accountable

Jul 19, 07 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two court cases involving abusive priests in Oregon and Kentucky have raised the possibility that the Vatican may be forced to pay damages to victims and allow its top officials to testify at US trials. Until now, the Holy See has been considered outside US jurisdiction, but lawyers argue that... More »

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Vatican • sexual abuse • Catholicism

LA Cardinal Apologizes to Abuse Victims

Record $660M deal means cardinal won't have to testify

Jul 16, 07 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cardinal Roger Mahony publicly apologized yesterday to the 508 plaintiffs in a sexual-abuse lawsuit the archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to settle for a record $660 million. Mahony, who met privately with many of the victims abused by clergy, said he wished their lives were like a videotape—"... More »

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Catholic Church • religion • sexual abuse • lawsuit • clergy abuse scandal

Questions Dog Longtime Giuliani Friend

Candidate's company employs priest accused of child sex abuse

Jun 22, 07 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic priest who was best man at Rudy Giuliani's first wedding, performed his second marriage, and presided at his parents' funerals is on the payroll of the candidate's consulting firm—and suspended from his pastoral duties because he has been accused of sexually abusing children. Salon looks at the... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Catholic Church • children • sexual abuse • Alan Placa • priest • Election 2008

Police Bust Huge Global Pedophile Ring

31 children, babies rescued; chatroom showed live video of sexual abuse

Jun 19, 07 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Detectives in 36 countries have busted a global pedophile ring, rescuing 31 young children and babies who were sexually abused live on the Internet, and identifying 700 suspects. "You could go and if you were in the club, arrange a time and a place when online you could view... More »

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Internet • rape • pedophile • child abuse • chat room • Suffolk • sexual abuse • Timothy David Martyn Cox • Britain

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