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Catholic Church To Pay $76 Million To Hundreds Of Sex Abuse Victims In Canada
The Catholic Church is to pay 104 million Canadian dollars ($76 million) to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse from eastern Canada, according to a statement released Friday.
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Portugal Catholic Clergy Sexually Abused Close To 5,000 Minors: Report
Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims' accounts.
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Pope Francis Changes Church Law Makes Reporting Sex Abuse Obligatory
Pope Francis on Thursday passed a measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors, following a global clerical pedophilia scandal.
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Pakistan Jails 2 For Life Over Child Sex Abuse Scandal
Two people convicted in a massive Pakistan paedophilia scandal were handed life sentences Monday, officials said, after a law passed in March criminalised child sexual abuse in the country for the first time.
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Stop Using Term 'Asian' To Describe Rotherham Gang: Sikh Group
A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham grooming gang, which was handed combined sentence of more than 100 years for sexual assault on women, as "Asian".
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Pope Francis Meets Victims of Clergy Sex Abuse, Says 'God Weeps' for Them
Pope Francis has met victims of clergy sex abuse and vowed to hold responsible all involved in abuse and cover-ups, he said in Philadelphia on Sunday, the last day of his first visit to the United States.
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Crimes of Sexual Abuse Shouldn't be Repeated: Pope Francis
Pope Francis today told US Roman Catholic bishops that crimes of sexual abuse of minors by clergy should never be repeated, acknowledging the damage caused by years of scandal in the US Catholic Church.
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UN Chief Ready to Throw Out Peacekeepers Over Sex Abuse Claims
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Thursday he was ready to throw out entire peacekeeping units if their country fails to take action against soldiers accused of sexual abuse.
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Former UK Spy Chief Warned of Political Embarrassment Risk Over Child Abuse Claims
A British spy chief warned Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s that allegations of a lawmaker "having a penchant for small boys" risked causing political embarrassment, according to a review of government documents.
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BBC broadcaster admits 14 indecent assaults
BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has pleaded guilty to multiple assaults on young girls.
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Police make arrest in connection to Britain's alleged child abuse
Police investigating alleged child abuse centering on former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile said on Wednesday they have arrested a man in his 70s.
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British TV network pays damages over false child sex abuse claim
British commercial television network ITV on Thursday said it had paid out $199,362 to a senior politician who was wrongly linked to child sex abuse by one of its programmes and the BBC.
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Catholic Church To Pay $76 Million To Hundreds Of Sex Abuse Victims In Canada
The Catholic Church is to pay 104 million Canadian dollars ($76 million) to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse from eastern Canada, according to a statement released Friday.
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Portugal Catholic Clergy Sexually Abused Close To 5,000 Minors: Report
Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims' accounts.
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Pope Francis Changes Church Law Makes Reporting Sex Abuse Obligatory
Pope Francis on Thursday passed a measure to oblige those who know about sex abuse in the Catholic Church to report it to their superiors, following a global clerical pedophilia scandal.
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Pakistan Jails 2 For Life Over Child Sex Abuse Scandal
Two people convicted in a massive Pakistan paedophilia scandal were handed life sentences Monday, officials said, after a law passed in March criminalised child sexual abuse in the country for the first time.
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Stop Using Term 'Asian' To Describe Rotherham Gang: Sikh Group
A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham grooming gang, which was handed combined sentence of more than 100 years for sexual assault on women, as "Asian".
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Pope Francis Meets Victims of Clergy Sex Abuse, Says 'God Weeps' for Them
Pope Francis has met victims of clergy sex abuse and vowed to hold responsible all involved in abuse and cover-ups, he said in Philadelphia on Sunday, the last day of his first visit to the United States.
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Crimes of Sexual Abuse Shouldn't be Repeated: Pope Francis
Pope Francis today told US Roman Catholic bishops that crimes of sexual abuse of minors by clergy should never be repeated, acknowledging the damage caused by years of scandal in the US Catholic Church.
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UN Chief Ready to Throw Out Peacekeepers Over Sex Abuse Claims
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Thursday he was ready to throw out entire peacekeeping units if their country fails to take action against soldiers accused of sexual abuse.
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Former UK Spy Chief Warned of Political Embarrassment Risk Over Child Abuse Claims
A British spy chief warned Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s that allegations of a lawmaker "having a penchant for small boys" risked causing political embarrassment, according to a review of government documents.
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BBC broadcaster admits 14 indecent assaults
BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has pleaded guilty to multiple assaults on young girls.
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Police make arrest in connection to Britain's alleged child abuse
Police investigating alleged child abuse centering on former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile said on Wednesday they have arrested a man in his 70s.
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British TV network pays damages over false child sex abuse claim
British commercial television network ITV on Thursday said it had paid out $199,362 to a senior politician who was wrongly linked to child sex abuse by one of its programmes and the BBC.
