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Raped, Screamed At, Starved: Abuse Scandal Rocks Over 100 French Schools
Paris prosecutors are now investigating more than 100 cases of alleged abuse, including rape, carried out by school supervisors on children as young as three.
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French PM Francois Bayrou To Testify On Child Abuse Scandal
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has faced accusations on physical and sexual abuse at the Notre-Dame de Betharram school in southwestern France. Making it the most fragile moment of his political career.
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Church Must "Seek Forgiveness" Over "Scourge" Of Child Sexual Abuse: Pope
Pope Francis said Friday that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" over the "scourge" of child sexual abuse, during a visit to Belgium where the Church's dark past looms large.
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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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Over 100 Priests Accused Of Child Sex Abuse Still Active In Portugal Church
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who came under fire in October for saying 400 cases of alleged sexual abuse by clergy members did not seem to be "particularly high", said the Church must be held accountable.
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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 Says Catholic Church Fighting Child Abuse "As Best We Can"
Pope Francis said Sunday that the Catholic church was working "as best we can" to fight clerical child abuse but admitted there were shortfalls.
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"Zero Tolerance": Pope Francis On Sexual Assault By Members Of The Clergy
The Catholic Church must show "zero tolerance" to sexual assault by members of the clergy, Pope Francis said in excerpts of an interview with a Portuguese television channel broadcast Sunday.
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Church Leader Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing 3 Children In Mexico
The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide pleaded guilty on Friday to felony counts of sexually abusing three children, California state prosecutors announced on Friday.
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China's Horrific New Scandal - Mom Of 8 Found Chained By Neck
China has fired, punished and probed more than a dozen local officials in eastern Jiangsu province, after an investigation intended to quell public anger over the case of a mother of eight found chained by the neck.
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Ex-Pope Benedict Seeks Forgiveness Over Abuse Scandal
Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.
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French Bishops Vote To Offer Payments To Survivors Of Sex Abuse By Clergy
French bishops voted on Saturday in favour of a plan to offer payments to people who were sexually abused as children by members of the Catholic clergy.
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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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Pope Francis Remains Silent On Claim That He Ignored Abuse
Pope Francis has declined to comment on a growing scandal after a former Vatican official claimed the pontiff ignored sexual abuse allegations against a senior clergyman and called on him to resign.
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Pope To Visit A Changed Ireland Amid "Perfect Storm" Of Abuses Crises
When Pope John Paul II made the first visit by a pontiff to Ireland in 1979, contraception and divorce were still illegal and the Catholic Church's influence on a deeply conservative society was near-total.
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Raped, Screamed At, Starved: Abuse Scandal Rocks Over 100 French Schools
Paris prosecutors are now investigating more than 100 cases of alleged abuse, including rape, carried out by school supervisors on children as young as three.
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French PM Francois Bayrou To Testify On Child Abuse Scandal
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has faced accusations on physical and sexual abuse at the Notre-Dame de Betharram school in southwestern France. Making it the most fragile moment of his political career.
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Church Must "Seek Forgiveness" Over "Scourge" Of Child Sexual Abuse: Pope
Pope Francis said Friday that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" over the "scourge" of child sexual abuse, during a visit to Belgium where the Church's dark past looms large.
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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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Over 100 Priests Accused Of Child Sex Abuse Still Active In Portugal Church
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who came under fire in October for saying 400 cases of alleged sexual abuse by clergy members did not seem to be "particularly high", said the Church must be held accountable.
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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 Says Catholic Church Fighting Child Abuse "As Best We Can"
Pope Francis said Sunday that the Catholic church was working "as best we can" to fight clerical child abuse but admitted there were shortfalls.
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"Zero Tolerance": Pope Francis On Sexual Assault By Members Of The Clergy
The Catholic Church must show "zero tolerance" to sexual assault by members of the clergy, Pope Francis said in excerpts of an interview with a Portuguese television channel broadcast Sunday.
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Church Leader Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing 3 Children In Mexico
The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide pleaded guilty on Friday to felony counts of sexually abusing three children, California state prosecutors announced on Friday.
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China's Horrific New Scandal - Mom Of 8 Found Chained By Neck
China has fired, punished and probed more than a dozen local officials in eastern Jiangsu province, after an investigation intended to quell public anger over the case of a mother of eight found chained by the neck.
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Ex-Pope Benedict Seeks Forgiveness Over Abuse Scandal
Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich.
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French Bishops Vote To Offer Payments To Survivors Of Sex Abuse By Clergy
French bishops voted on Saturday in favour of a plan to offer payments to people who were sexually abused as children by members of the Catholic clergy.
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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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Pope Francis Remains Silent On Claim That He Ignored Abuse
Pope Francis has declined to comment on a growing scandal after a former Vatican official claimed the pontiff ignored sexual abuse allegations against a senior clergyman and called on him to resign.
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Pope To Visit A Changed Ireland Amid "Perfect Storm" Of Abuses Crises
When Pope John Paul II made the first visit by a pontiff to Ireland in 1979, contraception and divorce were still illegal and the Catholic Church's influence on a deeply conservative society was near-total.
