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Paris Probes Child Abuse By Staff At 84 Kindergartens, 20 Primary Schools
Parents in the city have in recent months accused supervisors in charge of children outside the classroom -- such as during recess or before pick-up -- of mistreating, or physically or sexually abusing pupils in their care.
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Joel Le Scouarnec: French 'Devil' Surgeon Who Practised Unhindered For Decades
A French court is to give its verdict in the trial of a surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients over more than two decades, in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.
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French Surgeon, Who Sexually Abused 299 Patients, Also Raped Son's Friends
Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been on trial in the western city of Vannes since last week in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.
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French Woman Who Starved Her Daughter To Death Calls Herself A "Monstrous Mother"
A woman in France has received a life sentence for starving her 13-year-old daughter to death simply because she resembled her father.
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Telegram Profitable for First Time After App Pays Down Debts
The milestone comes as the messaging service faces increasing scrutiny for aiding the spread of misinformation and illegal content such as child sexual abuse materials.
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'Shut Up': Actor Storms Out Of France Child Abuse Trial
A French prosecutor demanded two years of house arrest for a filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child.
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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5 Men Jailed Over Paying For Sexual Acts With 12-Year-Old Girl In France
A French court has jailed five men over paying for sexual acts with a 12-year-old girl, in a rare instance of such a case being brought before a court in the country.
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France Detains 80 Men In Most Far-Reaching Child Sex Crime Swoop
Around 80 men, including a local councillor and two schoolteachers, were detained this week in France's most far-reaching swoop on suspected child sex abusers, police sources said.
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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
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French Bishops Kneel In Penance For Decades Of Child Sex Abuse By Church
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes Saturday, a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
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French Prime Minister Meets Pope As Abuse Scandal Rages
French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession.
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Thousands Of Child Sex Abuse Victims In French Catholic Church: Probe
At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, the president of a commission set up to investigate the claims said Wednesday.
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Woman On Trial For Hiding Daughter In Maggot-Infested Car Trunk In France
Relatives of a woman who hid her baby in the maggot-infested trunk of a car insisted Wednesday that they had no idea of her secret, at a trial that has drawn horror in France.
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Samsung Faces French Legal Case Over Alleged Abuses in China
Two French campaign groups filed a legal case against Samsung in France on Thursday over the alleged use of child labour and other abuses in Chinese manufacturing plants.
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Paris Probes Child Abuse By Staff At 84 Kindergartens, 20 Primary Schools
Parents in the city have in recent months accused supervisors in charge of children outside the classroom -- such as during recess or before pick-up -- of mistreating, or physically or sexually abusing pupils in their care.
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Joel Le Scouarnec: French 'Devil' Surgeon Who Practised Unhindered For Decades
A French court is to give its verdict in the trial of a surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients over more than two decades, in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.
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French Surgeon, Who Sexually Abused 299 Patients, Also Raped Son's Friends
Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, has been on trial in the western city of Vannes since last week in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.
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French Woman Who Starved Her Daughter To Death Calls Herself A "Monstrous Mother"
A woman in France has received a life sentence for starving her 13-year-old daughter to death simply because she resembled her father.
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Telegram Profitable for First Time After App Pays Down Debts
The milestone comes as the messaging service faces increasing scrutiny for aiding the spread of misinformation and illegal content such as child sexual abuse materials.
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'Shut Up': Actor Storms Out Of France Child Abuse Trial
A French prosecutor demanded two years of house arrest for a filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting an actor when she was a child.
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French Authorities Charge Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in Probe Into Organised Crime on App
Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation by a French judge. The charges for which he was initially arrested four days ago include suspected complicity in running an online platform that allows illicit transactions, images of child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud among others.
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5 Men Jailed Over Paying For Sexual Acts With 12-Year-Old Girl In France
A French court has jailed five men over paying for sexual acts with a 12-year-old girl, in a rare instance of such a case being brought before a court in the country.
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France Detains 80 Men In Most Far-Reaching Child Sex Crime Swoop
Around 80 men, including a local councillor and two schoolteachers, were detained this week in France's most far-reaching swoop on suspected child sex abusers, police sources said.
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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
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French Bishops Kneel In Penance For Decades Of Child Sex Abuse By Church
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes Saturday, a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
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French Prime Minister Meets Pope As Abuse Scandal Rages
French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession.
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Thousands Of Child Sex Abuse Victims In French Catholic Church: Probe
At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, the president of a commission set up to investigate the claims said Wednesday.
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Woman On Trial For Hiding Daughter In Maggot-Infested Car Trunk In France
Relatives of a woman who hid her baby in the maggot-infested trunk of a car insisted Wednesday that they had no idea of her secret, at a trial that has drawn horror in France.
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Samsung Faces French Legal Case Over Alleged Abuses in China
Two French campaign groups filed a legal case against Samsung in France on Thursday over the alleged use of child labour and other abuses in Chinese manufacturing plants.
