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Australia Police Search 1.4 Million Files In Child Sex Abuse Investigation
Australian police said Thursday they were combing through over a million files held by an alleged child sex offender, who local media identified as having worked with minors.
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2 Australian Police Shot Dead In Encounter In Rural Victoria State: Reports
Two Australian police officers have been shot and killed, and a third wounded, during an "active incident" Tuesday in a rural area of Victoria state, police and local media said.
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Australian Regulator Says YouTube, Others 'Turning Blind Eye' To Child Abuse Material
Australia's internet watchdog has said the world's biggest social media firms are still "turning a blind eye" to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube in particular had been unresponsive to its enquiries.
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Who Is Paul Frost, Ex-MasterChef Contestant Jailed For Sex Abuse
Former MasterChef Australia finalist Paul Douglas Frost will serve a minimum of 24 years in prison for committing 43 sexual offenses against 11 children while he worked as a swim coach in Sydney's southwest between 1996 and 2009.
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Australia Court Jails Ex School Principal For 15 Years For Child Sex Crimes
An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.
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Australian Couple Accused Of Having Sex With Dogs And Filming It Arrested
An Australian couple has been charged with five counts of bestiality after allegedly engaging in a series of sex acts involving dogs.
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Cricket Australia Apologises For Historical Child Sex Abuse
Cricket Australia apologised to child sex abuse survivors on Monday and called for more action to address the "appalling issue" in the sport in the country.
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Australian Cardinal Jailed For 6 Years For Sexually Abusing Choirboys
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys, in what the judge lambasted as a "brazen" attack and "grave" abuse of power.
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Sentencing Of Australia Cardinal For Child Sex Abuse To Be Broadcast Live
The sentencing of Australian Cardinal George Pell for child sex crimes will be broadcast live Wednesday in a rare move by the local judiciary, which had kept his trial under wraps for months with a draconian gag order.
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Australian Cardinal's Child Sex Conviction Appeal Hearing In June
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell, convicted over child sex crimes, will get a second chance to clear his name this June, a court official said Wednesday, if a judge grants his appeal.
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Top Vatican Cleric Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys 22 Years Ago
Cardinal George Pell, one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church, sexually assaulted two 13-year-old choirboys at a cathedral in the Australian city of Melbourne 22 years ago.
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"We Failed Them": Australia Apologises To Child Sex Abuse Victims
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a national apology to thousands of victims of institutional sex abuse Monday, admitting the state utterly failed to stop "evil, dark crimes" committed over decades.
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Australian Archbishop Begins Home Detention Over Sex Abuse Cover-Up
A former Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world convicted of concealing child sex abuse, was spared jail on Tuesday when he was ordered to serve his one-year sentence at home.
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Australian Court Convicts Archbishop For Concealing Child Sex Abuse
An Australian archbishop was found guilty on Tuesday of concealing child sex abuse by a priest, which Australian media said made him the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted on such a charge.
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Top-Ranking Vatican Cardinal Charged With Sex Offenses In Australia
A cardinal in charge of the Vatican's finances has been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police, in one of the most significant indictments against a top-ranking leader of the Catholic Church.
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Australia Police Search 1.4 Million Files In Child Sex Abuse Investigation
Australian police said Thursday they were combing through over a million files held by an alleged child sex offender, who local media identified as having worked with minors.
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2 Australian Police Shot Dead In Encounter In Rural Victoria State: Reports
Two Australian police officers have been shot and killed, and a third wounded, during an "active incident" Tuesday in a rural area of Victoria state, police and local media said.
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Australian Regulator Says YouTube, Others 'Turning Blind Eye' To Child Abuse Material
Australia's internet watchdog has said the world's biggest social media firms are still "turning a blind eye" to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube in particular had been unresponsive to its enquiries.
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Who Is Paul Frost, Ex-MasterChef Contestant Jailed For Sex Abuse
Former MasterChef Australia finalist Paul Douglas Frost will serve a minimum of 24 years in prison for committing 43 sexual offenses against 11 children while he worked as a swim coach in Sydney's southwest between 1996 and 2009.
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Australia Court Jails Ex School Principal For 15 Years For Child Sex Crimes
An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.
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Australian Couple Accused Of Having Sex With Dogs And Filming It Arrested
An Australian couple has been charged with five counts of bestiality after allegedly engaging in a series of sex acts involving dogs.
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Cricket Australia Apologises For Historical Child Sex Abuse
Cricket Australia apologised to child sex abuse survivors on Monday and called for more action to address the "appalling issue" in the sport in the country.
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Australian Cardinal Jailed For 6 Years For Sexually Abusing Choirboys
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys, in what the judge lambasted as a "brazen" attack and "grave" abuse of power.
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Sentencing Of Australia Cardinal For Child Sex Abuse To Be Broadcast Live
The sentencing of Australian Cardinal George Pell for child sex crimes will be broadcast live Wednesday in a rare move by the local judiciary, which had kept his trial under wraps for months with a draconian gag order.
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Australian Cardinal's Child Sex Conviction Appeal Hearing In June
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell, convicted over child sex crimes, will get a second chance to clear his name this June, a court official said Wednesday, if a judge grants his appeal.
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Top Vatican Cleric Found Guilty Of Sexually Abusing 2 Boys 22 Years Ago
Cardinal George Pell, one of the most senior figures in the Catholic Church, sexually assaulted two 13-year-old choirboys at a cathedral in the Australian city of Melbourne 22 years ago.
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"We Failed Them": Australia Apologises To Child Sex Abuse Victims
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a national apology to thousands of victims of institutional sex abuse Monday, admitting the state utterly failed to stop "evil, dark crimes" committed over decades.
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Australian Archbishop Begins Home Detention Over Sex Abuse Cover-Up
A former Australian archbishop, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world convicted of concealing child sex abuse, was spared jail on Tuesday when he was ordered to serve his one-year sentence at home.
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Australian Court Convicts Archbishop For Concealing Child Sex Abuse
An Australian archbishop was found guilty on Tuesday of concealing child sex abuse by a priest, which Australian media said made him the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted on such a charge.
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Top-Ranking Vatican Cardinal Charged With Sex Offenses In Australia
A cardinal in charge of the Vatican's finances has been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police, in one of the most significant indictments against a top-ranking leader of the Catholic Church.
