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Child-Abusing Former Bishop's Tell-All Shocks Belgium

Apr 15th 2011 – 9:05AM
Peter Maenhoudt, AP

Peter Maenhoudt, AP

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- A former bishop's televised admission that he sexually abused two of his nephews caused an uproar in Belgium on Friday, with the prime minister, senior clergy and a prosecutor expressing shock at the way the ex-prelate made light of his offenses. In an interview that aired Thursday, Roger Vangheluwe,...

Brooklyn Janitor Charged in Rape of Middle School Girl

By Mara GayApr 12th 2011 – 3:40PM

A janitor at a New York City middle school has been arrested and charged in the rape of a 13-year-old student, officials said today. Ambiorix Rodriguez, 32, is accused of raping and sexually abusing a female student multiple times in the basement of the Public School of Marketing and Legal Studies in Brooklyn, police told...

Irish Soon to Publish New Report on Catholic Abuse

Apr 8th 2011 – 6:15PM

DUBLIN -- A judge cleared the way Friday for Ireland to publish a new report into decades of Catholic Church cover-ups of child abuse - and how a Cork bishop kept crimes in his diocese secret long after the Irish church issued orders to start telling police. Dublin High Court Justice Nicholas Kearns ruled that only one...

Lawyer: Man Inspired by Sen. Scott Brown Reports Abuse at Camp

By Lisa FlamApr 5th 2011 – 12:30PM
Charles Dharapak, AP

Charles Dharapak, AP

A man inspired by Massachusetts' U.S. Sen. Scott Brown's disclosure earlier this year that he was sexually abused as a child at a Christian summer camp on Cape Cod has come forward to report that he, too, was molested there as a camper, his lawyer said. The 35-year-old man, who lives in the Boston area, said he was...

American Apparel Accuser Hid Alleged Sex Slavery Out of Shame

By Lisa FlamMar 14th 2011 – 11:29AM
msnbc.com

msnbc.com

The woman who filed a $250 million lawsuit accusing the founder of American Apparel of turning her into a teenage sex slave said she stayed quiet because she was ashamed and assumed such alleged behavior was virtually standard in the high-flying worlds of retail and fashion. Irene Morales, 20, claimed in a lawsuit last...

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'A Glimpse Into The Mind Of The Molester'

Jun 01st 2012 - 10:14AM

The priest always started his favorite "game" by having the young boy remove his underwear and put on loose-fitting shorts so he could fondle him more easily.

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Nancy K. Kaufman: Honoring Women Who Serve

By Nancy K. Kaufman May 31st 2012 - 04:37PM

Even though the parades and commemorations for Memorial Day are over, I can't help but think about an issue that impacts women in the Armed Services and that doesn't get much notice.

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Former P.E. Teacher Convicted In Child Sex Abuse Case

May 30th 2012 - 05:15PM

It took only one day of deliberations for the jury to convict Antonio Gomez, a former physical education teacher, of sexually abusing two teen girls.

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Bennett L. Gershman: When Rabbis Muzzle Sex Crime Victims, What's a Prosecutor to Do?

May 24th 2012 - 02:58PM

Prosecutors often deal with crime victims who do not want to testify.

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Church Sex Abuse Exposed By Release Of Franciscan Files

May 22nd 2012 - 07:47PM

Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him.

sexual abuse News From the Web

  • 06/04/12 The Peace Corps' rape insensitivity crisis Source: The Week More than 1,000 former volunteers say they were raped or sexually assaulted while serving.
  • 06/04/12 Man faces 80 years for child sex assault Source: The Portage Daily Register - Portage WI A rural Merrimac man, accused of sexually assaulting two children between 2004 and 2006, faces 80 years in prison on felony charges.
  • 06/04/12 Delibrations continue in Catholic child abuse cover-up... Source: NBC - WPTZ NewsChannel 5 - Plattsburgh NY Deliberations resume Monday in Philadephia in the landmark trial of Monsignor William Lynn, the highest-ranking cleric charged with endangering children by allegedly helping cover up sexual abuse.
  • 06/04/12 Robert Laramée: Profile of a sexual predator Source: The Gazette - Montreal - QC - Canada More than a decade ago, Robert Larame broke down during a police interrogation and admitted he had no control over his sexual impulses.
  • 06/04/12 Say ‘no' to child abuse Source: Daily News of Sri Lanka In a special media release, the Police Public Relations Unit (PPR) unit said in 2011, incidents of assault on children were 252, whereas from January to March 2012, there were 90 incidents of child assault and injury.

Background on sexual abuse

Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another.

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