SEXUAL ABUSE popularity and SEXUAL ABUSE trends

Thousands of pages of previously confidential records related to Franciscan clergymen accused of child sexual abuse have been posted online, three years after a Los Angeles judge ordered the documents released. Posted by Boston-based BishopAccountability.org, the records were produced by the Franciscan Friars of California as part of a 2006 settlement of civil litigation brought by 25 Santa Bar...

Sexual abuse at a Santa Barbara, Calif. boarding school is detailed in more than 4,000 pages from the confidential files of nine Franciscan religious brothers who were accused of abuse.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The head of the embattled Legion of Christ religious order admitted Tuesday to covering up news that his most prominent priest had fathered a child and announced a review of all past allegations of sexual abuse against Legion priests amid a growing scandal at the order....

Arrests follow jailing of nine men over child sexual exploitation earlier this monthTwo men have been arrested in connection with the continuing investigation into child sexual exploitation which led to the jailing of nine men in Rochdale earlier this month.The arrests are the result of information given by one of the five girls who gave evidence at Liverpool crown court in the case of sexual a...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky is again asking a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him, arguing that some counts are too vague to defend and others involve alleged victims whose identities haven't been determined....

The investigation into alleged sexual abuse of minors casts a new shadow upon a powerful but troubled worldwide religious order, whose late founder became enmeshed in a similar sex scandal years ago.

Philadelphia Cardinal says five priests have been found not suitable for ministry due to allegations of sexual abuse or boundary violations.

The Union Cabinet this week gave its assent to a bill that raised the age of legal sex in India from 16 to 18. It gave the go ahead to the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill 2011 which deems that sex under the age of 18 would be considered rape, even if it was between two consenting adults.  While there is no denying the need for stringent mechanisms to tackle sexual abuse of...

VICTORIA'S' sex offenders registration scheme should have a greater focus on protecting children from sexual abuse, a report says.

Joelle was ostracised by her classmates after the gang that attacked her were expelled from school.

CLERICAL SEXUAL abuse is inevitable given the meaning system that is taught by the Catholic Church and to which many priests adhere.

Accused counselor is being held by police, who suspect he abused students at another school as well.

Two U.N. peacekeepers in Haiti were sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison with hard labor for sexual abuse and exploitation.

Hugh Pickens writes "John Markoff writes that an unsuccessful campaign against the Vatican by Anonymous, which did not receive wide attention at the time, provides a rare glimpse into the recruiting, reconnaissance, and warfare tactics used by the shadowy hacking collective and may be the first end-to-end record of a full Anonymous attack. The attack, called Operation Pharisee in a reference to...

The Miramonte story in L.A. echoes previous cases of sexual abuse: vulnerable children, plied with attention and groomed to trust adult pred ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in major college football history who was fired in November over a child sexual abuse scandal involving an assistant that rocked America, died on Sunday of lung cancer. He was 85.

At least a dozen child molestation and child pornography prosecutions since 2000 have involved actors, managers, production assistants and others in the entertainment industry.In his private journal, Jason Michael Handy once described himself as a "pedophile, full blown."

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Victims of sexual abuse by priests in Belgium should be able to claim up to €25 000 in compensation from the Church, a new commission has found.

An unregistered doctor with sexual abuse cases pending against him is still practising in the mental institution he worked in before his arrest.

With the stream of accusations of child sexual abuse not losing any gusto lately, from the ever-growing charges against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky to allegations of such behaviors by assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, it'd be easy to assume a real upsurge in such abuse. [More]

One of two new sexual abuse allegations raised this week in the wake of charges against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky involves a member ...

Catholic bishops say they'd gladly join in a national educational campaign to prevent sexual abuse in institutions that work with minors -- from ...

While Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly says that her office won't file charges against Joe Paterno for not reporting the alleged child sexual abuse by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, the 84-year-old coach could eventually face criminal charges for perjury, obstruction of justice and violating the state's Child Protective Services Law. Paterno could also become a...