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Sexual assault
April 18, 2020
Child sex abuse in Pakistan's religious schools is endemic
Muhimman proudly writes his name slowly, carefully, one letter at a time, grinning broadly as he finishes. He’s just 11 years ...
April 08, 2020
Cardinal Pell welcomes court's dismissal of abuse conviction
Cardinal George Pell welcomed Australia’s highest court clearing him of child sex crimes Tuesday and said his trial had not ...
March 24, 2020
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus in prison
Harvey Weinstein tested positive for the coronavirus at a state prison in New York while serving a 23-year sentence for rape ...
March 23, 2020
Ex-Scottish leader acquitted on all sex crimes charges
Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond was acquitted Monday of a series of sexual offenses, including one of attempted rape.
March 23, 2020
Missouri man faces extradition to Bosnia on war crime charge
A federal judge has approved the extradition of a St. Louis County man to Bosnia, where he faces a war crime charge for ...
March 20, 2020
Jurors retire in sex-crimes trial of former Scottish leader
Jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh were sent home for the weekend after briefly commencing their deliberations Friday in ...
March 20, 2020
India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape
Four men sentenced to death for the gruesome gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012 were hanged Friday, ...
March 19, 2020
Weinstein moved to state prison day before 68th birthday
Harvey Weinstein was transferred to a state prison in New York on Wednesday as he begins to serve a 23-year sentence for rape ...
March 17, 2020
Ex-Scottish leader begins defense against sex crimes claims
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond denounced some of the sex-crimes charges against him as “deliberate fabrications ...
March 13, 2020
Accused of abusing 349 children, French surgeon faces trial
A retired surgeon accused of sexually abusing as many as 349 young children over decades – primarily his patients, in their ...
March 12, 2020
Finland jails Sierra Leone man in Liberia war crimes case
A Finnish court has jailed in a custody hearing a 50-year-old Sierra Leone man suspected of committing serious war crimes and ...
March 09, 2020
Sex-crimes trial of ex-leader Salmond begins in Scotland
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, one of Scotland's best-known politicians, went on trial Monday accused of sex ...
March 07, 2020
Vatican halts Mexico abuse prevention mission, cites virus
Mexico's bishops said Friday the Vatican had suspended a clerical sex abuse fact-finding and assistance mission to Mexico due ...
March 06, 2020
Kosovo Serb charged with crimes from 1998-1999 war
Kosovo prosecutors on Friday issued war crimes charges against an ethnic Serb, accusing him of torturing, deporting and ...
March 03, 2020
Consent the key in Spain's new sex crimes draft bill
The Spanish government Tuesday approved a new draft bill on sex crimes that makes consent a key determinant in cases, freeing ...
March 03, 2020
Vatican sends top 2 sex crimes investigators to Mexico
The Vatican is sending its top two sex crimes investigators to Mexico on a fact-finding and assistance mission as the ...
March 03, 2020
Opera union board member alleges cover-up in Domingo scandal
A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a ...
February 28, 2020
Vatican task force offers help to church on abuse prevention
The Vatican is launching a task force of experts to help Catholic dioceses and religious orders develop guidelines to handle ...
February 27, 2020
Editorial Roundup: US
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 26 The Minnesota Star Tribune on the coronavirus: ...
February 25, 2020
Weinstein case could influence other sex crime prosecutions
New York prosecutors are hailing Harvey Weinstein's conviction as a pivotal moment that could change the way the legal system ...
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