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Boy Scouts could be hit with more sex abuse claims

The lawyers' ads on the internet aggressively seeking clients to file sexual abuse lawsuits give a taste of what lies ahead ...

Boy Scouts: Handful of sex-abuse cases emerged in 2018

Under pressure over past allegations of child sex abuse, the Boy Scouts of America defended its current prevention policies ...

Report: Avenatti met R. Kelly prosecutor Foxx at O'Hare

Phone texts suggest chief Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx worked closely with attorney Michael Avenatti before bringing sexual ...

LA Archdiocese agrees to $8M payment in sex abuse case

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $8 million to a teenager who was sexually abused by the athletic director ...

Students at Mormon-owned BYU urge honor code compassion

Several hundred students at Mormon-owned Brigham Young University chanted "If God forgives me, why can't you?" during a ...

Sundance Film Festival co-founder charged with sex abuse

A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s has been ...

US jury finds ex-priest guilty of sex abuse in New Mexico

A U.S. jury found a former Roman Catholic priest who was captured in Morocco guilty Wednesday of sexually abusing an altar ...

The Latest: US jury finds ex-priest guilty of sex abuse

The Latest on the federal trial of a New Mexico priest charged with sex abuse in New Mexico (all times local): 1:40 p.m. A U.

Franco Mulakkal

Indian bishop charged with repeatedly raping nun

Indian authorities charged a Roman Catholic bishop on Tuesday with repeatedly raping a nun in her rural convent, a case that ...

Anthony Apuron

New Guam archbishop after predecessor's sex abuse verdict

Pope Francis has formally named Monsignor Michael Byrnes as Guam's archbishop following the definitive sex abuse verdict ...

Anthony Apuron

Archbishop: Vatican decision closure to a 'sorrowful shame'

The Vatican's decision to uphold its conviction of the U.S. territory's ousted Archbishop Anthony Apuron for sexually abusing ...

Pope: Women have 'legitimate claims' for justice, equality

Pope Francis said in a document released Tuesday that women have "legitimate claims" to seek more equality in the Catholic ...

Kim Foxx

2 major cases add up to big doubts about Chicago prosecutor

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx was elected in 2016 mainly because of anger that the prosecutor she ousted had waited ...

The Latest: State says R. Kelly lawyer claims lack 'support'

The Latest on R. Kelly lawyer questioning role of Michael Avenatti in bring charges against Kelly (all times local): 5:40 p.m

Fugitive priest accused of abusing boy faces trial

A priest who was captured in Morocco after fleeing the U.S. decades ago is facing a federal trial on charges that he sexually ...

Woman details alleged 2003 abuse by R. Kelly in TV interview

One of the four women whom R. Kelly is charged with sexually abusing — and the only one who wasn't underage when the alleged ...

JAMES LEVINE, Jsmes Levine

Judge dismisses some of Levine's claims against Met Opera

A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed portions of a lawsuit filed by former Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine ...

APNewsBreak: Founder, board of Vatican women's magazine quit

The founder and all-female editorial board of the Vatican's women's magazine have quit after what they say was a Vatican ...

Panel to review Indian Health system's treatment of children

The Trump administration is creating a task force to investigate how an Indian Health Service doctor was able to sexually ...

Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe

Migrants trying to reach Europe face routine rape and sexual torture throughout their journey and especially in Libya, with ...