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Pope Francis calls for action to safeguard women, children
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2019
» Pope Francis called for migrants to be made welcome and women and children to be protected from exploitation, abuse and enslavement as he began a busy two days of activities in Thailand on Thursday.
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US priest accused of abusing boys for decades in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2019
» TALUSTUSAN, Philippines: The American priest's voice echoed over the phone line, his sharp Midwestern accent softened over the decades by a gentle Filipino lilt.
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Australia PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims
Associated Press, Published on 13/06/2018
» SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to child sex abuse victims as part of the government's response to a long-running inquiry that heard allegations against government and private institutions and prominent individuals in five years of hearings.
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Cardinal Pell facing Australian court on sex abuse charges
Associated Press, Published on 05/03/2018
» MELBOURNE: Wearing his clerical collar, the most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis appeared in an Australian court Monday for a hearing to determine whether prosecutors have sufficient evidence to put him on trial.
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Despite denial, Pope got sex abuse victim's letter
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis received a letter from a sex-abuse victim in 2015 that graphically detailed how a priest sexually abused him and how other Chilean clergy ignored it.
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Judge 'honoured' to sentence pervert US gymnastics coach
Associated Press, Published on 25/01/2018
» LANSING, Michigan: The former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years under the guise of medical treatment was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison by a judge who proudly told him, "I just signed your death warrant."
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Trump's anti-Muslim retweets draw fire
Associated Press, Published on 30/11/2017
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump retweeted inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group Wednesday that purported to show violence being committed by Muslims, drawing quick condemnation from civil rights groups as well as a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Men describe rape, torture by Sri Lanka government
Associated Press, Published on 09/11/2017
» LONDON: One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.
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Cardinal on sex charges jeered outside Australian court
Associated Press, Published on 06/10/2017
» SYDNEY: Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic official to face sex offence charges, was jeered by spectators as he made a court appearance in his native Australia on Friday in a case that has rocked the Vatican and placed scrutiny on the pope's stance against abusive clergy.
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Pope's sex abuse advisers also look into children of priests
Associated Press, Published on 25/09/2017
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis' committee of advisers on protecting children from sexually abusive priests is expanding its workload to include the needs and rights of children fathered by Roman Catholic priests.
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