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UK's disgraced Prince Andrew gives up royal title
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» LONDON - The UK's Prince Andrew Friday renounced his title of Duke of York under pressure from his brother King Charles, amid further revelations about his ties to US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
British envoy to US sacked over Epstein links
Reuters, Published on 11/09/2025
» LONDON - Peter Mandelson, Britain’s smooth-talking ambassador to the United States, was sacked on Thursday after his long-term association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became a further distraction for under-pressure Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
French surgeon gets maximum term for abusing hundreds of children
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» VANNES, France - A French court on Wednesday gave the maximum 20-year jail term to a surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, during more than two decades.
Francis: radical leader who broke the papal mould
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church while stopping short of overhauling centuries-old dogma.
French paedophile surgeon's wife knew and 'did nothing', his brother tells court
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» VANNES (FRANCE) - The then wife of the French former surgeon on trial for allegedly assaulting or raping 299 patients was aware of his actions but "did nothing", the doctor's brother told the court Wednesday, adding he hoped he would be jailed for life.
'A normal family', says son of surgeon in French sex abuse trial
AFP, Published on 26/02/2025
» VANNES (FRANCE) - The youngest son of Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, a former surgeon on trial for the alleged assault or rape of 299 patients, told the court Tuesday that he remembered growing up in a "normal family" but in which some things were left "unsaid".
Paedophile French surgeon on trial for abusing almost 300 patients
AFP, Published on 24/02/2025
» RENNES, France - A former surgeon is to go on trial in France on Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 former patients, most of them children.
Philippine bishops urged to purge Church of sex abusers
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2025
» MANILA - Philippine priests accused of sex abuse remain in active ministry in the Catholic-majority country, a US-based abuse tracking group said on Wednesday, urging the country’s bishops to take action and hold the alleged perpetrators accountable.
She was a child Instagram influencer. Her fans were grown men.
New York Times, Published on 14/11/2024
» NEW YORK — For her 18th birthday in March, "Jacky Dejo," a snowboarder, bikini model and child influencer turned social media entrepreneur, celebrated on the secluded island of Dominica.
Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter ordered to pay damages
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2024
» LONDON - Former British pop singer Gary Glitter was ordered on Tuesday to pay a woman £508,000 ($650,000) in damages to a woman he sexually abused when she was a child.