Abuse News
 Independent Online | Senior US priest defends response to child sex abuse complaint Chicago Tribune PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A senior church official on Thursday defended his response to a child abuse victim who was told that a predator priest could not be punished because he had sex with women too and therefore was "not a pure pedophile. Monsignor: Priest named in sex abuse case 'did horrible things' Monsignor Lynn Testifies in Clergy Sex-Abuse Case Monsignor: I didn't put list of predators in safe |
 Los Angeles Times | Secret files detail clergy abuse at Santa Barbara boarding school Los Angeles Times After court battle, papers are released regarding accusations of sexual abuse of children at the Franciscans' St. Anthony Seminary. In documents recently posted online, Robert Van Handel describes being molested as a child at St. Anthony's Seminary in ... Franciscan Files Expose Details of Sex Abuse Against Minors Confidential files tell story of systemic abuse within Franciscan religious order Franciscan clergy sex abuse case records released |
 USA TODAY | Both sides in Syria abuse human rights - UN report Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay and Mariam Karouny | GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A UN investigation on Thursday said both sides in the Syrian conflict had committed serious human rights abuses, with government forces executing entire families in their homes and ... UN report says both sides in Syria abuse rights Both sides in Syria abuse human rights: UN report |
 The Associated Press | Franciscan files tell abuse story The Associated Press The sexual abuse at St. Anthony's, including Van Handel's own account of his crimes, is included in more than 4000 pages from the confidential files of nine Franciscan religious brothers who were accused of abuse. The internal files, coupled with an ... |
Child abuse case against Boy Scouts rebuffed by state appeals court San Jose Mercury News In the most recent blow recovering damages for such abuse decades after the fact, the 6th District Court of Appeal found the statute of limitations barred the suit. The three brothers sued in 2009 over allegations they were molested hundreds of times ... |
New Report Paints Vivid Picture of Abuse Among Homeless Youth Huffington Post Nearly half the young people entering our shelter in Washington, DC report having been physically abused, sexually abused, or both. The people they were supposed to trust most in the world caused them physical and psychological harm instead. |
 BBC Sport | PFA wants players to be sacked for racist abuse Chicago Tribune LONDON (Reuters) - The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is pushing to make racist abuse a sackable offence for professional footballers in England next season. PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor wants to see changes made to every Premier ... PFA - Racist abuse should merit sack Gordon Taylor wants players found guilty of racist abuse to be sacked |
 Forward | Prosecutor Seeks to Force Rabbis to Report on Abuse New York Times The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, said Wednesday that he would push for state legislation to add rabbis and other religious leaders to the list of professionals required to report allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement ... After Bad Press, Brooklyn DA Changes Course On Child Sex Abuse Brooklyn DA Pushes for Rabbis to Report Abuse Hynes Warns That Rabbis Could Face Prosecution For First Vetting Abuse Allegations |
 Dundalk Democrat | Dublin abuse stats: Most allegations against priests were from 1980s Catholic News Service By Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) -- A new analysis of allegations of abuse made against 98 priests over a 70-year period shows that the alleged abuse peaked in the 1980s. Fresh data released by the Dublin Archdiocese May 24 showed that 34 percent of ... Archdiocese paid ?15.2m in compensation and legal fees in sex abuse cases ?10m for Dublin victims of clerical sex abuse |
Feds move to curb food stamp abuse Morning Sentinel BY SAM HANANEL, AP WASHINGTON -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash -- sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist -- and then asking the government for ... |