Scouts Canada's chief commissioner, Steve Kent, says he now accepts that his organization did not report all allegations of sexual abuse to the police in past decades, contrary to previous denials.
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AP - An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai's demand that the U.S. turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed.
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AP - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky stunned a packed courtroom and backed out of a preliminary hearing at the last minute Tuesday, avoiding a face-to-face confrontation with accusers who his lawyer said were just trying to cash in by making up stories of child sex...
AP - The wife of ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky said Thursday her husband is innocent of the child sex abuse allegations made against him and that his accusers are making up their stories, including one suggesting she was home while Sandusky attacked a boy who screamed for help...
<div>Vatican's new sex abuse guidelines don't require reporting
By Richard Allen Greene and Hada Messia
New Vatican guidelines aimed at fighting child abuse by priests tell Catholic bishops they should cooperate with police, but do not order them to report allegations to the authorities...
The Vatican told bishops around the world on Monday that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests.
The headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church told bishops in a letter that they should cooperate with civil authorities to end the abuse that has...
New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul has been fined $15,000 for verbal abuse of a game official, the NBA said on Friday.
The incident occurred during the Hornets' 103-101 overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday when the four-times All-Star shot just four-of-15 from the field and...
-- A 1997 letter from the Vatican's representative to bishops in Ireland warns them to follow church law in investigating cases of suspected child sex abuse by priests and expresses "serious reservations" about requiring that such cases be reported to the police.
The Vatican has responded by...
Report: Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean in Rehab
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Backstreet Boys singer A.J. McLean has reportedly entered rehab, according to TMZ. The reports suggest McLean's drinking was affecting rehearsals for the Backstreet Boys'...
Alleged victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy held a candlelight vigil of solidary at the Vatican on Sunday but were not allowed to deliver letters to a bronze door outside the pope's residence.
Several dozen marchers from the United States, Asia and Europe gathered to share their stories...
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey on Monday said she was not satisfied with the acquittal of a woman accused of abusing students at the her South African girls school.
Tiny Virginia Makopo, 30, was found not guilty of allegations that she improperly touched several teenage girls when she was a...
Catholic school hit with abuse lawsuit
MONTREAL, -- A former student says he is suing a Montreal school for the deaf, alleging sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic brothers who taught there.
Serge d'Arcy, 54, is hoping Quebec Superior Court allows his class action lawsuit, which names...
Vatican stiffens stand against sex abuse
VATICAN CITY, The Catholic Church's statute of limitations on child sexual abuse has been extended to 20 years after a victim's 18th birthday, the Vatican said Thursday.
The church, wracked in recent years by priest sex abuse scandals, also...
Ex-Canadian bishop denies sex abuse charge
OTTAWA, (UPI) -- Former Roman Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey, who resigned amid child pornography charges in Canada, denies he molested an orphan in the 1980s.
Lahey said in a court filing he never sexually assaulted Todd Boland, a former resident of...
Vt. priest abuse suits settled for $17.6M
BURLINGTON, Vt., (UPI) -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vt., will pay more than $20 million to end 28 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by its priests, a lawyer said Thursday.
The plaintiffs' attorney, Jerome O'Neill, said the victims in 24...