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The Sex Abuse of Deaf Orphans in Pope Francis’ Backyard
“Giuseppe” was born to impoverished parents outside of Verona in northern Italy with a congenital birth defect that left him deaf and mute. When it became clear that his parents could not provide for him—much less communicate with him—they brought him to the local Catholic church, which enrolled him in their Antonio Provolo Institute for deaf and mute children. It was here he learned to communicate through standard sign language and other visual cues.
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Pope Francis Says Sex Abuse Crisis Has Driven Young Catholics Away From The Church
Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that young people are being driven away from the Roman Catholic Church because of the way it has handled the problem of clerical sexual abuse. Speaking to a room of young people during his trip to Estonia, Francis said the church needs to change its ways in order to regain the trust of future generations, The Associated Press reported.
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Dalai Lama Says He Knew Of Sex Abuse By Buddhist Teachers Since 1990s
The Dalai Lama said Saturday that he has known about sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers since the 1990s and that such allegations are "nothing new". The Tibetan spiritual leader, revered by millions of Buddhists around the world, made the admission during a four-day visit to the Netherlands, where he met on Friday with victims of sexual abuse allegedly committed by Buddhist teachers.
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Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed
The Catholic Church in Australia is worth tens of billions of dollars and massively wealthier than it has claimed in inquiries into child sexual abuse.
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It just never ends: Church covered up sex abuse by 300 priests in Penn.
‘They Hid It All’: Catholic Priests Abused 1,000 Children in Pennsylvania, Report Says : Bishops and other leaders of ...
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Pope Francis Says He Made 'Grave Errors' When Dealing With Chile's Sex Abuse Scandal
Pope Francis has admitted he made “grave errors” in judgment in Chile’s sex abuse scandal and invited the abuse victims he had discredited to Rome to beg their forgiveness. In an extraordinary letter published Wednesday, Francis also summoned Chile’s bishops to the Vatican for an emergency meeting in the coming weeks to discuss the scandal, which has badly tarnished his reputation and that of the Chilean church.
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The community of 2,000 people with 151 cases of sex crime
Norwegian police have documented 151 cases of sexual abuse, including child rape, in one small community of 2,000 people, north of the Arctic circle. The offences occurred over decades - between the 1950s and 2017 - but were only recently uncovered. How could such serious sex crimes go unchecked for so long? Nina Iversen says she has always been someone who talks - and has often talked about what happened to her when she was growing up in Tysfjord.
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Simone Biles: Larry Nassar abused me, says four-time Olympic champion
Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles says she was sexually abused by former Team USA gymnastics sports doctor Larry Nassar. In an emotional statement, Biles, a star of the Rio Games, said she would not let Nassar "steal my love and joy". Nassar was jailed for 60 years for possessing child sex abuse images and has also admitted assaulting gymnasts.
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How the Catholic Church’s hierarchy makes it difficult to punish sexual abusers
Cardinal Bernard Law died on Wednesday, Dec. 20, in Rome. Law was Archbishop of Boston, a position of prestige in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He had wide political connections, including with the Bush family. He publicly denounced Catholic politicians who supported abortion rights. But this power and influence came to an end when The Boston Globe revealed how Cardinal Law had concealed sexual abuse committed by priests.
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Whether Hollywood or the Vatican, patriarchy gives men license to abuse
If we think Hollywood is tough, try reckoning with Catholic and evangelical theologies that insist that God has ordered the universe so that men are always destined to be the leaders and authorities. By Jamie Manson.
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Forcing kid to masturbate for cops in sexting case was wrong, court finds
4th Circuit: We can’t “perceive any circumstance that would justify” such a search. By Cyrus Farivar.
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Romanian woman held captive and tortured in Italy for 10 years
A Romanian woman went through terrifying moments in the ten years she had been held captive, raped and tortured by a man in Italy. It all started in 2007 when the Romanian woman, who was 19 years old at that time, went to Lamezia, a city in Southern Italy, to work for a an Italian family. She was hired to take care of the old woman living there, reports local Digi24.
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How the Myth of the Artistic Genius Excuses the Abuse of Women
To some, assessing an artist’s work in light of his biography is blasphemous. But it’s time to do away with the idea that they’re separate. By Amanda Hess.
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VG exposed the largest child sexual abuse forum. It was run by the police
In utmost secrecy, the world’s largest child sexual abuse forum was moved to the other side of the globe. No one was supposed to know who was behind the website’s continued operation. By Håkon F. Høydal, Einar Otto Stangvik, Natalie Remøe Hansen.
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Russian man charged with 729 counts of rape against his foster daughters
A Russian man has been charged with 729 counts of rape who allegedly sexually abused his five foster daughters on a daily basis. The abuse of the girls, aged 17 and under, is alleged to have taken place during a five year period in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur located on the left bank of the Amur River in the far-east of Russia, local media report.
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Eric Gill: can we separate the artist from the abuser?
Eric Gill was one of the great British artists of the 20th century – and a sexual abuser of his own daughters. A new exhibition at Ditchling asks: how far should an artist’s life affect our judgment of their work? By Rachel Cooke. (Apr. 9, 2017)
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Doctors and Sex Abuse: Psychiatrist manipulated patients into having sex
A psychiatrist used religion to ply patients for sex, and the state let him quietly retire. By Johnny Edwards.
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The civic drama of Socrates trial
Conventional wisdom sees Socrates as a martyr for free speech, but he accepted his death sentence for a different cause. By Josiah Ober.
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The Cult Next Door
For decades, the people of Hinsdale gave little thought to the mysterious brick building in town. Then came a scandal. By Bryan Smith.
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