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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Movie About Church Sexual Abuse Is a Contentious Hit in Poland
“Clergy,” which gives an unvarnished view of debauchery in the priesthood, has packed theaters in the predominantly Catholic country.
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Former altar boy says he stole $100,000 from church as revenge for priest abuse
Mike McDonnell was a 10-year-old altar boy when he says a priest first molested him. Now 49, he is one of more than 1,000 victims of an estimated 300 "predator priests" in Pennsylvania, figures revealed by a state grand jury earlier this month. Following the grand jury report, McDonnell has revealed a motive for his 2011 conviction for stealing $100,000 from the Catholic church: Revenge.
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How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime
Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls. Prosecutors, including future Trump labor secretary Alexander Acosta, cut Epstein an extraordinary plea deal. By Emily Michot, Julie K. Brown.
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Disturbing Video of Drake Fondling and Kissing 17-Year-Old Girl Surfaces
On Thursday night, millions tuned in to watch Surviving R. Kelly, Lifetime’s eye-opening docuseries exploring R&B singer R. Kelly’s decades of preying on young girls. The program featured emotional testimonies from a number of Kelly’s victims, who say they were groomed from an early age, abused, and ultimately discarded.
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The Vatican moves quickly toward punishing ex-cardinal McCarrick for sexual abuse
The secretive canonical process, in which bishops determine the fate of the disgraced church leader, is underway in the Vatican.
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Ray Comfort: Why the Catholic Church Is Filled With Homosexuals and Pedophiles Who Molest Little Boys
Recently, a very angry man took out his frustrations on me because of pedophile priests in the Roman Catholic Church. I don’t blame him for being angry. His language would curl your ear hair,…
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Church More Dangerous For Kids Than Transgender Bathrooms
A child is more likely to be molested at church than in a transgender-friendly bathroom. As the transgender bathroom hysteria rages across the nation, it is important to remember where the real danger is for children. And despite the hysteria, a church is much more dangerous for a child than a public bathroom.
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Four in five Vatican priests are gay, book claims
Some of the most senior clerics in the Roman Catholic church who have vociferously attacked homosexuality are themselves gay, according to a book to be published next week. Eighty per cent of priests working at the Vatican are gay, although not necessarily sexually active, it is claimed in the book, In the Closet of the Vatican.
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'Arrogant' George Pell, sentenced to six years, 'could die in prison'
IN passing sentence on convicted child abuser George Pell, above, Chief Judge Peter Kidd today told the 77-year-old high-ranking Vatican official there was a possibility that he could die in jail. I am conscious that the term of imprisonment, which I am about to impose upon you, carries with it a real, as distinct
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