Sex abuse
France charges Epstein ex-associate over sex crime claims
Brunel was charged with rape of minors over the age of 15 and sexual harassment, said a statement from the prosecutors' office. He was initially detained on...
The 41-year-old stands accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.
The year-long probe by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian news organisation took testimony from more than 50 women.
Pell, 79, a former high-powered treasurer tasked by Pope Francis to clean up the Vatican's finances, spent more than a year in prison before he was acquitted and freed by Australia's High Court in April.
According to Northern Cape police spokesperson Mohale Ramatseba, the alleged abuse started in January this year.
Andisiwe Dike said that she was one of several young women who attended what she called 'spiritual training' under Omotoso in Durban in 2016.
Bankruptcy proceedings will help the Boy Scouts to 'equitably compensate' victims through the establishment of a victims' compensation trust and allow the organisation to continue at a local level, a statement from the group said.
The woman on Monday became the latest of more than a dozen women to sue Epstein’s estate, saying in her lawsuit that he subjected her to a 'vicious, prolonged sexual assault' at his New Mexico ranch when she was 15.
The group, called Ending Clerical Abuse (ECA), brings together activists from dozens of countries on several continents, and will be mobilised in Rome this week when Pope Francis hosts a hotly awaited summit on tackling the wave of child sex abuse scandals shaking the Catholic Church.
When Pope Francis makes the first papal visit to Ireland in nearly 40 years this weekend, Madden, a Dubliner, will be a long way away.
Deputy president David Mabuza focused on a few cases involving young children when he reminded government officials that they are cheating South Africans of freedom by not delivering what was promised before 1994.
Videos and pictures of the school principal having sex with different girls in his office have been making the rounds on various social media platforms.
After the sentence decision, the president of Michigan State University, where Nassar also worked, said she was resigning after facing a barrage of criticism for not doing enough to halt the abuse.
Mofokeng announced his resignation on Monday night.
The allegations concerning the St. Pius X Institute, known as a pre-seminary, were made in a recent book and in Italian television reports.
The former assistant water polo coach was allegedly caught on the school’s CCTV camera system fondling a 15-year-old pupil last November.
Judge Hartford has ruled that it is entirely irrational and arbitrary to have a random cut off time of 20 years for proscription of sexual offences when many victims suffer quietly.
A 22-year-old water polo coach has been accused of sexually assaulting over 20 boys at the school.