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India court orders Jan. 22 hanging of four men guilty in deadly 2012 gang rape aboard moving bus

Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Jan 8, 2020

India court orders Jan. 22 hanging of four men guilty in deadly 2012 gang rape aboard moving bus

Four men sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shock waves across the world will be hanged on Jan. 22, an Indian court ruled on Tuesday. The four men were ...

Harvey Weinstein charged with sex crime in Los Angeles as trial on separate charges starts in New York

Entertainment News Jan 7, 2020

Harvey Weinstein charged with sex crime in Los Angeles as trial on separate charges starts in New York

Los Angeles prosecutors indicted Harvey Weinstein on Monday on sex crime charges just hours after the former film producer appeared in a New York court for the start of his rape trial, which has become a focal point for the #MeToo movement. Weinstein had been ...

National / Crime & Legal Jun 25, 2019

Kyoto court hands man suspended sentence for forcing women into sex trade to clear 'debts'

On Tuesday, a court sentenced a 30-year-old man to 2½ years in prison, suspended for four years, for pushing women into the sex trade to pay off "debts." The Kyoto District Court found Yutaro Ogawa, founder and leader of the group responsible, guilty of forcing ...

South Korean president calls for investigation into K-Pop's sex scandal

Entertainment News Mar 18, 2019

South Korean president calls for investigation into K-Pop's sex scandal

South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for an investigation into a sex and corruption scandal involving Seoul's nightclubs after a K-Pop star underwent questioning last week about alleged links to prostitution. Moon said the case includes "strong allegations of consent, backing and favors" for clubs ...

Chilean court orders Catholic Church to pay damages over priest's decades of abuse of trio: report

World / Social Issues Oct 22, 2018

Chilean court orders Catholic Church to pay damages over priest's decades of abuse of trio: report

Chile's Court of Appeal has ordered the office of Santiago's Archbishop to pay 450 million pesos ($650,000) to three men who alleged they were sexually abused for decades by Chilean priest Fernando Karadima, a local newspaper reported on Sunday. Citing a copy of a leaked ...

Taiwan expels Texan running 3D-printed gun company who is accused of paying teen for sex

World / Crime & Legal Sep 22, 2018

Taiwan expels Texan running 3D-printed gun company who is accused of paying teen for sex

A Texan running a 3D-printed gun company who had flown to Taiwan after being accused of paying an underage girl for sex was detained in Taipei on Friday and ordered to leave the island after his U.S. passport was annulled, officials said. Cody Wilson, 30, ...

Conservative media move to front line of battle to undermine Pope Francis

World / Social Issues Aug 31, 2018

Conservative media move to front line of battle to undermine Pope Francis

Last March, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano dined on the outskirts of Rome at the home of a conservative Italian Catholic journalist. Over pasta, fish and white wine, the prelate poured out his concern for the future of the Roman Catholic Church. It was the start ...

Former top Vatican official calls on Pope to resign amid abuse crisis

World / Social Issues Aug 26, 2018

Former top Vatican official calls on Pope to resign amid abuse crisis

A former top Vatican official accused Pope Francis of having known of allegations of sex abuse by a prominent U.S. cardinal for five years before accepting his resignation last month and he called on the pontiff to resign. In an 11-page letter given to conservative ...

Catholics 'sickened' by Pennsylvania sex abuse report and church's coverup but stand by their faith

World / Crime & Legal Aug 20, 2018

Catholics 'sickened' by Pennsylvania sex abuse report and church's coverup but stand by their faith

Many churchgoers said they were sickened and saddened by a grand jury report detailing widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania but they would not let the Roman Catholic Church's coverup dissuade them from their faith. Nearly 200 parishioners filled almost all the ...

Pope promises 'never again' to sex abuse in Chile, reopens investigation

World / Social Issues Jun 1, 2018

Pope promises 'never again' to sex abuse in Chile, reopens investigation

Pope Francis on Thursday promised Chilean Catholics scarred by a culture of clergy sexual abuse that "never again" would the Church ignore them or the coverup of abuse in their country, where a widespread scandal has devastated its credibility. The pope issued the comments in ...

Vatican special envoy hears testimony in Chile from sex abuse victims

World / Social Issues Feb 21, 2018

Vatican special envoy hears testimony in Chile from sex abuse victims

The Vatican's top sexual abuse investigator said he had started taking testimony on Tuesday from victims in the Chilean capital, where he is looking into accusations that a bishop appointed by Pope Francis covered up crimes against minors. Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta was sent ...

Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor sentenced to up to 175 years for sexual abuse

World / Crime & Legal Jan 25, 2018

Ex-USA Gymnastics doctor sentenced to up to 175 years for sexual abuse

The disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor, Larry Nassar, was sentenced on Wednesday to up to 175 years in prison for molesting young female gymnasts, following days of wrenching testimony in a Michigan courtroom from about 160 of his victims, including Olympic gold medalists. "I ...

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