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Pope Francis wants tough action on Church sex abuse Determined to end a problem that has engulfed the Catholic Church for over a decade, Pope Francis has said he wants sexual abuse to be dealt with… 05/04/2013
US cardinal urged to stay away from conclave A Catholic association in the United States is urging a retired cardinal not travel to Rome for the ceremony to elect the new Pope. Benedict the 16th’s… 19/02/2013
Belgian paedophile asks for early release Belgian paedophile and child killer, Marc Dutroux, has appeared before a court in Brussels. He was asking to be released early and placed under house… 04/02/2013
EU, US lead fight against online child sex abuse All 27 EU countries are joining up with the US and 20 other nations to fight against child sex abuse online. The UN estimates the illegal sale of child porn… 05/12/2012
Belgium’s unforgiven Dutroux case In August 1996, Marc Dutroux becomes known to all of Belgium, and will be loathed for his crimes, a cause of national trauma. He is arrested with his wife… 28/08/2012
British man convicted of sex crimes in Cambodia – nocomment A Cambodian court on Thursday convicted a British man of sexually abusing three young girls and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. 09/09/2011
Belgian child killer Dutroux must stay in jail, court rulesSaid to be the most hated man in Belgium, convicted child killer Marc Dutroux was refused an early release from prison on Monday The former electrician was… 18/02/2013
Abuse victims criticise Benedict XVI’s “empty words”Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned on February 11 and is expected to leave his post on February 28, will leave behind a Vatican administration mired in scandal… 12/02/2013
Belgium’s most notorious killer asks for releaseBelgium’s most notorious killer has asked to be freed from prison. Marc Dutroux says if his request is granted, he will wear an ankle bracelet so his… 05/02/2013
Marc Dutroux asks for early release from prisonBelgium’s most notorious criminal has asked a court to grant him early release from prison. Marc Dutroux was convicted of abducting, imprisoning and raping… 04/02/2013
British TV star and paedophile who “groomed a nation”Late British television presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused hundreds of children over a period of 54 years, according to a report published by UK police… 11/01/2013
Hundreds of arrests in US pornography swoopUS authorities say 245 people have been arrested at home and abroad as part of an international crackdown on child pornography known as ‘Operation… 04/01/2013
Arrests in Spain in internet child porn operationPolice in Spain have made a number of arrests after an operation to tackle the possession and distribution of child pornography over the internet. Twenty… 03/01/2013
Sex, scouts, and secret filesThe Boy Scouts of America have been forced by an Oregon court to release thousands of files detailing allegations and admissions of paedophilia in the… 19/10/2012
“Anonymous” claims to out stalker who drove teenager to suicideCanadian teenager Amanda Todd took her own life last week after suffering a campaign of online bullying. She posted a video on YouTube in September explaining… 16/10/2012
Australian Roman Catholic Church admits child sex abuseThe Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria has revealed to a parliamentary hearing its clergy were responsible for more than 600 cases of child… 23/09/2012
Protests in Belgium as ex-wife of child killer Dutroux is moved from prison to conventProtesters clashed with riot police in Belgium on Saturday outside a convent which is housing the ex-wife of Marc Dutroux. Police made several… 01/09/2012
Parole given to accomplice of Belgium child-killerThe ex-wife and accomplice of Belgian child killer Marc Dutroux has been granted parole. Michelle Martin has served 16 years of a 30-year sentence for… 28/08/2012
Belgium: Early release from jail for Dutroux’s ex-wifeA Belgian court has given the green light for the release from jail of Michelle Martin, the ex-wife and accomplice of notorious child murderer Marc… 28/08/2012
Release hearing for convicted wife of Belgian paedophile murderer DutrouxA Belgian court will decide later today if the wife of child rapist and murderer Marc Dutroux can be released from prison into a monastery. Michelle Martin… 27/08/2012
Martin release triggers storm in BelgiumThe people of the Belgian village of Malonne are up in arms at the news that Michelle Martin, the former wife of paedophile and murderer Marc Dutroux, may be… 05/08/2012
Belgium far-right official quits over Anonymous paedophile claimsA local councillor near Brussels has resigned from the Belgian far-right Vlaams Belang party after his name appeared on a list of alleged… 12/07/2012
Hundreds of internet paedophile suspects identifiedAustrian police say hundreds of suspected paedophiles on the internet have been identified in a huge worldwide operation. The year-long trawl nicknamed… 04/07/2012
Sex abuse book mars Mexico Pope visitPope Benedict XVI’s first trip to Mexico is being overshadowed by a book alleging the Catholic Church hid evidence of sex abuse by one of Mexico’s most… 25/03/2012
Belgian church to ‘screen’ priests for paedophiliaBelgium’s Catholic Church will ask trainee priests to take psychological tests as it moves to tackle scandals over clerical child abuse. The Belgian church… 21/09/2011
Child sex abuse: moves to put the pope in courtSurvivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have asked the International Criminal Court in the Hague to investigate the pope for allowing the rape and abuse… 13/09/2011
Vatican denies Irish claims of sex abuse cover-upThe Vatican has rejected accusations from Ireland that it had tried to cover up child sex abuse by its priests. In July the Irish parliament passed a motion… 04/09/2011
Irish Catholic Church hid child abuse in 1990sCatholic clergy in Ireland continued to conceal child sex abuse by priests even after the Church brought in rules in the mid-1990s to protect youngsters, a… 14/07/2011
Wife of Belgian paedophile could be freedThe ex-wife of Marc Dutroux, the Belgian paedophile who was sentenced to life in prison for a shocking string of murders, rapes and kidnappings in the 1990s… 10/05/2011
Global paedophile ring smashed, say policeA huge police operation has led to arrests worldwide and the dismantling of what is being described as possibly the biggest online paedophile ring ever. Led… 16/03/2011
Former Belgian cardinal urges ‘openness’ on sex abuseThe former leader of Belgian Catholics said on Tuesday that greater openness in the Church would ensure its priests could not molest children again. Retired… 21/12/2010
Belgian church offers to help child abuse victimsThe new head of the Belgian Catholic Church, Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, has vowed to restore the public’s trust after an independent body found its… 13/09/2010
Disturbing report on Belgian church abuseDisturbing details of child sex abuse have been revealed in a report into Belgium’s Catholic Church. The author concludes that 13 suicides and six attempts… 10/09/2010
Six jailed in Portuguese sex abuse caseSix years after a trial began over claims of sex abuse at Lisbon’s Casa Pia children’s home, heavy jail terms have been handed out. Well-known figures have… 04/09/2010
Jail terms in Portuguese child abuse caseHeavy jail terms have been handed down in a prominent child abuse trial in Portugal. In a case that first came to light in the early 90s, well-known figures… 03/09/2010
The child abuse case that stunned PortugalIt was a weekly newspaper that first broke the allegations back in 1992. There were claims that a driver at the Lisbon children’s home Casa Pia, Carlos… 03/09/2010
Jail terms in high-profile child abuse caseHeavy jail terms have been handed down in a prominent child abuse trial in Portugal. In a case that first came to light in the early 90s, well-known figures… 03/09/2010
Police raid church in BelgiumPolice in Belgium have carried out major raids on the Catholic Church as part of an investigation into sex abuse. Detectives seized computers and files at… 25/06/2010
Benedikt entschuldigt sich bei MissbrauchsopfernPapst Benedikt XVI. hat zum Ende des von Missbrauchskandalen überschatteten Priesterjahres die Opfer der Misshandlungen um Vergebung gebeten. Es war die… 12/06/2010
US scouts ordered to pay sex abuse damagesThe Catholic Church has been plagued by recent sex abuse scandals, but now the boy scouts of America are in the spotlight for the perverted acts carried out… 24/04/2010
Pope named in US abuse lawsuitThe Catholic Chuch child abuse scandal has dealt a fresh blow to Pope Benedict XVI who has now been named in a lawsuit by an alleged American victim. The… 23/04/2010
Pope named in lawsuitThe Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, has come under renewed pressure over fresh allegations of abuse. In an unprecedented move, he and… 23/04/2010
Fury at Cardinal’s anti-gay commentsA senior Vatican official’s comments linking homosexuality with paedophilia have brought a wave of indignation worldwide. Gay rights activists and politicians… 14/04/2010
Cardinal attacks “gossip” at Easter massItalian Catholics rallied round the Pope on Easter Sunday, and there was a marked departure from tradition in the Easter Mass. After the Pope was seated… 05/04/2010
EU must fight child sex abuse – Malmström“Whatever the EU can do against child sexual abuse, the EU must do and will do.” With this statement, the European Commission has proposed new obligations on… 29/03/2010
Vatican denies Pope failed on child abuseThe Vatican is accusing the media of an “ignoble attack” on the Pope over claims he did nothing to to prevent a US priest molesting up to 200 deaf boys at a… 26/03/2010
Pope “failed to act” against sex abuse priestThere are more accusations that Vatican officials, including the Pope himself, did not deal adequately with sex abuse cases involving priests. The… 25/03/2010
Germany sets up talks on child sex abuseThe German government has set up round table talks to tackle a wave of child sex abuse cases that have shocked the country. Some 250 separate allegations… 25/03/2010
No mention of abuse scandal at weekly papal addressIn his weekly address to pilgrims in St Peter’s Square, the Pope chose not to mention his apology for child sex abuse by priests in Ireland. Bishops have… 21/03/2010
Pope’s letter fails to quell anger over sex abuseIn Roman Catholic churches throughout Ireland, Pope Benedict XVI’s unprecedented letter apologising for chronic child abuse within the Catholic church was… 21/03/2010
Irish abuse victims say papal letter “not enough”Reactions to Pope Benedict’s letter to the Irish church expressing “shame and remorse” at child abuse there have been flooding in. He has also ordered an… 20/03/2010
Pope feels “shame and remorse” over sex abuseThe Pope has made an unprecedented public statement addressing the abuse of children by Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland. Pope Benedict apologised to the… 20/03/2010
Cardinal Brady clings to officeThere is growing pressure on the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to resign over his role in handling the case of a serial child sex abuser. As a… 18/03/2010
Pope urges ‘healing’ over Irish sex abusePope Benedict XVI will write a letter to Catholics in Ireland following revelations that priests were involved in silencing abused children. Pressure had… 17/03/2010
Vatican suspends German paedophile priestA German priest convicted of molesting young boys has been suspended by the Vatican for breaching a ban on working with children. Father Peter Hulllermann… 16/03/2010
German bishop set to meet pope over child abuseOne of the alleged victims of child abuse in Germany’s Catholic schools has spoken out on the eve of a meeting between the Pope and Germany’s highest… 12/03/2010
German Archbishop apologises for child abuseA senior German cleric has publicly apologised for the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests. The country’s clergy is the latest to be hit by scandal… 23/02/2010
Pope meets Irish bishops over paedophilia scandalBishops have arrived at the Vatican for a two-day summit with the Pope on a paedophilia scandal that has shaken devoutly Roman Catholic Ireland. Damning… 15/02/2010
Poland first in Europe to castrate sex offendersPaedophiles and those found guilty of incest in Poland will soon be getting obligatory medical treatment, including chemical castration, after a new law was… 25/09/2009
German cabinet backs draft law tacklng internet paedophilesThe German cabinet has backed a new draft law that would make it harder to access child pornography online. The bill will oblige Internet providers to… 22/04/2009
