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Sex abuse scandal: Vatican Treasurer Cardinal Pell in court

Australia's top Catholic cleric is facing charges of historic sex abuse.

06/10/2017

World News

Cardinal Pell back in Australia to face sex charges

Cardinal George Pell

10/07/2017

World News

Cardinal George Pell denies sex offences

High-ranking Vatican official Cardinal George Pell asserts his innocence as he is charged with multiple, historical sex crimes.

29/06/2017

World News

Top Vatican Cardinal charged with multiple sexual assault charges

Pope's chief financial adviser -- Australia's most senior Catholic -- charged with multiple sexual assault charges.

29/06/2017

Turkey

When is rape not a crime? Turkey considers proposal for controversial sexual abuse law

Turkey's ruling AK Party comes under fire for proposing a law critics say legitimises rape in some cases.

18/11/2016

France

Prosecutors drop investigation against French cardinal accused of failing to act over priest sex abuse

Prosecutors in France have dropped an investigation into allegations that the Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon failed to act against a priest accused of abusing boy…

02/08/2016

United Kingdom

Scotland: online child sex abuse inquiry identifies over 500 possible victims

Scottish police have identified more than 500 victims or potential victims of online child sex abuse.

29/07/2016

World News

French Catholic Church announces new measures to deal with cases of paedophilia

Mired in scandal involving a cover-up of child sex abuse bishops announced that special groups would be set up to listen to the victims.

12/04/2016

World News

Children were not believed, Cardinal tells Australia abuse commission

George Pell, the highest-ranking Vatican official to testify at a Royal Commission in Australia into systematic child sex abuse, said children were

29/02/2016

My Europe Series

Paedophilia cold case burns French clergy

A group of former scouts have broken the silence about the abuse they went through decades ago. They want the highest authorities of the French

19/02/2016

Cinema

Boston Globe revelations of child abuse hit the silver screen in the film Spotlight

Actors Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, Rachel McAdams and director Tom McCarthy were at the Venice Film Festival to present the movie ‘Spotlight’. The

04/09/2015

Vatican

Vatican: suspect dies before abuse trial

The Vatican says a Catholic former archbishop accused of child sex offences has been found dead from natural causes a month after he was hospitalised

28/08/2015

Pakistan

Twelve arrested in Pakistan child sex abuse scandal

Police in eastern Pakistan have arrested at least 12 men suspected of sexually abusing hundreds of children and blackmailing their families. The case

11/08/2015

My Europe Series

Is Europe doing enough for missing children?

Twenty years after the Marc Dutroux child abductions and murders, are police and civic groups working closely enough, across EU countries, to keep children safe?

30/07/2015

Vatican

Pope moves on sex abuse bishops

In his latest bid to stamp out sex abuse in the Church, Pope Francis has approved a tribunal to to make bishops more accountable for cases of abuse which arise on their watch.

10/06/2015

United Kingdom

British probe into child sex abuse reveals 1400 suspects

British police, investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse, say more than 14-hundred people have been named as suspects. They include

21/05/2015

United Kingdom

UK: 1,400 people named as suspects in child sex abuse inquiry

British police, investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse, say more than 14-hundred people have been named as suspects

20/05/2015

Spain

Spanish priests released on bail in paedophilia probe

27/11/2014

Italy

Italy: Paedophile priest hangs himself in church vestry

29/10/2014

USA

Woody Allen calls sex abuse allegations “untrue and disgraceful”

03/02/2014