11 h. ago Queen Camilla praises 'very brave' survivors of economic abuse as she hosts afternoon tea reception at Clarence House

The royal, 78, met officials from the Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) charity and heard women tell their stories in a room at the London residence.

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14 h. ago Welsh TV presenter Ruth Dodsworth collects King's honour she says is for 'every single person who held my hand'

Ruth has publicly spoken out about her own experience with coercive control at the hands of her ex-husband, and has now been awarded for her services to victims and survivors of domestic abuse

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15 h. ago List of the largest Catholic Church sexual abuse settlements in the US as two new funds are established

The two new funds will total at least $530 million

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30 h. ago A list of the largest clergy abuse settlements reached by Catholic organizations in the US

The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Monday

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33 h. ago Court settlement approved for New Orleans Archdiocese to pay hundreds of clergy abuse victims

A federal judge has approved a federal settlement that will clear the way for the New Orleans Archdiocese to pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse

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34 h. ago New Orleans Catholic clergy abuse survivors in line to collectively be paid $305m

Attorneys for the victims struck deal with the church’s largest insurer to increase $230m settlement approved earlierNew Orleans Catholic archdiocese gains approval to pay $230m to sexual abuse survivorsRoughly 600 survivors of the clergy molestation scandal that drove the New Orleans Catholic archdiocese into bankruptcy have secured the opportunity to collectively be paid $305m after attorneys for the victims and the church’s largest insurer struck a deal Monday, according to some of the lawyers.The insurer in question, Travelers, had refused to join a proposal officially approved Monday to pay $230m to the abuse survivors to effectively wrap up a bankruptcy protection case that the US’s second-oldest archdiocese filed in May 2020. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago New Orleans Catholic archdiocese gains approval to pay $230m to sexual abuse survivors

Settlement also includes major changes to how church identifies and discloses past claims of abuse by clergyAfter more than five years of litigation, a federal bankruptcy judge has approved the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans’ proposal to pay $230m to roughly 600 survivors of sexual abuse by the church’s priests, deacons and other personnel.Judge Meredith Grabill on Monday confirmed the settlement, which also includes major changes to how the church identifies and discloses past claims of sexual abuse by clergy and protects children and vulnerable adults going forward. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise for alleged racist abuse

The 11 signatories, some of whom have survived death camps, called on the Clacton MP to admit whether he subjected his classmates to antisemitic abuse

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4 d. ago Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise for alleged racist abuse

The Reform UK leader denied at a press conference on Thursday that he ever made racist remarks in a ‘malicious or nasty way’.

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4 d. ago Holocaust death camp survivors demand an apology from Nigel Farage for 'racist abuse'

It comes after Farage denied at a press conference that he ever made racist remarks in a ‘malicious or nasty way’

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5 d. ago ‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn

The new Data (Use and Access) Act, which criminalises intimate image abuse, is a huge victory won fast in a space where progress is often glacially slowFor Jodie*, watching the conviction of her best friend, and knowing she helped secure it, felt at first like a kind of victory. It was certainly more than most survivors of deepfake image-based abuse could expect.They had met as students and bonded over their shared love of music. In the years since graduation, he’d also become her support system, the friend she reached for each time she learned that her images and personal details had been posted online without her consent. Jodie’s pictures, along with her real name and correct bio, were used on many platforms for fake dating profiles, then adverts for sex work, then posted on to Reddit and other online forums with invitations to deepfake them into pornography. The results ended up on porn sites. All this continued for almost two years, until Jodie finally worked out who was doing i...

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6 d. ago Fornethy Survivors hit out at 'unbelievable' historic child abuse sentencing

Patricia Robertson was handed a community sentence - something the Fornethy Survivors say is ‘absolutely devastating’

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2 w. ago Epstein survivor condemns Trump for calling file release fight a ‘hoax’

Danielle Bensky, who was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, says president was ‘incredibly disrespectful’ in recent commentsA survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse has condemned Donald Trump for dismissing the victims’ fight for transparency as a “hoax”.Shortly after signing a bill to release the Epstein files, the US president posted a lengthy social media rant accusing Democrats of weaponising the scandal against him. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Group of Epstein abuse survivors say they have received death threats

In a signed statement, 28 victims say they are bracing for blame for their abuse and threats of harmA group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have warned they have received death threats and are worried about an escalation as they wait for the release of the files related to the late paedophile financier.In a statement titled “What we’re bracing for”, the women said they had received threats of harm and asked police to investigate and protect them. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New Orleans archbishop apologizes to survivors who claim they were abused by clergy

Gregory Aymond testified in archdiocese bankruptcy case, which will determine how much compensation survivors receiveThe New Orleans Roman Catholic archbishop, Gregory Aymond, has apologized to a group of survivors who have claimed they were abused by clergymen as children.“I know you have been through a lot of pain,” he said on Thursday in a federal courtroom while looking directly at survivors Tim Trahan and Richard Coon. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Epstein survivors urge justice department to ‘do the right thing’ and release complete files – US politics live

Several survivors of late sex offender’s abuse urge department to ‘not withhold information’ as ongoing probes at Trump’s behest could limit what is releasedThe Trump administration presented a new plan to roll back regulations in the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Wednesday, a move experts fear will accelerate the extinction crisis if adopted.The proposed changes would allow the federal government more power to weigh economic impact against habitat designations, remove safeguards against future events – including the impacts from the climate crisis – and rescind the “blanket rule” that automatically grants threatened species the same protections as those designated as endangered. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Photos of Marjorie Taylor Greene with Epstein survivors before the vote on releasing files

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime loyalist of President Donald Trump, joined other Republicans outside the Capitol with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse, before Congress voted to force the Justice Department to release files related to the convicted sex offender.

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3 w. ago Good work if you can get it: Elon Musk is set to make more than every elementary school teacher COMBINED

Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for the world’s richest person

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3 w. ago Photos of Marjorie Taylor Greene standing with Epstein survivors before House votes on Epstein files

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican and longtime Trump loyalist, stood with several Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivors outside the Capitol Tuesday morning, along with other Republican congresspeople, as the House headed toward a vote on legislation to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the late financier.

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3 w. ago Trial begins in archdiocese of New Orleans’ $230m settlement for abuse survivors

US bankruptcy judge will decide whether plan is fair to 650 survivors and dozens of other creditorsThe archdiocese of New Orleans has begun a three-week confirmation trial that will determine whether a federal bankruptcy judge signs off on a $230m settlement meant to compensate 650 clergy abuse survivors and resolve one of the US’s longest-running and costliest church bankruptcies.US bankruptcy judge Meredith Grabill will decide whether the plan – five and a half years in the making – is fair to the survivors and dozens of other creditors who have waited through repeated delays, contentious negotiations and a protracted legal fight over a 2021 state law giving survivors of decades-old child sexual abuse the right to sue. Continue reading...

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