2 h. ago Woman woke to find she was being raped by man accused of attacking two other women, court hears

Daniel Gravelle, 43, is accused of three counts of rape over a period of 20 years. He denies all three charges and is standing trial

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6 h. ago Church of England vicar admits possessing child sex abuse and extreme porn images

The vicar admitted child sex offences following a raid on his cottage

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6 h. ago Shopkeeper accused of rape denies 'making up story', Rochdale sex abuse trial told

Mushtaq Ahmed continued to give evidence

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24 h. ago Pope Francis’ approach did not win him friends within the church bureaucracy. But he lit the path for us all | Francis Sullivan

While his legacy in confronting the sex abuse scandal is still incomplete, Francis demonstrated that change is possible and mercy can be realPope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, diesPotential candidates to succeed Pope FrancisEarly in his papacy Pope Francis said the name for God is mercy. He understood the church had become too doctrinaire, divisive and judgmental for too many people. The drift of Catholics from conventional practice in the west said as much. He knew the church had alienated the LGBTQ community, discriminated against women and resisted full participation for divorced and remarried Catholics. He acknowledged that previous popes had not confronted the clerical sex abuse scandal. He wanted to do better and the Catholic world was with him, the institution was not.The Catholic church by its nature is a conservative institution. It uses inertia as a management tool. Change is a slow and drawn-out affair. Francis regularly railed against clericalism because of its...

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42 h. ago Scots sex abuse victim's heartbreaking final text before he took his own life

Kevin Sutherland's message to Rowan Lumsden told of his agony at what he believed were malicious rumours about his life.

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3 d. ago The New Pornographers drummer charged over child sex abuse pictures as band speak out

The New Pornographers drummer, Joseph Seiders, has been charged with possessing child sex abuse images with the band saying they are 'absolutely shocked' by the news

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3 d. ago Woman who 'raped and killed boyfriend's little girl, 4,' sent him chilling last text

Amber Lee Hughes, 25, has denied the rape and murder of her partner's four-year-old daughter and is standing trial in South Africa. The court heard she sent a chilling final text to the boyfriend

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5 d. ago Woman ‘scared and nervous’ after millionaire’s sexual advances, trial told

Kevin Booth denies directing sexual communication to a woman without her consent at his home in the Highlands.

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5 d. ago Woman ‘scared and nervous’ after man’s sexual advances, trial told

Kevin Booth denies directing sexual communication to a woman without her consent at his home in the Highlands.

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6 d. ago Woman who accused Jesse Lingard's grandfather of historic child sex abuse is 'making him out to be an ogre', he tells court

Kenneth Lingard, 86, denied the complainant's allegation that he had conducted a 15 year campaign of abuse when she was between five and 19 years old.

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6 d. ago Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott in court over child sex abuse charges

Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has appeared in court over allegations of child sex abuse, with the 47-year-old accused of two charges

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6 d. ago Graeme Dott appears in court over child sex abuse allegations

The 47-year-old, who won the world title in 2006, is accused of charges involving two children dating between 1993 and 2010.

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6 d. ago Calls grow in Japan to scrap time limit on civil suits over childhood sexual abuse

Survivors and lawyers seek legal reform as thousands sign petition against statute of limitations

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7 d. ago LA county facing financial turmoil after wildfires and $4bn abuse settlement

County to cut budget by almost $90m as it tackles nearly $2bn in fire-related costs and cuts to federal fundingLos Angeles county is experiencing unprecedented financial challenges amid growing costs from the historic wildfires that ravaged the region earlier this year and a $4bn sex abuse case settlement, the county CEO said this week.The region faces roughly $2bn in expenses related to January’s fires, which killed 30 people and destroyed nearly 17,000 structures. Earlier this month the county announced it had a $4bn agreement to settle thousands of claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities dating back 1959 – the largest such settlement in US history. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Woman ‘sexually abused by Jesse Lingard’s grandad’ accused star of hiding 'dark secret'

Kenneth Lingard, the grandfather of ex-Manchester United star Jesse, is on trial for a string of child sex offences relating to one woman who claims she was repeatedly abused for more than 10 years

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8 d. ago Jesse Lingard accused of hiding 'dark secret' as grandad faces child sex offences

Kenneth Lingard, the grandfather of ex-Manchester United star Jesse, is on trial for a string of child sex offences relating to one woman who claims she was repeatedly abused for more than 10 years

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8 d. ago 'Skin cancer stopped me in my tracks but new vaccine drive is a beacon of hope'

Labour health minister Karin Smyth told The Mirror that a new skin cancer vaccine trial is a 'beacon of hope' as the NHS rolled out fast-tracking for acute patients

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9 d. ago John Swinney urged to make it criminal offence to not report sex abuse of children

Labour MP Joani Reid has written to the First Minster, calling on him to consider making it mandatory for those working with children to report abuse, warning Scotland “is not immune” to grooming gangs.

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9 d. ago MPs demand new candidates face criminal checks before they can be elected

The demands come as Labour MP Dan Norris faces serious sexual abuse allegations and amid claims that another MP committed a sex assault before being elected.

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1 week ago Jailed child sex abuse offender Ghislaine Maxwell asks US Supreme Court to hear appeal against her conviction

Maxwell's lawyers filed a 159-page Petition to the highest court in the country on Thursday asking the Supreme Court Justices to throw out her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.

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