5 h. ago Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse

Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being heldOfficers at the large immigration detention camp located at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas are allegedly mistreating detainees, with accusations including beatings, sexual abuse and clandestine deportations of non-Mexican nationals into Mexico, according to a coalition of local and national US civil rights organizations.In a 19-page letter, addressed to senior government officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and Fort Bliss military command, the coalition accuses officers at the immigration detention facility on the base, called Camp East Montana, of being “in violation of agency policies and standards, as well as statutory and constitutional protections”. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago New trial ordered for Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco after sexual abuse conviction

Wander Franco was convicted earlier this year of sexually abusing a minor

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13 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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13 h. ago Dominican court orders new trial for Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco in sexual abuse case

An appeals court in the Dominican Republic has ordered a new trial for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco,

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18 h. ago Paedo 'Santa for hire' arrested after 'active engagement with young children'

64-year-old Mark Paulino, from Hamilton Township, was taken into custody and charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse materials

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24 h. ago New York Archdiocese to establish $300 million fund for sexual abuse victims

The fund would be financed through budget cuts and the sale of assets

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27 h. ago New York Archdiocese says it's setting up a $300M fund for sexual abuse victims

The Archdiocese of New York says it will set up a $300 million fund to compensate victims of sexual abuse who have sued the church

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28 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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31 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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32 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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35 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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37 h. ago Tories accused of 'shameful' failure after Kemi Badenoch dismisses grooming gangs record

Labour accused the former Conservative government of having “shamefully failed to implement a single recommendation” from Alexis Jay’s Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

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40 h. ago Tim Westwood pleads not guilty in court to rape and sexual assault charges

Ex-BBC DJ denies rapes and sexual abuse across three decades of his showbiz career

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54 h. ago Not in my name: Victim who waited six years for sex abuser to be convicted urges Lammy to rethink 'cost

A woman who waited almost six years for her childhood sexual abuser to be convicted today urged the Government to stop using cases like hers to push through controversial plans to cut jury trials.

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3 d. ago Trump DoJ ‘immediately’ stops enforcing prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, according to leaked memo

The Department of Justice instructed prison auditors across the country to simply stop assessing whether facilities are violating laws designed to shield LGBT+ prisoners from sexual abuse

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4 d. ago Sick paedo jailed for 135 years after using AI to make lewd videos of pupils

The man was arrested in June after police received a tip about a Discord user sharing child sexual abuse material and traced the activity back to the teacher

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5 d. ago Undertaker with hundreds of child abuse and necrophilia images avoids prison

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Gary Williams, 45, was found to have hundreds of child abuse images and some showing 'sexual interference with corpses'

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5 d. ago Report takes aim at Fifa and IOC over policies for athletes convicted of sexual assault

The collaborative report said a lack of clear standards across borders creates confusion for big events like the World Cup and OlympicsWith the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup set to take place on Friday, a report examining the participation of athletes convicted of sexual offences at major sporting events has highlighted significant distrust of international sports governing bodies in how they deal with these situations.The report, titled No One Wants to Talk About It, is the result of interviews with elite athletes directly affected by sexual abuse and is intended to gauge attitudes around the eligibility and accreditation criteria for athletes with prior criminal sexual convictions and their participation at mega sporting events. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Mother charged with enabling sexual abuse of daughter, 11, who gave birth at home

Cherie Walker, 33, and her partner Dustin Walker, 34, were arrested after an 11-year-old girl gave birth in their Oklahoma home. DNA tests showed Dustin was a 99.9% match as the baby's father, court documents state.

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5 d. ago Mum accused of 'letting partner rape daughter, 11, who then gave birth to his baby'

Cherie Walker, 33, was charged with enabling child sexual abuse after her daughter was allegedly forced to carry a baby to term and give birth at their Oklahoma home

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