Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of sexual violence against children. Jonathan Santos sobbed in one of the stalls of a McDonald’s bathroom in Tucson in February. He knew he needed to clock in for work, but he couldn’t stop…[Continue Reading...]
With its pristine swimming pool, manicured lawns and lush forest backdrop, Villa Baviera, a German-themed settlement of 122 souls in southern Chile, looks like the perfect holiday getaway. But Colonia Dignidad, as it was previously known, is a byword for…[Continue Reading...]
In an emotional Knesset hearing, families and officials urged swift action to rescue children from Guatemala’s Lev Tahor cult: 'They face imprisonment, starvation and rape—time is against them'; A 1.5 million shekel aid package was allocated to support rescue efforts…[Continue Reading...]
SAN DIEGO — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it last year in San Diego and across California, according to recent court filings…[Continue Reading...]
SAN DIEGO — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed in principle to settle more than 100 childhood sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it last year in San Diego and across California, according to recent court filings…[Continue Reading...]
Police have received two more complaints of abuse within a secretive sect known as the Two by Twos. The FBI is investigating the sect for historical child sexual abuse, and two Northland men have already appeared in court over historic…[Continue Reading...]
The court sentenced the New Zealander on Friday to a partial prison sentence of 36 months for multiple sexual assaults and taking advantage of an emergency situation, of which he must serve six months. As he has already served four…[Continue Reading...]
SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the sexual assaults of 12 women while under the guise of being an Indigenous medicine man. Justice John Morrall told a Saskatoon courtroom that it was…[Continue Reading...]
The Diocese of Buffalo, New York, will pay out a massive $150 million sum as part of a settlement with victims of clergy sexual abuse there. The diocese said in a press release that the diocese itself, along with parishes…[Continue Reading...]
A US man serving in various administrative roles for the Jehovah’s Witnesses sexually molested a child whom he met while working for the Christian religious sect in New Orleans – then continued his career virtually unimpeded and moved to North…[Continue Reading...]
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