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High Court Chides Attempt By Accused, Minor's Mother To Settle Sex Assault Case
Deprecating an attempt to settle a sex assault case for Rs 2 lakh by the accused and the minor victim's mother, the Delhi High Court has expressed anguish that the child's physical and mental trauma has been "weighed" in terms of money.
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US Ex-Bishop Admits Covering Up 25 Years Of Child Sex Abuse By 11 Priests
A US association for victims of sexual abuse denounced Monday a former bishop in New York state who admitted to having ignored multiple sexual assaults on children committed by 11 priests over 25 years.
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Europe Rights Court Rejects Child Sex Abuse Case Against Vatican
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected a case by alleged victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests who sought to hold the Vatican responsible.
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Opinion: Groping A Child, If Shirt Is On, Isn't Sex Assault, Says Court
One is driven to call out the judge of the Nagpur bench of the Mumbai High Court, who, in an extraordinarily retrograde judgement, has ruled that the offence of sexual assault under Section 7 of the POCSO Act does not apply when a child is molested, and cannot be considered a victim of attempt to rape unless there is "skin to skin" contact.
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Chicago Catholic Church Paid $80 Million To Sex Abuse Survivors, Say Lawyers
A victim of clergy abuse urged other survivors to come forward Tuesday as lawyers revealed that the Catholic Church in Chicago had paid out more than $80 million in sexual assault cases.
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Centre To Amend Child Sex Abuse Law To Make It Gender-Neutral
The centre is planning to amend the POCSO Act to provide justice to male child victims of sexual assault, the Women and Child Development Ministry said, days after an ordinance promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind provided the death penalty for rape of girls under the age of 12.
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Hundreds Of Military Kids Sexually Abused Annually: Pentagon
The children of US military members are victims in hundreds of incidents of sexual abuse each year, according to data the Defense Department provided exclusively to The Associated Press.
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As Pope Francis Visit Nears, US Sex Victims Say Church Remains Obstacle to Justice
Mark Rozzi says he was 13, a young altar boy, when a priest at his eastern Pennsylvania parish sexually assaulted him in a shower.
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Pennsylvania State University to pay $60 million to sex abuse victims
Pennsylvania State University announced on Monday a payout of $60 million for 26 victims abused by convicted child sex offender, American football coach Jerry Sandusky.
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Indian child sex victims humiliated by police, says human rights group
Child victims of sex assaults in India often find themselves humiliated by the police and mistreated by doctors when they pluck up the courage to report abuse, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
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Jimmy Savile report details child sex abuse cases above 200
British police say the late entertainer Jimmy Savile committed more than 200 sex crimes over more than half a century, with most victims being children and teens who were assaulted across the length and breadth of Britain, from TV studios to hospitals and even a hospice.
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High Court Chides Attempt By Accused, Minor's Mother To Settle Sex Assault Case
Deprecating an attempt to settle a sex assault case for Rs 2 lakh by the accused and the minor victim's mother, the Delhi High Court has expressed anguish that the child's physical and mental trauma has been "weighed" in terms of money.
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US Ex-Bishop Admits Covering Up 25 Years Of Child Sex Abuse By 11 Priests
A US association for victims of sexual abuse denounced Monday a former bishop in New York state who admitted to having ignored multiple sexual assaults on children committed by 11 priests over 25 years.
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Europe Rights Court Rejects Child Sex Abuse Case Against Vatican
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected a case by alleged victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests who sought to hold the Vatican responsible.
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Opinion: Groping A Child, If Shirt Is On, Isn't Sex Assault, Says Court
One is driven to call out the judge of the Nagpur bench of the Mumbai High Court, who, in an extraordinarily retrograde judgement, has ruled that the offence of sexual assault under Section 7 of the POCSO Act does not apply when a child is molested, and cannot be considered a victim of attempt to rape unless there is "skin to skin" contact.
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Chicago Catholic Church Paid $80 Million To Sex Abuse Survivors, Say Lawyers
A victim of clergy abuse urged other survivors to come forward Tuesday as lawyers revealed that the Catholic Church in Chicago had paid out more than $80 million in sexual assault cases.
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Centre To Amend Child Sex Abuse Law To Make It Gender-Neutral
The centre is planning to amend the POCSO Act to provide justice to male child victims of sexual assault, the Women and Child Development Ministry said, days after an ordinance promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind provided the death penalty for rape of girls under the age of 12.
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Hundreds Of Military Kids Sexually Abused Annually: Pentagon
The children of US military members are victims in hundreds of incidents of sexual abuse each year, according to data the Defense Department provided exclusively to The Associated Press.
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As Pope Francis Visit Nears, US Sex Victims Say Church Remains Obstacle to Justice
Mark Rozzi says he was 13, a young altar boy, when a priest at his eastern Pennsylvania parish sexually assaulted him in a shower.
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Pennsylvania State University to pay $60 million to sex abuse victims
Pennsylvania State University announced on Monday a payout of $60 million for 26 victims abused by convicted child sex offender, American football coach Jerry Sandusky.
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Indian child sex victims humiliated by police, says human rights group
Child victims of sex assaults in India often find themselves humiliated by the police and mistreated by doctors when they pluck up the courage to report abuse, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
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Jimmy Savile report details child sex abuse cases above 200
British police say the late entertainer Jimmy Savile committed more than 200 sex crimes over more than half a century, with most victims being children and teens who were assaulted across the length and breadth of Britain, from TV studios to hospitals and even a hospice.
