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5 Men Jailed Over Paying For Sexual Acts With 12-Year-Old Girl In France
A French court has jailed five men over paying for sexual acts with a 12-year-old girl, in a rare instance of such a case being brought before a court in the country.
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France To Probe Sexual And Gender-Based Violence In Cinema
The French parliament on Thursday agreed to create a commission of inquiry to investigate sexual and gender-based violence in cinema and other cultural sectors after several recent allegations.
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Top French News Anchor Charged With Rape
One of France's most prominent TV journalists has been charged with rape, the prosecutor's office has said, following a string of accusations of sexual abuse at the height of his career.
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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
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French Bishops Kneel In Penance For Decades Of Child Sex Abuse By Church
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes Saturday, a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
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Pope Francis Says Ashamed Church Did Not Prioritise Abuse Victims In France
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was saddened and ashamed by the Catholic Church's inability to deal with sexual abuse of children in France and that the Church must make itself a "safe home for everyone".
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Pope Expresses "Shame" After Damning Church Sex Abuse Report
Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his "shame" at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, laid bare in a devastating report this week.
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Gloria Allred: The Predator's Nightmare, At War For Women
Arguably America's best known lawyer, revered by clients and feared by the men who prey on them, Gloria Allred has been representing victims of sexual violence for 40 years.
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A 28-Year-Old Had Sex With An 11-Year-Old; Under French Law, It's Not Necessarily Rape
Under French law, an act can qualify as rape only if there is violence or a threat of violence during a sexual act. Though the age of consent is 15, sex with a minor does not automatically qualify as rape in France, like it does in other countries.
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4 New Allegations Of Sex Abuse Against UN Peacekeepers In Central Africa
UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of sexually abusing four children who were living in a camp for displaced civilians in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
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Peacekeepers Accused Of Abusing Children In Central African Republic: UN
The United Nations said on Friday it had allegations that peacekeepers from Georgia, France and another unnamed European country sexually abused children while deployed in the Central African Republic.
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French Soldiers Accused of Paedophilia in Custody in France: Legal Source
Two French special forces soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in Burkina Faso returned home Thursday and have been taken into custody, said a legal source.
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French Authorities Investigating Reports of Sexual Abuse by Troops in Central African Republic
Authorities in France are investigating claims that French peacekeepers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic (CAR), the government confirmed today.
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French 'boat school' founder jailed for 12 years for sex abuse
The founder of a French alternative school that took students on boat trips on the high seas was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of five children.
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US court hearing set in Dominique Strauss-Kahn civil lawsuit
Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault will appear in New York state court next week to brief a judge on the status of settlement talks in the maid's civil case against him.
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5 Men Jailed Over Paying For Sexual Acts With 12-Year-Old Girl In France
A French court has jailed five men over paying for sexual acts with a 12-year-old girl, in a rare instance of such a case being brought before a court in the country.
-
France To Probe Sexual And Gender-Based Violence In Cinema
The French parliament on Thursday agreed to create a commission of inquiry to investigate sexual and gender-based violence in cinema and other cultural sectors after several recent allegations.
-
Top French News Anchor Charged With Rape
One of France's most prominent TV journalists has been charged with rape, the prosecutor's office has said, following a string of accusations of sexual abuse at the height of his career.
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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
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French Bishops Kneel In Penance For Decades Of Child Sex Abuse By Church
Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes Saturday, a day after bishops accepted the church's responsibility for decades of child abuse.
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Pope Francis Says Ashamed Church Did Not Prioritise Abuse Victims In France
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was saddened and ashamed by the Catholic Church's inability to deal with sexual abuse of children in France and that the Church must make itself a "safe home for everyone".
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Pope Expresses "Shame" After Damning Church Sex Abuse Report
Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his "shame" at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, laid bare in a devastating report this week.
-
Gloria Allred: The Predator's Nightmare, At War For Women
Arguably America's best known lawyer, revered by clients and feared by the men who prey on them, Gloria Allred has been representing victims of sexual violence for 40 years.
-
A 28-Year-Old Had Sex With An 11-Year-Old; Under French Law, It's Not Necessarily Rape
Under French law, an act can qualify as rape only if there is violence or a threat of violence during a sexual act. Though the age of consent is 15, sex with a minor does not automatically qualify as rape in France, like it does in other countries.
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4 New Allegations Of Sex Abuse Against UN Peacekeepers In Central Africa
UN peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been accused of sexually abusing four children who were living in a camp for displaced civilians in the Central African Republic, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
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Peacekeepers Accused Of Abusing Children In Central African Republic: UN
The United Nations said on Friday it had allegations that peacekeepers from Georgia, France and another unnamed European country sexually abused children while deployed in the Central African Republic.
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French Soldiers Accused of Paedophilia in Custody in France: Legal Source
Two French special forces soldiers accused of sexually abusing children in Burkina Faso returned home Thursday and have been taken into custody, said a legal source.
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French Authorities Investigating Reports of Sexual Abuse by Troops in Central African Republic
Authorities in France are investigating claims that French peacekeepers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic (CAR), the government confirmed today.
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French 'boat school' founder jailed for 12 years for sex abuse
The founder of a French alternative school that took students on boat trips on the high seas was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of five children.
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US court hearing set in Dominique Strauss-Kahn civil lawsuit
Former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault will appear in New York state court next week to brief a judge on the status of settlement talks in the maid's civil case against him.
