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UK's Ofcom to Tweak Social Media Rules in Response to Summer Riots
To regulate social media practices, Ofcom said it is planning additional measures for next spring that include new proposals for removing material tied to child sexual abuse and terrorism. It will also introduce “crisis response protocols for emergency events.”
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Catholic Nun Scolds Bishops On Abuse: 'This Storm Will Not Pass'
An African nun told Catholic bishops on Saturday to acknowledge the church's hypocrisy in its handling of the sexual abuse crisis, and a cardinal admitted case files had been destroyed.
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Vatican Admits To Secret Rules For Priests Who Have Children: Report
The Vatican has revealed that it has secret rules for priests who father children despite their celibacy vows, The New York Times said in a report.
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Sexual Abuse "Handled Poorly": Pope Criticises US Bishops In Rare Letter
Pope Francis accused U.S. bishops on Thursday of failing to show unity in the face of a sexual abuse crisis, saying internal bickering had to end over a scandal that has shredded the Church's credibility.
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Amid Global Crisis, Sex Abuse Claims Rock Dutch Catholic Church
More than half of the Netherlands' senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a press report claimed Saturday, further engulfing the Catholic Church in a global abuse scandal.
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Cardinal Bernard Law, Symbol Of Church's Sexual Abuse Crisis, Dies
Cardinal Bernard Law, the former archbishop of Boston who became a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church's worldwide sexual abuse scandals, died on Wednesday, the Vatican said. He was 86.
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Kailash Satyarthi On His 'War' Against Rape Of Children
Days before he embarks upon a 'Bharat Yatra' from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi shared his quest for a "war against rape and sexual abuse of children".
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As Cologne Assaults Sparks Outrage, Angela Merkel Demands Tougher Migrant Rules
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today backed tougher expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as brief clashes broke out during a far-right protest against a rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants.
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UN Raises Alarm Over Sex Abuse of Migrant Women, Children in Europe
Women and children among the migrants and refugees moving through Europe face a high risk of violence and sexual abuse, the UN warned today, calling on European countries to do more to protect them.
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Pope Assembles Experts To Tackle Child Sex Abuse
Pope Francis on Thursday ordered the formation of a team of experts to address the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, in his first major step to tackle a crisis that has plagued it for two decades.
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BBC crisis deepens as new allegations emerge
A crisis gripping Britain's BBC deepened on Monday after it emerged a senior producer had warned the broadcaster could be accused of a cover-up when it axed its own expose into alleged sexual abuse by a one-time TV star.
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Savile scandal 'worst BBC crisis for 50 years'
Unfolding claims of sexual abuse against late BBC star Jimmy Savile have plunged Britain's national broadcaster into its biggest crisis for 50 years, a senior reporter has warned.
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UK's Ofcom to Tweak Social Media Rules in Response to Summer Riots
To regulate social media practices, Ofcom said it is planning additional measures for next spring that include new proposals for removing material tied to child sexual abuse and terrorism. It will also introduce “crisis response protocols for emergency events.”
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Catholic Nun Scolds Bishops On Abuse: 'This Storm Will Not Pass'
An African nun told Catholic bishops on Saturday to acknowledge the church's hypocrisy in its handling of the sexual abuse crisis, and a cardinal admitted case files had been destroyed.
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Vatican Admits To Secret Rules For Priests Who Have Children: Report
The Vatican has revealed that it has secret rules for priests who father children despite their celibacy vows, The New York Times said in a report.
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Sexual Abuse "Handled Poorly": Pope Criticises US Bishops In Rare Letter
Pope Francis accused U.S. bishops on Thursday of failing to show unity in the face of a sexual abuse crisis, saying internal bickering had to end over a scandal that has shredded the Church's credibility.
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Amid Global Crisis, Sex Abuse Claims Rock Dutch Catholic Church
More than half of the Netherlands' senior clerics were involved in covering up sexual assault of children between 1945 and 2010, a press report claimed Saturday, further engulfing the Catholic Church in a global abuse scandal.
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Cardinal Bernard Law, Symbol Of Church's Sexual Abuse Crisis, Dies
Cardinal Bernard Law, the former archbishop of Boston who became a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church's worldwide sexual abuse scandals, died on Wednesday, the Vatican said. He was 86.
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Kailash Satyarthi On His 'War' Against Rape Of Children
Days before he embarks upon a 'Bharat Yatra' from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi shared his quest for a "war against rape and sexual abuse of children".
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As Cologne Assaults Sparks Outrage, Angela Merkel Demands Tougher Migrant Rules
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today backed tougher expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as brief clashes broke out during a far-right protest against a rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants.
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UN Raises Alarm Over Sex Abuse of Migrant Women, Children in Europe
Women and children among the migrants and refugees moving through Europe face a high risk of violence and sexual abuse, the UN warned today, calling on European countries to do more to protect them.
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Pope Assembles Experts To Tackle Child Sex Abuse
Pope Francis on Thursday ordered the formation of a team of experts to address the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church, in his first major step to tackle a crisis that has plagued it for two decades.
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BBC crisis deepens as new allegations emerge
A crisis gripping Britain's BBC deepened on Monday after it emerged a senior producer had warned the broadcaster could be accused of a cover-up when it axed its own expose into alleged sexual abuse by a one-time TV star.
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Savile scandal 'worst BBC crisis for 50 years'
Unfolding claims of sexual abuse against late BBC star Jimmy Savile have plunged Britain's national broadcaster into its biggest crisis for 50 years, a senior reporter has warned.
