# Sex Abuse

This year

2023

# Chicago

Prosecutor drops sex abuse charges against singer R Kelly after federal convictions

Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, is serving a 30-year prison sentence in a New York case.

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Jan 31st 2023, 8:56 AM

Last year

2022

# Catholic Church

Ex-pope Benedict failed to act in four child abuse cases, report finds

The report analyses how abuse cases were dealt with in the archdiocese of Munich and Freising between 1945 and 2019.

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Jan 20th 2022, 3:32 PM

All time

Voices

Opinion: 'It's like a war has ended and you don’t know who you are anymore'

Mia de Faoite documents the horror and abuse that come with prostitution and trafficking and says society must not forget these women.

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Dec 4th 2021, 7:00 PM

# Trial

Prosecutors wrap up as R Kelly sex trafficking trial moves to next stage

The defence will now begin calling former Kelly employees.

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Sep 20th 2021, 9:33 PM

# pornhub

Pornhub introduces curbs against illegal content amid reports of child sex abuse and rape videos

The New York Times reported finding videos featuring illegal content on the site.

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Dec 9th 2020, 3:22 PM

# New York

Ghislaine Maxwell asks for better prison conditions amid claims of round-the-clock surveillance

Lawyers say she is watched around-the-clock by security cameras and multiple prison guards.

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Aug 11th 2020, 10:48 PM

# US

Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell raise concerns that her accusers may post evidence from trial online

The socialite’s legal team argue that her accusers could misuse evidence to boost their chances in civil cases against her.

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Jul 28th 2020, 7:01 AM

# Sex Abuse

The story behind the scandal that shook US sport

Director Jon Shenk speaks about his new documentary ‘Athlete A’ and how a deeply flawed system led to years of sexual abuse in gymnastics.

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Jul 5th 2020, 7:15 AM

# Sligo

Man in his 70s charged over historical sex abuse allegations

The case relates to incidents which allegedly occurred between 1978 and 1986.

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Jun 11th 2020, 9:23 AM

# Sheldon Review

Man United co-operating with sex abuse enquiry in relation to former employee

Billy Watts, an ex-caretaker, kit man and groundsman at The Cliff during the 1980s, is at the centre of the allegations.

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Oct 31st 2019, 5:12 PM

# Sex Abuse

Irish arrest in global takedown of dark web's most notorious paedophile site

The website sold the videos to users for bitcoin, which makes it extremely difficult to track the buyer.

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Oct 16th 2019, 10:12 PM

# Courts

Father-of-five jailed for 18 months after being sent two child sexual abuse videos

He had plead guilty to two charges of knowingly possessing child pornography on 31 October 2018.

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Oct 14th 2019, 5:01 PM

# Courts

Co Tyrone man (61) sentenced for committing sexual offence against 8-year-old girl

Keith Lindsay was sentenced at Downpatrick Crown Court earlier today.

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Sep 26th 2019, 10:11 PM

# Catholic Church

Cardinal George Pell lodges new appeal against convictions for child sex abuse

Pell is currently serving a six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two choirboys in the 1990s.

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Sep 17th 2019, 7:28 AM

# sex abuse scandals

Ex-pope Benedict XVI blames clerical sex abuse on 1960s sexual revolution

Benedict has written a 6,000-word essay for Klerusblatt, a German monthly magazine for clergy.

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Apr 11th 2019, 9:01 PM

# Ricardo Ezzati

Pope accepts resignation of Chile cardinal over sex abuse cases

Ricardo Ezzati, archbishop of Santiago, is the highest-ranking Catholic official in Chile.

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Mar 23rd 2019, 5:52 PM

# PSNI

77-year-old man charged as part of historical clerical sex abuse probe in Belfast

The man will appear before court tomorrow.

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Mar 10th 2019, 7:29 AM

# Cardinal Philippe Barbarin

French cardinal given six-month suspended sentence for helping to cover up child abuse by priest

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin failed to report the abuse of a child between 2014 and 2015.

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Mar 7th 2019, 10:13 AM

# custody

R Kelly taken into custody again for failing to pay child support

He was unable to come up with the $161,000 he owes in payments to his ex-wife and their three children.

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Mar 7th 2019, 9:26 AM

# Chicago

R. Kelly pleads not guilty as court documents outline alleged sexual abuse of three underage girls

Bail for the R&B star has been set at $1 million.

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Feb 25th 2019, 8:17 PM

# Sex Abuse

Top Catholic cardinal admits Church files on sex abuse were 'destroyed'

The cardinal was speaking at a landmark Vatican summit on tackling sex abuse in the clergy.

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Feb 23rd 2019, 12:21 PM

# Arrested

R Kelly hands himself into police following 10 sex abuse charges

He will appear in court tomorrow afternoon, a police spokesman said.

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Feb 23rd 2019, 7:29 AM

# Theodore McCarrick

Vatican defrocks former cardinal over sexual abuse of teenager in US

It is the first time a cardinal has ever been defrocked for sex abuse.

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Feb 16th 2019, 9:50 AM

# West Yorkshire Police

55 men arrested in England in historical child sex abuse investigation

All 55 have been interviewed and released under investigation.

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Jan 14th 2019, 7:58 PM

# UK

Ex-youth football coach dies in car crash on day he's to stand trial for sex abuse charges

Michael ‘Kit’ Carson was accused of the sexual abuse of boys aged under 16.

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Jan 8th 2019, 12:35 PM

# Sex Abuse

'Evil, dark crimes': Australian PM apologises to thousands of victims of child sex abuse

The state apology comes after a five-year Royal Commission into child sex abuse.

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Oct 22nd 2018, 6:44 AM

# huddersfield

The 'abuse was vile and wicked': 20 British men jailed for sexually abusing over a dozen girls

The convictions came in a series of trials that could not be reported due court restrictions.

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Oct 19th 2018, 10:00 PM

# sex abuse claims

Commission of investigation into allegations of collusion in Bill Kenneally case to begin in September

A number of survivors allege that there was collusion between the gardaí and the Catholic Church.

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Jul 10th 2018, 8:27 PM

# Christian Brothers

'I reported the teacher who abused me but he was left teaching for three years afterwards'

Damian O’Farrell was married with children when he learned that the man who repeatedly abused him when he was 12 was still teaching children.

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Jul 7th 2018, 12:05 AM

# Scandal

Two more bishops resign in Chile over child sex abuse scandal

Several senior members of Chile’s Catholic Church are accused by victims of ignoring and covering up child abuse by paedophile priest Fernando Karadima.

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Jun 28th 2018, 7:49 PM

# Child Protection

'Inexperienced and untrained gardaí' investigating allegations of child sex abuse

Special Rapporteur for Children Dr Geoffrey Shannon said there has been no significant follow-up from garda management after it asked him last year to help with training.

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May 24th 2018, 4:20 PM

# Audience with the Pope

After being summoned to the Vatican over child sex abuse scandal, all Chilean bishops resign

The thirty-four bishops tendered their resignations today.

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May 18th 2018, 12:46 PM

# George Pell

Pope Francis' aide to stand trial on multiple sex abuse charges

Cardinal George Pell has denied the historic allegations.

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May 1st 2018, 7:08 AM

# me too

In patriarchal Japan, saying ‘Me Too’ can be risky for women

Speaking out often draws criticism rather than sympathy, even from other women.

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Mar 4th 2018, 8:00 AM

# Galway

Teenage sex abuse victim felt 'used liked a puppet' by man who blackmailed her over two years

Alan Feehily was described as “pure evil” by his victim.

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Feb 1st 2018, 7:10 PM

# Scandal

Pope Francis enrages Chile sex abuse victims as he accuses them of slander

He said that until he sees proof of the sex abuse scandals in Chile, the accusations are “all calumny”.

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Jan 19th 2018, 1:39 PM

# Larry Nassar

Sexual abuse victim tells ex-US team doctor: 'You are a repulsive liar'

Nearly 100 women and girls planned to speak or have their statements read during an extraordinary four-day sentencing hearing.

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Jan 16th 2018, 9:50 PM

# Sex Abuse

Man who brought shotgun to bedroom before raping daughter handed 11 year jail sentence

The woman described how she felt sorry for her father, who she said had lost everything because of his decisions.

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Nov 13th 2017, 10:35 PM

# Justice

'I was misled': Eamon Dunphy defends visiting Tom Humphries in psychiatric hospital

Dunphy’s comments on the Tonight Show last night sparked criticism, as he said Humphries was given “just about the right sentence”.

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Oct 25th 2017, 9:10 AM

Voices

Column: Tom Humphries was afforded a trust that makes his crimes even more odious

Tom Humphries joins a string of other abusers who have eroded the simple innocence of growing up on a glorious field, writes club camogie player and TheJournal.ie news editor Sinéad O’Carroll.

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Oct 24th 2017, 8:30 PM