The athletic director of Holy Redeemer High School has been placed on administrative leave amid allegations that he has engaged in “inappropriate conduct.” Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce and Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Michael Boyle confirmed in a statement issued…
A Catholic bishop in Poland has been convicted for failing to report two paedophile priests in his diocese to the police. In a first for the country, a regional court found that bishop Andrzej Jeż of Tarnów, southern Poland, was…
A former church leader and his wife have been charged over allegations of sexual abuse, police said. Stephen Timmis, 68, and Janet Timmis, 61, are each charged with eight counts of rape against one victim. South Yorkshire Police said the offences are…
Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao Adewale, The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old pastor, Ambros Mark, over the alleged sexual defilement of two underage girls, aged 13 and 14, in Yenagoa, the state capital. The police said the suspect,…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old pastor, Ambros Mark, over the alleged sexual defilement of two underage girls, aged 13 and 14, in Yenagoa, the state capital. The police said the suspect, who leads Point of Redemption Church International,…
The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is accused of failing to adequately inform the Swiss authorities of the scale of reports of sexual misconduct by MSF staff in Chad. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has now…
In an October 24 press release, attorneys for claimants who had filed sex abuse claims against the Catholic Archdiocese of New York announced:Survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their attorneys have agreed to an $800 million settlement with approximately 1,300 survivors of…
The Archdiocese of New York and attorneys for about 1,300 parishioners who said they were sexually abused by clergy have agreed to an $800 million settlement of their legal claims, the second-largest involving a Catholic archdiocese in the U.S. Archbishop Ronald Hicks sent…
The deal, slated to be inked within the coming days, was confirmed by plaintiffs’ attorneys in an email sent on the evening of Oct. 23 to clients, according to The New York Times. The funds will conclude “all outstanding claims brought…
A Brooklyn pastor has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and 10 years of post-release supervision after being convicted of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Oct. 26. The sentence was handed down by Brooklyn Supreme Court…
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