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Son of director Franco Zeffirelli slams 'Romeo and Juliet' child sex abuse lawsuit

The son of "Romeo and Juliet" director Franco Zeffirelli has responded to a child sexual abuse lawsuit recently submitted in Los Angeles County by the film's stars, Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey.

Los Angeles Times

The online 'hierarchy of credibility' that fuels influencers like Andrew Tate

The arrest of influencer Andrew Tate in Romania on charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse will do little to deter his supporters. For some time now, those outside his sphere of influence have looked on bemused as to how he appears to have accumulated so much power over young…

The Conversation

Slovenian Jesuits ask for forgiveness in major abuse case

Slovenia's Jesuits say they believe sexual abuse allegations against a prominent member of their order are true and have asked for forgiveness.

Reuters

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Gloria Trevi denies 'tremendously painful' sexual abuse allegations amid new lawsuit

LOS ANGELES — Latin pop diva Gloria Trevi has denied allegations of sexual assault after two women filed a lawsuit against the singer and her ex-manager and producer Sergio Andrade on Dec. 30.

Los Angeles Times

Wolf moves to speed action on child sex abuse lawsuit window

Pennsylvania’s newly minted state House speaker is moving to make his major policy goal regarding victims of child sexual abuse to be the chamber’s urgent priority

The Independent UK

Shania Twain says she posed naked to heal her sexual abuse trauma

The singer has sytruggled with her body image since being assaulted as a child by her stepfather

Evening Standard

LA Unified School District, 2 administrators sued for failing to report sex abuse by science teacher

LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles Unified School District administrators who were convicted of criminal charges for failing to report sex crimes by a science teacher are being sued along with the district by a former student victimized in the assaults for their role in covering up the sexual abuse.

Los Angeles Times

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Editorial: Jehovah's Witnesses abuse scandal is a reminder to end cover-up culture

Locked inside the Jehovah's Witnesses world headquarters are secret files detailing sexual abuse by members of the religious denomination. Some of those files are slowly coming to light thanks to a grand jury investigation by state Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office that was spurred by The Inquirer.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Stars of 1968 film ‘Romeo and Juliet’ sue studio for child sexual abuse over nude scene

LOS ANGELES — The stars of the 1968 movie “Romeo and Juliet” have submitted a lawsuit in Los Angeles County accusing Paramount Pictures of sexually abusing them by filming their nude bodies without their knowledge when they were children.

Los Angeles Times

Late pope's sexual abuse suit continues

A German man accused the former pontiff of dismissing complaints against convicted pedophile Father Peter Hullerman

Salon

Benedict leaves German homeland with complicated legacy

Pope Benedict XVI leaves his homeland with a complicated legacy: pride in a German pontiff but a church deeply divided over the need for reforms in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal in which his own actions of decades ago were faulted

The Independent UK

Though faulted, Benedict turned Vatican around on sex abuse

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI rarely got credit for having turned the Vatican around on clergy sexual abuse, but as cardinal and pope, he pushed through revolutionary changes to church law to make it easier to defrock predator priests

The Independent UK

Benedict XVI, pope whose resignation shook Catholics, dies

Benedict XVI, who shocked the world’s 1.2 billion followers of the Roman Catholic Church when he became the first pope to resign in almost six centuries, has died. He was 95.

Tribune News Service

Pope Benedict XVI, who promoted traditional faith in the modern world, dies at 95

The German theologian stunned the world with his papal resignation in 2013, but controversy followed.

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Pope Benedict XVI: A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy

Benedict XVI leaves behind a complex legacy as a Pope and theologian.

Reuters

Former Pope Benedict was first pontiff to resign in 600 years

VATICAN CITY - Former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, leaving behind a Catholic Church battered by sexual abuse scandals, mired in mismanagement and polarised between conservatives and progressives.

Los Angeles Times

No charges filed in decades of sex abuse allegations that rocked elite Calif. boarding school

LOS ANGELES — A criminal investigation into decades of allegations of sexual abuse at one of California's most prestigious private schools has concluded without charges filed.

Los Angeles Times

As deadline looms, California's institutions face thousands of childhood sexual abuse claims

LOS ANGELES — The lawsuits are stacking up in courthouses across the state, sometimes dozens per day, identifiable by their unusual names: Jane Doe vs. Doe Archdiocese. M.L., an individual, vs. Doe 1, a California organization. John Doe #1 vs. Roe 2, a California entity.

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The Independent UK

Hundreds of former juvenile detainees sue LA over decades of sexual abuse

Nearly 280 former juvenile detainees claim the LA County Probation Department failed to stop the rampant abuse

Los Angeles Times

Nearly 300 sue over alleged sexual abuse at LA County juvenile halls and camps

LOS ANGELES — For five decades, boys and girls in Los Angeles County juvenile camps and detention halls have suffered repeated sexual assaults at the hands of probation and detention officers, according to a lawsuit filed by nearly 300 former detainees.

Tribune News Service

Baltimore judge orders Catholic clergy abuse report proceedings remain secret; no decision yet on report’s release

BALTIMORE — The legal fight over whether to make public a comprehensive report on sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests in Maryland will continue to play out behind closed doors, a Baltimore judge ruled.

The Independent UK

Sex-abuse video victimizes child long after abuser is gone

A video of a man raping his 9-year-old daughter triggered a global search for the little girl in 2016

Tribune News Service

Trump calls NY sexual-abuse law unconstitutional in rape accuser’s suit

Former President Donald Trump said a New York law temporarily allowing people to sue over alleged sexual abuse that may have occurred decades earlier was violating the constitutional rights of “countless people,” including himself.

AAP

Sermon alluded to pastor's sexual abuse

Hillsong founder Brian Houston told churchgoers of "a serious moral accusation" against his father without revealing he molested a child, a court has heard.

Reuters

Jury finds former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape and two other sexual assault counts by a Los Angeles jury on Monday, marking the second conviction of the onetime Hollywood kingmaker who became the face of #MeToo sexual abuse allegations five years ago.

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