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Cardinal Edward Egan Was Combative With Lawyers For Sex Abuse Victims, Thought It Was 'Marvelous' So Few Priests Had Been Accused

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was ...

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This Halloween, Let's Protect Our Children from Anti-Stranger Hype

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Halloween, Parenting, Family Violence, Crime, Sexual Assault, Family, Child Sexual Abuse, Sex Offenders Laws, Sex Abuse, Sex Offenders, Politics News
Philip N. Cohen

A recent analysis on sex abuse concluded there isn't even the smallest blip at Halloween -- no increase in the rates on the days around Halloween compared with days two weeks before or after.

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Italy Grapples With Priest Sex Abuse

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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VERONA, Italy — It happened night after night, the deaf man said, sometimes in the priest's bedroom, sometimes in the bathroom, even in the conf...

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Save a Kid; Bring a Molester to Church

Patrick Boyle | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

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Patrick Boyle

Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping story got me thinking about the day I got a call from a distraught child molester. I had gotten to know Carl well when he ...

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Sexual Abuse Victims Can Now Receive US Asylum In Reverse Of Bush Policy

nytimes.com | JULIA PRESTON | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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The Obama administration has opened the way for foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse to receive asylum in the Un...

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Ghost Haunting Frat House Files Sex Abuse Charges

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 07.18.2009 | Comedy

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Tom McCaffrey

The Delta Chi house has long been swirled in controversy. For years there has been a rumor that the house is haunted by the ghost of a 24 year old fe...

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Queen Latifah: I Was Sexually Abused

AP | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Queen Latifah has revealed a traumatic chapter of her personal life: The singer-actress was sexually abused as a child. In the lates...

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Webcam Leads To Arrest Of Canadian Woman For Sexual Assault On Child, Dog

Globe & Mail | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

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A woman in Lakeshore, Ont., has been charged with sexually assaulting her young child and dog and broadcasting the acts over the Internet via a webcam...

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New Sex-Abuse Scandal Divides Irish Catholics

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 01.23.2009 | World

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DUBLIN, Ireland — Ireland's most prominent Roman Catholic leader, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, questioned Tuesday whether all of his fe...

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British Sex Offenders Win Human Rights Claim

The Independent | John Aston | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

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Two convicted sex offenders today won groundbreaking rulings that their "indefinite" registration on the sex offenders register with no right of revie...

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