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News Articles: sexual abuse

Activists wearing eye masks hold posters reading "Repeated deepfake sex crimes, the state is an accomplice too," during a protest against sexually abusive deepfakes in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 30.

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  • Asia

South Korea investigates Telegram over alleged sexual deepfakes

South Korea is investigating sexually abusive deepfakes allegedly shared on the messaging platform Telegram. Officials say the company is complying and has removed some content.

September 06, 2024
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  • Se Eun Gong
Jeffery Christian, right, speaks at a press conference in Chicago, on May 7. Christian and dozens of others claim they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers, as part of a lawsuit recounting decades of allegations of systemic child abuse.

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  • National

Youth detention facilities face increased scrutiny amid a wave of abuse lawsuits

A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.

May 17, 2024
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  • Meg Anderson
The PRRI poll found that the vast majority of those who are unaffiliated are content to stay that way. Just 9% of respondents say they're looking for a religion that would be right for them.

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  • Religion

People say they're leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse

People in the U.S. are switching religions and leaving religion altogether in large numbers. A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute shows a high level of "religious churning."

March 27, 2024
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
Aimee Chavira, shown weeks after she was released from the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, which is near Oakland, Calif.

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  • Law

Prison sexual assault victims can now petition for compassionate release

Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release.

June 07, 2023
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  • Carrie Johnson
UCLA gynecologist James Heaps appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2019.

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  • National

Court finds former UCLA gynecologist guilty of sexually abusing patients

A jury was hung on nine additional felony counts against James Heaps. The doctor is facing thousands of accusations of abuse and has cost UCLA $700 million in lawsuits.

October 21, 2022
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  • Emily Olson
The Department of Defense logo is seen on the desk ahead of the press conference on Jan. 14, 2020.

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  • Politics

Senators demand answers from Dept. of Defense after reports of JROTC instructor abuse

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand are questioning the Departments of Education and Defense after a New York Times investigation showed reports of sexual misconduct among JROTC instructors.

September 22, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
In this courtroom sketch, R. Kelly, center, sits with his defense attorneys Thomas Farinella, top, and Nicole Blank Becker during the first day of his defense in his sex trafficking case, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in New York. The former R&B superstar was convicted of racketeering and other crimes. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

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  • News

Atlanta family of woman involved with R. Kelly pleased with the sentencing Wednesday

After R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison, the attorney for the parents of Joycelyen Savage said in a statement "they hope that now Joycelyn will return home."

June 30, 2022
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  • Devon Zwald
R. Kelly stands with his lawyers Jennifer Bonjean and Ashley Cohen during his sentencing hearing for federal sex trafficking at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., Jun. 29, 2022 in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg/REUTERS

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  • News

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case

Fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his fame to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

June 30, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Director Miwa Nishikawa poses for portraits for the film "Nagai Iiwake" (Long excuses) at the 11th edition of the Rome Film Festival in Rome on Oct. 18, 2016.

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  • Asia

A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry

A #MeToo moment may be growing in a country where top movie directors have signed a petition expressing outrage over allegations of sexual violence in the film industry.

April 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Flags mark the spot where the remains of over 750 children were buried on the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Cowessess first Nation, Saskatchewan, June 25, 2021. More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic boarding school for indigenous children in western Canada.

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  • World

Canadian Indigenous leaders meet with the pope in hopes of apology

Indigenous leaders are speaking with Pope Francis about abuses committed against them by Catholic priests and school workers.

March 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The University of Michigan has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct.

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  • National

University of Michigan settles a lawsuit over protecting students from sexual abuse

The lawsuit was brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct.

March 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Britain's Prince Andrew appears at the Royal Chapel at Windsor following the death announcement of his father Prince Philip in April 2021.

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  • Law

Prince Andrew again seeks dismissal of sexual abuse suit, demands a trial if it's not

Among Andrew's grounds for dismissal is that if any sexual activity did occur between the prince and Virginia Giuffre, it was consensual.

January 26, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Jim Holland says his memories of being raped as an adolescent were triggered by the 2002-2004 <em>Boston Globe</em> Spotlight investigation of sexual abuse by priests. He lives in Quincy, Mass.

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  • Health

Men Who Have Been Sexually Abused Have Trouble Getting Treatment

One man's struggle to get treatment for the abuse he suffered as a child serves as a lesson for others.

July 28, 2021
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  • Rachel Rock
Ana Teresa Castillo, who runs a shelter for Venezuelan migrants in the Colombian border town of Villa del Rosario, says she is tending to many more rape victims now than before the pandemic began. She blames the closing of official border posts and gangs blocking their smuggling trails during daylight hours, forcing migrants to cross at night, when they are far more vulnerable.

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  • Latin America

Women Fleeing Venezuela Are Targeted With Sexual Assault As They Cross Into Colombia

Human rights activists have reported a sharp increase in sexual assaults and human trafficking involving Venezuelan women and girls trying to reach Colombia since the border closed amid the pandemic.

January 29, 2021
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  • John Otis
South Korean gold medalist Shim Suk-hee (far left), shown with her relay teammates during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, accused her former coach of repeated sexual assault.

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  • World

South Korean Ex-Coach Sentenced To 10 Years Over Sexual Assault Of Olympic Champion

Shim Suk-hee, a star short track speedskater who has won four Olympic medals, accused Cho Jae-beom of sexually abusing her dozens of times.

January 21, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy
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