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News Articles: sexual abuse

UCLA gynecologist James Heaps appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2019.

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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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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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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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
Two priests are going on trial in the Vatican court — one accused of sexually abusing an altar boy and the other charged with aiding and abetting the alleged abuse, which allegedly took place at the St. Pius X youth seminary. The seminary's residents are known as the "pope's altar boys" and serve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

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  • World

Vatican Court Hears Unprecedented Sexual Abuse Criminal Trial

A 28-year-old priest is charged with sexually abusing an altar boy over a five-year period in a Vatican City youth seminary. Another priest, the former rector, is charged with covering up the abuse.

October 26, 2020
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to an image of Robert Hadden during a news conference Wednesday to announce his arrest and indictment.

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  • Law

Ex-Columbia University Gynecologist Accused Of Abusing Dozens Of Patients Is Indicted

Robert Hadden has been arrested in connection with the abuse of dozens of female patients, including minors. He has been accused of abuse in the past but avoided jail time in a previous case.

September 09, 2020
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  • Merrit Kennedy
The Vatican, shown here last month, has issued new guidance on how bishops should respond to allegations of sexual abuse.

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  • Religion

New Vatican Guidance Urges Clergy To Report Cases Of Sexual Abuse

A step-by-step manual for investigating and reporting sexual abuse cases involving clergy calls on church authorities to alert civilian officials even if not required to do so by law.

July 16, 2020
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  • David Welna

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  • Health

For Georgia Teens, The End Of Dating Violence Begins With Healthy Relationships

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health , domestic violence and sexual assault are the leading causes of injuries for young women and girls...

March 19, 2019
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  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
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