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British Jury Delivers First Conviction for Female Genital Mutilation

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019PALKO KARASZ and ANNA SCHAVERIENComments Off on British Jury Delivers First Conviction for Female Genital Mutilation

A court found a 37-year-old woman guilty of committing female genital mutilation on her 3-year-old daughter, the first such conviction in Britain since the practice was banned in 1985.

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Sex Crime Reports Are Up in France. Officials See a #MeToo Effect.

February 1, 2019AURELIEN BREEDENComments Off on Sex Crime Reports Are Up in France. Officials See a #MeToo Effect.

A government analysis found victims increasingly willing to talk to the authorities. It was published as two police officers were convicted in a closely watched rape case.

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Ex-Presidential Candidate in South Korea Is Jailed for Sexual Assault

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on Ex-Presidential Candidate in South Korea Is Jailed for Sexual Assault

Ahn Hee-jung, once a rising political star, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Friday. His former secretary had accused him of rape.

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Pope Calls Child Sex Abuse ‘a Human Problem,’ Tamping Down Summit Expectations

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019ELISABETTA POVOLEDOComments Off on Pope Calls Child Sex Abuse ‘a Human Problem,’ Tamping Down Summit Expectations

Pope Francis said the meeting at the Vatican in February would impress on bishops the suffering of victims and help church leaders better follow procedures when an allegation is made.

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South Korea’s Speedskating Community Faces Reckoning After Rape Allegations

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019CHOE SANG-HUNComments Off on South Korea’s Speedskating Community Faces Reckoning After Rape Allegations

The speedskater Shim Suk-hee, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, said that in addition to physical beatings, she had been repeatedly raped by her former coach.

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Pope Cites ‘Crisis of Credibility’ in Message to U.S. Bishops on Sex Abuse

January 3, 2019ELISABETTA POVOLEDOComments Off on Pope Cites ‘Crisis of Credibility’ in Message to U.S. Bishops on Sex Abuse

The message comes as American bishops have been split in their attitudes about Francis, with a few openly criticizing the pope.

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Philippine President Says He Sexually Abused Housemaid as a Teenager

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018JASON GUTIERREZComments Off on Philippine President Says He Sexually Abused Housemaid as a Teenager

A spokesman for President Rodgrigo Duterte said later that the remarks were intended as a joke to expose the hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Pope Francis, in Christmas Speech, Emphasizes ‘Fraternity’

December 25, 2018December 26, 2018JASON HOROWITZComments Off on Pope Francis, in Christmas Speech, Emphasizes ‘Fraternity’

In his “Urbi et Orbi” (“To the City and to the World”) benediction, the pontiff declares that differences are a source of richness rather than danger.

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Pope Francis Calls on Abusive Priests to Turn Themselves In

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018JASON HOROWITZComments Off on Pope Francis Calls on Abusive Priests to Turn Themselves In

Priests who abuse children should surrender “to human justice, and prepare for divine justice,” the pontiff said in his annual address to the Roman curia.

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Argentina’s #MeToo Moment: Actress Shares Account of Assault

December 14, 2018December 15, 2018DANIEL POLITI and MEGAN SPECIAComments Off on Argentina’s #MeToo Moment: Actress Shares Account of Assault

An Argentine actress accused an older male colleague of raping her when she was a minor, starting a big movement that has been likened to #MeToo.

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