Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to groping young man at bar

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty Monday to groping an 18-year-old busboy in 2016 in the first criminal case brought against the disgraced actor following a string of sexual misconduct allegations that crippled his career. Spacey’s court appearance came more than a year after former Boston TV anchor Heather Unruh accused the... Read More

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Kevin Spacey

January 7, 2019

Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics

LYON, France (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure to report a pedophile priest who confessed to preying on Boy Scouts and whose victims want to hold one of France’s highest church figures accountable. Nine alleged victims of the Rev.... Read More

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Catholic Church

January 7, 2019

Kevin Spacey plans not-guilty plea in sexual assault case

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Kevin Spacey is due in a Massachusetts courtroom Monday to answer accusations that he groped a young man in a bar on the resort island of Nantucket in 2016. The Oscar-winning actor has said he will plead not guilty to a charge of felony indecent assault and battery. The court appearance... Read More

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Kevin Spacey

January 4, 2019

Attorney general supports longer limit for sex abuse suits

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s new attorney general says he supports extending the state’s statute of limitations for filing child sexual abuse lawsuits. Peter Neronha, a former U.S. attorney, says he saw the terrible toll abuse takes on victims and their families when he prosecuted such cases. The Legislature is expected to consider whether... Read More

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Sexual Abuse

January 3, 2019

Naming names: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred at least in part by a shocking grand jury investigation in Pennsylvania, an Associated Press review has found. Nearly... Read More

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Catholic Church

January 2, 2019

Court records detail Spacey’s encounter with teenager

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who says he was groped by Kevin Spacey at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016 caught part of his encounter with the actor on video, according to court records. The then 18-year-old man sent a video via Snapchat to his girlfriend that allegedly showed Spacey touching the front of his... Read More

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Kevin Spacey

January 2, 2019

Scandal and justice: #MeToo reached the sports world in 2018

One by one they came forward, more than 150 in all. Fearful yet defiant. Vulnerable but resolute, buoyed by the hope of catharsis and the promise of justice. Standing in a Michigan courtroom last January, women and girls sexually abused by Larry Nassar confronted the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, and over... Read More

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Larry Nassar

January 2, 2019

Judge denies Kevin Spacey’s request to skip court appearance

BOSTON (AP) — Former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey must appear in a Massachusetts court on accusations that he groped a young man in 2016, a judge ruled on Monday. The 59-year-old Oscar-winning actor had argued he should be excused from attending his Jan. 7 arraignment at the Nantucket District Court because his presence... Read More

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Kevin Spacey

December 31, 2018

Lawyer: McCarrick repeatedly touched youth during confession

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s sexual abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has expanded significantly after a man testified that the retired American archbishop sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, including during confession. James Grein testified Thursday in New York before the judicial vicar for the New York City archdiocese,... Read More

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Catholic Church, Sexual Abuse

December 31, 2018

Kids who assault on US bases can still escape accountability

Despite new rules addressing sexual assault among the children of U.S. service members, the federal government failed to fix a flaw that on many military bases has let alleged juvenile abusers escape accountability or treatment. New records obtained by The Associated Press underscore how few child-on-child sex assault reports pursued by military investigators are prosecuted.... Read More

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December 27, 2018

Dushku says CBS agreed to monitor ‘Bull’ star’s behavior

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Eliza Dushku says she struggled with her decision to keep quiet about the sexual harassment she says she endured from the star of the CBS show “Bull,” weighing her desire to keep her ordeal private against her worry that it would be swept under the rug. Dushku, who says she... Read More

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Eliza Dushku

December 27, 2018

Man charged in sex assault at fire camp agrees to plea deal

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Idaho inmate accused of sexually assaulting a woman after he was sent to work at a wildfire base camp in Utah has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery. The woman approved the plea deal so she could avoid having to testify in the case, prosecutor Kevin Daniels said Monday.... Read More

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Ruben Hernandez

December 27, 2018

Pope Francis’ early blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy

VATICAN CITY (AP) — It has been a wretched year for Pope Francis, whose blind spot on clergy sex abuse conspired with events beyond his control to threaten his legacy and throw the Catholic hierarchy into a credibility crisis not seen in modern times. The latest development — a high-profile verdict in a far-away country... Read More

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Catholic Church

December 26, 2018

Prep school graduate begins jail time for 2014 sex assault

BOSCAWEN, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire prep school graduate convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate reported to jail Wednesday to begin serving the remaining 10 months of his jail sentence. Twenty-three-year-old Owen Labrie turned himself into the Merrimack County jail Wednesday morning, a little over a week after a judge refused to shorten... Read More

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Owen Labrie

Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to groping young man at bar

Cardinal’s cover-up trial a reckoning for French Catholics

Kevin Spacey plans not-guilty plea in sexual assault case

Attorney general supports longer limit for sex abuse suits

Naming names: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church

Court records detail Spacey’s encounter with teenager

Scandal and justice: #MeToo reached the sports world in 2018

Judge denies Kevin Spacey’s request to skip court appearance

Lawyer: McCarrick repeatedly touched youth during confession

Kids who assault on US bases can still escape accountability

Dushku says CBS agreed to monitor ‘Bull’ star’s behavior

Man charged in sex assault at fire camp agrees to plea deal

Pope Francis’ early blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy

Prep school graduate begins jail time for 2014 sex assault

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