More than 9,000 men across the country have joined a class action lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America alleging sexual abuse, including nearly 100 in Maine. Here are four of their stories.
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Ghislaine Maxwell loses fight to keep her Jeffrey Epstein testimony sealed
The release of her 418-page deposition from April 2016 could shed new light on the Epstein empire.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
How an arrest upended filming of ‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’ docuseries
The filmmakers behind the Lifetime docuseries “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” have had to regroup twice ahead of its Sunday premiere.
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Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail in Epstein-related sex abuse case
An indictment alleged that Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend helped groom the victims to endure sexual abuse and was sometimes there when Epstein abused them.
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Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell moved to New York to face sex abuse charges
Maxwell is facing charges she recruited women and girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: A 15-year-old girl has an affair with her teacher
In New York Times bestseller ‘My Dark Vanessa,’ the same girl, now grown up and her life a wreck, wrestles with what it meant.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: We are not seeing the limit of #MeToo
The fight for women’s rights took a historic leap forward through messages of unity and courage over social media.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Boy Scouts failed to heed Catholic Church’s lesson, confront abuse
The organization should show the character it has long preached and right these wrongs.
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Activists, celebrities call for Chrystul Kizer’s release in sex trafficking murder case
Wisconsin prosecutors call it premeditated murder; Kizer says she was defending herself against a sexual predator.
Posted inMaine, News
Former Biddeford man, abused by priest, loses court battle over $875 counseling payment
David Gagnon, 54, who now lives in Montreal, sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland in small claims court after it failed to reimburse him.