The three-day conference opens Thursday near Dallas, drawing hundreds of pastors and church officials from the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.
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Cheverus alumni announce fund to assist abuse victims
Three members of the Class of 1979 hope to raise $50,000 to support sexual abuse victims who attended the Jesuit-run school in Portland.
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Chicago trial for R. Kelly on sex abuse charges tentatively set for April
The R&B singer is facing charges he sexually abused minors and conspired with two associates to pay off and intimidate witnesses against him.
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Mississippi Catholic Church settled abuse cases with poor, black men on the cheap
A famed Catholic religious order settled sex abuse cases in recent months with two black Mississippi men in deals that gave the men $15,000 each and required them to keep silent.
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One by one, Epstein’s accusers pour out their anger, stories of abuse
One accuser called him ‘a coward,’ and she felt “very angry and sad” that he killed himself before going to trial.
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Court upholds convictions against highest-ranking Vatican official jailed on charges of child sex abuse
Australian Cardinal George Pell will continue to serve his six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two choir boys.
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Migrant children separated at border were harmed, abused in foster care, families say
Taxpayers could be on the hook for more than $200 million in damages as a result of the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy.
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Two guards suspended, warden reassigned after Epstein’s death
The president of the union council that represents prison guards says reassignments are routinely done to ‘protect the integrity of investigations.’
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Lawsuit accuses Boy Scouts of failing to stop hundreds of unreported sexual predators
Attorneys for a man who alleges he was assaulted by a Scout leader say they have uncovered hundreds of previously unreported cases of sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts.
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Kathleen Parker: Look more closely at Jeffrey Epstein, and there’s even less to like
The convicted sex offender and accused sex trafficker apparently hoped to seed the human race with his own DNA.