Like fellow teammate Aly Raisman, the gold medalist claims that Larry Nassar assaulted her as well.
Mike Tyson, 51, said being a victim of childhood sex assault "made me have to be tough for the world I lived in."
In a statement signed by three dozen Zulu Nation leaders, the organization took responsibility for their role in victim-shaming.
CHICAGO (AP) â Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling. The case makes […]
Two women are wanted by police after being caught on camera twerking on a man inside a Washington D.C. convenience store.
Curtis and Catherine Jones were 12 and 13 years old when they confessed to the brutal murder of their father’s girlfriend in 1999. Now the…
CHICAGO (AP) â Months after it revealed it had concealed the sexual abuse of children by priests for decades, the Archdiocese of Chicago planned to release files Thursday on about three dozen more abusive clergy members to fulfill Cardinal Francis George’s pledge to make them public before he retires. The archdiocese made public the files […]
Penn State students turned campus into the site of a peaceful and jubilant celebration after the football program had its bowl ban lifted. They chanted Joe Paterno’s name and, of course, threw in “We Are” for good measure on Monday night. The thousands that rallied were in stark contrast to the mess 2 1/2 years […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) â A new accuser has sued Jerry Sandusky, Penn State and a charity the former assistant coach founded, claiming he was sexually abused about six years ago. The case was filed in Philadelphia last month by Williamsport attorney Bret Southard, whose client was identified only by his initials, The Centre Daily […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma man has been charged with sexually abusing boys and girls while volunteering at an organization in Kenya that assists neglected…
A church lawyer is making her most detailed allegations yet about a cover-up of clergy sex abuse in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Jennifer Haselberger says in an affidavit released today that archbishops and staff ignored the 2002 pledge by Roman Catholic bishops to keep abusive clergy out of parishes. Haselberger spent five […]
Pope Francis says his plan to meet with a group of sex abuse victims is part of an effort to “go forward” with “zero tolerance” in confronting and preventing clergy abuse. But the head of a U.S. victims’ group has dismissed the upcoming session as “another gesture, another public relations coup” that could prove meaningless. […]
