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Ex-Elmo puppeteer faces new sex, drug claims

Kevin Clash, the ex-Elmo puppeteer who previously faced allegations of sex abuse, is once again at the center of a lawsuit.

 

Clergy sex abuse settlements top $2.5 billion nationwide

Clergy Sex Scandal

There have been nearly 17,000 victims of clergy sexual abuse since 1950 and legal settlements for their suffering continue to climb. Add another $10 million to the $2.5 billion that the Catholic Church in the USA has spent in confronting the clergy sex abuse crisis.

 

Cardinal Mahony used cemetery money to pay sex abuse settlement

Cardinal Mahony

The Archdiocese of L.A. took $115 million from its cemeteries' maintenance fund in 2007, nearly depleting it. The move seems legal, but it was not announced, and relatives of the dead were not told.

 

Patient molests woman in Brooklyn ER, authorities say

A 27-year-old woman at a Brooklyn hospital was molested by a fellow patient previously convicted of sex abuse, authorities said.

 

Church sex abuse files unlikely to lead to charges, experts say

Statute of limitations is the main stumbling block to prosecuting Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and aides in the sex abuse files from the 1980s released this week, experts say. Over the last decade, there have been numerous calls to prosecute Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and his top aides for their mishandling of clergy sex abuse. At least three grand juries, two district attorneys and a U.S. attorney have subpoenaed documents and summoned witnesses.

 

Fla. man sues ex-Elmo puppeteer, claims sex abuse

Another man on Monday sued the former Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid sex abuse allegations, claiming the voice actor befriended him in Miami and promised to be a father figure before flying the teen to New York to have sex with him.

 

Church airs list of priests accused of sexual abuse

Church airs list of priests accused of sexual abuse

Nearly 10 years after a worldwide clergy sexual abuse crisis erupted in the Boston Archdiocese, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley today released a long-awaited roster of 159 archdiocesan clerics who have been accused of sexually abusing children.

 

Andy Dick to Stand Trial on W.Va. Sex Abuse Counts

Andy Dick to Stand Trial on W.Va. Sex Abuse Counts

Entertainer Andy Dick ordered to stand trial in West Virginia on 2 felony sex abuse charges.

 

Vatican returns to profit but donations down

The Vatican has returned to profit after three years in the red but donations from the faithful fell nearly euro15 million ($22 million), or 18 percent, amid tough economic times and a year in which the priest sex abuse scandal exploded.

 

U.S. Bishops debating, updating sex abuse rules

The Catholic bishops are reviewing church sex abuse policies but not speaking publicly on reports questioning their effectiveness.

 

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