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Sexual Abuse

Ruling on Media Ban Request may Hasten Cornwall Abuse Inquiry: Lawyer
  • By: CBC News
A lawyer for abuse victims at a public inquiry in Cornwall believes the latest ruling striking down a request for a publication...
U.S. Judge Clears Way for Abuse Victims to Sue The Vatican
  • By: CBC News
A lawyer for abuse victims at a public inquiry in Cornwall believes the latest ruling striking down a request for a publication...
Clergy Invited to View Abuse Movie
  • By: Chip Martin, London Free Press
Londoners, including Roman Catholic Bishop Ronald Fabbro, are being invited to attend the London debut of a documentary film about sexual abuse...
Canada ‘Dumping Ground’ for Sex-Abuser Priests from U.S.
  • By: Trevor Wilhelm, The Windsor Star
Canada has long been a "dumping ground" for American sex abuser priests, who come here either to flee prosecution or are transferred...
Abuse Victims Have Suggestions for Bishops – They Want all Clergy Convicted of Sexual Offences Defrocked
  • By: Deborah Gyanpong, Canadian Catholic News
Clerical sexual abuse remained a hot topic for Canada's Catholic bishops as they gathered for their annual plenary here Oct. 16-21....
Sexual-Abuse Victims Push Canadian Catholic Bishops at Annual Meeting
  • By: Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
Clerical sexual abuse remained a hot topic for Canada’s Catholic bishops as they gathered for their annual plenary in Cornwall, Ontario Oct....
Create Abuse Registry: Law Firm
  • By: Terri Saunders, Cornwall Public Inquiry
The Catholic Church should create a national public registry of priests who have been convicted of sexual assault, a lawyer for abuse...
Macdonald Could Stop Inquiry From Proceeding
  • By: Terri Saunders, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
Inquiry lawyers confirmed Thursday attorneys for Rev. Charles MacDonald have filed an application seeking the right to appeal a recent Ontario Divisional...
London Firms Gird for Clergy Abuse Cases
  • By: Law Times
For the London, Ont., firm of Ledroit Beckett, the extraordinary case of retired Roman Catholic priest Charles Sylvestre, who pleaded guilty in...
Lawyer Says Inquiry Created to Examine All Aspects of Abuses
  • By: Terri Saunders, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
Keeping secret the name of a person investigated but never charged in a child sexual abuse case will go against the very...
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