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Tuesday 27 October 2020
Lawyers say she is watched around-the-clock by security cameras and multiple prison guards.
The socialite’s legal team argue that her accusers could misuse evidence to boost their chances in civil cases against her.
Director Jon Shenk speaks about his new documentary ‘Athlete A’ and how a deeply flawed system led to years of sexual abuse in gymnastics.
The case relates to incidents which allegedly occurred between 1978 and 1986.
Billy Watts, an ex-caretaker, kit man and groundsman at The Cliff during the 1980s, is at the centre of the allegations.
The website sold the videos to users for bitcoin, which makes it extremely difficult to track the buyer.
He had plead guilty to two charges of knowingly possessing child pornography on 31 October 2018.
Keith Lindsay was sentenced at Downpatrick Crown Court earlier today.
Pell is currently serving a six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two choirboys in the 1990s.
Benedict has written a 6,000-word essay for Klerusblatt, a German monthly magazine for clergy.
Ricardo Ezzati, archbishop of Santiago, is the highest-ranking Catholic official in Chile.
The man will appear before court tomorrow.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin failed to report the abuse of a child between 2014 and 2015.
He was unable to come up with the $161,000 he owes in payments to his ex-wife and their three children.
Bail for the R&B star has been set at $1 million.
The cardinal was speaking at a landmark Vatican summit on tackling sex abuse in the clergy.
He will appear in court tomorrow afternoon, a police spokesman said.
It is the first time a cardinal has ever been defrocked for sex abuse.
All 55 have been interviewed and released under investigation.
Michael ‘Kit’ Carson was accused of the sexual abuse of boys aged under 16.
The state apology comes after a five-year Royal Commission into child sex abuse.
The convictions came in a series of trials that could not be reported due court restrictions.
A number of survivors allege that there was collusion between the gardaí and the Catholic Church.
Damian O’Farrell was married with children when he learned that the man who repeatedly abused him when he was 12 was still teaching children.
Several senior members of Chile’s Catholic Church are accused by victims of ignoring and covering up child abuse by paedophile priest Fernando Karadima.
Special Rapporteur for Children Dr Geoffrey Shannon said there has been no significant follow-up from garda management after it asked him last year to help with training.
The thirty-four bishops tendered their resignations today.
Cardinal George Pell has denied the historic allegations.
Speaking out often draws criticism rather than sympathy, even from other women.
Alan Feehily was described as “pure evil” by his victim.
He said that until he sees proof of the sex abuse scandals in Chile, the accusations are “all calumny”.
Nearly 100 women and girls planned to speak or have their statements read during an extraordinary four-day sentencing hearing.
The woman described how she felt sorry for her father, who she said had lost everything because of his decisions.
Dunphy’s comments on the Tonight Show last night sparked criticism, as he said Humphries was given “just about the right sentence”.
Tom Humphries joins a string of other abusers who have eroded the simple innocence of growing up on a glorious field, writes club camogie player and TheJournal.ie news editor Sinéad O’Carroll.
The Sunday Times chief sports writer wrote a character reference for Humphries
The woman’s case has sparked a garda review in the last three months.
Pell is the most senior Catholic cleric to be charged with criminal offences related to the sexual abuse of children.
After a landmark, two-year investigation, police said he would have been questioned if he were still alive.
One in Four said that Tusla was “woefully under resourced” and there were “great inconsistencies” in child protection procedures across the country.
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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