TEHRAN, August 27 - Delivering Mass under stormy Dublin skies, Pope Francis gave an unplanned speech on abuse to hundreds of thousands of faithful in leafy Phoenix Park and asked for forgiveness.
TEHRAN, April 12 - Pope Francis says he has made “grave mistakes” in handling a sexual abuse scandal in Chile, expressing his wish to invite the abuse victims he had discredited to Rome to beg their forgiveness.
TEHRAN, April 07 -Harvey Weinstein's former production company announced late Monday it had filed for bankruptcy, less than six months after the Hollywood mogul was beset by avalanching sexual assault allegations.
TEHRAN, February 15 - International aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said on Wednesday it had dealt with 24 cases of sexual harassment or abuse among its 40,000 staff last year, and dismissed 19 people as a result.
A senior Church of England bishop has revealed that the Anglican Communion led by Queen Elizabeth II is facing more than 3,300 sexual abuse allegations before an independent inquiry into child abuse next month, despite fivefold increase in spending on issues relating to such abuse since 2014.
TEHRAN, February 10 - The UN says refugees are suffering widespread sexual harassment in Greece, where mixed-gender asylum seekers are forced into overcrowded reception centers under dire conditions.
TEHRAN, February 5 - Former US Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced 40 to 125 years in prison for three counts of criminal sexual conduct in his third and final sentencing trial.
TEHRAN, January 26 - The US military has indirectly encouraged child sexual abuse by Afghan forces for years, similar to the US government’s support of terrorist groups throughout the world, a former US Senate candidate said.
TEHRAN, November 1 - Britain-based charity organization Oxfam says it has dismissed nearly two dozen staff members over allegations of sexual abuse in the last year.
TEHRAN, April 1, YJC - Ten women have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that they were sexually assaulted by guards and an employee at a female prison in the US state of Hawaii.