Abuse News

Vienna - A huge and damning new report revealed Wednesday "extensive" physical or sexual abuse against women across the EU, with one in three falling victim but few going to the police.Five percent of the 42,000 women interviewed said they have been raped, and ...

- Pope Francis has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia.The comments, in an interview published Wednesday, were the pope's first response to ...

Vienna - A huge and damning new report revealed Wednesday "extensive" physical or sexual abuse against women across the EU, with one in three falling victim but far too few going to the police.In addition, five percent of the 42,000 women interviewed said they ...

- Pope Francis has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia.The comments, in an interview published Wednesday, were the pope's first response to ...

Vienna - One in three EU women has suffered a physical and/or sexual assault since the age of 15, a major new study revealing "extensive" and "systematically under-reported" violence showed on Wednesday.

Rome - The Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic movement whose founder was a sexual predator, on Tuesday said they had managed to change with Vatican support, but one abuse victim told AFP the group was an "unreformable sect"."The Legionaries have reconciled wit...

Paris - Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem, published on Wednesday.Its authors said that despite important gaps in data, the overall picture was clear: s...

Paris - Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem, published on Wednesday.Its authors said that despite important gaps in data, the overall picture was clear: s...

New York - Film director Woody Allen again denied molesting his daughter and launched a furious attack on his ex-partner Mia Farrow, blaming her for the abuse allegations.

- The Vatican on Friday criticised a damning UN report on the Catholic Church's handling of child sex abuse cases, saying it had "grave limits" and accusing UN committee members of following "prejudiced" views.