A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected calls to overturn the Boy Scouts of America's $2.46 billion sex abuse settlement, ...

Advocates for victims of sex abuse say there needs to be an accounting of how then-Cardinal Robert Prevost handled such cases ...

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Jacqueline Ma, a 36-year-old former "Teacher of the Year" in California, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing two of her students.

Jackman plays Jon Macklem, a critically acclaimed yet best-selling author who teaches literature at a “world class college.” ...

The DuPage State’s Attorney’s Office said Monday that Murtaza Hameed will not be released pre-trial, and will appear in court on June 2.

Survivors of child sex abuse in Maryland must file their lawsuits by May 31 if they want to avoid a new law that limits the amount of compensation a person can receive under the Child Victims Act.

Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...