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Ex-pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over sex abuse scandal

  by Alice RITCHIE / Ella IDE Agence France Presse VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness…

WHO hit by racism claims against Western Pacific head

  by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization vowed to take action Thursday…

Ex-pope Benedict under scrutiny in German child abuse probe

  by Femke COLBORNE Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- A potentially explosive report into the handling of child…

French Catholic Church to sell assets to settle sex abuse claims

  by Karine PERRET Agence France Presse LOURDES, France (AFP) -- Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part…

France’s bishops kneel in penance for decades of child abuse in Catholic Church

by Karine PERRET Agence France Presse LOURDES, France (AFP) -- Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show…

N.Irish police probe abuse at Church-run women’s homes

  DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) -- Northern Irish police on Wednesday began probing historic allegations of abuse at women's homes run…

Vatican teen sex abuse trial ends with acquittals

  ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Two priests were acquitted on Wednesday of charges linked with sex abuse at a school…

Awful truth: Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sex abuse scandals over the last…

French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950

  by Karine PERRET and Joseph SCHMID Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- An independent inquiry into alleged sex…

French Catholic Church probe uncovers some 3,000 paedophiles

Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the…

Thousands of pedophiles in French Catholic Church since 1950: commission

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- Thousands of pedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of…

WHO chief apologizes for sex abuse by staff in DR Congo

  by Christophe VOGT Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The head of the World Health Organization apologized Tuesday…

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