Accuser Challenged in Priest Child Rape Trial
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The lone accuser in the child rape trial  of defrocked priest Paul Shanley pleaded with a judge to spare  him more of the stinging interrogation that left him sobbing in  court on Thursday.
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A grand jury has charged a former  Massachusetts bishop, Thomas Dupre, with raping two children in  the 1970s, a state court said on Monday, in the first such  action against a high-ranking member of the U.S. Roman Catholic  Church.
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An Argentine priest is due in court accused of involvement in murders and kidnappings during the military regime.
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A woman who claims she was abused in a Catholic children's home loses a bid to sue the religious order which ran it.
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Prosecutors wrapped up their case against defrocked priest Paul Shanley on Monday after a psychiatrist testified that it is not uncommon for adults who suffer trauma as children to repress memories of the experience.
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The Pope's personal preacher urges him to call for a "day of atonement" for child sex abuse by Catholic clergy.
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The alleged victim of defrocked priest Paul Shanley is expected to take the stand Wednesday in the second day of his trial on child rape charges.
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A father accused of raping his chess prodigy daughter claims her accusations were premeditated.
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The Catholic Church accuses the BBC of a prejudiced attack on the Pope over claims of a cover-up of child sex abuse.
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Prosecutors told a judge Thursday that an alleged victim of defrocked priest Paul Shanley might refuse to testify if he is publicly identified during the upcoming sexual abuse trial. That would mean the end of the criminal case against one of the most notorious figures in the Boston Archdiocese's sex scandal, Assistant District Attorney Lynn Rooney said.
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The lawyer representing a 63-year-old Scot accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in the Gambia is calling for its court to apologise to his client.
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The mother of the boy accusing Michael Jackson of sexual abuse is set to face the singer in court.
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SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts A bishop from Massachusetts was indicted on child rape charges, accused of molesting two boys in the 1970s, the county prosecutor said Monday.
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A PRIEST accused of bulldozing more than 2000 Tutsi villagers to death as they sought sanctuary in his church during Rwanda&#39;s 1994 genocide has gone on trial before a United Nations court charged with crimes against humanity.
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A polygamist sect leader goes on trial in the US state of Utah accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl into marriage.
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The wife of the man who has accused defrocked priest Paul Shanley of raping him as a child testified Friday that he had night sweats and curled up in the fetal position on the floor after recovering memories of the alleged abuse.
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A controversial Irish priest who sabotaged the menâs Olympic marathon by leaping on the race leader appeared in court today on indecency charges.