US archbishop quits after archdiocese charged with cover-up
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis has started making good on his promise to not let even the most senior churchmen get away with sex abuse or cover-up. On Monday, he…
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT DISPUTE OVER CHILD PORN PROBE
FILE – In this Jan. 30, 2014 file photo German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel from the Social Democrats and Chancellor Angela Merkel, from left, attend a session at the German…
VATICAN FACING UN SHOWDOWN ON SEX AB– USE RECORD
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 8, 2012 file photo Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Holy See’s chief sex crimes prosecutor, meets journalists in Rome. The…
TENN. SEN.’S FIRED CHIEF OF STAFF ORDERED FREED
By JESSICA GRESKO FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file image taken from video and released by WJLA TV, U.S. Postal police walk with Ryan Loskarn, center, in…
BERLUSCONI LAWYERS DENY ‘BUNGA BUNGA’ PAYOFF
By NICOLE WINFIELD In this picture taken on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, one of Silvio Berlusconi’s lawyers, Nicolo Ghedini, speaks at a press conference in Rome. An Italian court has…
CHURCH WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS SHE ‘DIDN’T DO ENOUGH’
By AMY FORLITI HOLD FOR AMY FORLITI STORY – In this Oct. 15, 2013 photo, Jennifer Haselberger pauses during an interview in St. Paul, Minn. with The Associated Press. Haselberger…
NEW PROSECUTOR TO LOOK AT MO. SEX ASSAULT CASE
By BILL DRAPER FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2012 file photo, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker addresses the media during a news conference, in Kansas City, Mo. A…
VT. MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KIDNAPPING, KILLING NIECE
By LISA RATHKE FILE- This July 9, 2008, file photo, shows James Bennett, father of Brooke Bennett, a 12-year-old girl who prosecutors say was sexually assaulted and killed by her…