Belgian sexual abuse victims receive financial compensation
Victims of sexual abuse by priests in Belgium should be able to claim up to €25 000 in compensation from the Church, a new commission has found.
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How music depicts violence against women and children
There are many in the fields of popular and alternative music that speak about violence against women and children from a different angle.
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Sexual abuse rampant at rural schools
Mpumalanga's education department has dismissed 60 teachers for sexually abusing pupils in the past five years, the province has disclosed.
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Speak out about sexual abuse
A new handbook encourages learners and teachers to eradicate a modern scourge in schools, writes Sameerah Karolia.
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Advocate Barbie reports for jail term
Convicted sex offender Cezanne Visser, also known as advocate Barbie, reported to the high court in Pretoria on Monday to begin her jail sentence.
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Is he a hard hat or a prophet?
He's a man of temperate habits with a love of cats and classical music. Yet his image is that of God's rottweiler. John Hooper profiles the pope.
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Pope signals he won't be intimidated by abuse critics
As the scandal has convulsed the Church in the United States and Europe, the Vatican has gone on the offensive, attacking the media.
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Pope's shame and remorse over Irish child sex abuse
Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an inquiry there to try to stem a scandal.
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Barbie victim hangs herself
A victim of convicted child molester Cezanne Visser hanged herself from a tree in Botswana at the weekend, Beeld reported on Monday.
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Monster in the room
It's a fudge, of course, but it seems to be a highly seductive fudge. Tabloid headlines around the world have repeatedly labelled him a monster.
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