Pope Francis On Sex Abuse: 'We Showed No Care For The Little Ones'
Pope Francis on Monday published a scathing letter condemning the cover-up of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis on Monday published a scathing letter condemning the cover-up of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
A district attorney is lamenting his office's inability to prosecute any sex abuse allegations against Catholic priests detailed in a Pennsylvania grand jury's report this week.
The report, released Tuesday, outlines the accounts of more than 1,000 children abused over seven decades across six dioceses in Pennsylvania.
A Plainfield man who sexually abused two young children over a ten-year period received 12 consecutive life sentences for his crimes, according to Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson has unveiled a new tool for parents and students in the wake of the school sex abuse scandal.
For years, CPS failed to protect abused students in more than 100 cases. As CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports one young woman's story is one of confusion and fear.
A newspaper investigation has found Chicago Public Schools officials failed to protect hundreds of students who were sexually abused by school employees.
Northern Illinois officials are reporting what they call an "alarming" trend, the increase of both the number of children under six who are victims of sexual abuse and the number of sexual offenders who are juveniles.
The 15 suits, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, name the Boy Scouts of America and the organization's Chicago Area Council as defendants.
Five months after leaving a federal prison, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert faces several new restrictions on his freedom.
Megan Kotarski, 28, was charged with a felony count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim between 13 and 18 years old, according to Chicago Police.
Judge Robert Pilmer said the statute of limitations had expired on the case.
Daily stress and anxiety ultimately led Michael Hoffman to open up. He said he wasn't judged as he had feared.
Dixon Police Chief Danny Langloss said both Christopher Michaels and his father, Robert, suffered gunshot wounds to the head.
The men, all in their 30s, claim they repressed memories of abuse that occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
A 32-year-old woman claims the birth of her child triggered suppressed memories of allegedly being sexually abused by her youth minister.
If a judge rules Daniel McCormack is a "sexually violent person," he will be committed to a state facility for sex offenders indefinitely.
McCormack in 2007 pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault tied to the five former parishioners.
If a judge approves prosecutors' request, McCormack would be held indefinitely at the state detention center in Rushville.
The former U.S. House speaker is set to officially leave the custody of the Bureau of Prisons and begin two years under court supervision.
A mugshot taken Monday of U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was released on Wednesday.
Hastert, 75, was sentenced to 15 months in prison last year, and reported to Rochester Federal Medical Center in Minnesota last June.
Chicago police released a surveillance photo of the suspect, who was wearing a T-shirt that said "A Better World."
The lawsuit filed Friday claims Hastert forced himself on a 9- or 10-year-old boy in a Yorkville High School bathroom in the early 1970s.
The suit claims Brian Wongkamalasai, 30, sexually abused them beginning in 2009 when they were 16 and 14 years old and Wongkamalasai was 22.
