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Retired Pope Benedict seeks forgiveness over sex abuse handling, admits no wrongdoing

Retired Pope Benedict seeks forgiveness over sex abuse handling, admits no wrongdoing

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but admitted to no personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany. “I have had great responsibilities in the Catholic Church. All the … Read more

Disgraced hospital doctor jailed after being found guilty of sex attacks

Disgraced hospital doctor jailed after being found guilty of sex attacks

A former emergency department doctor who sexually abused two male patients after “straying” onto another ward has been jailed for four and a half years. Tayabb Shah was found guilty of five counts of sexual assault by unanimous verdicts at Nottingham Crown Court after a six-day trial at which he denied any wrongdoing. The court … Read more

Hospital doctor jailed after being found guilty of sex attacks

Hospital doctor jailed after being found guilty of sex attacks

A former emergency department doctor who sexually abused two male patients after “straying” onto another ward has been jailed for four and a half years. Tayabb Shah was found guilty of five counts of sexual assault by unanimous verdicts at Nottingham Crown Court after a six-day trial at which he denied any wrongdoing. The court … Read more

Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences

Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offences

A disgraced colleague convicted of attempting to rape a young girl and sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 11 in the 1970s has been jailed for more than five years. In January, former politician Lord Nazir Ahmed was found guilty of sexually abusing two children as a teenager in Rotherham. The 64-year-old, who … Read more

Suit alleges Kentucky deputy forced women to have sex in judge’s chamber in lieu of fees

Suit alleges Kentucky deputy forced women to have sex in judge’s chamber in lieu of fees

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. — A Kentucky woman says in a federal lawsuit that a Letcher County deputy sheriff told her she would receive “favorable treatment for sexual favors” when she couldn’t afford to pay for the incarceration. In the lawsuit filed in US court Monday, Sabrina Adkins says Deputy Ben Fields met her late at night … Read more

Prince Andrew shouts at gardener over cut trees after given court papers in sex abuse case

Prince Andrew shouts at gardener over cut trees after given court papers in sex abuse case

Prince Andrew threw a tantrum over damaged trees at his mother’s Windsor estate, lashing out at a female gardener just days after getting court papers in his case of sexual abuse, a report said. Tongue lashing for the lowly staffer “was over the top” leaving her “shaken and upset”, according to the UK Sun. The … Read more

Prince Andrew to be quizzed by sex accuser’s lawyers

Prince Andrew to be quizzed by sex accuser’s lawyers

Prince Andrew’s going to have a lot of time in the hot seat when legal preparations for the infamous sex abuse lawsuit against him ramp up. The royal is expected to spend two days in London being questioned by David Boies, the lawyer for accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claims pedophile Jeffrey Epstein forced her … Read more