Pope demotes two cardinals over sexual abuse scandals

Two cardinals facing allegations linked to sexual abuse have been removed from Pope Francis's inner circle, the Vatican said.

Australia's George Pell and Chile's Francisco Javier Errazuriz will no longer sit on the Council of Cardinals, set up by the pope as an international advice body.

The pair were absent from the last meeting of the group in September.

A spokesperson said the Pope wrote to them both in October to thank them.

Cardinal Pell, who remains the Vatican treasurer, faces trial on sexual abuse charges in Australia. read more »

CBS Settles With Women Who Accused Charlie Rose of Sexual Harassment

CBS News reached a legal settlement with three women who accused the network of not doing enough to stop one of its anchors, Charlie Rose, from sexually harassing them.

The three women had worked for CBS when Mr. Rose was a host of “CBS This Morning” and a correspondent for “60 Minutes.”

The network fired Mr. Rose last year after The Washington Post published the stories of several women who said that Mr. Rose had treated them inappropriately when they worked for him over the course of several decades. PBS, the longtime home of the “Charlie Rose” interview show, also cut ties with Mr. Rose. read more »

At CBS Annual Meeting, Moonves Goes Unmentioned

The ousted chief executive Leslie Moonves’s severance pay is a $120 million question, but shareholders didn’t ask about it.

Several dozen shareholders of the CBS Corporation shuffled through the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning to attend the company’s annual meeting.

As in most years, the majority of CBS investors mailed in their votes about governance issues, like executive compensation and the appointment of new board directors via proxies. But this small band of die-hards braved the freezing weather, a maze of hazard markers in front of a luxury tower being built next door and a small gauntlet of protesters so they could have their say in person.

And there would seem to be plenty to say about CBS right now. Leslie Moonves was ousted as chief executive in September after multiple claims that he had sexually assaulted women during his career, including at CBS. Several directors who are no longer on the board defended Mr. Moonves in the wake of those allegations. And at “60 Minutes,” the network’s top news program, inappropriate conduct by executives has led to multimillion-dollar settlements. read more »