USC will institute campus-wide reforms to prevent and report sexual and racial misconduct under terms of a settlement agreement filed Tuesday resolving claims related to former campus gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall.
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A day after Pope Francis publicly admitted for the first time that clerics had sexually abused nuns, promising to tackle the issue that was "still going on" within the Catholic Church, two former female members of the Church have spoken about their experiences with the BBC.
Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns, and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem.
More than a decade after Lehman collapsed, six women who worked at the bank's subprime-mortgage unit are still accusing a former colleague of sexual harassment -- and still waiting for answers.
The 15 Catholic dioceses of Texas are set to release the names of clergy members "credibly accused" of sexually abusing minors on Thursday.
The New York State Legislature passed a bill on Monday that will increase the statute of limitations for cases of child sexual abuse.
Nearly 100 women — from Gwyneth Paltrow to Salma Hayek — have since come forward with their stories of how the burly, brash and bullying co-head of The Weinstein Company (and formerly of Miramax) reportedly engaged in inappropriate behavior against their will. (Weinstein, 66, is currently awaiting trial).
Even in the age of #MeToo, when many women finally feel empowered to speak out against abuse, sexual assault by gynecologists remains an underreported and little understood problem.
In November 2018, 20,000 Google employees across the globe walked out in protest to our company's policies around equity and transparency in the workplace.
State investigators in Arizona are examining $3.4 million in possible Medicaid fraud at the parent company of a Phoenix nursing center where a woman in a vegetative state was raped and gave birth to a boy in December, according to court records.
For decades, R. Kelly has enjoyed astronomical fame despite consistent and disturbing claims that he has sexually, mentally and physically abused teenage girls.
Ashley Judd's multi-pronged legal battle against Harvey Weinstein came to a bit of a crossroads on Wednesday.
The police collected the DNA of male employees of a private nursing home in Arizona on Tuesday as they continued to investigate allegations that a woman in a vegetative state there who gave birth to a child last month had been sexually assaulted, the nursing home's parent company said.
Lyon's archbishop, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin and five other figures are on trial on charges of failing to act against sexual abuse allegations targeting a priest in his diocese.
National Geographic Channel has pulled its long-running Neil deGrasse Tyson chat show "StarTalk" off the air, following allegations of sexual misconduct.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his chief lieutenants are offering contrition and defiance as they face allegations of sexual harassment that plagued his last presidential campaign and now threaten to derail a second White House bid before it begins.
The Catholic Church in Illinois withheld the names of at least 500 priests accused of sexual abuse of minors, the state's attorney general said Wednesday in a scathing report that accused the church of failing victims by neglecting to investigate their allegations.
Les Moonves, the former boss of CBS, will not receive a $120m (£95m) severance package after an inquiry into alleged sexual misconduct.
In Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, the Catholic church had a problem with Jesuit priests sexually abusing children. Priest James Poole was a repeat offender.
As the Catholic Church faces a wave of federal and state attorney general investigations into its handling of sex abuse, bishops around the country have struggled with how to react.
