The New York Times
| over 2 years ago
Child sexual abuse was widespread in the Belgian Catholic Church and drove at least 13 victims to suicide, according to a report published on Friday. "Almost every institution, every school, particularly boarding schools, at one time harbored abuse,"...
Tri-City Herald
| over 2 years ago
Walk to Talk about Suicide' set Saturday Community members are invited to participate in a one-mile suicide remembrance walk beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Outback Steakhouse restaurant parking lot at 6819 W...This year marks the second annual...
United Press International
| over 2 years ago
Allegations of sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium have been reported in nearly every diocese investigated, an official said. Most of the alleged victims were boys under 15 and 13 of them committed suicide, the BBC said Friday.
AP Online
| over 2 years ago
Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly lead to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, a Belgian commission said Friday.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 2 years ago
The commission said it had received 475 complaints in the first six months of this year from alleged victims or their families. Most were related to charges of sexual abuse committed between the 1950s and the late 1980s by Catholic clergy, but also...
AP Online
| over 2 years ago
A Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses say widespread abuse over decades led to at least 13 suicides.
The report was incomplete...
