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Even after a Scandal, Nursing Home Employees Don't Know how to Handle Abuse Allegationsnew

An October survey of a Bristol, Va. nursing home's staff obtained by the Scene (prompted in part by a sexual-abuse complaint lodged in September) found that most of its employees don't even know they are required by law to report abuse allegations to the state.
Nashville Scene  |  Brantley Hargrove  |  12-11-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Why Are Some Catholics Wearing Burlap This Lent?new

The answer: sex abuse by priests.
Willamette Week  |  Shefali Kulkarni  |  02-13-2008  |  Religion

The Secret Sins of Father Kelly at Our Lady of Guadalupenew

The Catholic Church has been embroiled in sex-abuse scandals for more than a decade, and July's $660 million settlement by the Los Angeles Archdiocese brought legal closure, if not spiritual consolation, to Father Matthew Kelly's victims.
Santa Barbara Independent  |  Nick Welsh  |  09-11-2007  |  Religion

Don't Ask, Don't Tell: After Moving, Child Molester Continued Abusenew

A former elementary school principal is facing trial for murder of an 11-year-old boy he took on a camping trip, after it was discovered he bought a poison detected at the scene of the boy's death. (Second in a two-part series)
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Aina Hunter  |  10-01-2004  |  Crime & Justice

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