RELIGION April 13, 2018 Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence A U.N. report puts Myanmar's armed forces on a U.N. blacklist of government and rebel groups "credibly suspected" of carrying out rapes and other acts of sexual violence in conflict for the first time.
RELIGION April 13, 2018 APNewsBreak: Chile victims meet pope April 28-29 at Vatican The three main protagonists in denouncing Chile's sex abuse scandal will meet with Pope Francis over the weekend of April 28-29 and will stay as his guests at the Vatican hotel where he lives.
RELIGION April 13, 2018 Hindu nationalist lawmaker held after rape allegation A governing Hindu nationalist party lawmaker has been arrested after being accused of abducting and raping a teenage girl whose father died following an assault by a mob led by his brother when the girl protested.
RELIGION April 13, 2018 Irish bishops don't rule out keeping priests with kids Irish bishops, who have taken the lead in addressing the plight of children of Catholic priests, are signaling another envelope-pushing response to the problem that the Catholic Church has long sought to hide.
RELIGION April 13, 2018 8-year-old girl's rape, death in India sparks widespread protests mired in religious politics In 2012, the fatal gang rape of a young woman in the heart of India's capital moved hundreds of thousands of Indians to take to the streets to demand stricter rape laws.
Sex Crimes April 13, 2018 Alleged cult leader faces arraignment on sex trafficking charges Keith Raniere, the leader of a secretive group that detractors say is a cult that branded women and brainwashed them into becoming sex slaves, is set to be arraigned Friday on sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit forced labor charges.
VIDEO April 12, 2018 Is the 'liberal left' trying to silence the pulpit? Spirited Debate: Pastor Shane Idleman and Christopher Hale discuss whether or not the liberal left is trying to keep conservative religious voices from speaking?
RELIGION April 12, 2018 Vatican commission proposes a synod on women The Vatican's commission of Latin American church leaders is demanding greater opportunities for women in the church and proposing that Pope Francis call a special meeting of the world's bishops to discuss women.
RELIGION April 12, 2018 AP Exclusive: Victims seek compensation in abuse reckoning Eight victims of the Catholic Church's most notorious pedophile are pressing the Legion of Christ religious order to compensate them for the sexual abuse they suffered and the psychological harm they say resulted from the order's prolonged campaign to discredit them.
RELIGION April 12, 2018 Vatican: Pope Chile letter a "spiritual state of emergency" The Vatican says Pope Francis' apology to Chilean sex abuse victims and request that the country's bishops come to Rome to figure out reforms amounts to a "spiritual state of emergency" declaration for the Chilean church.