Ukraine First Lady Olena Zelenska on Monday demanded a “global response” to the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, saying Kyiv prosecutors are investigating more than 100 possible crimes by Russian soldiers.
The Catholic Church must show “zero tolerance” to sexual assault by members of the clergy, Pope Francis said in excerpts of an interview with a Portuguese television channel broadcast Sunday.
Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet, once considered a strong candidate to be pope, has been accused of sexual assault in a class action suit that targets more than 80 members of the clergy in the archdiocese of Quebec, court documents showed Tuesday.
The United Nations said on Friday it wants proof of the whereabouts of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, missing ever since she made sexual assault allegations against a former vice-premier.
French Catholic bishops agreed Monday to sell part of the Church’s
extensive real estate holdings to compensate the thousands of victims
of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
