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sexual abuse

[sek-shoo-uhl uh-byoos] / ˈsɛk ʃu əl əˈbyus /




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Pope Leo XIV will give an unprecedented address on Monday to the Spanish parliament and is set to meet with victims of sexual abuse by clergy.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Trump has asked the Supreme Court to hear the sexual abuse case and has said he would do the same with the defamation matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

It was a post-#MeToo law, the Adult Survivors Act, that allowed the journalist and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll to bring her civil sexual abuse case against Trump.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Intense angst over César Chávez’s legacy amid sexual abuse allegations is ripping through California classrooms, prompting teachers, scholars and school systems to urgently revamp lessons about one of California’s most widely taught historic figures.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

It didn't appear that emotional trauma or abuse was bedizened as sexual abuse in a display to get others to empathize with her tattered past.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)




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