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Child Abuse

Oprah and the Jesuits

November 19, 2007 - 1:32pm | Filed under: |
The Jesuits have settled a lawsuit brought by Alaska Native survivors for $50 million, the largest single settlement against a religious order. At least 110 children and youth were sexually abused from 1961 until 1987 in remote villages in Alaska by Roman Catholic priests.
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A Celebration and an Update

August 20, 2007 - 2:39pm | Filed under: | |
This month, there was a celebration in Malicounda Bambara, Senegal, of the 10th anniversary of the village’s public declaration to abandon female genital cutting (FGC).
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A Measure of Justice for Survivors in Australia

August 3, 2007 - 10:30am | Filed under: | |
In Queensland, Australia, the government has formally made restitution to individuals and families who suffered abuse as children in government- and church-sponsored institutions. It only took ten years.
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Custom of Female Genital Cutting Is No More

April 5, 2007 - 5:56am | Filed under: |

The 2000-year-old, nearly universal practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in Guinea, West Africa, has been abandoned by the village of Lalya and 149 other connected villages. No longer will young girls have their clitorises removed nor will they be forced into early marriage. 

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