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“Despite Planned Parenthood’s public rhetoric as well as laws requiring it to report suspected abuse, its failure to report has been deliberate and widespread,” Rose said. “Time and again, rather than reporting abuse to authorities, Planned Parenthood has repeatedly looked the other way and performed abortions on victims as young as 12 years old. These girls deserved advocacy but instead Planned Parenthood staff ignored their abuse and returned them to the waiting arms of their abusers.”

In the bombshell New Yorker piece that resulted in Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s resignation over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct Monday night, one of his accusers claims that she was urged to keep quiet about his alleged physical abuse because “Schneiderman was too valuable a politician for the Democrats to lose.”

Of the four women accusing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D-NY) of sexual misconduct and physical abuse, two went on the record. One of those is Tanya Selvaratnam, who was born in Sri Lanka.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned after four women accused him of physical abuse.

A 72-year-old Guatemalan man in Maryland repeatedly raped and impregnated a young girl, allege court records obtained by ABC7 News from Montgomery County Police.

Federal agents are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down an Indianapolis man wanted for allegedly sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

An Indiana couple has been accused of sexually abusing their children and the family dog for more than five years, a police report says.

A survey conducted among women in Hollywood and published Wednesday has shown how pervasive the problem of sexual harassment and misconduct is in the U.S. entertainment industry.

LONDON (AP) – Oxfam’s leadership apologised Tuesday for downplaying the significance of a sexual misconduct scandal in Haiti and sought to stem the tide of cancelled donations.

“We all need to recognize that falsely accused people are victims, too,” said Cassie Jaye of persons — mostly men — who are falsely accused of committing sexual misconduct. She made her comments within a broader discussion on feminism and associated #MeToo narratives.

Two Texas principals in the same school district stand accused of failing to report alleged sexual assaults of very young male students on their respective campuses. Purportedly, the boys performed lewd acts on each other.

Pope Francis is under fire for “apparently” lying about not being fully informed that a Chilean priest he elevated to the role of bishop had allegedly “witnessed and took part in the sexual abuse of a child and covered it up,” said John Zmirak on Tuesday.

Actress Kate Winslet expressed her regrets about working with certain “individuals with whom I wish I had not.”

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University’s athletic director retired two days after the university president resigned over the school’s handling of sexual abuse allegations against its disgraced former sports doctor, Larry Nassar.

New York Daily News Managing Editor Robert Moore is under investigation for sexual harassment, according to NPR.

Actor Mark Wahlberg has announced that he is donating $1.5 million to the sexual harassment legal fund in fellow actress Michelle Williams’s name amid a brewing controversy over pay disparity.

The high profile that the “secret settlements” have taken over the past few months is just a harbinger of things to come as the holidays come to a close.

An Illinois special education teacher has been sentenced to ten years for sexually molesting a teenage student, but during her sentencing hearing, allegations of another incident were revealed.

Anti-semitic, pro-Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour has been accused of allowing a woman who worked for her to be sexually assaulted and harassed. The woman also said Sarsour threatened her if she went public with the charges.

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s incredible rise to power and his epic fall from grace is getting the Hollywood treatment from the BBC, which has begun developing a 90-minute feature documentary on how his alleged abuses went unreported for so long.

A one-year-old girl was reportedly raped to death in the Venezuelan state of Zulia this week in another shocking tale of violence to come out the collapsed socialist state.

Actress Lena Dunham and media mogul and veteran journalist Tina Brown have claimed they warned Hillary Clinton’s senior campaign staffers about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, yet they proceeded to work with the now-disgraced movie producer anyway.

Fox’s Prison Break star Robert Knepper has been accused of sexual assault by four more women, weeks after initial allegations against him emerged.

Paul Golding, the leader of the fringe activist group Britain First, has been accused of a sex attack after attending a protest against child sex abuse.

The Atlantic published an article proposing “allegation escrow” systems to be used to stop sexual harassment in the workplace. Referencing a 2012 scholarly article which proposed “the use of an allegation escrow to allow victims to transmit claims information to

The Beverly Hills Police Department confirmed it is now investigating at least 12 sexual misconduct allegations within Hollywood amid a deepening scandal into sexual assault and abuse across the entertainment industry.

The disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein kept a secret “hitlist” of nearly 100 industry figures who were aware of his alleged sexually abusive behavior and whether they ever planned to go public.

Veteran actor Sylvester Stallone has been accused of forcing a teenage girl into a threesome with himself and his bodyguard.

A probe carried out by The Old Vic theater in London into their former artistic director Kevin Spacey has found over 20 testimonies of inappropriate sexual behavior.

Eddie Berganza, a top editor for comic book publishing giant DC Comics, has been suspended over multiple charges of sexual misconduct that go back decades.

Jerry Moore spoke out on Saturday about allegations against his brother, Alabama Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore, during a local television news interview.

Olympic gymnastics star Aly Raisman has come forward and accused the former U.S. women’s gymnastics team doctor of sexual abuse. Raisman will make that claim and tell her story on 60 Minutes this Sunday.

Mitch McConnell and many other Republican senators called on Alabama Judge Roy Moore to step down amidst accusations of sexual assault.

A man from Queens, New York, who allegedly molested two children at a birthday party, died hours after the alleged incident, police said.

An illegal alien in Nebraska has been charged with four counts of sexually molesting a child and is set for deportation, according to reports.

Sony Entertainment has canceled the American Film Institute premiere of the film ‘All the Money’ featuring the embattled actor Kevin Spacey,