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Australian Bishop charged with rape

February 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

Australian bishop Christopher Saunders has been charged with rape and a string of historical sex offences – some against children. The 74-year-old was arrested in Broome on Wednesday, after parallel investigations ordered by Western Australia […]

Cardinal Pell returns to court to fight sexual offence charges

March 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

Cardinal George Pell has returned to an Australian court for a hearing that will determine whether he stands trial on sexual assault charges. The Catholic cleric, 76, has strongly denied what police have described as […]

Cardinal George Pell charged with sex offences

June 28, 2017 World Justice News 0

Australia’s most senior Catholic figure, Cardinal George Pell, has been charged with sex offences. The charges relate to alleged “historical” incidents, police in the Australian state of Victoria said on Thursday. Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner […]

Former TV weatherman jailed for historical sex offences

June 15, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been jailed for four years for historical sex offences against boys he took on school trips to Scotland. Talbot, 67, was convicted at Lanark Sheriff Court of seven charges […]

Ex-Newcastle football coach charged with sex offences

May 19, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former Newcastle United youth coach George Ormond has been charged with 29 sex offences, police have said. The 61-year-old, of Newton Abbot, Devon, is alleged to have committed the offences between 1973 and 1998. He […]

101-year-old man guilty of sex offences

December 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A 101-year-old man – thought to be the oldest person convicted in England and Wales – has been found guilty of historical sex offences against girls. Jurors found Ralph Clarke from Erdington, Birmingham, guilty of […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]