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However, given the potential for a so - called «Oscar bump,» the film about the Boston journalists who uncovered a Catholic Church sex abuse scandal could see an increase in ticket sales following Sunday night's win.

DLA Piper; Latham & Watkins; and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are just some of the legal giants that have been hired by Michigan State University to cope with the fallout from the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.

CHICAGO (Reuters)- Michigan State University's heightened financial risk in the wake of a sex abuse scandal involving former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar led Moody's Investors Service to cut the school's credit rating to Aa2 from Aa1 on Thursday.

Michigan State University's heightened financial risk in the wake of a sex abuse scandal involving former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar led Moody's Investors Service to cut the school's credit rating to Aa2 from Aa1 on Thursday.

But as the sex abuse scandal continues to embroil the Roman Catholic Church in more than a half - dozen countries across Europe - and with allegations being raised that the pope himself responded inadequately to abuse allegations before he began leading the church in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadership.

It's not just the sex abuse scandal, and not just the average American Catholic's disregard of Church teaching on contraception and divorce, though these don't help.

What is not visible are shameful secrets: Child sex abuse scandals have been making headlines for years and bringing unwanted attention to a group bent on privacy.

Pope Francis has accused victims of Chile's most notorious paedophile of slander - an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds of a sex abuse scandal...

Whatever moral capital U.S. bishops have in the wake of the sex abuse scandal that rocked the nation for decades will be insufficient to win over lay Catholics to what has been for at least a half a century a lost cause.

The number of new recruits to the priesthood has fallen sharply in the recent decades - and as Ireland has become engulfed in a series of child sex abuse scandals over the past few years.

CNN: Vatican official defends Pope Benedict in sex abuse scandal A top Roman Catholic official opened a conference on protecting children from sexual abuse Monday by defending Pope Benedict XVI, arguing that he deserved thanks for his efforts.

A Vatican official said that Pope Benedict deserved credit for his efforts to stop the sex abuse scandal.

The announcement Tuesday comes as the archdiocese faces one of the most sweeping sex abuse scandals in America.

New York (CNN)- A decade after the sex abuse scandal that plagued the Catholic Church across the country, retired Cardinal Edward Egan has taken back his apology for how the church handled the issue.

They immediately answered that the church sex abuse scandal had a huge impact on the attendance of churches throughout the region.

With the new «normalization» of homosexuality in the general culture, with the acceptance of that normalization by many priests and not a few bishops, and with consequences such as the sex abuse scandals, the Church simply can not afford to take the risks that were taken, frequently with the best intentions, in the past.

That allowed the NCR's guns to be turned on to an even larger target: «The cover - up is the product of secrecy, privilege and a lack of accountability that are major elements of the clerical culture in which the sex abuse scandal flourished... It was made worse because officials either ignored or downplayed the claims of victims and went to great lengths in many cases to protect the abusers.»

When the sex abuse scandal broke, Lawler explains how the bishops prevaricated and eventually brought out rules that left priests open to action for a single accusation while they, the bishops, escaped all blame.

CNN: Retired New York Cardnal Egan retracts apology on Catholic priest sex abuse A decade after the sex abuse scandal that plagued the Catholic Church across the country, retired Cardinal Edward Egan has taken back his apology for how the church handled the issue.

Pope Benedict XVI made one of his strongest statements to date on the sex abuse scandal sweeping the Roman Catholic Church, saying Tuesday the reality he has seen is «terrifying.»

Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN)- A respected former Catholic bishop in Ireland is calling for an end to clerical celibacy in the wake of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the church worldwide, and says he finds it «heartbreaking» that some prospective priests turn away from the calling because of the celibacy rule.

He has addressed the entire body of bishops in the US calling the sex abuse scandals a «deep shame.»

PHILADELPHIA (CNN)- Jury selection begins Tuesday in the Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese trial, a case experts have called one of the most sweeping sex abuse scandals in America.

Bishops in Belgium and the Netherlands - both facing sex abuse scandals - are working on their own sets of guidelines.

Before the fall of the program after the sex abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno had Marcus to his home in State College for dinner and fresh - baked cookies.

January 31 — All five of London's Premier League clubs have been caught up in English football's historical child sex abuse scandal according to police.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's Football Association said Wednesday that it will closely monitor boarding houses where youth players live following a sex abuse scandal involving minors at two of the country's most popular and powerful clubs.

Recent sex abuse scandals at Penn State and in USA Swimming make it clear that fingerprinting coaches isn't enough to protect athletes from being victims of sexual abuse at the hands of coaches.

Second, there is the sex abuse scandal in USA Swimming.

In the wake of yet another sex abuse scandal in sports, here are some steps experts say parents can take to minimize the risk that their child, or a teammate will be a victim of sexual abuse or harassment.

In the wake of the Penn State and USA Swimming sex abuse scandals, parents need to be on the lookout for the warning signs that their child's coach may be sexual abusing them.

A former priest has used the SU basketball coach sex abuse scandal to further himself and his own cause: Public advocacy for alleged victims.

Thirty - four Chilean bishops announced their resignation Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile that has come to haunt the reign of Pope Francis.

Mueller had also been caught up in the controversy surrounding the Church's response to the clerical sex abuse scandal after his department was accused earlier this year of obstructing Francis's efforts to stop internal cover - ups of abuse.

The U.S. Olympic Committee, in response to the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal, will strip USA Gymnastics of its governing power unless its entire board resigns by next week, the panel said in letter.

Assemblyman David McDonough (R - Merrick) says it's time to close a loophole that contributed to sex abuse scandals at Horace Mann, Poly Prep and Yeshiva University High School.

Dr. Robert Hoatson demanding Bishop Richard Malone «Reveal or Resign» in wake of clergy sex abuse scandal (WBEN Photo / Mike Baggerman)

Detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal have arrested yet another suspect in his seventies.

Baldoni has followed and written about how the board of Penn State has struggled to overcome the 2011 sex abuse scandal involving former coach Jerry Sandusky; he said the school's leaders still haven't come to grips with what went wrong, including the error of allowing head coach Joe Paterno to remain in power for so long.

Kazman, CEI's counsel, said the organization removed «a sentence or two» relating to the Penn State sex abuse scandal shortly after it published a post.

Minnie Driver calls out «tone deaf» ex Matt Damon after he wades into Hollywood sex abuse scandal.

The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal — phenomenon, really — is a difficult cinematic subject to handle with integrity.

performance in Birdman, portrays Walter «Robby» Robinson, the Boston Globe editor who led the paper's «Spotlight» team in its investigation of the Boston Archdiocese sex abuse scandal.

The Roman Catholic Church's priest sex abuse scandal erupted in Boston, and the film follows the Boston Globe's investigative journalists as they uncover perpetrators and victims.

Spotlight by Hope Madden The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal — phenomenon, really — is a difficult cinematic subject to... read more →

Molly Windsor picked up the BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress for her role as 15 - year - old Holly Winshaw in Three Girls, based on the child sex abuse scandal in Rochdale.

After the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal rocks the country, Paterno falls fast and hard from grace and his once - golden legacy is thrown into question forever.

Spotlight, the feature film account of how The Boston Globe broke a major series of stories about the Catholic Church's child sex abuse scandal that encompassed «not just Boston, it's the whole country, the whole world» as one character puts it, figured prominently at Deadline's The Contenders event Saturday.

Director and co-writer Tom McCarthy takes a daunting, emotional topic — The Boston Globe's breakthrough reporting on the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal — and gets his arms around it in a clear - eyed yet propulsive manner.

Spotlight by Hope Madden The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal — phenomenon, really — is a difficult cinematic subject to handle with integrity.