In most types of criminal trials, Ms. Mannes said, men tend to be more punitive, but that doesn't hold true for child-sex-abuse cases.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation doesn't specifically track child-sex-abuse arrests.
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He took the helm as one of the fiercest storms the Catholic Church has faced in decades - the scandal of child sex abuse by priests - was breaking.
The second half brought an unprecedented child sex-abuse case to the conference's most respected program, Penn State. (Not to compare the two predicaments, of course.) The calendar has since turned to 2012, and the focus has returned to the field, but things haven't gotten appreciably better.
' Confronting and reforming the church's global system of child sex abuse and cover-up, that is doing what is necessary.
"I think the police and crime commissioner's office has the opportunity to bring all these groups together and support and empower them so collectively we have a louder voice in tackling some issues people are finding difficult to come to terms with - issues such as child sex abuse and human trafficking, " he said.
Jerry Sandusky, 68, pleaded not guilty to charges of child sex abuse over a 15-year period.
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He drew up a report in 2007 which said the controversial judge had asked a child victim of sex abuse to re-enact the conduct of the aggressor.
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Paterno -- who died on January 22 after a storied career that brought Penn State football to national prominence -- reported to his superiors a child sex abuse incident in a university shower that involved Sandusky, but did not inform police.
Planned Parenthood has been and is under congressional and criminal investigation (by attorneys general, local prosecutors and various regulatory agencies in Arizona, Indiana, Alabama, Kansas and Texas) for allegations including failure to report criminal child sex abuse, misuse of health-care and family-planning funds, and failure to comply with parental-involvement laws regarding abortions.
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Mr. Sandusky was convicted last June on 45 counts of child sex abuse and is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence.
Sandusky, 68, has pleaded not guilty to 51 counts related to accusations of child sex abuse against 10 boys over a 15-year period.
Does anyone think Joe Paterno would have lasted so long at Penn State among the allegations of child sex abuse if the football program was down-and-out?
Just as one could argue that earlier intervention at Penn State might have prevented scores of incidents of child sex abuse, prompt action from the NCAA in all matters of athlete-involved violence will protect many young women from unbearable trauma.
"It is increasingly clear that clerical child sex abuse happened in Northern Ireland over many years and over many parishes - but only a proper state-instituted inquiry will tell us the extent of the problem and help bring to account those responsible, " he added.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A dancer-choreographer filed a claim against Michael Jackson's estate related to alleged child sex abuse by the late pop icon.
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