In August,American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised more than seventeen million dollars to fight sexual violence in the D.R.C.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

The recent sexual abuse scandal at Penn State is similar to the abuse scandals that have plagued the Catholic Church in recent years.

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Ms. DAHLIA LITHWICK (Legal analyst, Slate Magazine): In 2003, June, Phil Kline, the attorney general, who is a vocal abortion opponent, issued a legal opinion, in which he said that all state health care professionals had to report any sexual activity by anyone under the age of 16 to state social services.

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The Pulitzer panel praised the Patriot-News and Ganim for "courageously revealing" reporting on the sexual abuse allegations against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky.

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