Police are investigating an allegation that a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused a student while he was teaching at Baltimore’s Archbishop Curley High School in the 1970s. The Archdiocese of Baltimore says it’s cooperating with the investigation of the Rev. ...

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WASHINGTON — A court-martial has been scheduled for February for a U.S. Naval Academy student accused of aggravated sexual assault. Midshipman Josh Tate appeared at an arraignment Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. The court-martial is scheduled to begin Feb. ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — At least 19 young men have settled with Penn State over assertions of abuse by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to lawyers for the claimants. Many, if not all of them, have received checks from ...

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A federal judge in Baltimore says she won’t order the U.S. Naval Academy superintendent to recuse himself from deciding whether three midshipmen face a court-martial in a sexual assault case. U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander said Monday she did not ...

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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer faced skeptical questioning Tuesday from three judges on the Pennsylvania appeals court over his client’s request that they order a new trial in his child sexual abuse case. The arguments made on behalf of ...

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PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania appeals court explored arguments that a Roman Catholic church official was wrongly convicted for his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints, asking government attorneys pointed questions about their novel prosecution. Monsignor William Lynn, 62, is serving three ...

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A physician accused of exchanging medicine for sex with two patients cannot have his medical license back, the Court of Special Appeals has held.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Jerry Sandusky scandal appears headed for another court fight that is sure to prolong the media spotlight and relive the testimony of how the former Penn State assistant football coach molested boys, sometimes in the university’s ...

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UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Penn State’s Board of Trustees announced several tentative settlements have been reached with men who claim former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused them, and voted Friday to authorize members of a committee to approve settlements ...

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An elementary-school aide sexually abused an 8-year-old student without ever touching her, Maryland’s highest court has held.

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