Pope Francis accepts the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington, D.C., making him one of the most senior Catholic figures to step down in a worldwide sexual abuse crisis.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Thursday that the number of sexual harassment complaints is growing.

President Trump has ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford's account of her alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 1982.

President Trump, under intense pressure, has ordered an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.

A female university professor has detailed her allegations that US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, sexually assaulted her 36 years ago.

In addition to Chile, the Catholic Church faces sexual abuse scandals in countries including the United States and Germany.

The Catholic Church in New York has reached a record $27.5 million settlement with four men who said they were sexually abused as children.

The Tibetan spiritual leader told Dutch TV he had known about the sex crimes by Buddhist monks since the 1990s.

Over half of the Dutch bishops and cardinals active between 1945 and 2010 were aware of sexual assaults.

US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has denied allegations of sexual wrongdoing against him.