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Twenty-two men charged that Rev. Maurice Grammond enticed them to engage in sexual acts between 1950 and 1974 in one of the nation’s largest cases of sexual abuse by a priest.  The Roman Catholic Church apologized Tuesday and agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to the men who were molested as far back as 50 years ago.  The amount of the settlement was kept confidential by both sides.  The men had sued for $44 million.  Because the statute of limitations has run out and the 80-year-old priest was in the

Muhammad Rafiq Daraghmeh, a 45 year old father of two who is a suspected collaborator with Israel, was publicly machine-gunned to death.  Palestinian militants hustled him into its main square before assembled townsfolk and asked him, Are you a collaborator with the Israeli intelligence? Daraghmeh said, Yes.  He was also asked if he had sexually molested his two daughters as reported by relatives who said they had disowned him, Daraghmeh answered, Yes.  A gunman turned to the crowd and said, What should his sentence be?  Execution! they roared.  Kill him,

David Chappel, a 42 year old emergency medical technician from Connecticut, was arrested on Long Island for arranging to have sex with what he thought was a 14 year old boy he met on the Internet.  On Thursday evening, Chappel arrived for the Hicksville rendezvous with a laptop computer and a digital video camera but his date turned out to be a detective who arrested him.  He has been charged with possession of child pornography on his computer, promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child and two counts of

Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley expressed frustration with the slow pace of Vatican officials in handling the cases of about two dozen Boston-area priests accused of sexual abuse.  He said the logjam is unfair to the priests and victims alike.

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Frank Jones, a 53 year old Harlem Boys Choir counseling director, was charged on 15 counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse. The Post had learned that a second choirboy complained about inappropriate advances by Jones but the accusation was deemed unsubstantiated by child-welfare officials and was never passed on to police. He was accused of repeatedly kissing, licking and massaging a 13 year old chorister in his counseling office and in his home on West 163rd Street. Jones has admitted on tape to crossing the line with the teen, who is

An alarming new study reveals that one student out of every 10 is a victim of sexual misconduct by teachers and other school employees.  Here are the shocking numbers behind the nationwide sex-assault crisis in our schools.

– 4.5 million children are affected

– Teachers make up 18% of offenders

– 57% of victims are girls

– 43% of victims are boys

The attackers:

Coach – 15%

Substitute Teacher – 13%

Bus Driver – 12%

Teacher’s Aide – 11%

Other school employee – 10%

Security Guard – 10%

Principal –