Sexual Harassment News: Runner Mary Cain sues Nike and Salazar for $20m over abuse, Did Women’s Sports Foundation try to silence a leading voice fighting sexual abuse in sports, ECHR rules Vatican cannot be sued in European courts

Former runner Mary Cain sues Nike and Salazar for $20m over alleged abuse

THE GUARDIAN

Former middle-distance runner Mary Cain has filed a $20m lawsuit against disgraced coach Alberto Salazar and Nike alleging she suffered years of emotional abuseread more »

Did Women’s Sports Foundation try to silence a leading voice fighting sexual abuse in sports?

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Decades before the Larry Nassar case rocked the Olympic movement, before USA Swimming, USA Water Polo and USA Volleyball became mired in a series of systemic sex abuse scandals, former Olympic swimming champion Nancy Hogshead-Makar pushed the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the nearly 50 national governing bodies under its umbrella to adopt and implement safeguards to protect athletes from sexual and physical abuse. read more »

Dismissing Catholic abuse victims' lawsuit, ECHR rules Vatican cannot be sued in European courts

CNN

The Vatican cannot be sued in European courts because it is a sovereign state, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday in dismissing a suit from survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy. read more »