Uber reveals extent of sexual assault problem: thousands of abuse reports a year

NBC NEWS

The figure was among several alarming statistics made available in a first-of-its-kind company safety report released Thursday.

Uber received 235 reports of a rape occurring during a ride in the United States last year — an average of four a week, according to a company review released Thursday.

The ride-hailing company has come under increasing scrutiny amid a flood of lawsuits from riders alleging they were sexually assaulted by drivers. read more »

Harvey Weinstein has violated bail by mishandling ankle bracelet – prosecutor

THE GUARDIAN

Harvey Weinstein has violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, sometimes going unaccounted for for hours at a time, a New York prosecutor argued on Friday.

Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi spoke at a pre-trial hearing for Weinstein, who is free on $1m bail. Prosecutors accuse him of leaving at home a piece of the monitoring technology that keeps the ankle bracelet activated. read more »

Buffalo, N.Y., Bishop Resigns Amid Controversy Over Clergy Abuse

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

Amid a clergy sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the Catholic Church in the U.S., one name has drawn more controversy than most: Bishop Richard Malone of the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y. For months, the bishop had resisted calls for his resignation for allegedly mishandling abuse claims against the priests of his diocese.

Malone bowed to that pressure Wednesday. read more »

3 women say prominent former UCLA gynecologist sexually abused them

TODAY

Three women are speaking out about abuse they say they endured from a prominent former UCLA Health gynecologist who will appear in court on Thursday amid criminal charges of sexual battery and exploitation involving at least two patients. read more »

Man Says He Told Pope John Paul II He Was Sexually Abused By Ex-NJ Cardinal as Child, Lawsuit Alleges

NBC NEWS

A man claims in a lawsuit filed under a recently enacted New Jersey law that he told Pope John Paul II in 1988 about being sexually abused as a child by the priest who would become Cardinal Theodore McCarrick but that the Vatican did nothing

James Grein alleged Thursday that McCarrick, a family friend, abused him for two decades starting when he was 11 in the late 1960s when McCarrick was serving in New Jersey. Some of the abuse allegedly occurred on trips he took with McCarrick to other U.S. states and to the Vatican. read more »