USC assailed over handling of sex abuse allegations

SF GATE

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced an agreement with the University of Southern California that requires the school to overhaul its processes for responding to sexual assaults after the department found “systemic failures” in its response to abuse allegations against a former gynecologist, George Tyndall. read more »

Facing Sex-Abuse Claims, Buffalo Diocese Declares Bankruptcy

NEW YORK TIMES

The diocese said it was seeking Chapter 11 protection because of old accusations revived under New York’s Child Victims Act. read more »