Lawyers for former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss a civil suit filed by a New York hotel maid who has accused him of attempted rape. Criminal charges against Strauss-Kahn were dropped last year.
Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn defended the embattled former IMF chief Wednesday at the opening of a civil suit filed by a New York hotel maid who accuses him of trying to rape her last year.
Catholic clergy has an obligation to report child sex abuse, a Vatican official told the Holy See’s first symposium on the subject Monday, but victims’ groups demanded the Vatican hand over evidence of past abuse to the International Criminal Court.
Two sex assault cases against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn by French writer Tristane Banon (left) and New York hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo (right) have been dropped, sparking dismay among women’s rights activists.
In their first meeting since Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s return to France Thursday, the former IMF chief faced Tristane Banon, the French writer who has accused him of attempting to rape her in 2003. Both parties maintained their version of events.
In the first face-to-face encounter since his May 14 arrest in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Thursday faced Tristane Banon (right), a French writer who has accused the former IMF chief of attempted rape in 2003.
French prosecutors have ordered former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and French writer Tristane Banon to meet before a judge to recount their stories. Banon has accused Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in 2003, a charge he denies.
The Pope is back in his home country of Germany for a four-day visit. He will of course be welcomed by many - but he will also be greeted by controversy and criticism. It's the first time Benedict XVI has been home since widespread allegations of sexual abuse rocked the German Catholic Church.
The Vatican rejected Saturday criticisms by the Irish government that it undermined efforts by Irish bishops to report priests who sexually abused children to the police. It said the criticisms were “unfounded” and “inaccurate”.
Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey describes how hotel maid "Nafissatou Diallo seemed genuine when she was talking about two things", the alleged assault by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and her pride "in a job that was her way of getting out of Africa".
