When lurid tales from sex-abuse trials hit the news, parents get the jitters.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Safeguard Your Own Children] Reference

"To my knowledge, there's no woman in the Vatican who's involved in sex-abuse issues.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman’s Place Is In The Church] Reference

Meanwhile, other lawyers speculated whether Geoghan's death might sway future sex-abuse juries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Preying On The Predator] Reference

He spoke about the sex-abuse crisis; he had a moving, unannounced meeting with some of the victims.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Sell a Better Pope] Reference

CRIMEThe headlines varied from Tarot card-dropping assassins to kidnapped kids to sex-abuse cover-ups.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Top Stories Of 2002] Reference

Three U.S. men dropped a sex-abuse suit against the Vatican, as their lawyer conceded they couldn't win.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's News: World-Wide] Reference

The Vatican is presenting this inquiry as "a service" to American bishops after the recent sex-abuse scandals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vatican: Going After Gay Priests] Reference

The Vatican issued a guide for handling sex-abuse cases that requires investigating and reporting allegations.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's News: World-Wide] Reference

Little is known about the effects on children of being caught in the middle of sex-abuse battles that prove groundless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suffer The Children] Reference

A sixth member of a Missouri family is in custody this morning, charged in a child sex-abuse case that goes by decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2009] Reference

Pepsi spokesman Gary Hemphill denies that the company was alarmed by the sex-abuse allegations and says it had no post-tour projects in the works.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transatlantic Hide-And-Seek] Reference

American Catholics in particular, still bruised by the sex-abuse scandals of 2002, regarded the current pope's election in 2005 with suspicion and worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [37: Pope Benedict XVI] Reference

"I think this could be the linchpin in the prosecutor's case," says University of Southern California law professor Tom Lyon, an expert on sex-abuse cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Other Accusers Testify?] Reference