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Church trial of Anglican Archbishop Steve Wood, accused of sexual misconduct, begins Monday

Church trial of Anglican Archbishop Steve Wood, accused of sexual misconduct, begins Monday

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(RNS) — The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, Steve Wood, will face a church trial starting on Monday (Sept. 7). It’s the young denomination’s first trial of a sitting archbishop. He faces three charges: violation of ordination vows, abuse of church power and sexual immorality. “Our young Province finds itself in a challenging and uncomfortable season,” Julian Dobbs, who has taken over the archbishop’s duties, wrote in an email to the denomination on Tuesday. “Our unity, fervor, and faith are surely being tested.” Wood, a bishop in South Carolina, was elected in 2024 to lead the ACNA, a small denomination founded in 2009 after congregations broke from the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada, both of which had begun ordaining LGBTQ+ clergy. In October 2025, The Washington Post broke the news that Wood had been accused of sexual harassment. Claire Buxton, a former children’s ministry director who served under Wood at his parish, St. Andrew’s Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, said Wood began acting inappropriately with her in fall 2021, …

FBI raids ex-US Representative Swalwell’s home amid sexual misconduct probe | Politics News

FBI raids ex-US Representative Swalwell’s home amid sexual misconduct probe | Politics News

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Swalwell, a vocal Trump critic, resigned from Congress and dropped out of California governor’s race amid allegations. Published On 20 Aug 202620 Aug 2026 Federal agents have raided the Washington, DC, home of former US Representative Eric Swalwell amid an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct, according to US media. The FBI also seized the former legislator’s electronic devices at San Francisco airport over the weekend, according to multiple reports on Thursday. The FBI declined to comment following a request from Al Jazeera. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The raid comes months after Swalwell, seen by some as a rising star in the Democratic Party and a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump, resigned from Congress in April. One woman has publicly accused Swalwell of sexual assault during his time in office, while four others have said he engaged in other forms of sexual misconduct. Swalwell subsequently dropped out of California’s gubernatorial race in which he was seen as a frontrunner. Beyond the sexual assault allegations, Swalwell has also come under scrutiny …

House Ethics Committee announces sexual misconduct investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez

House Ethics Committee announces sexual misconduct investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez

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The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is investigating Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles for alleged sexual misconduct. The committee said it is investigating allegations that Gomez, 51, engaged in “inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer,” according to a statement released by the committee’s chair, Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and ranking member Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord). The New York Post reported in April that Gomez, a married five-term congressman, was spotted in 2023 kissing a much younger staffer from another office. CNN reported that the House Ethics Committee later discovered other allegations of sexual misconduct by Gomez. Gomez acknowledged in a statement Monday that he made “personal mistakes outside my marriage,” but said that his “actions were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House Ethics rules.” Guest and DeSaulnier said in their statement that the panel’s public acknowledgment of the investigation “does not itself indicate that any violation has occurred.” Gomez said he is “confident that a full and impartial review of the facts will bear that out” and …

Rep. Jimmy Gomez facing investigation for alleged sexual misconduct : NPR

Rep. Jimmy Gomez facing investigation for alleged sexual misconduct : NPR

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on March 19. The House Ethics Committee says it is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Gomez. Heather Diehl/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Heather Diehl/Getty Images The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., including “inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.” “The Committee, pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a), is reviewing allegations that Representative Jimmy Gomez may have engaged in sexual misconduct in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable standard of conduct,” the committee said in a statement. The New York Post reported in April that Gomez was seen kissing a member of another office’s congressional staff in 2023. A Gomez spokesperson told the Post at the time that the accounts shared with the outlet were “not true,” though Gomez later admitted to “personal mistakes” outside his marriage. “Although my actions were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House Ethics rules, that doesn’t diminish …

Jared Leto Responds to Sexual Misconduct Claims in BBC Documentary

Jared Leto Responds to Sexual Misconduct Claims in BBC Documentary

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Jared Leto has told The Hollywood Reporter he has “never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life” amid sexual misconduct claims from multiple women in a new BBC documentary. In a short statement given to THR via his team on Wednesday, Leto said: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false.” On Wednesday, Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret dropped bombshell claims against the Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars rocker from 10 different women, including allegations from four women who accuse Leto of criminal sexual conduct. These incidents, the women say, occurred when they were teenagers. They allege their encounters with the now-54-year-old took place between 2002 and 2016. In the BBC report, one of the women says she was sexually assaulted by the actor and musician in a motel bathroom when she was 17. A different woman says she had sex with him when she was 17 in California, a state where the act is classified as statutory rape. He “shrugged off” concerns about …

Muslim teacher banned after telling pupils gay and transgender people are ‘mentally ill’ | UK | News

Muslim teacher banned after telling pupils gay and transgender people are ‘mentally ill’ | UK | News

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A teacher has been handed a prohibition order after a misconduct panel ruled he told pupils that gay and transgender people are “mentally ill.” Supply teacher William Garwood, 60, made the comments during a Year 11 history lesson at St Mary’s Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy in West Yorkshire on October 5, 2023. The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) professional conduct panel found the allegations proven following a hearing in May 2026. The incident came to light after multiple pupils submitted statements detailing the lesson. Pupil witnesses reported that, when asked about “just wars”, Garwood replied in the affirmative before launching into an unprompted discussion about Vladimir Putin. One pupil recalled the teacher saying he was “happy” that Putin was killing “satanic Nazis” in Ukraine and claimed the world was run by billionaires who created “evil Ukrainians”. Multiple pupils recalled him stating that Ukrainians were “Nazis” or “satanists” funded by big banks. In the same lesson, the panel found Garwood told pupils that “gay and transgender people are mentally ill” and corrupt. He allegedly expanded on this …

Congressional staffers call on leaders to overhaul sexual misconduct rules

Congressional staffers call on leaders to overhaul sexual misconduct rules

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Progressive staffers on Capitol Hill are pushing congressional leaders to reexamine how the legislature handles sexual misconduct allegations, following the resignations of former Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzalez (R-Texas). In a letter sent Tuesday to leaders of the House and Senate, the Congressional Progressive Staff Association (CPSA) said the recent revelations of sexual… Source link

House adopts Massie resolution to release records on lawmaker sexual misconduct monetary settlements

House adopts Massie resolution to release records on lawmaker sexual misconduct monetary settlements

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The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) that would direct the House Ethics Committee to preserve and release records related to monetary settlements paid out by lawmakers in connection with cases of sexual misconduct. The vote was near-unanimous, with 420 lawmakers voting in favor and one Republican voting “present.” Massie… Source link

BBC investigates 5 employees for sexual harassment amid ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to misconduct

BBC investigates 5 employees for sexual harassment amid ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to misconduct

Published by Daniella Wilson

The BBC has been investigating five employees accused of sexual harassment, as the corporation aims to enforce a zero-tolerance policy for misconduct, it has been reported. The national broadcaster has faced scrutiny in recent years following high-profile headlines about well-known personalities alleged to have behaved inappropriately. Deadline submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request to enquire into active and closed cases of misconduct in recent years, finding that as of the end of March 2026, a total of nine were ongoing. Of that number, five were said to be related to sexual harassment allegations, while four others were tied to other forms of harassment and bullying accusations. In its past financial year, the number of disciplinary cases raised at the corporation (27), and the sexual harassment allegations specifically (11), represent a slight uptick from the previous two. In 2024/25, the figure was 26 total cases (five of which were sexual harassment allegations) and, in the year before that, there were 19 complaints raised (nine of which were related to sexual harassment claims). Another notable …