sexual abuse

Police say a Lyft driver has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a passenger.

An attorney for alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse says the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has offered settlements ranging from $10,000 to $340,000.

The Catholic Diocese of Syracuse released a list of living and deceased priests with credible allegations against them of abuse dating back to 1950.

A 49-year-old man says a Roman Catholic priest pointed a gun at him while sexually abusing him as a teenager.

A Roman Catholic priest in upstate New York who was placed on leave amid accusations of child sex abuse says he knows he's innocent.

A former prison tailor shop worker is going to jail for having an illicit relationship with an inmate at the same New York prison where another female employee aided the escape of two killers.

A federal judge has sentenced a New York investor to a year of probation for groping a woman last year during a Spirit Airlines flight to Kennedy Airport.

The prosecutor appointed to investigate allegations that former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman physically abused women says she has closed the case without bringing criminal charges.

Embattled Bishop Richard Malone added 36 names Monday to a public list of priests with substantiated claims of sexual abuse of a child, bringing the number to 78, and described a "tsunami" of victims who came forward following the creation of a program to compensate victims.

The Diocese of Buffalo declined to address details of a television report where diocesan insiders called for the bishop's resignation Monday, saying he hadn't done enough when confronted with reports of clergy sexual misconduct.