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Seoul, Jul 15 (EFE).- Seoul’s metropolitan government announced Wednesday that it will open an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the city's late mayor, Park Won-soon, whose body was found in woods in the capital a day after a complaint was filed against him.The city said it would set up a joint committee to “guarantee the fairness and objectivity.”(Camera: JEON HEON KYUN)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF MUNICIPAL SPEAKER HWANG IN-SIK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Pope Francis continues to host a landmark summit at the Vatican on fighting child sex abuse where a top Catholic cardinal admits that Church files on priests accused of sexually abusing children were destroyed or never even drawn up in a move which allowed paedophiles to prey on others. IMAGES
Former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll exits court after a US jury found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, and ordered the ex-president to pay her $5 million in damages. IMAGES
Georgia's ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili faces trial on abuse of office charges which he has denounced as politically motivated. It is Saakashvili's first courtroom appearance since the Caucasus country's top opposition leader was arrested on October 1 shortly after his return from exile. Georgia's president in 2004-2013, Saakashvili had refused food for 50 days to protest his prosecution. IMAGES
Bishops gathered in Lourdes pray on their knees on the esplanade of the Rosary Basilica in a penitential gesture to ask God for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).