Jesse matthewson is the editor of the economist. The first o story to break was in boston in two thousand and two, reported by the boston globe. Since then, scandals have been identified across america, europe, australia. There are new ones now happening in portugal and in spain. But we know this is a global problem as well, in africa, asia and latin America.
The campaigning is a bit nasty, by British standards, as Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vie to become Conservative Party leader and thus prime minister. What will the mud-slinging do for the party’s image? We examine a potentially simple solution to address the Catholic Church’s problem with child abuse. And why prices are skyrocketing at posh hotels.
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