Sexual misconduct

Some of the two dozen state lawmakers across the country who have been accused of sexual harassment or misconduct since the start of 2017 and have resigned or been removed from office as of March 2018. ÐTop row from left: Alaska Rep. Dean Westlake, Arizona Rep. Don Shooter, California Assemblyman Matt Dababneh and Colorado Rep. Steve Lebsock. ÐMiddle row from left: Florida Sen. Jack Latvala, Mississippi Rep. John Moore, Nevada Sen. Mark Manendo and Oklahoma Rep. Dan Kirby. ÐBottom row from left are Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey, Oklahoma Sen. Bryce Marlatt, South Dakota Rep. Mathew Wollmann and Utah Rep. Jon Stanard. (AP Photo)

At the Vatican, April 12, 2015, Marie Collins, a member of the Pope Francis' sex-abuse commission, hands a letter from Juan Carlos Cruz to Cardinal Sean O'Malley detailing the alleged abuse of Cruz and a cover-up by Chilean church authorities. This photo by a colleague of Collins established the letter's chain of custody to O'Malley. Cruz says that O'Malley has assured him that he delivered it to the pope. (Catherine Bonnet via AP)

Pope Francis meets reporters during his flight to Santiago, Chile, Jan. 15, 2018. A 2015 letter from the pope obtained by AP showed that Francis knew that Bishop Juan Barros was accused of complicity in covering up sexual abuse, but the pope appointed Barros bishop anyway. The scandal and Francis' subsequent accusations of slander triggered a backlash against the pope. (AP Photo / Alessandra Tarantino)

In this Feb. 24, 2017 photo, Chaz Wing walks down Maine Street in Brunswick, Maine. Wing has testified that he was raped by other kids three times in his first year in junior high, even after repeatedly complaining of harassment to teachers and administrators. Chaz’s saga is more than a tale of escalating bullying. Across the U.S., thousands of students have been sexually assaulted, by other students, in high schools, junior highs and even elementary schools _ a hidden horror educators have long been warned not to ignore. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)