APURON: GUAM ARCHBISHOP GUILTY OF SEXUAL ABUSE, VATICAN TRIBUNAL RULES

Both men met with Vatican tribunal members in regards to the allegations of child sexual abuse by Archbishop Anthony Apuron in the 1970s... READ MORE›

POPE FACES CREDIBILITY THREAT AS CARDINAL GOES BEFORE AUSTRALIA COURT ON SEX ABUSE CHARGES

Pope Francis' former finance minister was charged in June with sexually abusing multiple people in his Australian home state of Victoria... READ MORE›

CHILD SEX ABUSE WOES IN TURKEY SPARK DEBATE ON PREVENTION, AGAIN

Demir argues that child sexual abuse is too often left open to the interpretation of judges and prosecutors... READ MORE›

FOR OUR CHILDREN, GROWING UP ONLINE MEANS GROWING UP FAST

But danger does lurk on the internet and sadly too many children are groomed, abused and exploited... READ MORE›

HOW CHILD SEX ABUSE VICTIMS ARE SCARED INTO SILENCE

Gary Cliffe was a football-crazy 11-year-old when British star-maker football coach Barry Bennell, who was associated with Manchester City Football Club, started sexually abusing him... READ MORE›

ARIANA KUKORS, EX-OLYMPIC SWIMMER ACCUSES FORMER COACH OF SEXUAL ABUSE

According to Kukors, Hutchinson began grooming her and was her coach at a Seattle-area swim club... READ MORE›

DISGRACED USA GYMNASTICS DOC SENTENCED TO ANOTHER 40-125 YEARS

Larry Nassar is a master of manipulation, Kaitlyn Basel, a dancer who was first abused by Nassar at the age of 12, told the court Friday... READ MORE›

'AS IF I COULD HAVE TAKEN A SELFIE OR A PHOTO WHILE KARADIMA ABUSED ME'

Francis vowed to hold such bishops accountable, but he scrapped a proposed Vatican tribunal to discipline negligent bishops after Vatican canon lawyers objected... READ MORE›

LARRY NASSAR SENTENCED TO UP TO 175 YEARS IN PRISON

I just signed your death warrant, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar, 54, at the sentence hearing in Lansing, Michigan, on Wednesday... READ MORE›

HOW PARENTS CAN PROTECT THEIR YOUNG ATHLETES FROM THE LARRY NASSARS OF THE WORLD

To date, more than 150 young women, including some of America's most decorated gymnasts, have alleged sexual abuse by Nassar... READ MORE›

DEADLY RAPE OF YOUNG GIRL IS SPURRING ABUSE VICTIMS IN PAKISTAN TO SPEAK OUT

But it also triggered an unprecedented national bout of soul-searching, outrage and public confessions from victims of sexual abuse... READ MORE›

IN PAKISTAN, THE RAPE AND KILLING OF ZAINAB AMIN IS CHANGING A CULTURE OF SHAME AND INDIFFERENCE

In Pakistan, the rape and killing of Zainab Amin is changing a culture of shame and indifference... READ MORE›

INDONESIAN POLICE PROBE 'ORDERS' FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FROM CANADA, RUSSIA

At least seven people have been arrested, including the mothers of two of the boys, on suspicion of violating child protection and pornography laws... READ MORE›

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JUDGE RELEASES USA GYMNASTICS SEX ABUSE FILES

The investigation also emboldened more than 80 people to come forward with allegations of sexual abuse against longtime USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar... READ MORE›

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE SEXUAL-ASSAULT OFFENSES.

Cardinal George Pell is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the churchs long-running sexual abuse scandal... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT IN ROTHERHAM COUNCIL TAKEOVER AFTER ABUSE INQUIRY

Rotherham Council demonstrated a resolute denial of the child abuse that was taking place, the report found... READ MORE›

ESTIMATED 20,000 BRITISH MEN INTERESTED IN SEXUALLY ABUSING CHILDREN

Cases of uk child sexual abuse up 31 percent, says nspcc... READ MORE›

CHILD SEX DOLL TRIAL OPENS PANDORA'S BOX OF QUESTIONS ABOUT CHILD PORN

- Dr. James Cantor The package is addressed to St. John's resident Kenneth Harrisson, a 51-year-old electrician now on trial for possessing child pornography... READ MORE›

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL ROCKS U.K. SOCCER

The first time Mr. Woodward stayed at the cottage, Mr. Bennell gave him a pair of soccer cleats to keep... READ MORE›

HOW GERMANY TREATS PAEDOPHILES BEFORE THEY OFFEND

The first time Max Weber made his way to Berlin to take part in a therapy session, he was so nervous he vomited on the train... READ MORE›

THERESA MAYS CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY FACES NEW STORM

Theresa may's child sexual abuse inquiry faces new storm... READ MORE›

REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE RISING SHARPLY, NSPCC SAYS

The number of recorded sexual offences against children in England and Wales has increased by a third, the NSPCC says... READ MORE›

MP MICHELLE THOMSON SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AGED 14

Mps ask may to ratify international accord on violence against women... READ MORE›

SWISS PEDOPHILE ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING 80 BOYS IN THAILAND & PUSHING SOME INTO PROSTITUTION

The accused left Switzerland in 1991 to settle in Thailand, but returned to Switzerland in November of 2014... READ MORE›

They never touch a child, or act sexually in the presence of a child, or look at child abuse images online... READ MORE›

TEN MEN FROM MIDLANDS AND LONDON CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX OFFENCES

The charges include rape attempted rape child prostitution child pornography and drug charges linked to boys from Leicester and Coventry... READ MORE›

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS TO BE GRANTED COMPENSATION FOLLOWING CRITICISM

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is also looking closely at the issue of compensation... READ MORE›

ALEXIS JAY ON CHILD SEX ABUSE

But rather than tending to her garden she ended up digging up horrific claims of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham... READ MORE›

JOHN ALLEN JAILED FOR CHILD ABUSE AT WREXHAM CARE HOMES

John Allen, 73, of Needham Market, Suffolk, had denied 40 counts of sex abuse against 19 boys and one girl in the late 1960s up to the early 1990s... READ MORE›

MP HARVEY PROCTOR CALLS ABUSE INQUIRY 'HOMOSEXUAL WITCH HUNT'

'Bewilderment' Speaking about the list of names in the alleged gang of child abusers, Mr Proctor said he and Sir Edward despised each other... READ MORE›

JUDGE IN SPAIN CHARGES 10 PRIESTS WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE

Related Stories A judge in the southern Spanish city of Granada has charged 10 Roman Catholic priests and two Catholic lay workers with child sex abuse... READ MORE›

LAMBETH COUNCIL TO PAY TENS OF MILLIONS TO CHILD ABUSE SURVIVORS

Council is preparing a package of redress for those who suffered abuse at Shirley Oaks children's home and others in borough... READ MORE›

'JUSTICE AS ENTERTAINMENT' MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY

The case involving the Surrey RCMP officer, by contrast, began with a Creep Catcher Craigslist ad titled Strictly Platonic... READ MORE›

CARDINAL GEORGE PELL DENIES CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES

In February, The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, reported more than 4,400 alleged incidents of sexual abuse by Catholic priests between 1980 and 2015... READ MORE›

THE MOTHERS WHO INFILTRATED AN ONLINE PAEDOPHILE GROUP

But one day in March she stumbled across a blog about a group that shares child abuse pictures... READ MORE›

JOZEF WESOLOWSKI EX-ARCHBISHOP ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE DIES AT 67

Mr. Wesolowski died in his Vatican City residence where he had lived since September after he was placed under house arrest... READ MORE›

EUROPOL SHOWS CLUES FROM CHILD ABUSE IMAGES TO TRACK OFFENDERS

Steven Wilson, chief of Europol's EC3 Cybercrime centre, said mundane objects can sometimes provide a vital lead... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS CONTACT POLICE OVER SEX ABUSE IN UK FOOTBALL

British police officials say hundreds of people have filed reports of child sex abuse within the country's football system... READ MORE›

POPE FRANCIS PROCLAIMS 'ZERO TOLERANCE' TO CHILD MOLESTERS

The letter focused on scourge of child sexual abuse within the Church... READ MORE›

CAMPAIGNERS WARN OF EMERGENCY OVER ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

The German study, which surveyed more than 8,700 men, found that 2.4 percent of respondents admitted looking at online images of child sexual abuse... READ MORE›

MPS SET TO QUIZ THERESA MAY ON CHILD ABUSE INQUIRY 'COVER-UP'

The home affairs select committee announced that it is considering calling the prime minister after summoning the permanent secretary to the Home Office, Mark Sedwill... READ MORE›

ARCHBISHOP REJECTS CALL TO REPORT CONFESSIONS

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse had the power to look at any private, public or non-government body involved with children... READ MORE›

'I'VE BEEN FROZEN OUT BY THE CHURCH FOR WARNING POLICE ABOUT PAEDOPHILE'

Fr Gallagher disregarded the instruction to put Palimattom on a plane to Bangalore and instead interviewed him... READ MORE›