ESTIMATED 20,000 BRITISH MEN INTERESTED IN SEXUALLY ABUSING CHILDREN

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

AUSTRALIA CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY REPORTS 'CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OF LEADERSHIP'

It also claimed celibacy contributed to child abuse and that it should be made voluntary for clergy in the Catholic Church... READ MORE›

ADULT FILM ACTRESS AUGUST AMES REVEALED PAST SEXUAL ABUSE AND DRUG ABUSE PRIOR TO DEATH

Adult film actress August Ames opened up about childhood sexual abuse, mental health issues, and drug abuse, just weeks before her death from a reported suicide... READ MORE›

CHINA KINDERGARTEN SEX ABUSE AND 'NEEDLEMARKS' CLAIMS PROMPT POLICE PROBE

A security camera is pictured at the kindergarten run by pre-school operator RYB Education Inc being investigated by China's police, in Beijing, China November 24, 2017... 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›

"IN ARGENTINA, THE ABUSE CRISIS IS JUST BEGINNING," SAID SAN FRANCISCO BISHOP SERGIO BUENANUEVA IN CORDOBA PROVINCE, WHO LEADS A CHURCH COUNCIL ON CLERICAL ABUSE.

No official numbers on clerical abuse have been published by Argentina's church, government or its judicial system, and the issue is still something of a taboo... READ MORE›

'THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS'

For other women looking for help with the gardai, if they're looking on and seeing what happened to Siobhan, I have no faith... READ MORE›

TOP POLICE OFFICER BACKS 'SAMMY'S LAW' PARDONS FOR GROOMING VICTIMS

National lead for child sexual abuse cases supports Sammy Woodhouse's campaign for law to pardon survivors for their crimes... READ MORE›

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›

'PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY, KEEP THE PICTURES OFF FACEBOOK AND LEAVE GARDAI TO DO THEIR JOBS IN PEACE'

Last week a garda conference heard a number of motions regarding gardai having their photos taken and posted on social media... 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›

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›

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

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›

'I'LL PROBABLY GO BACK TO TESCO... AND I'LL BE BETTER PAID TOO'

Three newly qualified gardai have already resigned from the force due to low wages, a new survey has revealed... READ MORE›

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES UNDER PRESSURE OVER HANDLING OF SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIMS

The Charity Commission launched statutory inquiries into Jehovah's Witnesses charities in May 2014... READ MORE›

'CAB SHOULD BE DISBANDED' - BROTHER OF VERONICA GUERIN CALLS FOR END TO GARDA UNIT

Veronica stood up to this drug dealer, Gilligan, who was a cancer in society... READ MORE›

FLORIDA TEACHER SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING THREE PUPILS

Polk County Court in Forida heard that the former English teacher had a sexual relationship with three 17-year-old male students according to Fox... READ MORE›

FATHER ANTHONY MCSWEENEY GUILTY OF ABUSE AT HOUNSLOW CHILDREN'S HOME

Father Anthony McSweeney, 68, abused the teenager while working at Grafton Close Children's Home in Hounslow... READ MORE›

WHY WAS PAEDOPHILE DOCTOR NOT STOPPED?

Dr myles bradbury why was paedophile doctor not stopped?... READ MORE›

STRIKING GARDAI 'WILL HAVE THEIR PAY DOCKED'

Earlier, the Garda Commissioner had warned that strike action by gardai, sergents and inspectors may irreparably compromise the force's authority to run the state... READ MORE›

GARDA RESPONDING TO 999 CALL MURDERED BY TERROR SUSPECT

Garda Golden was attached to Omeath station had more than 10 years' service and lived with his family in Blackrock near Dundalk... READ MORE›