NIGERIAN WOMEN LEARNING MARTIAL ART FOR SELF DEFENCE

In Nigeria, sexual abuse and harassment is rife and no current statistics as many women are quiet for fear of pervasive victim shaming... 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›

'LOUD FENCE' RIBBONS REMOVED FROM BALLARAT CATHEDRAL THREE DAYS AFTER ROYAL COMMISSION FINDINGS

He said abuse survivors had requested that the ribbons stay on the fence until the royal commission ended... 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›

ACTING ON AUSTRALIA'S LANDMARK ABUSE INQUIRY

Victims who were raped, bullied and then belittled for years were finally given a voice by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse... 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›

A FORMER USA GYMNASTICS DOCTOR HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO MOLESTING YOUNG GIRLS

Larry Nassar, 54, had originally pleaded not guilty when he was charged with multiple indictments relating to molesting seven girls... 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›

GAME OF THRONES ACTOR INDIRA VARMA STARS IN CHILD ABUSE DRAMA

Varma explores all-too-real fears of domestic sexual abuse in a documentary maker's fictionalised account on Channel 4... 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›

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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›

INDIAN OFFICIAL BLAMES WOMENS WESTERN DRESS FOR MASS MOLESTATION

The Bangalore Mirror published photos of women clinging to female police officers and being rushed away by men... 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›

GREECE CHARGES CLERIC WITH CHILD REFUGEES' SEXUAL ABUSE

When questioned, the children said they suffered repeated and persistent sexual abuse by the man, a police spokeswoman told Al Jazeera on Wednesday... READ MORE›

JAIL TERMS PROPOSED FOR THOSE WHO 'NEGLECT' SEX ABUSE VICTIMS

The government's new measures are a response to child abuse scandals in Rotherham, Oxford and elsewhere... 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›

CATHOLIC CHURCH PAID $213MN TO SEX ABUSE VICTIMS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE 1980

Catholic Church paid 213mn to sex abuse victims in Australia since 1980... READ MORE›

MI5 ACCUSED OF COVERING UP SEXUAL ABUSE AT BOYS HOME

A Home Office spokesperson said The government is cooperating fully with all investigations into allegations relating to the Kincora boys home... 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›

MAN ARRESTED IN KAREN DANCZUK SEX ABUSE INQUIRY

The arrest relates to a victim aged between six and 12 years old and the abuse took place from 1989 until 1995, Greater Manchester Police said... 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›

POPE FRANCIS VOWS CLERGY IN SEX ABUSE CASES WILL FACE JUSTICE

Charles Chaput, the archbishop of Philadelphia, and bishop Fitzgerald, head of the Philadelphia diocese's office for the protection of minors, also attended... 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›

COUNSEL TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY SUSPENDED AMID 'LEADERSHIP CONCERNS'

Suggestions in the press that Mr Emmerson was considering resigning after raising disagreements over the future direction of the inquiry are untrue... 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›

A FIRST: CARDINAL PELL APPEARS IN AUSTRALIAN COURT ON SEXUAL CHARGES

Cardinal Pell Appears in Australian Court on Sexual Charges... READ MORE›