The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday faces one of the most delicate moments of his five months in office as he responds to questions from a parliamentary committee investigating claims of sexual abuse at a Catholic school.

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The French government is being called on to take measures to address cases of sexual abuse and assault committed using so-called date-rape drugs. Five months after the trial of Dominique Pellicot, who was convicted of drugging his wife so that dozens of strangers could rape her, a French parliamentary report…

Robert Hadden, sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse, kept practicing even as allegations piled up

Their attorneys say the brothers, who have spent 30 years behind bars for murders, killed their parents in self-defense after years of sexual abuse

He has been described as a peace-seeking bridge builder but he opposes female ordination and abuse survivors are wary

Pope faced questions about his handling of clerical sexual abuse cases earlier in his career after a survivors group filed a complaint

Campaigners have called on the Vatican to ‘conduct a thorough investigation’ into Robert Prevost’s handling of the claims

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests says it made the Vatican aware of Robert Prevost’s reported inaction on allegations of sexual assault against children by priests in his church while he was a cardinal

The estimates are some of the most comprehensive to date on the prevalence of childhood sexual violence worldwide.

Experts said the proliferation of AI-generated sexual-abuse material is worrying.