The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Men not originally sexually attracted to children sometimes seek more extreme content, research shows

A New Mexico judge has granted Mark Zuckerberg's request to be dropped from a lawsuit that alleges his company has failed to protect young users from exposure to child sexual abuse material

Former Australian Rules footballer Barry Cable has pleaded not guilty to historical child sexual abuse charges, dating back to the 1960s.

Sean Combs has been named in multiple civil lawsuits since November accusing him of sex trafficking, sexual abuse and rape

Mark O’Sullivan grapples with the sexual abuse he experienced as a child in a compelling programme that’s part documentary, part sitcom and part public therapy session

Is humour hardwired into us? This powerful documentary – about comic Mark O’Sullivan creating a TV show from his childhood trauma – makes you think it might be

It takes a lot to shock Kelvin Lay. My friend and colleague was responsible for setting up Africa’s first dedicated child exploitation and human trafficking units, and for many years he was a senior investigating officer for the Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre at the UK’s National Crime Agency, specialising…

MORE than 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse, a new study from Scottish university researchers has…

First global study of its kind exposes ‘staggering scale’ of crime, with one in nine men in the US admitting to the offence

Scandalous behavior that has dogged the Catholic church is becoming increasingly common in shamanic healing circles

Child sexual abuse is uncomfortable to think about, much less talk about. The idea of an adult engaging in sexual behaviors with a child feels sickening. It’s easiest to believe that it rarely happens, and when it does, that it’s only to children whose parents aren’t protecting them.