The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Consensual relationships should not be considered abuse in the absence of coercion, minister says

Survivors and lawyers seek legal reform as thousands sign petition against statute of limitations

French Prime Minister François Bayrou will appear before a parliamentary commission on 14 May to answer questions about his role in a 1998 investigation into alleged child sexual abuse at a Catholic school when he was education minister. Other former holders of the post, as well as the incumbent Education…

The vice president of the Buffalo chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse was arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material.

Oscar-nominated writer and director James Toback has been ordered to pay €1.5 billion to victims of sexual abuse and misconduct spanning more than three decades. The case, brought under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, is one of the largest civil verdicts in state history.

Yvette Cooper was speaking amid accusations the plans were being watered down.

Toback, who wrote 1991 film ‘Bugsy’, was accused of abusing his power in film industry to sexually assault women over four decades

A youth soccer coach charged with the murder of a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy was living in the U.S. illegally and now faces charges of child sexual abuse on another boy that happened years earlier.

Scottish snooker champion Graeme Dott has been suspended just days before the World Championship over alleged child sex abuse.