The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

A lawsuit brought against an alleged paedophile priest in Germany is seeking to establish whether former Pope Benedict and other members of the clergy were culpable in a historical case of child sexual abuse, the plaintiff's lawyer said.

Criticism as child sexual abuse inquiry ‘fails to identify individual accountability’ and confirms not a single police officer lost their job over scandal

Police and crime commissioner ‘disappointed’ as child sexual abuse inquiry ‘fails to identify individual accountability’

He has been accused of sexual abuse by an upcoming actress.

Former national swimming mentor Dick Caine is facing nine charges over allegations of abusing teenage girls in the 1970s.

The former Australian of the Year is calling on the Anthony Albanese's federal government to close a legal loophole that allows paedophiles to quarantine their superannuation from sexual abuse survivors.

Just days after an independent investigation revealed a list of 700 volunteers, ministers and pastors known to be “credibly accused” of sexual abuse, the Southern Baptist Convention ushered in a series of reforms meant to ensure public oversight over the nation’s largest Protestant denomination continues.

The ACT government has announced plans to change the name of the criminal offence of engaging in a “sexual relationship with child or young person under special care” to “persistent sexual abuse of child or young person under special care”.

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Sheriff Kenneth Maciver told Holman: “What you are viewing is the sexual abuse of children. How anyone can gain satisfaction from that is beyond most people’s understanding.”

After two days of deliberations in which they reached verdicts on nearly all of the questions put before them, jurors in a civil trial who were deciding on sexual abuse allegations against Bill Cosby will have to start from scratch on Monday. By the end of the court day Friday,…