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Santi Mina: LaLiga star sentenced to four years in prison for sexual abuse

Former Spanish youth international Santi Mina has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of sexual abuse.

Evening Standard

Ending Roe equals violence against women

Forcing unwanted pregnancies to continue is traumatic sexual abuse — it will destroy lives. That's fact, not theory

Salon

Santi Mina: Spanish footballer sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of sexual abuse

The 26-year-old will appeal against the sentence

The Independent UK

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Amber Heard was left with PTSD after sexual abuse in Johnny Depp marriage, court hears

Johnny Depp is suing his ex-wife Amber Heard over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed in which she describes herself as a victim of violence

Evening Standard

Work culture could be why detention centre staff have 'unfavourable views about children', commission hears

"Negative socialisation" could explain why the behaviour and attitudes of Ashley Youth Detention Centre workers might reflect attitudes of "years past", Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hears.

ABC News

Fifa opens proceedings against four coaches in Gabon sexual abuse inquiry

Fifa’s independent ethics committee has opened formal proceedings against Patrick Assoumou Eyi, Serge Mombo and two other coaches as part of its investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in Gabon

The Guardian - UK

Mother tells Tasmania's child abuse commission of inquiry of feeling ignored, belittled by Launceston hospital staff

A mother increasingly frantic over what was happening to her daughter at a Tasmanian hospital says she called a child safety service because she did not know who else to turn to.

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Paedophile Bronte Ciracovitch's 'degradation' of victims should mean no leniency, court told

The lawyer for Bronte Ciracovitch, who committed "serious and degrading" sexual abuse against young children in his care, has asked that he be spared a "crushing sentence", but the prosecution has told an Adelaide court he should not be shown any leniency.

ABC News

Mother's worry about Tas nurse 'dismissed'

A Tasmanian woman has told an inquiry of her daughter's distress and anxiety after being treated by a nurse who was later charged with child sex offences.

AAP

Irish comedian who made child abuse jokes unmasked as paedophile who paid to watch kids being sexually abused online

Eamon Goodfellow has been convicted of 'paying for and directing the sexual abuse of children' in the Philippines and Romania

Irish Mirror

Kayla Harrison using her MMA success to help tackle child sexual abuse

Harrison created the Fearless Foundation after being sexually abused by her former judo coach and the PFL star is hoping a third $1million prize can grow her foundation

Daily Mirror

Mother tells Tasmania's commission of inquiry about how paedophile nurse James Griffin gained family's trust

A Tasmanian mother speaks of her anguish at reading in a newspaper about allegations against now notorious paedophile nurse James Griffin, years after her daughter's death.

ABC News

After so many revelations, sporting organisations need to look deeply at their histories with child sexual abuse

As survivors continue to come forward to tell their stories, it is surely time that major sporting institutions perform their own, unsparing investigations into historical child sexual abuse, writes Russell Jackson.

ABC News

Alleged Tas abuser 'groomed whole family'

A commission of inquiry is examining Tasmanian government responses to allegations of historical and contemporary child sexual abuse by public servants.

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AFL club Western Bulldogs rocked by historical child sexual abuse scandal

Western Bulldogs chief executive Ameet Bains says the AFL club is "shocked and dismayed" by revelations the club was the scene of horrific child sexual abuse for much of the 1980s.

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Tasmania's Commission of Inquiry into child sex abuse will hold public hearings. Here is what will happen

The Commission of Inquiry looking at the Tasmanian government's responses to child sexual abuse in state institutions will hold two weeks of public hearings, starting in Hobart on Monday.

ABC News

Adam Kneale was like any footy-loving boy of the 80s until a trip to Footscray’s Western Oval turned his innocent life into a nightmare

When Adam Kneale was offered a chance to help out around the Footscray Football Club as an 11-year-old, he thought he was realising every kids' dream. Instead, he faced unimaginable trauma. WARNING: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse.

The Independent UK

Aid group reports surging numbers in child abuse in Pakistan

An aid group dedicated to child protection says assaults and sexual abuse of children have surged in Pakistan

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The Guardian - UK

Dutch football pundit’s sexual abuse story on live TV sparks national outcry

Former player Johan Derksen appeared to make comments about historic drunken assault to amusement of presenter

Reuters

Pope mandates annual audit on protection of children from abuse

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ABC News

Former GP and brother of Tasmania's A-G speaks out over child sexual abuse and groaning in parliament incident

Former GP Paul Nylander was not aware he had a problem until he was aged in his mid-40s, but it was then that the sexual abuse he experienced as a child started to take its toll — and recent behaviour in parliament involving his sister has prompted him to share…

The Guardian - UK

Gabonese FA president charged in connection with investigation into alleged sexual abuse

Pierre-Alain Mounguengui has been charged in connection with the investigation into allegations of widespread sexual abuse in Gabon

Daily Record

Paedo Lanarkshire teacher molested young boys while employed at two different primary schools

Jurors took just over an hour to find her Carol Ann White, 39, guilty of sexual abuse following a seven-day trial at Airdrie Sheriff Court.

The Independent UK

Prince Andrew stripped of Freedom of the City of York after sex abuse case settlement

Now councillors call for prince to give up Duke of York title

The Conversation

I spent three years in a paedophile hunting team – here's what I learned

By the time you finish reading this article, at least one new case of child sexual abuse will have been reported. In the US, a child is sexually assaulted every nine minutes. In the UK, this figure is closer to one every seven minutes. The sexual abuse of children is…

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