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The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Mexico takes action to combat sexual abuse after president publicly groped

Secretary for women presents plan, including prison sentences, after Claudia Sheinbaum was groped on street

The Guardian - US · Nov 13, 2025

British state supplied victims to ‘worst sex offender in history’ as abuse continued unchecked at notorious detention centre

Investigation finds ‘the silence of many’ allowed widespread physical and sexual abuse to continue at Medomsley Detention Centre for decades – as watchdog says victims deserve public apology

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

New crackdown on AI images of child sexual abuse as reports double in a year

The Internet Watch Foundation said there has been a surge in AI-generated abuse content depicting infants

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

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Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images

New law will allow technology to be examined and ensure tools have safeguards to stop creation of material

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Law change set to allow AI testing to prevent creation of child sex abuse images

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material have more than doubled in the past year.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

$5M Verdict: Donald Trump Tells Supreme Court Carroll's Claims Are 'Implausible'

Trump asks SCOTUS to overturn the $5M E. Jean Carroll verdict, arguing the sexual abuse claims are 'implausible' and damages are 'excessive'.

International Business Times UK · Nov 11, 2025

DJ Tim Westwood appears in court accused of 'grope at BBC studio' and multiple rapes

Tim Westwood is accused of sexual abuse at the BBC Studios in the 1990s

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2025

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McDonalds strengthens UK staff protection after sex abuse scandal

EHRC warned McDonald’s UK franchise owners of potential legal action for non-compliance

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2025

McDonald’s agrees further measures to protect staff from sexual abuse

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has drawn up a new set of strengthened measures for McDonald’s to take to prevent sexual harassment of staff.

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025

A top New Zealand ex-police official pleads guilty to viewing child sexual abuse material at work

A disgraced former top New Zealand police official has pleaded guilty to watching child sexual abuse material and other illegal content while at work

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Chat Control isn’t dead, Denmark has a new proposal − here’s all we know

Denmark withdraws the mandatory scanning of all our private chats in the EU. Yet, the Chat Control battle is still up and going.

TechRadar · Nov 5, 2025

Almost 30% of people abused as children, England and Wales data shows

ONS data, which includes emotional, physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect, suggests 13.6 million people affected

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

Experiences of childhood abuse: Key numbers and findings

The figures cover four types of childhood abuse: emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse or neglect.

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Third of women and quarter of men abused in childhood, new estimates suggest

Forms of abuse included emotional, physical, sexual or neglect.

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

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The Fashion Central · Nov 3, 2025

Report Claims Prince Andrew Removed Mentions of Abuse Victims From Palace Statements

A new report in The Sunday Times claims that Prince Andrew repeatedly deleted references to victims of sexual abuse from official palace statements

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2025

How to recognise child-on-child sexual abuse – and how to respond appropriately

Allegations of sexual abuse by early childhood educators have rocked Australia in recent months.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

Former Australian lawmaker sentenced to prison for rape and sexual abuse of two men

Gareth Ward sentenced to almost six years in prison for raping a young man and sexually assaulting a teenager

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2025

How common is sexually abusive behaviour between children? How should daycare centres respond?

Parents have spoken about harrowing cases of their young children being abused by other children in daycare centres, as part of an ABC investigation into the New South Wales sector.

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The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2025

New Orleans sexual abuse victims approve $230m Catholic church settlement

Victims to receive payments based on severity and effects of abuse perpetrated by members of clergy

AAP · Oct 30, 2025

Head monk found guilty of sexually abusing children

A Buddhist monk has been convicted of 17 child sexual abuse offences following a four-week jury trial.

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025

Queensland to create public register of sex offenders as Daniel Morcombe’s parents ‘hope it will go national’

Bruce and Denise Morcombe call on other states to act as LNP passes ‘Daniel’s law’, allowing public naming of some child sexual abusers

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Nigel Farage facing calls to apologise to female survivors of grooming gangs

A group of women have said it was “categorically untrue” for Farage to have said they were not victims of grooming gangs

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

Nigel Farage urged to apologise to five survivors of grooming gangs for 'ignorance and untrue statements'

Reform UK leader suggested the women invited on to the child sexual exploitation inquiry panel were victims of other types of child sexual abuse

The Conversation · Oct 29, 2025

Prince Andrew’s ‘one peppercorn’ lease exposes how little is known about royal finances

In announcing that Prince Andrew would no longer use his title or honours, Buckingham Palace hoped to shift the spotlight away from his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, and the accusations of sexual abuse he has faced (and denied).

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025

Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage

Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’

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