The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

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

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.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 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

The Guardian - US · 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.

AAP · 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 Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 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

Evening Standard · 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

The Independent UK · 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 Conversation · Oct 29, 2025