The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, dies aged 41

Giuffre’s family issue statement confirming she killed herself at her farm in Western Australia

The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2025

Warnings issued as rising amount of child sexual abuse material hosted on websites in EU countries

A rise in child sex abuse material has been linked to websites hosted in EU countries, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

Euronews · Apr 25, 2025

As it happened: Coffin of Pope Francis sealed after 250,000 pay homage to head of Catholic Church

Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed after a quarter of million people visited the late spiritual leader, as heads of state fly in to attend Saturday’s ceremony in St Peter’s Square

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025

AI images of child sexual abuse getting ‘significantly more realistic’, says watchdog

Internet Watch Foundation report shows 380% increase in illegal AI-generated imagery in 2024, most of it ‘category A’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025

‘Record levels of web pages hosting child sex abuse imagery discovered in 2024’

The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2025

Child sexual abuse scandal cast long shadow over Francis’s papacy

Issue threatened to derail Francis’s papacy and dominated his trips abroad

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025

New Pornographers drummer arrested over child sexual abuse images

Musician Joe Seiders is in custody after reports of a man behaving suspiciously around underage boys at a restaurant in Palm Desert, California

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

Drummer for indie rockers the New Pornographers arrested over child sexual abuse images

Joe Seiders in custody following search of home, vehicle and phone, after allegedly attempting to film child in California restaurant restroom

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2025

Book alleges Vatican knew of French priest's sexual abuse as early as 1955

The French church is to question the Vatican over revelations published Thursday that it knew about sexual abuse allegations against French charity icon Abbé Pierre as early as the 1950s.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 17, 2025

Cult leader eyes deal over child grooming claims

A self-proclaimed prophet may soon enter pleas to child sexual abuse charges after prosecutors put an offer on the table.

AAP · Apr 17, 2025