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Former Federal Prison Officer Faces Additional Charges For Sexual Abuse

Former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California faces 15 counts of sexual abuse and civil rights violations. Justice Department inten...

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Teacher cleared of abuse on gender grounds seeks costs

Taxpayers could be hit with a substantial legal bill after an ex-teacher facing a raft of sex abuse allegations had the charges quashed because of her gender.

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Inmate van escape trial starts for Tennessee man facing sexual assault allegations

The first of multiple trials has begun involving a Tennessee man charged with raping children to create pornography and accused in lawsuits of sexually assaulting dozens of women for years while police in his town did little to investigate him

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New Zealand's inquiry into systemic abuse follows 2 decades of similar probes worldwide

New Zealand is the latest country to confront cruel, systemic and commonplace abuse of children and vulnerable adults in state and faith-based care institutions

The Independent UK

Tech giants on notice over 'blindness' to abuse content

Tech companies treat child sexual abuse content with "wilful blindness" but the online safety watchdog will soon force them to face uncomfortable truths.

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Survivors sue Illinois over decades of sexual abuse at Chicago youth detention center

Nearly 200 men and women are alleging they were sexually abused as children while at a Chicago youth detention facility

The Independent UK

Lucia Osborne-Crowley was in the courtroom with Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex-trafficking trial. Her final account centres the victims

In the opening pages of The Lasting Harm, journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley travels to West Palm Beach to meet “Carolyn”, a victim-survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network. Her testimony supported the most serious charges in the prosecution’s case against the co-conspirator Epstein described as his “best friend”: his former girlfriend…

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Apple accused of vastly undercounting child sex abuse images — here’s Apple’s response

A UK watchdog uncovers hundreds more reports of child sexual abuse material on Apple's platforms than the company reported to officials in 2023.

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Apple accused of underreporting child sexual abuse material on its platforms

Apple has been accused of underreporting instances of child sexual abuse material on its platforms.

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UK watchdog accuses Apple of failing to report sexual images of children

Exclusive: NSPCC finds Apple implicated in more cases of predators sharing child abuse imagery in England and Wales alone than the company reported globally in a year

The Guardian - US

AI advances could lead to more child sexual abuse videos, watchdog warns

IWF warns of more AI-made child sexual abuse videos as tools behind them get more widespread and easier to use

The Guardian - UK

UK parents should check under-18s’ phones for nude photos, says police chief

Head of child protection says intimate images should be reported to tackle ‘tidal wave’ of online sexual abuse

The Guardian - UK

Pope Accepts Resignation Of Colombian Bishop Amid Abuse Allegations

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Colombian bishop amid allegations of sexual abuse. Vatican's announcement lacks specifics.

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French Church Knew Of Abuse Claims Against Revered Priest: Researchers

The Catholic Church already knew by 2021 of claims of sexual abuse against a beloved humanitarian French priest, the late Abbe Pierre, members of an independent commission said Saturday.

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Migrant children were put in abusive shelters for years, suit says. Critics blame lack of oversight

As allegations of sexual abuse built up at the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S., officials continued placing children in their care in a system that advocates say has lacked adequate oversight and transparency for years

Latin Times

DOJ sues largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children over 'repeated' and 'severe' sexual abuse

Employees from Southwest Key Programs are accused of repeatedly subjecting minors in its care to sexual abuse and harassment

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Largest US Migrant Child Housing Provider Faces Shocking Abuse Allegations

Justice Department lawsuit reveals shocking pattern of sexual abuse and harassment at Southwest Key Programs, raising concerns about the safety of migrant ...

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Housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children engaged in sexual abuse and harassment, DOJ says

The largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children has been accused of “severe, pervasive, and unwelcome sexual abuse of and harassment” of children in its care

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AI is overpowering efforts to catch child predators, experts warn

Safety groups say images are so lifelike that it can be hard to see if real children were subject to harms in production

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Oregon Prison Escapee Captured After 30 Years On The Run

Oregon state prison escapee captured in Georgia after 27 years on the run for sexual abuse charges. Johnson lived under a stolen identity and faces extradi...

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Cricketers in Kerala faced career fallout for opposing KCA coach who sexually abused girls

It has been over two years since Jomon, an aspiring cricketer from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram, left the sport. He was 21 years old when he joined the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) with dreams of pursuing a successful career. However, in 2022, everything changed after he supported a 12-year-old student who alleged…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sobering read: the Ghislaine Maxwell trial by a child abuse victim

When a celebrity is convicted of a crime, it ignites a media circus. More often than not, the narrative is of a fallen star; someone with a great life who has thrown it all away and is now brought to book because of their own terrible behaviour. In the telling…

Newcastle Herald

Paedophile with 'embedded predilection' back in jail a week after getting parole

The case highlights how some sex offenders can't get help behind bars.

The Independent UK

Judge rejects effort by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to get records from Catholic church

A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese

The Conversation

Re-reading Alice Munro in the light of the secrets she kept and pain she caused

This week, Canadians heard about the enormity of Andrea Skinner’s suffering, following sexual abuse by her stepfather, and her mother Alice Munro’s decision to stay with and protect him.

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