The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Omegle, a video chat service that connects users with strangers at random, is shutting down after 14 years following ample misuse of the platform — particularly the sexual abuse of minors

The City of Ballarat is holding a competition to find the designer of the memorial which will be ‘a sanctuary’ for those affected by child sexual abuse

New online safety regulator has published its first draft codes of practice around stopping illegal content spreading online

An Arizona Superior Court judge has dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ruling that church officials who knew that a church member was sexually abusing his daughter had no duty to report the abuse to police or social service agencies…

NGOs report allegations of abuse and harassment at Kasigau Corridor conservation project in southern Kenya over 12 years

The new president of the Boy Scouts of America plans to reverse the trend of declining membership and improve safety programs as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a sexual abuse scandal

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A petition is before the Legislative Assembly.

Childhood traumatic experiences are common. Almost one in three (32%) Australians reported being physically abused as a child, 31% experienced emotional abuse, 28.5% were victims of sexual abuse and 9% were neglected. Some 40% of Australians were exposed to domestic violence against a parent.

'This is certainly a momentous decision and will have a huge impact.'

Permanent stays are supposed to be used only in ‘exceptional’ circumstances but are being used regularly by institutions to defend historical abuse claims