The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Allegations of historical sexual abuse at a school in Melbourne's southeast will be investigated by a newly unveiled special board of inquiry.

Louisiana's Supreme Court has sidestepped a ruling on the constitutionality of legislation that gave adult victims of childhood sexual abuse a renewed chance to file lawsuits

LOS ANGELES — A three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal has breathed new life into the child molestation cases brought by "Leaving Neverland" subjects Wade Robson and James Safechuck against Michael Jackson's corporation. The plaintiffs allege that MJJ Productions Inc. staff were complicit and aided Jackson in grooming,…

The family of Francis X. Gallagher Jr., an investment banker and former law partner at Venable LLP, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Baltimore that claims the sexual abuse Gallagher suffered as a child at the hands of a Catholic priest eventually led to him fatally overdosing at age 62 last…

Clive McCleester has admitted child sexual abuse while he was working at Southwark Cathedral in the 1980s

Childhood trauma is a global health problem. Every year, up to 1 billion children worldwide experience some form of emotional, physical or sexual abuse. More than two-thirds of children report at least one traumatic event by age 16.

Archbishop under investigation on suspicion of falsely testifying about when he became aware of clergy sexual abuse

After Church of Scientology officials learned in 1991 that a 16-year-old religious worker claimed to have been sexually assaulted, they failed to report the allegations to police and instead arranged for the girl to marry her abuser, according to a lawsuit unsealed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss

Dr Kabir Garg, 33, was a moderator on a site called ‘The Annex’ which shared hundreds of child abuse links to thousands of people every day

The former professional cricketer is increasingly likely to die in jail.