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The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Leader of ‘shamanastic community’ arrested on sexual assault and child sexual abuse charges

Investigators believe there may be additional victims and are encouraging them to come forward

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2024

US State Department Urges Israel To Investigate Allegations

US State Department expresses concern over sexual abuse allegations of Palestinian detainees by Israeli soldiers, urging swift investigation and accountabi...

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Seventeen workers at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been suspended over historical child sex abuse allegations.

AAP · Aug 7, 2024

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Coach convicted of sexual abuse departs Olympics after being spotted on TV among China’s team

The Australian coach appeared on TV discussing Swiss triathlon athlete Julie Derron and pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a 13-year-old in 1999

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

Israeli rights group details systematic abuse of Palestinians in Israel's jails

A report from Israeli rights group B'Tselem indicated that Palestinian prisoners were subjected to arbitrary beatings and sexual abuse. The report came out days after the Israeli military detained nine soldiers accused of severe abuse of a prisoner in a military facility in the Negev desert.

France 24 · Aug 6, 2024

Historical abuse case stymied with elderly man's death

An 88-year-old man accused of the repeated sexual abuse of two underage girls decades ago has died before a court hearing into his alleged crimes.

AAP · Aug 5, 2024

Sex abuse and swimming: A dark history

How a scandal in our local swim club, 15 years ago, opened my eyes to a national cover-up operation

Salon · Aug 3, 2024

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National Crime Agency officer jailed for using work computer to look at child sex images

Adam Taylor used Dark Web access in his role to access child abuse images

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2024

Justice Department finds Texas juvenile detention centers violated youth offenders’ rights

The DOJ found that officers overused pepper spray, kept youths in prolonged isolation and failed to protect them from sexual abuse.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 1, 2024

Police break up largest illegal pornography ring in Taiwan’s history

Hundreds involved in Chuangyi Sifang, an online platform that shared child sexual abuse images, have been arrested

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024

Pennsylvania Juvenile Facilities Face Sexual Abuse Allegations

Allegations of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania juvenile facilities prompt lawsuits against 10 centers, highlighting systemic issues and calls for reform.

IDF charges reservist with aggravated abuse of Palestinian prisoners

Indictment comes as nine other soldiers appear in Israeli military court over allegations of sexual abuse of detainee

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024

Israeli Soldiers Face Allegations Of Sexual Abuse In Gaza

Updates on Israel-Palestine tensions, with soldiers facing court for alleged abuse of Palestinian detainees and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Israel-Hamas war latest: Tensions over probe of Israeli soldiers, and more bodies are found in Gaza

Tensions remain high in Israel as nine soldiers are due to appear before a military court for an initial hearing over what a defense lawyer says are allegations of sexual abuse of a Palestinian at a facility where Israel has held prisoners from Gaza during the war

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024

Probe of soldiers over alleged sexual abuse fuels tension between Israeli military and hard-liners

An Israeli military court is due to hold a hearing Tuesday for nine soldiers detained for questioning over alleged abuse of a Palestinian at a shadowy facility where Israel has held prisoners from Gaza during the war

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024

Why the Netherlands seems unfazed by sending a convicted child rapist to the Olympics

Differences between English and Dutch law might be part of the reason why Steven van de Velde is seen differently at home than abroad, says Renate van der Zee, a Dutch writer and journalist

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...

AAP · Jul 25, 2024

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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The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2024

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

AAP · Jul 23, 2024

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.

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024

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 Conversation · Jul 22, 2024

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…

Tom’s Guide · Jul 22, 2024

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.

iMore · Jul 22, 2024

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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