The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

The increase in rape crimes has been put down to the reporting of non-recent incidents.

Kenneth Lewis, 62, entered the plea Thursday to a felony count of aggravated sexual abuse in a deal with Cook County prosecutors that saw other charges against him dropped, including predatory criminal sexual assault.

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