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Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples in defiance of a German archbishop

Several Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne cathedral in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki

The Independent UK

Russell Brand is a familiar story

Can we really be surprised when rich and powerful men are accused of sexual abuse?

The Guardian - US

Vatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop

A Catholic church leader says the Vatican is considering the findings of a church investigation into “very serious and deeply distressing” child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop

The Independent UK

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Russell Brand ‘offers to take naked assistant to meet Jimmy Savile’ in resurfaced interview

The call on Radio 2 was aired five years before Savile’s horrific history of sexual abuse came to light

The Independent UK

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis resign from anti-child sexual abuse charity

Actors were on the board of Thorn when their letters defending convicted rapist Danny Masterson came to light

The Guardian - US

Paris’s Catholic Foreign Missions Society under fire over alleged sexual abuse

The French Catholic Church is facing new accusations of a sexual abuse scandal within Paris’s Foreign Missions Society, an organisation dedicated to spreading Christianity overseas. As a criminal investigation has been opened into accusations against three clergymen from the group, a FRANCE 24 investigation by journalists Karina Chabour and Julie…

France 24

Victorian man who ate poisoned Snickers bar in court jailed for sex offences against child

Man, 76, sentenced in the county court over sexual abuse of a young girl more than 30 years ago

The Guardian - AU

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Japanese boy-band production company sets up panel to compensate sexual assault victims

The Japanese boys-band production company at the center of an unfolding sexual abuse scandal, Johnny & Associates, has selected three former judges to head its effort to compensate hundreds of victims

The Independent UK

The sexual abuse of female surgeons comes as no surprise to me. I quit rather than endure the misogyny

I was assaulted by a consultant and witnessed awful behaviour. Women in healthcare have the right to feel safe, says co-founder of Surviving in Scrubs Dr Becky Cox

The Guardian - UK

Paedophiles using open source AI to create child sexual abuse content, says watchdog

People sharing on dark web how to modify software on their computers to manipulate photos of children, says IWF

The Guardian - UK

CBI replaces team probing Walayar case with officers from other States

. CBI replaces team re-investigating Walayar case; hope to bring fresher perspectives; victims' mother demanded non-Malayali officers; CBI seeks lie detection test; girls found hanging in mysterious circumstances; postmortem revealed sexual abuse; accused exonerated; govt forced to seek reinvestigation; HC ordered CBI to investigate afresh. #CBI replaces team re-investigating Walayar…

The Hindu

Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century

A sweeping study of sex abuse by priests and others within the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century

The Independent UK

Bids for sexual abuse justice in WA ‘quashed’ by permanent stay tactics, inquiry told

The legal tactic to halt claims against churches and other organisations has been blasted by support groups, saying institutions benefit from delays to justice

The Guardian - AU

Police investigating new sexual abuse allegations against former cricket coach

Michael Strange was handed a two-year extension to his existing jail term last week.

The Independent UK

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Vatican orders investigation into Catholic clerics linked to abuse, Swiss Bishops' Conference says

The Vatican has ordered an investigation into high-ranking Catholic clerics in Switzerland in connection with sexual abuse

The Hindu

Concerns grow over legal vacuum as India moves to repeal Section 377 in the wake of disturbing cases of sexual assault of animals

In the recent past, there have been several reported incidents of sexual abuse of animals.

France 24

Hollywood strikes tone down the glamour at Venice Film Festival

Film critic Emma Jones brings us highlights from the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The strong lineup of potential Oscars contenders included Sofia Coppola's Priscilla Presley biopic and Yorgos Lanthimos's genre-defying "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone. Still, Emma reports that "La Mostra" felt somewhat less glamorous this year,…

The Guardian - UK

Zambian youth coach investigated for sexual abuse now working for club side

A former Zambia coach who was suspended for alleged sexual abuse of underage players is now a technical adviser for a Zambian army side Green Buffaloes Women

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The Independent UK

Australia to force search engines to crack down on AI-created images of child sexual abuse

‘The use of generative AI has grown so quickly that I think it’s caught the whole world off guard to a certain degree’

The Guardian - UK

Head of Johnny Kitagawa’s J-pop agency resigns over sexual abuse scandal

Julie Fujishima, niece of late pop mogul, apologises and acknowledges agency founder’s abuse for first time

The Guardian - AU

Inquiry into sexual abuse at a Melbourne school to probe allegations at 18 others

Kathleen Foley, SC, says inquiry will examine other schools where former Beaumaris teachers had worked

The Guardian - US

‘Vastly worse than other scandals’: new film explores sexual abuse in Boy Scouts

In a Netflix documentary, survivors of sexual abuse and the whistleblower who spoke out share harrowing testimonies

Newcastle Herald

Can you help crack these child abuse cold cases? police release images

The images include a room with a fireplace, 'distinctive brickwork' and yellow curtains.

Reason

Federal Prison Guards Confessed to Rape and Got Away With It

"I knew they were scumbags," a former Bureau of Prisons officer tells Reason.

The Independent UK

Former Catholic cardinal, age 93, is not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges

A judge has ruled that former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial

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