The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

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 · Sep 18, 2023

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 · Sep 15, 2023

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 · Sep 15, 2023

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 · Sep 12, 2023

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 · Sep 12, 2023

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 · Sep 12, 2023

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 · Sep 11, 2023

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 Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023

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.

The Hindu · Sep 9, 2023

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,…

France 24 · Sep 8, 2023