The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

A child was sexually abused every two hours in Pakistan this year, NGO says

Islamabad-based NGO records 2,227 cases of child sexual abuse in the country between January and June.

Al Jazeera · Aug 25, 2023

A retired Wyoming bishop cleared by Vatican of sexual abuse despite local findings has died at 91

A former U.S. bishop accused and cleared of child sexual abuse has died

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023

Former football manager Dario Gradi stripped of honour

Gradi was suspended from the sport in 2016 following allegations he failed to act on rumours of sexual abuse.

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023

A former New York bishop has died at 84. He promoted social justice, but covered up rape allegations

Howard Hubbard, a retired Catholic bishop who acknowledged covering up allegations of sexual abuse in his upstate New York diocese and recently married a woman in a civil ceremony, has died after suffering from a massive stroke

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by California appeals court

Two men’s allegations gained prominence in the 2019 HBO documentary, ‘Leaving Neverland’

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2023

Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals court

A California appeals court has revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Former newspaper editor given suspended sentence for viewing child sexual abuse

Peter Wilby, former editor of the Independent on Sunday, had more than 100 indecent images of children on his computer

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Escaping justice: A flawed investigative body fails to curb RCMP sexual misconduct

Workplace violence in the form of bullying, harassment and sexual abuse has reached a crisis point in countries around the world. In Canada, the fact that this pernicious problem thrives within institutions designed to uphold law and order makes it all the more startling.

The Conversation · Aug 17, 2023

Inmates at California women's prison sue federal government over sexual abuse

Eight inmates of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison have filed a lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023

Amid dreadful sexual abuse, sport brings grace in a school memoir that resists easy judgement

A friend likes to remind me about the one time I attended an Ashes test in Melbourne, Boxing Day, 1974. The crowd was waiting, excited, to watch the English team, and Dennis Amiss particularly, front up to the wicket. On he came, bravely facing just eight balls. Then he was…

The Conversation · Aug 15, 2023