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The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.

WEKU

Teachers Face Court For Abuse At English Boarding School

Several former teachers have appeared in court accused of child cruelty and sexual abuse at a boarding school over more than a decade.

Zenger

Paedophiles coercing children as young as 7 into sharing videos of themselves online, charity warns

‘Self-generated’ material created by primary school age children rocketing amid ‘digital emergency’

The Independent UK

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Huge rise in self-generated child sexual abuse content online, report finds

Disturbing global trend should be ‘entirely preventable’, says Internet Watch Foundation head

The Guardian - UK

Rising number of self-generated child sexual abuse images online reported

The Internet Watch Foundation has said the growing number of self-generated sexual abuse images of children online was a ‘digital emergency’.

The Independent UK

'I was weighed down by a secret for 57 years - that's too much for a child'

"They came with the knowledge that they were being believed"

Liverpool Echo

ADF member accused of teen assault bailed

Perth-based Australian Defence Force member Caleb Horner accused of child sexual abuse has been released on bail.

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Canada demands extradition of elderly French priest over sexual abuse allegations

Canada has requested the extradition of a French priest accused of sexually abusing indigenous children more than 30 years ago.

Radio France Internationale

Calls for changes to New Zealand law after rapist claims sex with 12-year-old ‘consensual’

Consent is still a legal defence to those charged with rape in New Zealand, even if the alleged victim was a child at the time

The Guardian - AU

Church says choirboy's father cannot sue

Lawyers for the Catholic Church have claimed an ex-choirboy's father cannot sue as he was not the primary victim of Cardinal George Pell's alleged sexual abuse.

AAP

Israel's Herzog calls for investigation of alleged sex abuse of prison guards

Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on Tuesday for an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of female guards by prisoners at a maximum security prison with the encouragement of their superiors.

Reuters

Australian swim coach Dick Caine faces more historical sexual abuse charges

Former Australian swim coach Dick Caine is facing fresh sexual assault charges after four more alleged victims came forward to police.

ABC News

More sex abuse charges for swim coach

More charges have been laid as part of ongoing investigations into alleged historical sexual abuse by former Sydney swim coach Dick Caine.

AAP

Paedophile hid hundreds of child abuse images on iPod

Timothy Byrnes collected more than 600 sickening images on the device

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Child sexual abuse survivors struggle for justice as small sporting organisations are slow to sign up to National Redress Scheme

Karen says she was groomed by a coach when she was a teenager. But when she went to Softball Australia seeking redress, she was told they "didn't have insurance for that".

ABC News

Survivor TV star and former SAS commander Mark Wales opens up about childhood sexual abuse

Mark Wales describes reporting the childhood sexual abuse he and his brother suffered as the hardest thing he has ever had to do, taking more courage than walking through minefields in the Middle East.

Tribune News Service

Boy Scouts must change $2.7 billion sex abuse fund, judge rules

The Boy Scouts of America must adjust their plan to create the biggest sexual abuse compensation fund in the U.S. in order to win final court approval for the $2.7 billion proposal, a judge ruled.

Reuters

Privacy watchdogs criticise proposed EU online child pornography rules

The European Union's privacy watchdogs on Friday criticised proposed rules to combat online child sexual abuse, saying their potential impact on individuals' privacy and personal data posed risks for fundamental rights and could harm the children they aim to protect.

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The pope's apology to Indigenous people doesn't go far enough, Canada says

The pope apologized to Indigenous peoples for abuses in church-run residential schools. Canada's response suggests that reconciliation over the fraught history is still a work in progress.

France 24

Canada says pope's apology for abuses at Catholic residential schools not enough

The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn't go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much a work in progress.

The Independent UK

Canada says pope's apology to Indigenous not enough

The Canadian government says Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses they suffered in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough

Tribune News Service

Man who was shot by wife in DC and accused of sexual abuse while working at day care is facing 13 charges

BALTIMORE — A man who was shot at a Washington, D.C., hotel by his wife, who accused him of molesting children at her Owings Mills day care center, now faces more than a dozen criminal charges.

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Edinburgh BBC presenter Nicky Campbell tells of sexual abuse at private school

Making the announcement on his BBC podcast, released on Wednesday, he also speaks with journalist Alex Renton on the endemic abuse in Britain's public schools. Nicky said the abuse began when he was aged just ten, and has a long-lasting impact on his adult life

The Guardian - UK

‘I was not being loved. I was just a body’: Mena Suvari on surviving sexual abuse, acting and American Beauty

The model and actor’s shocking memoir tells how shame and denial prevented her from telling anyone she was raped when she was 12, which led to another abusive relationship – with an older man – and years of drug addiction

The Independent UK

Location of Iranian actor Nazanin Bahrami ‘not known after she is detained’

‘Many Iranian women in various industries have been facing sexual abuse by people connected to the regime. These women are often intimidated into silence,’ says Iranian women’s rights activist

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