The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Baltimore archdiocese paying attorney costs for members of group seeking to seal court proceedings in clergy abuse investigation

BALTIMORE — After saying it would not oppose the release of a report detailing decades of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Maryland, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is helping to pay lawyers for an anonymous group that’s asked a city judge to keep secret arguments over whether to make…

Tribune News Service · Nov 29, 2022

Ask the Pediatrician: How should parents talk to their kids about abuse in sports?

Q: My daughter is on a gymnastics team. How do I talk to her about the risks of sexual abuse in sports?

Tribune News Service · Nov 28, 2022

Kim Kardashian fans pressure Balenciaga's muse to denounce brand amid bondage ad scandal

Fans have slammed the mum-of-four's failure to speak out against the brand amid backlash over the ad, which featured children holding teddy bear bags accessorized with bondage gear and documents referencing a Supreme Court ruling that upheld a law that criminalizes child sexual abuse images

Daily Mirror · Nov 27, 2022

Childhood memories caused me to kill, murder accused tells court

Ross McCullum claims sexual abuse as a child triggered a ‘blind rage’ during which he strangled Megan Newborough.

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

Rule mandating jury trials for sexual assault cases in Canberra set aside in rare move

A man accused of historical child sexual abuse is facing a judge-alone trial despite a mandate that people accused of sexual crimes in the ACT face a jury of their peers.

ABC News · Nov 22, 2022

Child rapist dies in prison while completing 17 year sentence

Frederick Barber was sentenced in 2018 in "one of the worst cases of systematic grooming and child sexual abuse" one police constable had ever seen

Liverpool Echo · Nov 21, 2022

Albany bishop accused of abuse has asked the pope to remove him from the priesthood

The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests and has himself been accused of sexual abuse, has asked Pope Francis to remove him from the priesthood.

WEKU · Nov 19, 2022

Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese ‘does not object’ to release of report detailing sexual abuse, so long as it is accurate

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore does not oppose the Maryland Attorney General’s Office’s efforts to make public a report detailing sexual abuse and torture committed by area priests and laypeople over 80 years, so long as it is accurate, a spokesperson for the church said Friday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022

‘It’s not my shame, it’s his’: Somerset woman speaks out on childhood abuse by brother

Exclusive: Liz Roberts says familial sexual abuse is a ‘hidden scourge’ that has long-term impact on survivors

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022

'Now's the time to come forward': Cricket ACT abuse survivors reveal redress relief

Cricket ACT Child sexual abuse survivors say they're relieved after the organisation signed up to the National Redress Scheme.

The Canberra Times · Nov 18, 2022