The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

There are many social issues enabled by social media, including sexting, the creation of and access to child sexual abuse material and cyber bullying.

A clemency petition for a Missouri man facing the death penalty for sexually assaulting and killing a child says he was a frequent victim of physical and sexual abuse in his youth and has a “structurally abnormal” brain that impairs his judgment

Almost every week, it seems the media reports claims of yet another sexual scandal within organisations in the public eye. MasterChef host Gregg Wallace is the latest name in the spotlight, after he denied claims from multiple women that he made inappropriate comments on the set of the BBC show.…

Britain’s biggest police force has launched an investigation into more than five people who may have assisted former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed carry out more than 100 alleged acts of sexual abuse

London police say they are investigating associates on suspicion of ‘assisting and facilitating’ sexual abuse.

The indictment, filed in Columbia County Circuit Court, asserts that the principal “did unlawfully and knowingly withhold necessary and adequate physical care from the students of St. Helens High School.”

A lawyer for the chief defendant in a French mass rape trial on Wednesday urged the court to recall his good side after prosecutors demanded lengthy jail terms for the dozens of suspects.

Combs is the latest problematic artist to see his work break more ground on platforms such as Spotify and YouTube

A judge has delayed until January his decision on whether to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago