The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

An inquiry exposing government failings has led to a rise in claims to a national redress scheme by survivors of child sexual abuse in Tasmania.

Tasmania's budget deficit for 2023/24 is set to grow fourfold, mainly because of a $571 million increase in payouts to child sexual abuse survivors.

The popular megachurch kept its doors open amid sexual abuse convictions and multi-million-dollar lawsuits. Then came insurance adjusters

Investigators believe there may be additional victims and are encouraging them to come forward

US State Department expresses concern over sexual abuse allegations of Palestinian detainees by Israeli soldiers, urging swift investigation and accountabi...

Seventeen workers at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been suspended over historical child sex abuse allegations.

The Australian coach appeared on TV discussing Swiss triathlon athlete Julie Derron and pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a 13-year-old in 1999

A report from Israeli rights group B'Tselem indicated that Palestinian prisoners were subjected to arbitrary beatings and sexual abuse. The report came out days after the Israeli military detained nine soldiers accused of severe abuse of a prisoner in a military facility in the Negev desert.

An 88-year-old man accused of the repeated sexual abuse of two underage girls decades ago has died before a court hearing into his alleged crimes.