The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

Reporting of offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, particularly by doctors, requires strict compliance, failing which the offender committing the offence arising out of a consensual sexual activity or rape or sexual abuse on a child will get away from the clutches of law, said…

Samira al-Houri disappeared after allegations that claims of female prisoners being raped were embellished

The panel said it fears action on its recommendations could be deferred indefinitely ‘for the sake of other political priorities’.

A new civil trial alleging sexual abuse by former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is averted after a last-minute settlement is reached.

Reforms in the wake of the child sexual abuse royal commission made it easier for victims to seek compensation, but now a fierce new battleground is emerging as some organisations at the centre of the claims push to have cases thrown out altogether.

Editorial: The government’s response to Alexis Jay’s report is inadequate. Ministers must step up and show victims the effort was worthwhile

Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton pleaded guilty to conspiring with Ch Insp Richard Watkinson who was found dead in January

Exclusive: Joint letter from organisations and experts says singling out British-Pakistani men draws attention away from other sources of sexual abuse

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia are acknowledging that the institution has been deaf to the suffering of victims of sexual abuse at a time when the country has been rocked by a pedophilia scandal involving priests