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Hollywood strikes tone down the glamour at Venice Film Festival

Film critic Emma Jones brings us highlights from the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The strong lineup of potential Oscars contenders included Sofia Coppola's Priscilla Presley biopic and Yorgos Lanthimos's genre-defying "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone. Still, Emma reports that "La Mostra" felt somewhat less glamorous this year,…

France 24

Zambian youth coach investigated for sexual abuse now working for club side

A former Zambia coach who was suspended for alleged sexual abuse of underage players is now a technical adviser for a Zambian army side Green Buffaloes Women

The Guardian - UK

Australia to force search engines to crack down on AI-created images of child sexual abuse

‘The use of generative AI has grown so quickly that I think it’s caught the whole world off guard to a certain degree’

The Independent UK

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Head of Johnny Kitagawa’s J-pop agency resigns over sexual abuse scandal

Julie Fujishima, niece of late pop mogul, apologises and acknowledges agency founder’s abuse for first time

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry into sexual abuse at a Melbourne school to probe allegations at 18 others

Kathleen Foley, SC, says inquiry will examine other schools where former Beaumaris teachers had worked

The Guardian - AU

‘Vastly worse than other scandals’: new film explores sexual abuse in Boy Scouts

In a Netflix documentary, survivors of sexual abuse and the whistleblower who spoke out share harrowing testimonies

The Guardian - US

Can you help crack these child abuse cold cases? police release images

The images include a room with a fireplace, 'distinctive brickwork' and yellow curtains.

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Federal Prison Guards Confessed to Rape and Got Away With It

"I knew they were scumbags," a former Bureau of Prisons officer tells Reason.

Reason

Former Catholic cardinal, age 93, is not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges

A judge has ruled that former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial

The Independent UK

US cardinal, 93, not fit to stand trial over sexual abuse charges, judge rules

Massachusetts judge finds Theodore McCarrick, charged with molesting boy, 16, in 1974, not competent to stand trial due to dementia

The Guardian - US

Edinburgh Academy apologises for ‘brutal and unrestrained’ historic abuse

The comments were made before the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

He survived sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Now he wants justice

Ron Hunter was repeatedly assaulted and sex-trafficked as a child. At 63, he’s telling his story – to protect others and heal himself

The Guardian - US

A child was sexually abused every two hours in Pakistan this year, NGO says

Islamabad-based NGO records 2,227 cases of child sexual abuse in the country between January and June.

Al Jazeera

A retired Wyoming bishop cleared by Vatican of sexual abuse despite local findings has died at 91

A former U.S. bishop accused and cleared of child sexual abuse has died

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Former football manager Dario Gradi stripped of honour

Gradi was suspended from the sport in 2016 following allegations he failed to act on rumours of sexual abuse.

The National (Scotland)

BBC presenter Nicky Campbell tells inquiry of sexual abuse at Edinburgh Academy

Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has told an inquiry of sexual abuse he endured at Edinburgh Academy as he compared a teacher to Jimmy Savile.

The Independent UK

San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse

San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese has filed for bankruptcy, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials

The Guardian - UK

Dario Gradi to lose MBE after failing to protect children from sexual abuse

Complaints made by survivors in 2021 led to forfeiture this week after Sheldon Review revealed Gradi’s failure over Barry Bennell

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Evening Standard

Former school caretaker jailed for life over sexual abuse of children

A former school caretaker who targeted seven children in a 20-year campaign of sexual abuse has been jailed for life and warned he may never be set free again.

The Independent UK

A former New York bishop has died at 84. He promoted social justice, but covered up rape allegations

Howard Hubbard, a retired Catholic bishop who acknowledged covering up allegations of sexual abuse in his upstate New York diocese and recently married a woman in a civil ceremony, has died after suffering from a massive stroke

The Independent UK

Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by California appeals court

Two men’s allegations gained prominence in the 2019 HBO documentary, ‘Leaving Neverland’

The Independent UK

Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals court

A California appeals court has revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys

The Guardian - UK

Former newspaper editor given suspended sentence for viewing child sexual abuse

Peter Wilby, former editor of the Independent on Sunday, had more than 100 indecent images of children on his computer

The Conversation

Escaping justice: A flawed investigative body fails to curb RCMP sexual misconduct

Workplace violence in the form of bullying, harassment and sexual abuse has reached a crisis point in countries around the world. In Canada, the fact that this pernicious problem thrives within institutions designed to uphold law and order makes it all the more startling.

The Independent UK

Inmates at California women's prison sue federal government over sexual abuse

Eight inmates of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison have filed a lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons

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