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Larry Nassar, US doctor who abused athletes, stabbed in prison

Disgraced doctor convicted of sexual abuse is stabbed multiple times but is reportedly in stable condition.

Al Jazeera

Disgraced ex-US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar ‘stabbed multiple times in prison’

Nassar was jailed after more than 150 women and girls accused him of sexual abuse

Evening Standard

Argentina archbishop says he made mistakes in handling abuse allegations against priest

An Argentine archbishop chosen by Pope Francis to head the Vatican office that ensures doctrinal orthodoxy concedes he made mistakes in handling a 2019 case of a priest accused of sexual abuse of minors

The Independent UK

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Nine-year-old refuses to go to school, alleges sexual abuse by teacher

A nine-year-old girl, who persistently refused to go to school, opened up to her parents that the reason was alleged sexual abuse by a male teacher, the Musheerabad police said on Friday.

The Hindu

Pa. attorney general charges 5 Jehovah’s Witnesses with rape, sexual abuse of children

PHILADELPHIA — Five Jehovah’s Witnesses have been charged with raping and exploiting children as part of a Pennsylvania grand jury investigation into the organization’s handling of sexual abuse cases.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Authorities charge 5 more in probe of child sexual abuse among Jehovah's Witnesses in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania grand jury investigating child sexual abuse among Jehovah’s Witnesses has charged another five people with raping or molesting children as young as 4

The Independent UK

Rudy Farias was never missing but his mother won’t face charges for eight-year lie, police say

Houston Police Department say Rudy Farias returned home the day after he went ‘missing’ in 2015 and say there is no evidence of sexual abuse

The Independent UK

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Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by councillors proposed in motion

It wants a compulsory duty to report safeguarding concerns enshrined in the Code of Conduct

Manchester Evening News

Rudy Farias mystery deepens as cops say he did NOT accuse mum of sex abuse in interview

Rudolph 'Rudy' Farias IV has NOT made sexual abuse allegations against his mum in chats with Houston Police Department, chief Troy Finner said today, while he did directly dispute Quanell X's claims

Daily Mirror

No police mediation in sexual abuse case, clarifies Chittoor SP

Chittoor Superintendent of Police Y. Rishant Reddy on July 6 (Thursday) clarified to the media that the Police Department had not taken up any mediation with the Tamil Nadu-based victims of physical and sexual abuse.

The Hindu

More Than A Dozen Kids Have Been Rescued From Sexual Abuse After A Bag Search At Syd Airport

One of the kids was only 10 years old.

Pedestrian.tv

US group decries as 'troubling' pope's pick to head Vatican office handling sex abuse allegations

A U.S.-based group that keeps track of how the Catholic hierarchy deals with allegations of sexual abuse by clergy says Pope Francis made a “troubling” choice in appointing an Argentine prelate to a powerful Vatican office

The Independent UK

Ambulance crews get virtual-reality training to spot sexual abuse and domestic violence

London Ambulance Service is the first ambulance service in the country to use virtual reality technology for safeguarding training, and will be used to help spot signs of sexual abuse and domestic violence

Daily Mirror

Baltimore archdiocese adds 42 names to its list of Catholic clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse

BALTIMORE — The Archdiocese of Baltimore added 42 names Friday to its list of church employees who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse, including that of a longtime theology dean and professor at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic historically Black college.

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Daily Record

Reduction in North Ayrshire sexual crimes but rapes show increase

The increase in rape crimes has been put down to the reporting of non-recent incidents.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-priest gets 7 years after pleading guilty to sexually abusing boy at Evanston hotel

Kenneth Lewis, 62, entered the plea Thursday to a felony count of aggravated sexual abuse in a deal with Cook County prosecutors that saw other charges against him dropped, including predatory criminal sexual assault.

The Independent UK

Former Olympic gold medal cyclist convicted in German child sex abuse case

A former champion cyclist who won two gold medals at the 1976 Olympics has been convicted by a German court in a child sexual abuse case

The Independent UK

Michael Jackson’s accusers set to sue singer’s production company over alleged sexual abuse

Wade Robson and James Safechuck featured in ‘Leaving Neverland’, a 2019 documentary about the late singer’s abuse allegations

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Inquiry to look at allegations of ‘vile’ historical child sexual abuse at Victorian state school

Daniel Andrews pledges formal apology to victim-survivors who attended Beaumaris primary school in 1960s and 1970s

AAP

Sisters abused by ultra-Orthodox principal share pain

Melbourne sisters Elly Sapper and Dassi Erlich have shared the monumental impact of years of sexual abuse by ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer.

AAP

Inquiry into 'vile' historical sexual abuse at school

Allegations of historical sexual abuse at a school in Melbourne's southeast will be investigated by a newly unveiled special board of inquiry.

The Independent UK

Sexual abuse victims' chance to file lawsuits in old cases remains in question after court ruling

Louisiana's Supreme Court has sidestepped a ruling on the constitutionality of legislation that gave adult victims of childhood sexual abuse a renewed chance to file lawsuits

Los Angeles Times

Michael Jackson's accusers could get their day in court against company they say was complicit

LOS ANGELES — A three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeal has breathed new life into the child molestation cases brought by "Leaving Neverland" subjects Wade Robson and James Safechuck against Michael Jackson's corporation. The plaintiffs allege that MJJ Productions Inc. staff were complicit and aided Jackson in grooming,…

Tribune News Service

New lawsuit alleges Catholic clergy abuse drove Baltimore attorney, banker to his death

The family of Francis X. Gallagher Jr., an investment banker and former law partner at Venable LLP, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Baltimore that claims the sexual abuse Gallagher suffered as a child at the hands of a Catholic priest eventually led to him fatally overdosing at age 62 last…

Evening Standard

Ex-Windsor Castle verger Clive McCleester guilty of historic child sex abuse

Clive McCleester has admitted child sexual abuse while he was working at Southwark Cathedral in the 1980s

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