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Hillsong founder Brian Houston accused of sex abuse cover-up

Hillsong founder Brian Houston was not the only person who failed to report his father's sexual abuse of a child, his lawyer has told a court.

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Hillsong founder accused of abuse cover-up

Many people knew about Frank Houston's sexual abuse of a child and failed to report it to police, Hillsong founder Brian Houston's lawyer has told a NSW court.

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Shania Twain recalls ‘flattening my boobs’ to avoid sexual abuse from her stepdad

‘You didn’t want to be a girl in my house,’ recalls Twain

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Flood of sexual abuse lawsuits expected in New York as new law takes effect

Adult survivors of sexual abuse can now file lawsuits even if the statute of limitations on their claims had already run out

The Guardian - US

‘Keepers’ survivors expand arguments on why Maryland AG report into Catholic clergy sexual abuse should be public

BALTIMORE — Women featured in “The Keepers,” a 2017 Netflix documentary series about clergy sexual abuse at a Baltimore-area Catholic girls school in the 1960s and ‘70s, expanded on their request Friday for the full public release of a report examining sexual misconduct by clergy throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

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Cheerleading abuse accusations increase to 20 with new Ohio case

The latest lawsuit alleging widespread misconduct across competitive cheerleading says officials permitted two choregraphers to continue working with young athletes after they were investigated for sexual abuse

The Independent UK

Cheerleading abuse accusations increase to 20 with Ohio case

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‘Keepers’ survivors file court motion to seek full release of Maryland AG report on Catholic Church abuse

BALTIMORE — Abuse survivors who were featured in “The Keepers,” a widely viewed 2017 Netflix documentary about clergy sexual misconduct at a Baltimore Catholic girls’ school in the 1960s and ’70s, have filed a court motion calling for the full release of a report by the Maryland attorney general on…

Tribune News Service

Late Sacramento priest newly accused of child sex abuse as Catholic Church lawsuits pile up

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A late clergyman who served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento for four decades has been accused for the first time of sexually assaulting a child, joining dozens of Sacramento clergy previously implicated in the Catholic Church’s decades-old abuse scandal.

Tribune News Service

NSW Principal Investigated For Sexual Abuse After Mum Found Messages Following Son’s Death

The teacher was in her late 40s when she messaged the student on FB.

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Former Tasmanian premier David Barlett speaks with abuse survivor, says department secrecy stopping ministers from acting

Former Tasmanian premier David Bartlett speaks with a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse who fronted a recent inquiry and says he regrets not doing more to protect children during his time in office.

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Elon Musk’s job cuts decimate Twitter team tackling child sexual abuse, sources say

Elon Musk has dramatically reduced the size of the Twitter Inc. team devoted to tackling child sexual exploitation on the platform, cutting the global team of experts in half and leaving behind an overwhelmed skeleton crew, people familiar with the matter said.

Tribune News Service

Elon Musk’s job cuts decimated Twitter team tackling child sexual abuse

Bangkok Post

Child sexual abuse review: how research can help to tackle growing online abuse

In the seven years since the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse launched in 2015, it has held more than 300 days of public hearings, processed over 2 million pages of evidence, heard from over 700 witnesses, and engaged with over 7,000 victims and survivors.

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Baltimore archdiocese paying attorney costs for members of group seeking to seal court proceedings in clergy abuse investigation

BALTIMORE — After saying it would not oppose the release of a report detailing decades of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Maryland, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is helping to pay lawyers for an anonymous group that’s asked a city judge to keep secret arguments over whether to make…

Tribune News Service

Ask the Pediatrician: How should parents talk to their kids about abuse in sports?

Q: My daughter is on a gymnastics team. How do I talk to her about the risks of sexual abuse in sports?

Daily Mirror

Kim Kardashian fans pressure Balenciaga's muse to denounce brand amid bondage ad scandal

Fans have slammed the mum-of-four's failure to speak out against the brand amid backlash over the ad, which featured children holding teddy bear bags accessorized with bondage gear and documents referencing a Supreme Court ruling that upheld a law that criminalizes child sexual abuse images

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Child sex abuse victims reveal grooming toolkit of alleged paedophile Carmelite priest Damian Barker

Having their innocence snatched from them when they were little boys, Father Damian Barker’s alleged sexual abuse victims – now men – still struggle with the ripple effects of crossing paths with the man of God as they all tell a similar story of his predatory ways.

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Polish tennis chief quits after abuse allegations

The head of the Polish Tennis Association (PZT) resigned on Thursday, the governing body said in a statement, after he became embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal.

The Guardian - UK

Fifpro asks why Gabon’s FA chief was at World Cup opener when facing trial

Pierre-Alain Mounguengui, who has been charged with ‘failure to report crimes of paedophilia’, was pictured with Gianni Infantino and Qatar’s emir

ABC News

Disgraced former NRL player Brett Finch avoids jail over child sex abuse chat

Former NRL star Brett Finch avoids a custodial sentence for sending messages about child sexual abuse on a phone chat service, after a judge accepts they were desperate attempts to feed his drug addiction.

The Independent UK

Childhood memories caused me to kill, murder accused tells court

Ross McCullum claims sexual abuse as a child triggered a ‘blind rage’ during which he strangled Megan Newborough.

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Rule mandating jury trials for sexual assault cases in Canberra set aside in rare move

A man accused of historical child sexual abuse is facing a judge-alone trial despite a mandate that people accused of sexual crimes in the ACT face a jury of their peers.

Liverpool Echo

Child rapist dies in prison while completing 17 year sentence

Frederick Barber was sentenced in 2018 in "one of the worst cases of systematic grooming and child sexual abuse" one police constable had ever seen

WEKU

Albany bishop accused of abuse has asked the pope to remove him from the priesthood

The retired bishop of Albany, New York, who has admitted to covering up for predator priests and has himself been accused of sexual abuse, has asked Pope Francis to remove him from the priesthood.

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