The Latest Breaking News from Sexual Abuse

The word “grooming” has become synonymous with sexual abuse of children. High-profile cases such as the allegations by cyclist Bradley Wiggins have raised public awareness of how grooming can go unnoticed. To stop grooming before it takes place, we have to fully understand what it is and how it happens…

The Doctor Strange star appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Monday after she was found guilty by a jury of the historical sexual abuse of a girl who was aged between 13 and 15.

Images of the abuse were found on Vicki Bevan's phone, which she also shared with the two other men involved and posted them onto social media platform Kik Messenger

A child sexual abuse survivor says he was left without support and "stymied" in his quest for information from Tasmania's education department.

A Sydney soccer coach who posted online his sexual abuse of boys, including sleeping victims, has been jailed for three decades

Some 36 years after he was sexually abused by one of his high school teachers, Sam Leishman was able to stand up in a courtroom and read a statement detailing the impact it had on him.

Encrypted messaging apps could be threatened by requirement for platforms to search for and combat child sexual abuse

Barry Bennell was Britain’s best coach. But why did he keep a puma – and other exotic pets – in his house? We speak to the team behind Floodlights, an exceptional drama about the endemic abuse at the heart of the national game

Tasmania's Education Department misled a regulatory body about a teacher who had been accused of sexually abusing a student, the child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hears.