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'Romeo & Juliet' stars sue over 1968 film's teen nude scene

The teenagers who are now in their 70's claim the now deceased director Franco Zeffirelli lied to them over whether nude shots would be shown.

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Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler accused of sexually assaulting a minor

Alleged former girlfriend Julia Holcomb claims Tyler assaulted her when she was 16 years old.

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Hundreds of dolls displayed in Colombia to denounce sexual abuse

Activists in Colombia used hundreds of dolls to raise awareness of sexual abuse in the country.

Germany

Girl, 8, freed after being kept in isolation for nearly all her life

The girl was found at her grandparents' house in western Germany.

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Poland

Men acquitted over toppling statue of priest suspected of child abuse

The incident was a symbolic moment in Poland's reckoning with clerical abuse.

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Dutch town loses case against Twitter over paedophilia conspiracies

The court found that the social network was doing enough to prevent the conspiracies from spreading.

Spain

Court upholds ex-priest's 30-year sentence for abusing children

The man sexually assaulted seven boys at a boarding school between 2013 and 2016.

Kosovo

Thousands demonstrate in Kosovo over alleged rape of girl, 11

Protesters threw red paint at government buildings in Pristina over the incident.

Europe News

Brussels dismisses privacy concerns over online child sexual abuse law

The Commission's proposal would require social media platforms and online communications providers to scan all content, even encrypted content, for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

Canada

Pope to beg forgiveness for 'evil' done to indigenous Canadians

The Pontiff will apologise to Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors. The visit marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pope from the Americas and the discovery of hundreds of probable graves at the school sites.

Germany

Report finds 196 German clerics abused children in Münster diocese

The research found that there were at least 610 victims of abuse in the diocese over 75 years, but the true number could be as high as 6,000.

Germany

Church convicts Catholic ex-priest of abusing boy for several years

The man was ordered to pay 10% of his income to a charity that supports victims of abuse.

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‘Digital fingerprints’ used to tackle child sex abuse imagery

The digitally fingerprinted images include some of the most extreme examples of child sex abuse material.

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EU's plan to tackle online child abuse spark privacy rights fears

Privacy activists are sounding the alarm over the European Commission's plans to clamp down on online child abuse, warning that it would usher in "mass surveillance" in the bloc.

Portugal

Probe into Portuguese church sex abuse receives nearly 300 claims

A panel that began its inquiry in January has received witness statements from 290 alleged victims, with cases involving children as young as two years old.

World News

Northern Ireland government formally apologises to child abuse victims

The formal apology came more than five years after an inquiry into historical abuse at church institutions.

France

Former amateur football coach jailed for sexually abusing children

The 49-year-old man was given an 18-year prison sentence by a Paris court.

Spain

Spain approves investigation into sexual abuse within Catholic Church

The Spanish clergy has long been criticised for its failure to investigate allegations of sexual violence.

World News

Over 100 European suspects identified in online child abuse probe

The long-running global investigation into online child abuse images was led by New Zealand.

Germany

German court convicts Catholic Church priest of abusing children

The 70-year-old was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay victims €50,000 in damages.