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France seeks to change age of consent to protect children from abuse

President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to tighten legislation to help prevent violence against children after recent shocking scandals in France prompted tens of thousands of people to share their own stories of sexual abuse within their families.

France

Emmanuel Macron promises crackdown on incest following online campaign

The French president told victims they would "never be alone again" as he responded to an online conversation that went viral when social media users shared their traumatic stories of childhood incest.

France

French surgeon jailed for 15 years for abusing hundreds of children

In what could be France's largest ever paedophilia case, surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec has been sentenced after being accused of sexually abusing hundreds of children.

Europe News

EU could partially halt new privacy rules to fight online child abuse

There are an estimated 16 million images of child abuse on the internet - at least 800,000 of them from within the EU.

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United Kingdom

Church of England's shame over damning child sex abuse report

A new independent report found the culture of the Church of England "facilitated it becoming a place where abusers could hide".

Germany

German police probe 30,000 people over child abuse network

The investigation was launched in October after police arrested a man in Bergisch Gladbach, near the western city of Cologne.

Europe News

EU wants to step up fight to protect children from sexual abuse online

The demand for illegal images of child sexual abuse has risen by 30 per cent during lockdown, according to the European Commission. The EU wants to see better coordination of international efforts to protect children.

United Kingdom

Third of child grooming cases involve Facebook apps says UK charity

In more than half of child grooming cases in England and Wales where police recorded information about how the child was groomed, a Facebook-owned app was used.

World News

Euroviews. Millions of children threatened by violence risk being forgotten amid coronavirus lockdowns ǀ View

Many parents are stressed and anxious over their jobs, finances and health, and need to look after their often bored or restless children all day long. Even before the pandemic, children were at the greatest risk of violence when in their own home. Now, the danger of abuse is even greater still.

Australia

Cardinal Pell is free, cleared of child sex abuse in Melbourne

The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of child sex abuse has had his conviction thrown out by Australia's top court.

United Kingdom

Scotland's rising political star quits over messages to teenager

The resignation of Scotland's finance minister raises important questions about what red lines are - legal or moral - in the social media age.

Vatican

Priests in rehab: how the Vatican tries to 'cure' child abusers

An estimated 24 recovery centres for clergymen operate in Italy. Euronews reports on their methods and the controversies surrounding them.

Europe News

Paedophile Marc Dutroux and the murders that united a divided Belgium

In 2004, Dutroux was sentenced to life imprisonment for the abduction and rape of six girls in 1995 and 1996, as well as the murder of two of them. Judges will on Monday determine if he can have conditional early release.

Nigeria

Hundreds of chained captives released from Nigerian school

Police say children as young as five were among those released from the building in Kaduna

Poland

Euroviews. In the wake of its own child abuse scandal, Poland must break the Church’s grip ǀ View

The recent release of the independent movie ‘Tell No One,’ which uncovered cases of sexual abuse by priests, will in time fundamentally change Polish society for the better.

USA

Turpin parents sentenced to life in prison for torturing children

Police were alerted to the abuse when their 17-year-old daughter escaped the Perris, California home and called 911 to say her siblings were being held captive.

France

Barbarin resigns after receiving suspended prison sentence

A French court convicted him on Thursday of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse of boy scouts in his diocese in the 1980s and early 1990s, by a priest who is due to go on trial later this year.

USA

Euroviews. Michael Jackson's fans don't want to think he hurt kids. But hardly anyone does | View

We all think we'd do the right thing if someone was being sexually abused. But when the accused is a person we admire, many of us don't.

Poland

Euroviews. 'They said I'd go to hell as an orphan. But I knew my parents lived'

Marta was beaten, insulted and force-fed by the nuns who were supposed to be looking after her.

Poland

The long road to justice for Polish childrens' abuse at the hands of nuns

For decades vulnerable children were subjected to physical, mental and sexual abuse at the Special Care Centre in Zabrze run by the Sisters of Mercy of St. Borromeo