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Europe News

Activists give 540,000 strong petition on online child abuse to MEPs

They are calling for the strongest possible measures when it comes to the EU's measures preventing and combating online child abuse.

06/12/2023

France

France's incest commission recommends drastic action in major report

The country's largest anti-child abuse investigation in decades is asking for a chance to continue its work to combat intra-family abuse in particular.

17/11/2023

Tech News

AI-generated child sexual abuse images could soon flood the Internet

The already concerning rise in child sexual abuse imagery on the Internet could worsen unless measures are taken, a watchdog has warned.

25/10/2023

World News

Memorial to victims of Belgian serial killer Marc Dutroux opens

The fathers of Julie and Melissa, young victims of the serial killer and rapist, attended the inauguration of a memorial in their memory. The white garden stands on the very spot Dutroux held the girls captive for several months.

20/09/2023

Culture news

Convicted paedophile Rolf Harris dies

The former entertainer was a mainstay of family programming in the UK and Australia. In 2014, he was jailed for a series of sexual assaults on young girls.

23/05/2023

Euronews Witness

Courage conquers shame: the Portuguese Church sex abuse survivors

A recent report estimates nearly 5,000 children have been abused by members of the Portuguese Catholic clergy. Survivors are now speaking out about their suffering.

04/05/2023

Portugal

Sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church of 'epic proportions'

A report soon to be released found sexual abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church was of 'epic proportions' in some places

03/02/2023

Ireland

Irish Catholic Church in 'terminal decline' after sexual abuse scandals

Euronews hears about the "catastrophic" impact of sexual abuse scandals in Ireland's Catholic Church.

02/02/2023

Vatican

Italy's sluggish response to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church

Italy's response to revelations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has been markedly different to that of other countries. Euronews speaks to victims and campaigners who are seeking justice.

01/02/2023

France

French Catholic Church: Sexual abuse victims demand financial justice

Victims of sexual assault at the hands of the French Catholic Church are demanding recognition and appropriate financial compensation.

31/01/2023

Spain

How is Spain facing up to its Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal?

It has been over four years since the revelations of historic sexual abuse cover-ups by the Spanish Catholic Church. But how are authorities dealing with this today? Euronews takes a look.

30/01/2023

Tech News

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.

04/10/2022

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.

02/03/2022

Spain

Spain moves closer to investigation into Catholic Church sex abuse

Spain's Bishops Conference has now refused an official inquiry into allegations of priest abuse.

01/02/2022

France

French Catholic Academy questions findings of child sex abuse inquiry

An October report estimated that 216,000 children have been abused by French clergy since 1950.

29/11/2021

France

French Catholic Church agrees to compensate victims of child sex abuse

A damming report last month estimated that around 330,000 children were sexually abused over 70 years by priests or other church-related figures.

08/11/2021

France

French bishops pray for forgiveness for 'massive phenomenon' of abuse

Bishops in the holy town of Lourdes prayed on their knees in a penitential gesture to ask god for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church.

06/11/2021

France

'It's also my shame': Pope Francis on French church sex abuse scandal

"It is also my shame, our shame, my shame, for the incapacity of the church for too long to put them [victims] at the centre of its concerns."

06/10/2021

France

'3000 paedophiles' held positions in French Catholic Church since 50s

An independent commission has heard evidence from thousands of people since being set up in 2018 in response to a large number of historic sexual abuse claims.

03/10/2021

Germany

Five people sentenced in Germany over child sex abuse scandal

A German court has sentenced five people involved in a child sex abuse ring to between 10 and 14 years in prison.

06/07/2021