Turkey 18/11/2016 When is rape not a crime? Turkey considers proposal for controversial sexual abuse law Turkey's ruling AK Party comes under fire for proposing a law critics say legitimises rape in some cases.
France 02/08/2016 Prosecutors drop investigation against French cardinal accused of failing to act over priest sex abuse Prosecutors in France have dropped an investigation into allegations that the Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon failed to act against a priest accused of abusing boy…
United Kingdom 29/07/2016 Scotland: online child sex abuse inquiry identifies over 500 possible victims Scottish police have identified more than 500 victims or potential victims of online child sex abuse.
world news 12/04/2016 French Catholic Church announces new measures to deal with cases of paedophilia Mired in scandal involving a cover-up of child sex abuse bishops announced that special groups would be set up to listen to the victims.
world news 29/02/2016 Children were not believed, Cardinal tells Australia abuse commission George Pell, the highest-ranking Vatican official to testify at a Royal Commission in Australia into systematic child sex abuse, said children were
insiders 19/02/2016 Paedophilia cold case burns French clergy A group of former scouts have broken the silence about the abuse they went through decades ago. They want the highest authorities of the French
Cinema 04/09/2015 Boston Globe revelations of child abuse hit the silver screen in the film Spotlight Actors Mark Ruffalo, Stanley Tucci, Rachel McAdams and director Tom McCarthy were at the Venice Film Festival to present the movie ‘Spotlight’. The
Vatican 28/08/2015 Vatican: suspect dies before abuse trial The Vatican says a Catholic former archbishop accused of child sex offences has been found dead from natural causes a month after he was hospitalised
Pakistan 11/08/2015 Twelve arrested in Pakistan child sex abuse scandal Police in eastern Pakistan have arrested at least 12 men suspected of sexually abusing hundreds of children and blackmailing their families. The case
the-network 30/07/2015 Is Europe doing enough for missing children? Twenty years after the Marc Dutroux child abductions and murders, are police and civic groups working closely enough, across EU countries, to keep children safe?
Vatican 10/06/2015 Pope moves on sex abuse bishops In his latest bid to stamp out sex abuse in the Church, Pope Francis has approved a tribunal to to make bishops more accountable for cases of abuse which arise on their watch.
United Kingdom 21/05/2015 British probe into child sex abuse reveals 1400 suspects British police, investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse, say more than 14-hundred people have been named as suspects. They include
United Kingdom 20/05/2015 UK: 1,400 people named as suspects in child sex abuse inquiry British police, investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse, say more than 14-hundred people have been named as suspects
Spain 27/11/2014 Spanish priests released on bail in paedophilia probe Three catholic priests and a religious teacher in southern Spain have been released on bail in connection with paedophilia allegations. A second
Italy 29/10/2014 Italy: Paedophile priest hangs himself in church vestry An Italian priest who recently admitted to “grave acts” on a teenage girl hanged himself in the vestry of his church, it’s emerged. It came on
USA 03/02/2014 Woody Allen calls sex abuse allegations “untrue and disgraceful” Film director Woody Allen has called renewed claims by his adopted daughter that he sexually abused her as a child “untrue and disgraceful”, his
on-the-frontline 12/06/2013 Hunting web child sex predators Demand for child sex abuse material is at an all time high, with more than half of all explicit content being hosted in Europe. Several high profile
