child sex abuse

LOS ANGELES—The head of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch that claims about 5 million followers worldwide was sentenced on Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom to 16 years and eight months ...

Courts in England and Wales are to be given the power to sentence paedophiles to life in prison ...

A British actress who appeared in the 2016 Marvel superhero film "Doctor Strange" has been jailed for eight ...

A new report by Statistics Canada has pointed out that at the same time that cases involving child ...

A convicted sex trafficker has accused the FBI of doctoring evidence in his case, which is under appeal. ...

A two-year international operation led by New Zealand that identified over 90,000 online accounts that possessed or traded ...

LISBON, Portugal—A lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday that ...

Apple on Aug. 13 provided new details of how its planned child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection system ...

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday published a “first of its kind” national strategy to combat child ...

Britain’s Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has published a long-awaited paper on the racial and other characteristics of child ...

Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter will face huge fines in the UK if they fail ...

The closure of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic has forced millions of children to spend months at home, ...

The federal government is investigating whether it can revoke tax concessions for six institutions that failed to sign ...

The Australian Senate resumed debate on June 11 on the Coalition government's landmark bill to amend laws relating ...

WARNING: This article contains information that some readers may find disturbing regarding child abuse and sexual violence. Commentary ...

Commentary Suppose a middle-school teacher is accused of inappropriate behavior toward five students. Among other things, the teacher ...

Australia's The Morrison government has put more than A$11.7 million in extra funding into the national redress scheme, ...

Nine men have been arrested in Washington following an undercover predator sting by Oregon authorities. In a statement, ...

Former Anglican dean of Newcastle Graeme Lawrence has been jailed for sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in 1991, ...

The son of former Australian swimming star Ian Thorpe's coach faces 47 new charges over allegations he sexually ...

NEW YORK—Scores of people in New York state who were sexually abused as children sued institutions, including the ...

NEW YORK—Alleged victims announced on Aug. 12 that they would file lawsuits against the leading organization of Jehovah's ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence on July 1 released a list of clerics, religious order priests, ...

Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell appeared in an Australian court on June 5 for an appeal hearing ...

On Sunday, May 26, at around 7:42 p.m., San Jose Police responded to a tip from the Crisis ...

MELBOURNE, Australia—A worldwide audience watched as Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic and a former top adviser to Pope Francis was ...

CHICAGO—R. Kelly angrily blamed his ex-wife for “destroying” his name and claimed other people stole from his bank ...