All news on the topic: Child abuse

Five nuns accused of historic abuse against several children are set to face a further hearing.

A woman has been arrested for posing as a child and tricking a couple into looking after her for more than a year.

A series of inspections ordered by the government in 2024 has revealed serious shortcomings and appalling conditions in Hungarian children’s homes, according to previously concealed inspection reports obtained by Direkt36 through a lawsuit

The High Court has granted permission for the publication in a national newspaper of the names of more than 300 former Christian Brothers who are now co-defendants accused of a breach of duty in a civil abuse claim.

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are expected to face a US court on Monday as UK police seek their extradition over an investigation into alleged sexual offences.

Controversial misogynist influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by U.S. Marshals in Miami on Saturday as UK officials announced a series of 38 new charges against the brothers.

Huw Edwards’ latest attempt to inch himself back into the public eye has sparked so much outrage that even his most trusted ally has turned on him.

The eldest daughter of a garda charged with rape and child cruelty has said the family home had ‘an atmosphere of violence and threats” and it felt like living in a military barracks growing up.

A man belonging to a flag activist group is due to appear in court after being accused of making indecent images of children.

A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of the body of a two-year-old girl at an address in Chertsey.

A seven-year-old boy died weighing 18 stone with his parents arrested for murder, child abuse and torture.

A British Airways pilot has been jailed after raping a 12-year-old girl he met on social media.

The 79-year-old man, who can’t be named for legal reasons, went on trial charged with 74 counts of sexually abusing four girls.

A teacher who murdered his adopted baby son bought a £450,000 new-build home with his boyfriend to reinvent themselves just 22 days after the tot’s death.

The mum of a tragic baby sexually abused and murdered by his adopted dad is a killer schoolgirl who tortured an OAP to death.

Nearly 300 Sri Lankan monks have been accused of abusing children in the last three years, leading to charges against nearly 30 of them, the country’s child protection agency has disclosed.

German prosecutors have charged a pediatrician with 130 counts of sexual abuse, including the rape of children, most of them in his care, in a case that has caused shock and prompted clinics to increase safeguards.

The UK media regulator has launched an investigation into Telegram over concerns it may be failing to prevent child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from being shared.

A nine-year-old boy has been rescued after being locked inside his dad’s van for nearly 18 months.

The European parliament has blocked the extension of a law that permits big tech firms to scan for child sexual exploitation on their platforms, creating a legal gap that child safety experts say will lead to crimes going undetected.

An "obsessive and predatory" man who groomed and collected indecent images of a teenage girl he met through the online gaming platform Roblox.

Altagrace, a mother living in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, remembers the moment that her life changed forever.