All news on the topic: Sexual abuse

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

"Volumes" of previously unseen evidence against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell will reportedly soon see the light of day for the first time.

A coach in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was banned from football for 20 years by Fifa in March 2023 for sexual abuse of a minor is continuing to take charge of young players, the Guardian can reveal.

Kidnapped by ISIS thugs at age 10 and forced into sexual slavery, an Iraqi girl endured hellish years of rape and torture.

Disgraced reality TV star Stephen Bear has been sent back to jail after admitting to five counts of breaching his sex offender register requirements.

A warped paedophile who changed his name to prey on children for decades has been jailed for five years after more victims came forward.

Natalie Fleet has resigned as safeguarding minister saying she found the role “overwhelmingly triggering” because of her past.

Female lawyer tells CNN’s Christiane Amanpour about alleged ‘escalation of attempts’ as second woman also speaks out

More than $5 million was transferred to E. Jean Carroll, a significant move in a protracted legal battle with President Donald Trump coming three years after a jury found he had sexually abused and defamed the former magazine writer.

Police are appealing for further victims of a church leader to come forward after he was convicted of abusing four vulnerable young men over more than 40 years.

Police have launched multiple investigations into Britons suspected of drugging their wives and partners so they can be raped by others in the wake of the Gisele Pelicot case.

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.

Family courts are home to an “alarming prevalence” of victim blaming and bias – predominantly impacting mothers – according to researchers we spoke to following the publication of a new report.

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal assistant claims the convicted sex offender was able to secure preferential treatment in jail because he secretly paid off one of the guards with cash and gifts, including tickets to Disneyland.

A woman abused for more than a decade by Jeffrey Epstein has said she had dinner with the former Prince Andrew and attended Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party in Windsor.

The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, Karim Khan, has been suspended after a disciplinary process triggered by sexual abuse allegations against him reached a conclusion.

When Marina Lacerda told the world that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually abused her when she was 14, the threats began almost immediately.

Yorkshire council orders £1.05m woodland holiday homes torn down after illegal build.

Jeffrey Epstein’s personal assistant has claimed British sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was "instrumental" in making him the "monster" he became.

Sex abuse survivors will meet with the Prime Minister on Wednesday as part of a push for greater accountability for what they described as “decades of institutional rape and sexual abuse” associated with Harrods.