Child Abuse
Parents arrested in Italy for planning to kill disabled three-year daughter
The Egyptian parents of a disabled three year old girl were arrested in Milan on the suspicion of beating their three-year-old disabled…
Poland to introduce harsher sentences for child abuse
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's Ruling party promised harsher sentences for child abuse, as the release of a documentary about paedophile…
Couple who starved and tortured 12 of its 13 children sentenced to life imprisonment
A US couple who starved and locked up 12 of their 13 children have been jailed for life. David and Louise Turpin…
Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies
Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its…
Cardinal George Pell jailed for six years
Australian Cardinal George Pell has been jailed by a Melbourne court for six years after being convicted of sexually abusing two boys…
Three arrested in Germany for abusing 23 children aged 4 to 13
German police on Wednesday said three men have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing almost two dozen children in the western…
Pope Francis appoints Maltese Archbishop Scicluna as Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Maltese Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna as Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith…
Catholic Church in Germany acknowledge ‘depressing and shameful’ 70-year legacy of child sexual abuse
The Catholic Church in Germany acknowledged a “depressing and shameful” legacy of sexual abuse on Wednesday after a leaked study said clerics…
Pope Francis expresses his pain and sorrow after the sex abuse scandal which hit church in the US
Pope Francis has issued a letter to Catholics around the world condemning the “crime” of priestly sexual abuse and cover-up and demanding…
Report reveals child sexual abuse cases which bishops covered up in Pennsylvania for 70 years
The New York Times reports that bishops and other leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania covered up child sexual abuse…
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson after being convicted of covering up sex abuse
CNN : Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, the highest ranking Catholic official ever…
Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram accounted for almost three-quarters of the cases with sexual predators targeting children. A fifth of the cases involved children under 10.
The Telegraph: M ore than 3,000 offences of grooming children online for sex have been committed by paedophiles in only the first…