4 h. ago Woman who accused Jesse Lingard's grandfather of historic child sex abuse is 'making him out to be an ogre', he tells court

Kenneth Lingard, 86, denied the complainant's allegation that he had conducted a 15 year campaign of abuse when she was between five and 19 years old.

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5 h. ago Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott in court over child sex abuse charges

Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has appeared in court over allegations of child sex abuse, with the 47-year-old accused of two charges

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10 h. ago Graeme Dott appears in court over child sex abuse allegations

The 47-year-old, who won the world title in 2006, is accused of charges involving two children dating between 1993 and 2010.

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12 h. ago Calls grow in Japan to scrap time limit on civil suits over childhood sexual abuse

Survivors and lawyers seek legal reform as thousands sign petition against statute of limitations

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25 h. ago LA county facing financial turmoil after wildfires and $4bn abuse settlement

County to cut budget by almost $90m as it tackles nearly $2bn in fire-related costs and cuts to federal fundingLos Angeles county is experiencing unprecedented financial challenges amid growing costs from the historic wildfires that ravaged the region earlier this year and a $4bn sex abuse case settlement, the county CEO said this week.The region faces roughly $2bn in expenses related to January’s fires, which killed 30 people and destroyed nearly 17,000 structures. Earlier this month the county announced it had a $4bn agreement to settle thousands of claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities dating back 1959 – the largest such settlement in US history. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Woman ‘sexually abused by Jesse Lingard’s grandad’ accused star of hiding 'dark secret'

Kenneth Lingard, the grandfather of ex-Manchester United star Jesse, is on trial for a string of child sex offences relating to one woman who claims she was repeatedly abused for more than 10 years

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54 h. ago Jesse Lingard accused of hiding 'dark secret' as grandad faces child sex offences

Kenneth Lingard, the grandfather of ex-Manchester United star Jesse, is on trial for a string of child sex offences relating to one woman who claims she was repeatedly abused for more than 10 years

Society

63 h. ago ‘I became like a slave’: why 43 women are suing the secretive Opus Dei Catholic group in Argentina

Lured by promises of an education but allegedly trapped in servitude and self-mortification, the former members are suing the ultra-conservative organisation over their ‘exploitation and abuse’The first item Opus Dei gave 12-year-old Andrea Martínez was a pink dress. The second was a schedule that detailed every task for every minute of her day. Then, when she was 16, she was given a cilice – a spiked metal chain to wear around her thigh – and a whip.In the late 1980s, Opus Dei, a secretive and ultra-conservative Catholic organisation, promised Martínez an escape from a life of poverty in rural Argentina. By attending one of their schools, they said, she would receive an education and opportunities. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago GMP whistleblower Maggie Oliver and child abuse survivors launch legal campaign

The #TheyKnew campaign has been launched

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3 d. ago Scots catholic church backs praying app promoted by Russell Brand

US-based Hallow can be downloaded for free but then offers a paid-for subscription costing about £55 a year to use.

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3 d. ago John Swinney urged to make it criminal offence to not report sex abuse of children

Labour MP Joani Reid has written to the First Minster, calling on him to consider making it mandatory for those working with children to report abuse, warning Scotland “is not immune” to grooming gangs.

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3 d. ago MPs demand new candidates face criminal checks before they can be elected

The demands come as Labour MP Dan Norris faces serious sexual abuse allegations and amid claims that another MP committed a sex assault before being elected.

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5 d. ago Jailed child sex abuse offender Ghislaine Maxwell asks US Supreme Court to hear appeal against her conviction

Maxwell's lawyers filed a 159-page Petition to the highest court in the country on Thursday asking the Supreme Court Justices to throw out her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.

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6 d. ago Unholy row erupts as church installs numberplate cameras to stop non

New signs put up at Holy Family Catholic Church in Maidstone, Kent, warn that anyone who parks at the site but doesn't visit the church will now face a fine.

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6 d. ago Hollywood director accused of preying on young starlets ordered to pay $1.6 BILLION in shocking sex abuse suit

James Toback, the disgraced filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women, was ordered to pay more than a billion dollars after a sexual assault trial in New York.

Economics

7 d. ago Catholic school teacher's outrageous excuse for having sex with her student

Emily Nutley, 43, has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery over a physical relationship with a student at the Ohio school in November and December 2023.

Society

7 d. ago Coach suspected of killing teen boy was in the US illegally and has been tied to older sex abuse cases, authorities say

A youth soccer coach charged with the murder of a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy was living in the U.S. illegally and now faces charges of child sexual abuse on another boy that happened years earlier.

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7 d. ago Snooker world champion Graeme Dott, 47, is charged with historic sexual abuse against two ten

The 47-year-old, who took the world title in 2006 and the China Open a year later, is facing charges of historic sex abuse against a boy and a girl.

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7 d. ago Snooker ace Graeme Dott accused of historic child sex abuse against girl and boy

Former World Snooker Champion Graeme Dott has been suspended from the sport just days before the World Championship qualifiers before the event starts at the Crucible in Sheffield

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8 d. ago After decades of sex abuse complaints, a NY pediatrician is ordered to pay $1.6B to over 100 women

A New York court has awarded $1.6 billion to more than 100 women who say they were sexually abused by a former pediatrician on Long Island

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