9 d. ago 'I was wrongly imprisoned for five years over child sex abuse allegations'

Brian Buckle was wrongfully convicted of 16 counts of historical child sex abuse and spent more than five years in prison before he was acquitted but he has not received compensation

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1 week ago 'Child sex abuser' moved from Fife home after angry mob descend on quiet street

A protesting mob assembled outside a home following a social media campaign urging locals to come together peacefully.

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1 week ago Things to know about the former megachurch pastor charged with child sexual abuse

A former pastor of a Texas megachurch has surrendered to authorities in Oklahoma on child sex abuse charges

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1 week ago Paedophile scoutmaster who spent 27 years on the run after fleeing to Thailand when he was due to appear in court is found guilty of dozens of child sex abuse offences

Richard Burrows, a former boarding school housemaster and scout leader, had admitted 43 offences and denied 54 others, which jurors convicted him of today.

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2 w. ago Child sex abuse reports soar by nearly a fifth in just two years

There were more than 115,000 crimes reported in 2023, up from just over 98,000 in 2021, a policing report shows.

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2 w. ago Mormon church rocked by child sexual abuse allegations in California

Look-back window results in nearly 100 allegations against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) in the US has been rocked by a slew of sexual abuse allegations launched against it in California in the latest scandal to hit the organization that is better known as the Mormon church.A three-year look-back legal window that allows adult survivors of sexual assault to file claims in California has produced almost 100 allegations of childhood sexual abuse by Mormon leaders. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Serial rapist and child abuser Colin Batley who ran sex cult in Kidwelly could be freed within days

Colin Batley was jailed in 2011 after being found guilty of a catalogue of sexual offences including rape and causing a child to have sex

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3 w. ago Watching extreme porn is leading to online sexual offending, charity warns

A married man in his 30s said he was placed on the sex offenders register after his porn addiction escalated into viewing child sexual abuse images

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3 w. ago East Kilbride man caught with nearly 20,000 child sex abuse photos narrowly avoids prison

George Crawford, 68, was instead placed under social work supervision for two years and must complete 300 hours of unpaid community work.

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3 w. ago The mystery of what happened next to the first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sex abuse finally revealed: For the first time friends tell ALISON BOSHOFF the tragic story

Just a select few movie theatre-owners got a first peek of Michael, the new biopic of Michael Jackson, at a film event last April in Las Vegas.

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4 w. ago Heartbreaking life of first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sex abuse laid bare

Jordan Chandler got a $15million (£12million) payout after he became the first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sexual abuse - but has since tried to disappear from public view

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4 w. ago Jordan Chandler was the first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sex abuse, got a $15m payout and then vanished. Now for first time friends tell ALISON BOSHOFF tragic story of what happened next

Just a select few movie theatre-owners got a first peek of Michael, the new biopic of Michael Jackson, at a film event last April in Las Vegas.

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