6 h. ago ‘Depraved’ paedophile posed as a teenage boy to sexually abuse thousands of kids on dark web

IT specialist Robert Chown, 49, incited youngsters to perform acts on camera from his Croydon home

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7 h. ago Husband of dinner lady who won £3million Omaze home in Cornwall admits sexually abusing young girls as she 'prepares to divorce him'

In April last year Rose Doyle, now 74, scooped a luxury home on the Cornish coast along with £100,000 in cash in return for a £25 stake.

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7 h. ago Florida woman caught by her husband sexually abusing his underage son gets new punishment added to jail time

Nurse Alexis Von Yates lost her job and nursing license soon after her arrest

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20 h. ago Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a child

The Gateway Church founder resigned last June after admitting to inappropriate sexual behavior with a ‘young lady’ in the 1980s

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26 h. ago Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges

Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister

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28 h. ago EFL assistant referee who 'preyed' on teenage girls using Snapchat before sexually abusing them is jailed for 13 years

English Football League assistant referee Gareth Viccars, 47, of Shackleton Place, Oldbrook, Milton Keynes, previously pleaded guilty to 16 counts of child sex offences.

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31 h. ago Church knew about sexual misconduct allegation against priest years before abuse came to light

There is no record of Anthony Pierce being disciplined after an allegation was made in the 1980s

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39 h. ago School hit with scandal again as second female teacher accused of sexual abuse

Abigail Faust has become the second teacher at the Wisconsin elementary school to stand accused of sexually abusing underage boys after she kissed one of her students

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41 h. ago First photo emerges of boy who vanished without a trace in Australian outback

Police have declared that the search for a four-year-old boy missing in the South Australian outback is now in the 'recovery phase,' as rescuers hold little hope of finding him alive.

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46 h. ago Nirvana again defeats alleged child sexual abuse image lawsuit over Nevermind cover

Spencer Elden, who was photographed as a baby and put on the cover of the 1991 album, has attempted to sue the band twice, claiming it constituted child sexual abuseA federal judge again threw out a lawsuit by a man who accused grunge rock band Nirvana of distributing child sexual abuse images by using a photograph of him as a naked, swimming baby on the cover of its breakthrough 1991 album Nevermind.US District Judge Fernando Olguin tossed out the lawsuit filed by plaintiff Spencer Elden for a second time after finding that no reasonable jury would consider the picture pornographic. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Los Angeles County to pay $20 million to family of boy tortured to death by his parents

The child’s parents pleaded no contest to charges of murder and torture in 2024

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49 h. ago Survival expert gives hope to family of missing boy after four

Alone Australia Season one runner-up Michael Atkinson has explained why little Gus could still be alive.

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51 h. ago Female teacher bawls uncontrollably in court after admitting to sexually abusing boy aged 11

A 24-year-old soon-to-be married fifth-grade teacher pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in her class in court and now faces up to 18 years in prison.

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53 h. ago Los Angeles to pay $20m to family of boy tortured to death by his parents

The four-year-old had died in a hospital in 2019 in a case that brought scrutiny to the region’s child welfare system Los Angeles county will pay $20m to the family of a four-year-old boy who was tortured to death by his parents six years ago in a case that brought scrutiny of the region’s child welfare system.Noah Cuatro died in a hospital in 2019, days before his fifth birthday, after being found motionless at the family’s apartment in Palmdale, north of LA. His parents, Jose Maria Cuatro Jr and Ursula Elaine Juarez, later pleaded no contest to murder and torture charges. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Los Angeles County will pay $20M to settle lawsuit over death of 4

Los Angeles County will pay $20 million to the family of a 4-year-old boy who was tortured to death by his parents six years ago in a case that brought scrutiny of the region’s child welfare system

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55 h. ago 'My childhood was taken away from me': Vulnerable girls groomed and sexually abused in Rochdale were 'badly let down'

A judge described it as a 'particularly grave case'

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58 h. ago Rochdale gang members jailed for up to 35 years for rape and abuse of teenage girls

Court hears how vulnerable girls were supplied drugs and treated as ‘sex slaves’ between 2001 and 2006Seven men who groomed two vulnerable teenage girls in Rochdale and treated them as “sex slaves” have been jailed for between 12 and 35 years.The gang members raped and sexually abused the girls between 2001 and 2006 from when they were 13. The two girls had “deeply troubled home lives” and were given drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, places to stay and people to be with, a jury heard. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Family walk out 'in disgust' after sentencing of teacher who sexually abused son

Alley Bardfield, who worked as a stand-in at Decatur Public Schools in Illinois, was arrested in April 2024 at her home in Mt. Zion after the young student aided police in a sting operation.

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65 h. ago 'Real life Cinderella' killed in 'worst case of child abuse ever seen'

Elisa Izquierdo, six, was murdered by her mother, Awilda Lopezafter a campaign of physical, emotional and sexual abuse

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66 h. ago Brothers and cousin groomed and sexually abused teenage girls after giving them drink and drugs, trial told

Manzorr Hussain and his cousin Imtiaz Ali are standing trial, while a third man has 'left the country'

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