6 h. ago ‘Trust for me has been broken’: Man to be sentenced for sexual abuse of nieces

‘My heart hurts because of what happened to me,’ one of the victims says

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16 h. ago Proposed legislation to remove ‘honest belief’ rape defence set for Cabinet

Legal terminology to be altered, removing references to ‘child pornography’ and replacing with ‘child sexual abuse material’

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16 h. ago ‘Honest belief’ rape defence to be removed under new proposals

Legal terminology to be altered, removing references to ‘child pornography’ and replacing with ‘child sexual abuse material’

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3 d. ago Gardaí identify 55 child sex abuse victims amid ‘sadistic rise’ in online threat

Fifty-five child victims of online sexual abuse have been identified and safeguarded by gardaí in the last 15 months.

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3 d. ago Gardaí identify 55 child victims of online sexual abuse in Ireland since July last year

Gardaí identify 55 child victims of online sexual abuse in Ireland since July last year  Irish Examiner

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5 d. ago Five former students receive more than £1.2m damages over priest abuse claims

The compensation relates to alleged sexual and physical abuse by deceased pedophile priest Father Malachy Finegan.

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6 d. ago ‘Horrible and disgusting’ uncle jailed for sexual abuse of niece in 1990s

‘I came into court a victim and came out a survivor’, woman tells Mullingar Circuit Court

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6 d. ago Family sex abuse trial told older brother raped sister when she was 12

The first complainant to give evidence in a familial sexual abuse trial has told a jury that her older brother anally raped her when she was 12 years old

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6 d. ago 'Horrible and disgusting': Man jailed for sexual abuse of his niece in the 90s

“You are the most horrible and disgusting man I have ever endured. The pain you put me through; I was blackmailed to keep it quiet, sure I wasn’t to know any different,” Helena Flynn, 42, told her abuser.

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7 d. ago Sentence for man’s 'systematic and calculated' sexual abuse of stepdaughters too lenient, court told

In November 2024, Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin imposed a global sentence of six years on Gerard Nevin, with the final two years suspended

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9 d. ago Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after attack in prison

Watkins, who was from Wales, was serving a 29-year sentence for a number of serious child sexual abuse offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.

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1 week ago French court ups jail term for man who appealed sentence for rape of Gisele Pelicot

Last year saw the trial of 51 men, including Pelicot’s husband, in the case of mass sexual abuse.

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3 w. ago Man to face charges over alleged abuse of boys in St John Ambulance

Former senior volunteer had been subject of multiple criminal complaints over alleged sexual abuse

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