5 h. ago Women dressed in revealing clothes known as ‘Lycra nuns’ kept church cult leader’s home spotless, sexual abuse trial hears

Christopher Brain surrounded himself with women known as ‘the Lycra Lovelies’ or ‘the Lycra Nuns’, the court heard

Politics

6 h. ago Church of England priest led cult and sexually abused a ‘staggering number of women’, jury told

Christopher Brain surrounded himself with women who he dubbed ‘the Lycra Lovelies’ or ‘the Lycra Nuns’ who would help with duties which sometimes included putting him to bed, the court heard

Events

7 h. ago Pensioner paedophile sexually abused young girl in sickening crimes

Tony Drewitt 'denied' the girl her youth, police said as he was locked up

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10 h. ago Adolescence child star’s new role in BBC drama revealed in first

The harrowing original drama, from Time screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, explores the impact of grooming and sexual abuse on one family

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10 h. ago Vile predator jailed following years of sexual abuse in Paisley

Gary MacPherson committed the crimes between 2005 and 2022 in Paisley, Glasgow and Orlando.

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16 h. ago ‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France

Legal complaints filed by former pupils accuse priests and staff of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004When 14-year-old Pascal Gélie saw a brochure for an elite French Catholic boarding school boasting swimming in summer and skiing in winter, he begged his parents to send him. He had just watched the American school drama Dead Poets Society and was expecting “sport and friendship”.“On the first night, I realised I’d made a terrible mistake,” said Gélie, now a 51-year-old office-worker in Bordeaux. “There were 40 of us in a dormitory with decrepit mattresses. When I whispered to another boy for some toilet paper to take to the bathroom, the supervisor grabbed me by the face and pointed to the stone terrace outside. Someone told me to take my coat because you could be forced to stand outside for hours in the cold and damp. I was made to stand there all night.” Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Melbourne childcare worker charged with sexual abuse offences as 1,200 children to be tested for infectious diseases

Victoria police allege Point Cook man Joshua Brown sexually assaulted infants and children in his care at a western suburbs childcare centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian health authorities are recommending 1,200 children get tested for infectious diseases after a Melbourne childcare worker was charged with allegedly sexually abusing infants and children in his care.Police on Tuesday confirmed Point Cook man Joshua Brown, 26, was charged last month with more than 70 offences relating to eight alleged victims aged between five months and two years old.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Melbourne childcare worker charged with more than 70 offences against children in his care

Victoria police allege Point Cook man Joshua Brown sexually abused eight children at a western suburbs childcare centreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with more than 70 offences after allegedly sexually abusing eight children in his care.Victoria police issued a statement on Tuesday confirming they charged 26-year-old Point Cook man Joshua Brown last month with offences including sexual penetration of a child under 12, attempted sexual penetration of a child under 12, sexual assault of a child under 16 and producing child material for use through a carriage service. Continue reading...

Economics

26 h. ago Most women in England and Wales have seen abusive male behaviour in past year, poll finds

Survey reveals 69% of women have seen or experienced sexual harassment, domestic abuse, violence, stalking or other offencesA majority of women have direct experience of violence or harassment, or know someone who has suffered it in the last year, a poll has found.The poll finds little faith in police or government to stem the tide of male violence, and most believe the problem has got worse. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Four members of Syrian family 'sexually abuse nine girls aged 11 to 17 at German swimming pool'

The children, who told lifeguards they had been sexually harassed in the water, were reportedly sent back into the water before any police were called. No one from this picture is involved.

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43 h. ago As three submarine captains are stripped of their OBEs... How one brave woman

For more than a century, the Royal Navy's submarine service has operated behind a thick curtain of secrecy - but now, that carefully curated image is unravelling.

Politics

4 d. ago Schoolboy aged NINE is suspended from class after shouting sexist jeers at woman sunbathing in bikini in her garden

Hollie Hardy, 26, of Wickford, Essex, was wearing a bikini in her garden which backs onto the school when a group of pupils climbed up a fence and spotted her before shouting sexual abuse.

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4 d. ago Men who lured schoolgirl, 15, into van and live streamed sick footage of her being sexually abused while one orally raped her are spared jail

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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4 d. ago Men avoid jail for luring schoolgirl, 15, into van before sexually abusing her and broadcasting mobile phone footage to friends who turned up to join

Michael Linfoot, 24, Callum Hesketh, 24, and Thomas Rae, 24, all of Chorley in Greater Manchester, were all convicted of offences in 2018 on Thursday.

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4 d. ago Review that led me to resign as archbishop was partly ‘wrong’, says Welby

Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury last year in the wake of a review of sexual abuse committed by a Christian camp leader.

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4 d. ago Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2

Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop, has been found guilty of sexual abuse charges

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5 d. ago Federal lawsuit adds to allegations of child sexual abuse in Maryland youth detention centers

A federal lawsuit could open a new chapter in an escalating legal battle over child sexual abuse in Maryland

Society

5 d. ago Sick pervert live streamed teen being sexually abused in back of van

“I hope this sentence sends a clear message to any perpetrators of sexual abuse; that we will not tolerate this abhorrent behaviour, and we will bring you to justice”

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5 d. ago Pervert who live streamed sick attack on teenage girl allowed to walk free from court

"I want to send a clear message to any perpetrators of sexual abuse; that we will not tolerate this abhorrent behaviour, and we will bring you to justice”

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6 d. ago Pope Leo issues orders insisting that priests must be celibate

Leo also said there must be ‘firm and decisive’ action on addressing church sexual abuse

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