5 d. ago Pope Leo XIV 'looked the other way' when confronted with child sex abuse allegations against priest in his Chicago church

The first American pope is accused of turning a blind eye when priests under his wing were accused of sexual abuse.

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9 d. ago Two favourites pushing to become the next Pope are accused of mishandling child sex abuse claims

Italian cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, cannot be trusted to protect children from abuse, according to a campaign group.

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2 w. ago Local grooming gang inquiries will ‘go further’ than five towns, says Phillips

The Government has faced pressure to act on grooming gangs and child sex abuse.

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2 w. ago Pope Francis' coffin to be closed by disgraced cardinal who covered up child sex abuse scandal

Roger Michael Mahony was stripped of all his administrative and public duties in Los Angeles by his successor in 2013.

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3 w. ago Parents 'planned to sexually abuse baby before she was born' as 'disturbing texts' exposed

Skyler Klassen, 22, and Madison Bishop, 21, were arrested after officers allegedly discovered child sex abuse material on Klassen's phone.

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3 w. ago Parents accused of planning to sexually abuse infant 'sent disturbing texts to each other'

WARNING - DISTURBING CONTENT: Skyler Klassen, 22, and Madison Bishop, 21, were both arrested on suspicion of child sex assault after police allegedly found child sex abuse material on the man's phone

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3 w. ago ‘Record levels of web pages hosting child sex abuse imagery discovered in 2024’

The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.

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3 w. ago Church of England vicar admits possessing child sex abuse and extreme porn images

The vicar admitted child sex offences following a raid on his cottage

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3 w. ago The New Pornographers drummer charged over child sex abuse pictures as band speak out

The New Pornographers drummer, Joseph Seiders, has been charged with possessing child sex abuse images with the band saying they are 'absolutely shocked' by the news

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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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4 w. 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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