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Spanish Courts Deliver Divergent Outcomes in Sexual-Assault Cases

The week’s cases show judges leaning on forensic traces over shifting accounts.

Dutch Courts Issue Sentences in Groningen Groping Spree and Nijkerk Abuse Case

Supreme Court Petition Challenges Anticipatory Bail for Swami Avimukteshwaranand in POCSO Case

Supreme Court Removes Gurugram Police From Child-Rape Probe, Forms Women-Led SIT

Gurugram Police Arrest Three in Child Sexual Assault Case as Supreme Court Takes Up Transfer Plea

Joseph Duggar Waives Extradition After Arrest on Child Molestation Charges

Judge Rejects Preventive Detention for San Borja Priest as Prosecutors Appeal

Minas Gerais Appeals Court Reinstates Conviction for Rape of 12-Year-Old

High Courts Uphold POCSO Convictions, Prioritize Documentary Age Proof and Mandatory Life Terms

Lula Sanctions Law Making Vulnerability an Absolute Presumption in Sexual Crimes Against Minors and the Incapacitated

Trump-Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to Life for Molesting Children in Florida

Kevin Esterly Convicted on All Counts in Lehigh County Child Rape Case

Judge Orders Pretrial Detention for Wunsiedel Children’s Home Leader Accused of Abusing Boy

Rhode Island AG Releases Report Naming 75 Accused Clergy in Providence Diocese

Coverage Reexamines Earl Bradley Case, Detailing Abuse of 103 Children and Systemic Failures

Michael Jackson Estate Sued by Cascio Siblings Over Alleged Child Sex Trafficking

Former Sydney Teacher Pleads Guilty to Student Sex Offences With Sentencing on March 26

Freiburg Court Sentences Man in Rulantica Child Abuse Case to Four Years and Nine Months

Vatican Confirms Nordelta Priest’s Abuse Conviction, Imposes Lifetime Church Bans

Children's-Party DJ Charged With Drug-Facilitated Rape of 17-Year-Old and Child Pornography Possession