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Judge Rejects Preventive Detention for San Borja Priest as Prosecutors Appeal

The cleric was freed from police custody while a formal probe into alleged indecent touching continues.

Cascio Siblings Sue Michael Jackson Estate Alleging Child Sex Trafficking

Diocese of Camden Agrees to $180 Million Clergy Abuse Settlement

Camden Diocese Reaches $180 Million Deal to Resolve Clergy Abuse Claims

Prince Harry Meets Bereaved Families in Los Angeles as First Jury Trial Over Alleged Social Media Design Harms Begins

Den Bosch Court Sentences Helmond Teaching Assistant to 8 Years, Orders TBS for Abuse of 20 Children

Brooklyn Diocese Moves to Negotiate Global Settlement of 1,100 Child Sex-Abuse Claims

Independent Study Finds 344 Abuse Victims in Germany’s VCP

San Jose Police Arrest Registered Sex Offender in Kidnapping, Assault of 15-Year-Old

Ex-Nun Jailed, Two Former Colleagues Sentenced Over 1970s–80s Abuse at Scottish Care Homes

Italian Judge Downgrades Charges, Gives Five-Year Term in Case of 10-Year-Old’s Assault

Judge Raises Bail, Tightens Restrictions on Eliot Cutler After New Probation Charges

Police Probe Video of Couriers Carrying Children in Delivery Bags in Lyubertsy

Cousins Jailed for 58 Years Over 1990s Grooming and Rape of Five Girls in Bury

Federal Case Study Says Schools Failed to Protect Students From Sexualized Violence, Urges Reforms

Coahuila Diocese and Prosecutors Confirm 2007 Abuse Complaint Against Priest Now in Laredo

Las Vegas Man Gets 10 Years in Federal Case for Sex Trafficking 16-Year-Old

Mumbai Police Arrest Doctor and Nurse After Foiled Attempt to Sell Newborn for ₹5 Lakh

Manchester United Sued in High Court Over Alleged 1980s Abuse by Former Caretaker

New 50-Day Lagoon Search Ordered in Corrientes for Missing Boy Loan Peña