First Baptist Dallas denies the allegations, saying authorities concluded that it involved "consensual sexual activity." ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to settle more than 1,300 claims of childhood sexual abuse. The sprawling agreement is believed to be the largest single child sexual ...

The charges relate to the sexual abuse and indecent assault of students aged as young as 14 as far back as 1999 in Sydney. In sentencing, Judge Justin Smith said while he accepted Benson was ...

Pope Francis' child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever ...

Danielle C. Fischer, 32, of Edwardsville received the sentence Tuesday after pleading guilty to three counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 2 felony). She pleaded guilty to sexually ...

Pope Francis' child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever ...

He allegedly threatened the girls with death if they revealed the abuse. “In later years, George admitted to several family members that he had engaged in sexual touching of Dorothy and her ...

Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are cracking down on a troubling spread of child sexual abuse imagery created through artificial intelligence technology — from manipulated photos of ...

Prosecutors charged Jon Lindbergh, 24, Friday with one felony count of sodomy and two misdemeanor counts of sexual abuse. Kirkwood Police said the incident happened on Sept. 24 while Lindbergh was ...

SEATTLE — A 41-year-old California man was convicted Thursday for sexual abuse after groping a woman earlier this year while on a flight from Burbank to Seattle. Justin Baker was arrested on ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that a victim’s sexual disposition or sexual history cannot be used as evidence in cases of child sexual abuse. In a decision penned by ...

ruling that a victim's past sexual behavior is inadmissible evidence in child sexual abuse cases. In an 18-page decision promulgated in May, the SC found the accused guilty of qualified trafficking in ...