$31.5 million settlement reached in lawsuit over California girl’s starvation death
SAN DIEGO — A lawsuit over the death of an 11-year-old California girl who was allegedly tortured and…
Notorious paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith could have been ‘detected and disrupted earlier’, damning review finds
One of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles could have been “detected and disrupted earlier”, a damning review into how…
Father charged with child abuse, torture after taking kids on winter hike in Utah – National
A 31-year-old Utah father who was hailed as a hero for protecting his three young children on a…
Are Hong Kong teachers, healthcare and social workers more alert to child abuse?
Hong Kong has seen a rise in the number of potential child abuse cases reported by healthcare, education…
Pensioner, 78, who repeatedly sexually assaulted his granddaughter believed he was “in a relationship” with her
The girl’s mother said she was ‘heartbroken, confused and devastated’ that the man she trusted the most had…
West Australian man Patrick Hunter found guilty of child rape, indecent dealings
A 46-year-old man has been found guilty of raping a child under the age of 10 and indecently…
National criminal history tracker to be established for working with children checks
A national system to continuously monitor the criminal history of those with a working with children check will…
Australia’s childcare crisis forces us to reconsider how we organise care
There is a rhetorical rule, rather like Godwin’s law, that the first person in an argument who reaches…
Hundreds of cases of child-on-child abuse are the fresh childcare system horror
Parents are demanding answers from centre operators after their children were allegedly sexually abused by other children while…
Child sex doll heads sold as model mannequins to harness loophole
Warning: This story contains details of child sexual abuse. Child sex abuse doll torsos and disembodied heads are…
Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges in Oklahoma case
The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor…
Disgraced Sydney business tycoon Ron Brierley unfit for trial, lawyers say
Disgraced business tycoon Ron Brierley is unfit to plead or be tried on charges of possessing child abuse…