Latest Sexual abuse News

Urologist convicted of patient sex abuse, including of minors

May. 08, 2024 18:53 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York-area doctor was convicted Wednesday in the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple patients, including four children. Darius A. Paduch of North Bergen, New Jersey, was convicted by a jury in Manhattan federal court of all 11 counts pertaining to seven...

Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide

May. 06, 2024 20:19 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at the youth centers as children. The lawsuit details alleged incidents of abuse...

Lawsuit by 95 men and women alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers

May. 06, 2024 15:32 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Lawsuit by 95 men and women alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers.

Ex-Nickelodeon producer Schneider sues 'Quiet on Set' makers for defamation, sex abuse implications

May. 01, 2024 22:59 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider sued the makers of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” on Wednesday, alleging the makers of the documentary series wrongly implied that he sexually abused the child actors he worked with. Schneider...

Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders

May. 01, 2024 14:23 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to law enforcement. Louisiana...

Orbán challenger leads protest calling for child protection after sexual abuse scandal in Hungary

Apr. 26, 2024 14:56 PM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — An aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán renewed his calls for change Friday as he led a protest of several thousand people demanding a more robust child protection system and the resignation of Orbán's government. The...

Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay

Apr. 23, 2024 12:27 PM EDT

MADRID (AP) — Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. It also announced the future celebration of a public act of recognition for those affected and their...

Trial opens for former Virginia hospital medical director accused of sexual abuse of ex-patients

Apr. 22, 2024 21:12 PM EDT

NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — The former longtime medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children used physical examinations as a “ruse” to sexually abuse two teenage patients, a prosecutor said Monday, while the physician's attorney “adamantly” denied any inappropriate...

Feds push back against judge and say troubled California prison should be shut down without delay

Apr. 18, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials are pushing back against a judge's order that would delay the planned closure of a troubled women's prison in California where inmates suffered sexual abuse by guards, according to court documents. Following the Bureau of Prison’s sudden...

Catholic officials in Brooklyn agree to an independent oversight of clergy sex abuse allegations

Apr. 17, 2024 12:46 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — An independent monitor will oversee the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn's handling of sexual abuse allegations under a settlement between the diocese and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The agreement announced Tuesday will address “years of mismanaging...