Sexual abuse at Islamic welfare homes exposes weaknesses in child protection in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A police swoop on 20 child welfare homes in Malaysia where hundreds of children were allegedly sexually abused has exposed weaknesses in child protection in the country and cast a spotlight on the Islamic business group that ran the homes. Malaysian...

Testimony begins in civil case claiming sexual abuse of ex-patients at Virginia children's hospital

NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — Testimony has begun in a civil trial against a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children, its owner and its former medical director in a lawsuit filed by three former patients who allege they were touched inappropriately during physical exams. The...

Authorities find no smoking gun in Nassar records held by Michigan State University

DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of documents turned over by Michigan State University reveal nothing new about what the school might have known about years of sexual abuse committed by Larry Nassar, the campus doctor who assaulted female athletes, the state attorney general said Wednesday. ...

Malaysia's police rescue 402 children after sex abuse allegations at Islamic welfare homes

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities on Wednesday rescued 402 children and arrested 171 suspects after raiding 20 welfare homes linked to an Islamic business group, in which children were exploited and sexually abused, the national police chief said. ...

A Filipino preacher on the run from sexual abuse charges surrenders

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking in the Philippines and similar charges in the United States surrendered Sunday to authorities in his religious complex in the south and flown to Manila where he was put in police detention, officials...

Trump in court as lawyers fight to overturn verdict in E. Jean Carroll sex abuse suit

NEW YORK (AP) — Veering from the campaign trail to a courtroom, Donald Trump quietly observed Friday as his lawyer fought to overturn a verdict finding the former president liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The Republican nominee and his accuser, E. Jean Carroll, a writer,...

The Justice Department is investigating sexual abuse allegations at California women's prisons

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into allegations that correctional officers systematically sexually abused incarcerated women at two state-run California prisons. Authorities found “significant...

Justice Department watchdog finds failures in FBI's handling of child sex abuse cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has failed to report some child sexual abuse allegations to local law enforcement or social service agencies even after changes prompted by its handling of the case against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, according to a Justice Department watchdog report...

Justice Department watchdog finds FBI failed to report all child sex abuse allegations to law enforcement agencies

Defense seeks to undermine accuser's credibility in New Hampshire youth center sex abuse case

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged with raping a teenage girl at a youth holding facility in New Hampshire tried to erode the accuser’s credibility at trial Wednesday, suggesting she had a history of lying and changing her story. Now 39, Natasha Maunsell was 15 and 16...