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Children now ‘biggest perpetrators of sexual abuse against children’
January 11, 2024 · By Vikram Dodd for www.theguardian.com
Children now ‘biggest perpetrators of sexual abuse against children’ Boys are watching violent porn on their smartphones then going on to attack girls, police have said, as new data showed children are now the biggest perpetrators of sexual abuse against other children. Police data shows there has been a quadrupling of sexual offences against children, in […]
Read More...Teenagers accused in half of child abuse cases
January 11, 2024 · By Tom Symonds, Home Affairs correspondent for www.bbc.com
Teenagers accused in half of child abuse cases Young people taking nude pictures are contributing to a rise in sexual offences committed by children in England and Wales, police figures show. Potential offenders were aged under 18 in more than half of all reported child abuse cases, according to analysis. Senior officers say this abuse […]
Read More...Glasgow child abuse ring warned of potential life sentences
January 9, 2024 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Glasgow child abuse ring warned of potential life sentences A group of seven people convicted of sexually abusing children in Glasgow have been told that they face possible life sentences. Five men and two women were convicted in November in what is believed to be the largest prosecution of a child abuse ring in Scotland. They […]
Read More...Pope Francis blasts surrogacy as “deplorable” practice that turns a child into “an object of trafficking”
January 9, 2024 · By Anna Matranga for www.cbsnews.com
Pope Francis blasts surrogacy as “deplorable” practice that turns a child into “an object of trafficking” Rome — Pope Francis on Monday called for surrogate motherhood to be banned worldwide, calling the practice of surrogacy “deplorable” and saying an unborn child “cannot be turned into an object of trafficking.” In a wide-ranging speech to ambassadors of […]
Read More...Sentencing delayed for depraved Glasgow child abuse ring who held rape nights
January 9, 2024 · By Amy-Clare Martin, Crime Correspondent for www.independent.co.uk
Sentencing delayed for depraved Glasgow child abuse ring who held rape nights Members of a drug-addled child abuse ring which held rape nights face very substantial jail terms for their “extraordinary depravity”, a judge has warned. Children were subjected to a horrifying campaign of abuse over several years at various locations including a Glasgow drugs den where heroin and […]
Read More...Mom warns of subtle signs of secret abuse at daycares: ‘Please be aware’
January 9, 2024 · By News.com.au for nypost.com
Mom warns of subtle signs of secret abuse at daycares: ‘Please be aware’ Warning: Distressing content A mum whose child was emotionally and sexually abused by a daycare worker has warned other parents about the subtle signs of secret abuse. The mother shared the harrowing experience to a local online parents group, explaining that she […]
Read More...TB Joshua: Megachurch leader raped and tortured worshippers, BBC finds
January 9, 2024 · By Charlie Northcott and Helen Spooner, BBC News, Africa Eye for www.bbc.com
TB Joshua: Megachurch leader raped and tortured worshippers, BBC finds Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC. Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members – five British – allege atrocities, including rape and forced abortions, by Nigeria’s […]
Read More...Ukraine-Russia war: Putin citizenship decree violates children’s rights, Ukraine says
January 8, 2024 · By War in Ukraine for www.bbc.com
Ukraine-Russia war: Putin citizenship decree violates children’s rights, Ukraine says Ukraine has condemned a decree signed by President Putin making it possible to confer Russian citizenship on Ukrainian children moved to Russia. Last March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Putin over Russia’s policy of forced child deportations. The Ukrainian foreign […]
Read More...Jeffrey Epstein: Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton named in court files
January 5, 2024 · By Max Matza & Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News for www.bbc.com
Jeffrey Epstein: Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton named in court files The UK’s Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton are among high-profile figures named in US court papers detailing connections of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The newly released records form part of a case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s girlfriend who has been jailed for helping […]
Read More...Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein’s associates to be unsealed
January 5, 2024 · By James Hill and Aaron Katersky for abcnews.go.com
Federal judge orders documents naming Jeffrey Epstein’s associates to be unsealed A federal judge in New York has ordered a vast unsealing of court documents in early 2024 that will make public the names of scores of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates. The documents are part of a settled civil lawsuit alleging Epstein’s one-time paramour Ghislaine Maxwell […]
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