Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuses committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. It also announced the future celebration of a public act of recognition for those affected and
Amnesty International, a human rights group, has reported widespread abuse in Syrian detention facilities holding suspected Islamic State members and their relatives. The human rights group interviewed 126 people accused of Islamic State affiliation currently or formerly detained. The facilities are run
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.
MADRID (AP) — The Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday it has unanimously agreed to pay some form of compensation to victims of sex abuse by clergy. The country’s Bishops Conference said after a four-day general assembly meeting at the Fatima shrine that
Victims of sexual abuse and other crimes who have signed “gagging orders” will be able to breach them under a major post-Me Too reform. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk tabled amendments to his Victims and Prisoners Bill that would mean sexual abusers and
Brits are “deluded” if they think international students want to abuse the system to stay in the country after finishing their courses, according to an entrepreneur who studied here. Djordje Novakovic left the country for France shortly after finishing a master’s degree
BUNEOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge on Friday ruled that 20 cloistered nuns had suffered abuse for more than two decades at the hands of high-ranking clergy in the country’s conservative north, and ordered the accused archbishop and church officials
Police have allowed a man accused of child sex abuse to return to a house next to a primary school, just a week after they removed him on “safety” grounds. Northamptonshire’s force has yet to explain why it moved Verners Ricards Miklavs
Over 300 French coaches, teachers and sports officials faced accusations of sexual abuse or cover-ups in 2023. France initiated a nationwide effort four years ago to address sexual violence in sports. Since 2020, complaints have been filed against 1,284 coaches, teachers and
Prison bosses have referred at least 40 incidents of alleged sexual abuse inside young offender institutions to police, the Express can reveal. Up to 410 safeguarding referrals have been made for alleged sexual abuse or sexual violence cases in YOIs or secure