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California
fromSFGATE
1 day ago

Serial Northern Calif. child molester to be paroled, prompting outcry

David Allen Funston, convicted child molester serving three life sentences, was approved for parole in Sept. 2025 under California's Elderly Parole Program.
US news
fromNew York Post
3 days ago

Sicko LI woman who 'got off' to 'screams of babies' gets 7 years for sharing tot-rape porn

A Long Island child therapist was sentenced to seven years for sharing videos of infants being sexually abused online.
#indigenous-communities
fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago
US news

As 'Dances With Wolves' actor Nathan Chasing Horse faced justice, these two Bay Area women built a network of survivors

fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago
US news

As 'Dances With Wolves' actor Nathan Chasing Horse faced justice, these two Bay Area women built a network of survivors

fromIndependent
3 days ago

'I was only a baby and you took my life away' - family speak out after man who abused his five children and locked them away for days without food jailed for 20 years

A man who sexually abused five of his children, who were locked in a room for days at a time without food and were forced to drink urine, has been jailed for 20 years.
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Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
3 days ago

'I was only a baby and you took my life away' - Man who abused his five children and locked them away for days without food jailed for 20 years

Man jailed 20 years for sexually abusing five children, locking them without food and forcing them to drink urine over two decades in Co Sligo.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
3 days ago

Man who sexually abused five of his children and locked them away for days without food is jailed for 20 years

Noel Farrell received a 20-year jail sentence for sexually abusing five children and imprisoning them without food, forcing them to drink urine over decades.
#dark-web
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days ago

Online child abuse reaches critical level with 1,000 arrests monthly

Mr Jones said offenders are collaborating and co-ordinating their activities on the dark web and using the open web as a discovery platform to identify and abuse vulnerable children. (Getty Images) We were dealing with in the region of 500-800 arrests a few years ago, and we are now dealing with 1,000 arrests and 1,200 (child) safeguards every month. To maintain that means a 24/7 effort by the NCA and colleagues in policing, and that gives you a feel for how the threat has grown.
UK news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Spain to probe social media giants over AI-generated child abuse material

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledges to end impunity' of platforms X, Meta and TikTok in promoting harmful content. The Spanish government has ordered prosecutors to investigate social media platforms X, Meta and TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material, the prime minister has said. These platforms are undermining the mental health, dignity, and rights of our children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez posted on his X account on Tuesday. The state cannot allow this. The impunity of these giants must end.
Miscellaneous
#jeffrey-epstein
fromIndependent
1 week ago
US news

Mairia Cahill: The fall from grace of Jeffrey Epstein's friends and associates is entirely deserved

fromIndependent
1 week ago
US news

Mairia Cahill: The fall from grace of Jeffrey Epstein's friends and associates is entirely deserved

fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Dangerous' sexual predator who manipulated women to abuse children jailed

He said that Jones then blackmailed Johnson into continuing the abuse, which involved her performing sex acts on herself and on the young victims which included the use of sex toys. He said that the victims described being in obvious pain and distress, with one saying that the abuse, which happened on a weekly basis for six to 12 months, had broken them.
UK news
Brooklyn
fromNew York Post
1 week ago

Pervy NYC day care teacher molested four young girls over 18 months: DA

A Brooklyn day care teacher allegedly sexually abused four young girls aged 5–9 over 18 months; authorities are seeking other potential victims.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Critics Fume At Right's Silence On Trump Pardon Recipient Being Convicted of Sexually Abusing Children: Just Crickets'

Screenshot via MS NOW NPR investigative reporter Tom Dreisbach broke the news this week that a January 6th rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump had been convicted by a Florida jury of sexually abusing children, including an 11-year-old. Dreisbach posted the news on social media, which sparked a bevy of replies from many of his fellow journalists and other media commentators who felt the story was not getting nearly the attention it deserved.
US politics
Brooklyn
fromHoodline
1 week ago

Brooklyn Daycare Teacher Indicted for Sexual Abuse of Four Young Girls

Devonte Brown, a Bushwick childcare teacher, was indicted for sexually abusing four girls ages 5–9 while they were under his supervision.
US news
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Brooklyn Diocese child sex abuse settlement news gets mixed reactions from victim attorneys | amNewYork

The Diocese of Brooklyn plans a global settlement to resolve roughly 1,100 remaining child sexual abuse claims, prompting mixed reactions from victims' attorneys.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week ago

Bushwick daycare teacher charged for allegedly sexually abusing young students * Brooklyn Paper

A daycare teacher in Bushwick was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing four young girls over about a year and a half.
Brooklyn
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Brooklyn daycare teacher charged for allegedly sexually abusing young students | amNewYork

Devante Brown, a Bushwick daycare teacher, was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing four young girls over about a year and a half.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

'We warned nursery about abuser Vincent Chan - they dismissed us,' parents tell BBC

Vincent Chan, a Bright Horizons nursery worker, was jailed 18 years for 56 sexual offences including filmed child abuse; parents say their warnings were ignored.
#indecent-images
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Nursery paedophile's heinous' offending went undetected for 13 years

Vincent Chan secretly filmed and sexually abused children and adults over thirteen years while employed in schools and nurseries, preying on vulnerable victims.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Parents demand prosecution of nursery after paedophile teacher abuse

Parents demand criminal prosecution of Bright Horizons and a nationwide nursery safety review after Vincent Chan sexually abused children and was jailed for 18 years.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 week ago

'Every parent's worst nightmare': London nursery paedophile Vincent Chan jailed for 18 years

Vincent Chan, a nursery worker, was sentenced to 18 years for sexually abusing and covertly filming children over a 15-year period.
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

London nursery worker who sexually abused children jailed for 18 years

Vincent Chan, a former nursery worker, jailed 18 years for sexually abusing and filming multiple young children, photographing them, plus voyeurism and assault.
#voyeurism
#criminal-conviction
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Opinion: Will California lawmakers break their promise to child sexual abuse survivors?

Tax dollars should fund children's education, not attorneys' fees in child sex abuse cases; AB 218 closed a loophole that let schools avoid civil liability.
#criminal-charges
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Paedophile nursery worker found guilty of multiple sexual offences against children

Nursery worker Nathan Bennett, 30, convicted of multiple sexual offences against children aged two and three at Partou King Street nursery in Bristol.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

'I deserve to see abuser in court, but time is not on my side' - Rockwell survivor on desperate fight for justice

Derek McCarthy suffered childhood abuse by four men at a Spiritan school; three are dead and delays hinder bringing the sole surviving abuser to court.
Education
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

Newton Jewish day school places teacher on leave amid investigation into alleged inappropriate touching

A teacher at Solomon Schechter Day School was placed on leave after a young student with an STI reported inappropriate touching; multiple agencies are investigating.
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

Summer camp leader jailed for drugging and sexually abusing young boys

Jon Ruben, who was labelled by his wife as a "sadistic, monstrous paedophile", used the "cloak of Christianity" to carry out his sex attacks on vulnerable children, Leicester Crown Court heard. Sentencing judge Timothy Spencer KC told the 76-year-old he would serve a further period on licence, bringing his total sentence to 31 years and eight months. Ruben laced sweets with tranquilising drugs and attacked two children last year
UK news
#drugging
#timothy-busfield
US news
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield turns himself in to face child sex abuse charges in New Mexico

Actor Timothy Busfield turned himself in and was booked on charges of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse involving alleged on-set touching
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Actor Timothy Busfield remains at large days after facing child sexual abuse charges

Timothy Busfield is wanted on arrest warrants alleging child sexual abuse; U.S. marshals and Albuquerque police are searching to take him into custody.
fromBoston.com
1 month ago
US news

'West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield turns himself in to face child sex abuse charges in New Mexico

UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

How vile' summer camp leader Jon Ruben betrayed a city to abuse its children

Jon Ruben, a respected retired vet who ran children's camps, secretly drugged and sexually abused campers and was jailed for 23 years and 10 months.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Summer camp sex offender admits drugging wife while he assaulted children

Ruben, who sobbed in the dock at Leicester Crown Court during his plea hearing on Wednesday, admitted administering a poison or noxious substance, Temazapam, to Susan Ruben between 26 and 29 July last year so she would not wake up while he sexually assaulted the children. The 76-year-old defendant, who ran a holiday camp for at least 27 years, said I'm so sorry after entering his guilty plea.
UK news
#deepfakes
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago
France news

Elon Musk's X offices in Paris were just raided by French prosecutors. Here's why

French prosecutors raided X offices and summoned Elon Musk in an investigation into alleged child sexual abuse images, sexually explicit deepfakes, and AI data-handling violations.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago
Silicon Valley

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards

Apple and Google have not removed X despite deepfake sexual content, implying Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai prioritize political and business fears over policy enforcement.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Parents of children abused by paedophile take legal action against London nursery

Forty-six families are suing Bright Horizons for alleged safeguarding failures after staff member Vincent Chan abused children and parental concerns were reportedly dismissed.
#nursery-staff-misconduct
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace after child sex offender's release, files suggest

Prince Andrew invited Jeffrey Epstein to Buckingham Palace after Epstein's release from house arrest and communicated about meeting women Epstein described as clever and beautiful.
fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

Bay Area woman sentenced for sexually molesting girl prosecutors say was groomed

In it, Whisman acknowledged causing pain to the girl, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor and a victim of sex abuse, and resolved to redeem herself while incarcerated. 'All I can do is ask for forgiveness from Jane Doe,' Balaram said as he finished reading Whisman's statement to the court. Hein wished her luck before concluding the sentencing hearing, which lasted a matter of minutes before Whisman was removed from the courtroom by a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy.
US news
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

At least 20 ICE & CBP officials have been charged with sex crimes against children - LGBTQ Nation

"The off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who killed Keith Porter, Jr. has a history of racism, child abuse, and explosive tempers. Despite murdering Porter in cold blood, Brian Palacios remains free without charge and employed by ICE," the groups' website states, invoking the name of Porter, a Black 43-year-old father of two who was fatally shot by an ICE officer on New Year's Eve outside his apartment complex
US politics
fromSFGATE
4 weeks ago

Body found halfway across country ties back to horrific Calif. criminal

Ronald Joseph Cole was a 19-year-old with a shy smile and a buzz cut in 1965, the year he moved from San Diego to Fillmore, a town about 25 miles from Santa Clarita. He was just starting out in life and, hoping to find a job, moved in with his older half-brother David LaFever. By May 1965, Cole had stopped contacting relatives. He had disappeared.
London
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Man accused of running dark web child abuse sites

Matthew Slate, 36, from Haringey is charged with running dark-web forums that shared thousands of child sexual abuse images and faces multiple serious criminal counts.
#sexual-assault
UK news
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

AI's Child-Porn Problem Is Getting Much Worse

Online child sexual-abuse material reached a historic high in 2025, with AI-generated images and videos — many depicting severe abuse — driving a sharp increase.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 month ago

Republican gets lengthy sentence for child sex abuse imagery

A former South Carolina Republican lawmaker and member of the ultra-Conservative Freedom Caucus, who supported drag and trans healthcare bans "to protect childhood innocence", has been handed a nearly two decade prison sentence for distributing vile child sexual abuse material.
US politics
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Man charged with raping 12-year-old girl he met on Roblox: cops

A 35-year-old New Jersey man raped a 12-year-old girl multiple times after contacting her via Roblox and Snapchat and faces multiple sexual-assault charges.
#ai-image-generation
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images

X's Grok produced non-consensual sexualized images of women and children, prompting international probes, temporary bans, and restrictions on image-generation access.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
UK news

The Guardian view on Ofcom versus Grok: chatbots cannot be allowed to undress children. | Editorial

AI image generation tools are producing sexualised and illegal images of women and children, requiring urgent regulatory action and stronger platform safeguards.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Sexualised images created by Grok weapons of abuse' Kendall

AI-generated sexualised images, including of children, are being used as weapons of abuse, will be criminalised, and regulators are investigating platform X and Grok.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Actor Timothy Busfield accused of child sex abuse on the set of TV show in New Mexico

An investigator with the Albuquerque Police Department filed a criminal complaint in support of the charge, which says a child reported that Busfield touched him inappropriately. The acts allegedly occurred on the set of "The Cleaning Lady," a TV series that Busfield directed and acted in. The child said the first incident happened when he was 7 years old, and Busfield touched him three or four times. Busfield allegedly touched him five or six times on another occasion when he was 8.
US news
Public health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Do Sexual Abuse Offenders Target the Same Type of Victim?

Child sexual abuse is highly underreported, perpetrators often cross victim categories, and official records substantially underestimate crossover offending.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Elon Musk's AI makes sexualized images of kids & the queer mom murdered by ICE - LGBTQ Nation

Grok, the AI chatbot launched by billionaire Nazi-sympathizer Elon Musk, has not only been generating literal child pornography but also an image of Renee Nicole Good - the 37-year-old queer woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Wednesday - in a bikini. CNN correspondent Hadas Gold confirmed the image's existence in a January 8 post on Musk's social media platform X. Grok complied with an X user's request for the image. Apparently satisfied, the user replied, "Never. Deleting. This. App," Mother Jones reported.
Artificial intelligence
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Nearly half of porn users admit to being on adult sites with no age checks, says survey

Many adults bypass age verification using VPNs and access risky porn sites, increasing exposure to illegal or harmful content including child sexual abuse imagery.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Reform UK says it would impose whole-life jail terms on child rapists

Reform UK would impose mandatory whole-life sentences with no parole for anyone convicted of raping children, including historic offences.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Danville cheer coach sentenced to 3 years, 8 months for molesting students

Nicholas Moseby received a three-year, eight-month prison sentence for molesting girls under his care and related felony and misdemeanor convictions.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Oldham child gang-rape suspect later attempted to murder wife

Police failings let an alleged grooming gang member evade investigation; he later attempted to murder his wife and is unlikely to be charged.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Child abuse victim of Jackanory presenter tells how climbing saved him

Climbing and mountaineering helped a childhood sexual assault survivor cope with decades of PTSD and regain sanity and life purpose.
National Football League
fromESPN.com
1 month ago

Why Laveranues Coles decided to give up his retired cushy life to become an officer

Former NFL receiver Laveranues Coles joined the Jacksonville police, finding profound fulfillment despite past abuse, arrests, injuries, and public stigma.
Brooklyn
fromNews 12 - Default
2 months ago

Coney Island man charged with sex trafficking and raping 15-year-old girl

A 26-year-old Coney Island man has been charged with sex trafficking, rape, assault, and promoting prostitution after exploiting a 15-year-old girl.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Orange County school board member accused of harassing children, possessing child porn

Christopher Becerra, a trustee for the Brea Olinda Unified School District, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possession of child pornography, annoying or molesting a minor and falsifying evidence by bribing, influencing or threatening witnesses, Brea police said. Police received a report that a school board member was sending inappropriate sexual messages to a juvenile, according to a news release.
Education
New York City
fromThe Forward
2 months ago

Federal judge lets Hasidic abuse whistleblower's civil-rights lawsuit against NYC move to trial

A judge denied dismissal of Sam Kellner's civil-rights suit, removing prosecutorial immunity and allowing jury claims that prosecutors aided a convicted child molester.
fromJewish Telegraphic Agency
2 months ago

Federal judge allows lawsuit by Hasidic sex-abuse whistleblower against NYC to proceed - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A federal judge in Brooklyn has denied a bid by New York City and the estate of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes to throw out a civil-rights lawsuit brought by Hasidic sex-abuse whistleblower Sam Kellner, clearing the way for a jury to hear claims that top prosecutors helped engineer his arrest to benefit a convicted child molester. The 82-page ruling, by Judge Nina R. Morrison of the Eastern District of New York,
Law
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Corey Feldman alleges Corey Haim molested' him while they were making The Lost Boys

Corey Feldman alleges Corey Haim molested him during the 1987 film The Lost Boys and makes further accusations in a new documentary.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Children's mentor guilty of sexually abusing five girls at London school

A children's mentor in London was convicted of 14 indecent assaults on five former students at Holland Park Secondary School between 2001 and 2004.
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