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UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
19 hours 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
1 day 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.
fromBoston.com
3 days ago

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

The Solomon Schechter Day School in Newton has placed a teacher on leave after a young child who tested positive for a sexually transmitted infection reported being touched inappropriately by the instructor, school officials said. The teacher was placed on leave Oct. 31, the same day the student's family shared additional information with the school, including a report of inappropriate touching, according to a statement the school released Wednesday.
Education
fromIrish Independent
3 days 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 days 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
5 days 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
6 days 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
1 week 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
1 week 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.
#grooming
#voyeurism
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week 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
#indecent-images
fromSFGATE
2 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
2 weeks 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
3 weeks 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.
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3 weeks 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
#criminal-charges
#online-grooming
#ai-image-generation
fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks 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
4 weeks 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
1 month 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.
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Epstein Files Confirm Complaint FBI Ignored for Years

An FBI complaint filed in 1996 by Maria Farmer alleging Epstein's child pornography and exploitation was ignored for years and is now confirmed.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Orange County serial child molester is convicted, faces more than 150 years in prison

Erick Joseph Kristianson was convicted of 23 felony counts for molesting multiple girls, some as young as nine, and faces up to 165 years.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month 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.
Left-wing politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Sex Trafficking Prosecutions Won't Stop the Next Epstein. Here's What Will

Prevent elite-enabled child sexual abuse through structural reforms, abolitionist strategies, and reducing reliance on police, prisons, and status-quo institutions.
Law
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Boy who abused young sister was viewing pornography online from age six

Unsupervised internet access enabled a 13-year-old's sexual abuse and online dissemination of 64 identifiable images of his six-year-old sister.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Ex-children's boss to lead grooming gang inquiry

Baroness Anne Longfield will chair the government's three-year inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse to identify failings and improve child protection.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Judge commends 'bravery' of Willow Park abuse survivors who 'bared their souls' as ex-teacher is jailed

Peter Kelly, a 73-year-old former maths teacher, was jailed for 10 years for indecently assaulting eight boys in the 1970s–1980s at a Dublin private school.
#criminal-sentencing
fromIndependent
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

'This had nothing to do with the devil or God. It was all him,' says victim of paedophile Pat Salmon

fromIndependent
2 months ago
Miscellaneous

'This had nothing to do with the devil or God. It was all him,' says victim of paedophile Pat Salmon

UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Call for CCTV in nurseries after 'sickening case'

Calls for compulsory nursery CCTV follow Vincent Chan pleading guilty to 26 child sexual abuse charges; government will produce guidance, appoint experts and review local safeguarding.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Ex-Royal Navy officer living in Ireland is jailed after being caught with thousands of child abuse images in undercover police sting

Judge said the vast amount of material featuring young girls aged six to mid-teens was 'nothing short of disgusting'
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Ex-navy officer jailed after being caught with thousands of child abuse images in undercover police sting

A 61-year-old man was jailed after police found 10,000 images and 50 videos of child sexual abuse following an undercover sting.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Germany's schools failing to fight child sexual abuse DW 12/03/2025

At least one child per class in Germany experiences sexual abuse in schools, and schools often fail victims by protecting reputation over child protection.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Paedophile pleads guilty to abusing children at London nursery

Following his arrest, officers seized 25 digital devices from his home and three from the nursery and discovered a cache of deeply disturbing material. A still from the body-worn video footage of police officers arresting Chan (Metropolitan Police/PA) Over the course of their highly complex investigation, the police seized a total of 69 devices from his property, including hard drives and laptops, to uncover the extent of his offending.
UK news
#nursery-safeguarding
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Nursery worker admits sexually abusing children

A north London nursery worker pleaded guilty to 26 offences including sexual assault by penetration, sexual touching, and creating severe indecent child images.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Abuse survivors say former Willow Park teacher was 'one cog in a machine of abuse' as he faces sentencing

Peter Kelly, a former Spiritan-run private primary school maths teacher, will be sentenced next week for indecently assaulting eight boys in the 1970s and 1980s.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Australia charges four men over satanic' child sex abuse material

Police say they seized thousands of videos of abuse involving symbols and rituals linked to Satanism and the occult. Police in Australia have charged four men following an investigation into what they called an international satanic child sex abuse material ring in the city of Sydney. The New South Wales (NSW) police said on Monday they had charged the four with dozens of criminal offences after executing six search warrants at several addresses in Sydney last week.
World news
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Australia police bust Sydney 'satanic' child sex abuse ring DW 12/01/2025

Four Sydney men were charged for participating in an international online gang distributing child sexual abuse images featuring satanic symbols; thousands of videos were seized.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

David Carrick: Rapist ex-Met Police officer found guilty of sexually abusing girl

Ex-Met officer David Carrick convicted of further rapes, sexual assault and coercive behaviour after decades of serial sexual offences against women and a child.
London
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Rapist ex-Met officer guilty of more sex offences

David Carrick, a former Metropolitan Police officer, was found guilty of sexually abusing a 12-year-old and raping a former partner and faces sentencing.
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Horror inside Ninos de Mexico shelters: Over half a century of covering up sexual abuse and violence against children

Merlyn and Wanda Beeman arrived in Mexico in 1966. The purpose of their trip was to assess the best way to meet the needs and evangelize the people. This led to the creation of the Ninos de Mexico program in 1967. The Beemans began taking in orphans at their home in Mexico City, attending to their basic needs from food, clothing, and shelter to providing religious instruction and spiritual guidance.
Non-profit organizations
Public health
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Child sex abuse victims face agonisingly long waits' for justice

Nearly 7,000 child sexual abuse cases in England and Wales are delayed in courts, leaving victims waiting many months and hindering access to recovery support.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

'There are no paedophiles in heaven,' victim tells Pat Salmon (89) as he is sentenced for horrific abuse of young girl

'Self-proclaimed pillar of society' was heard complaining about conditions in cell before hearing Moments before the paedophile Pat Salmon learnt his fate for the horrific abuse of a five-year-old, he complained to his counsel about having had to sleep on the floor of his overcrowded cell the night before. Salmon (89), of Rookfield, Knock, Co Mayo, was remanded in custody last Thursday before the finalisation of his sentencing yesterday by Ms Justice Caroline Biggs at the Central Criminal Court.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

There is a gap where Alex should be': the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system

At just 25 years old, her daughter, Alex Davies, was found dead in her segregation cell at Styal prison in Cheshire on Christmas Eve last year. She had been sent to prison after pleading guilty to offences including criminal damage and possession of a knife, which she had committed while in mental health crisis. The expectation was that when Alex was sentenced, she would receive a hospital order, and four separate psychiatrists had recommended that she be transferred to hospital before sentence.
UK news
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Cold, sinister and calculated': Teenage nursery worker jailed for raping boy, 3

An 18-year-old nursery worker, Thomas Waller, was convicted and jailed for raping a three-year-old and sexually abusing another shortly after starting at a Surrey nursery.
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

France arrests longtime US fugitive wanted over child sex abuse

Michael Wiseman, a fugitive charged with sexually assaulting his adopted child, was arrested in France after nearly 14 years on the run.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Former vet laced sweets with drugs to sexually assault boys at summer camp

Jon Ruben admitted drugging and sexually assaulting two boys at a summer camp, and pleaded to multiple child cruelty, indecent images and drug offences.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

'Children sometimes have nightmares about monsters. I had a real-life monster' - woman tells of devastating abuse by 'pillar of the community' Pat Salmon

A senior Brothers of Charity member sexually abused a five-year-old girl at his home, committing depraved attacks and causing lifelong trauma.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Met investigating 'tens of grooming gang cases'

The Metropolitan Police is investigating tens of group-based child sexual abuse cases and reviewing thousands of historic cases under a broad national definition.
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