Doctor who specialises in treating victims of sexual violence at a health centre in Kamako, said local clinics had recorded at least 122 cases of rape this year - an unprecedented level for the community.
Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has long touted its transparency in publishing names of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse, but a report by Maryland state raises questions about integrity of the church's list.
The victim alleged that she repeatedly faced sexual harassment at her unit and during training sessions.
Evidence shows that late pope intentionally disregarded cases of child abuse by priests during his administration as archbishop of Krakow.
Female conscripts suffered a range of abuses from verbal harassment to assault and rape allegedly by security prisoners and permanent officers, thousands of former and current soldiers say.
US state of Maryland investigation identifies scores of Roman Catholic priests accused of sexually and physically abusing and torturing hundreds of victims over the past 80 years.
Prosecutors have successfully proved that Maxwell was "the key" to Jeffrey Epstein's scheme of enticing young girls to give him massages, during which he would sexually abuse them.
Canadian screenwriter and director Paul Haggis has been charged with sexual assault, Italian public prosecutors say.
A newly released study has found that at least 196 clerics in the German Catholic diocese of Muenster sexually abused hundreds of minors between 1945 and 2020, adding to pressure for church reform.
More than 15,500 children suffered sexual abuse in Germany last year, according to a special analysis of police crime statistics.
The final draft of the law includes prison terms of up to 12 years for crimes of physical sexual abuse, 15 years for sexual exploitation and nine years for forced marriage.
Several high-figure profiles of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews allegedly sexually abused dozens of women and children.
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