How many times should we be outraged before real action is taken to prevent, and not just address, the scourge of sexual abuse in schools?
Australian Cardinal George Pell was sentenced in a Melbourne court on five counts, including oral rape and molestation of boys in 1996-1997
The 82-year-old has warned victims to lower their expectations, saying that much of the work on tackling abuse would be done post-summit
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx was speaking on the third day of an unprecedented summit of the world’s top bishops
"The only person who needs protection is the one who is raped."
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon, is to stand trial over allegations he helped cover up abuse in one of the parishes in the area
In many ways the book exposes the psychosocial trauma that has been inherent since the founding of our country
Earlier this month, Philip Wilson was sentenced to a year in detention after becoming one of the highest-ranking officials to be convicted
"I will speak out about abusers in the workplace, whatever the consequences".
The Vatican says a blunt UN report on sexual abuse of children by clergy was distorted and that the UN has been influenced by pro-gay marriage NGOs.
Political leaders need to get their priorities straightened out when it comes to homosexuality versus child abuse, writes Jane Raphaely.
Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier has apologised for offending victims of child abuse when described paedophilia as an illness and not a crime.
Like other forms of mental illness, paedophilia can be contained and managed with therapy.
Colombia prostitutes have united in a popular tourist destination to protect children from an international network of pimps and sexual predators.
A global online paedophile network has been smashed in a worldwide police operation that has led to hundreds of arrests and many convictions.
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/ 1 February 2011
A 54-year-old man has admitted sexually abusing more than 100 mentally disabled children and adults in care homes in Switzerland and Germany.
France on Wednesday condemned the Vatican for blaming gay priests for the paedophile scandal, saying it was "unacceptable" to lump the two together.
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/ 3 September 2008
Six hundred Germans are involved in an internet paedophile network uncovered in Switzerland, judicial authorities said on Wednesday.
Shamed 1970s glam rocker Gary Glitter finally arrived in his native Britain on Friday, ending a farcical merry-go-round of Asian airports.
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/ 31 October 2007
In South Africa, the rising phenomenon of sex tourism is often overlooked.