12+ hour, 36+ min ago  (467+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) " A family has filed a lawsuit claiming child welfare agencies in Franklin County failed to take appropriate action in preventing the death of an 8-year-old Columbus boy. The wrongful death lawsuit focuses on the abuse Martonio Wilder…...

15+ hour, 27+ min ago  (631+ words) When camp leaders think about sexual abuse prevention, the conversation often starts with hiring staff. Background checks. References. Training before the program year begins. Those steps matter. Our risk control team has reviewed hundreds of camp safety programs over the…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (634+ words) CANTON " A former volunteer pastor will spend no time in prison for allowing children under his care to ride on the outside of a church van, leading to the death of a 14-year-old boy. Rushon T. Patterson II, 27, appeared at his…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (458+ words) AS South Africa marks Child Protection Week from May 29 to June 5, child protection advocates are urging urgent justice system reforms, warning that long court delays in cases involving children deepen trauma and deny young victims proper protection. Also read: International…...

2+ hour, 55+ min ago  (54+ words) One of Australia's worst paedophiles has launched a bid to slash the life sentence he received for abusing dozens of young children Updated May 28, 2026 " 7: 30pm, first published 7: 02pm...

9+ hour, 37+ min ago  (653+ words) One of Australia's worst pedophiles, childcare worker Ashley Paul Griffith, has launched a bid to slash the life sentence he received for abusing dozens of young children. Lawyers for the notorious predator on Thursday argued in the Queensland Court of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (305+ words) Police have praised two victims of sexual abuse, including one who said she "didn't have a childhood" as a result, for helping jail their abuser. Troy Gibbs, 44, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Friday to…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (188+ words) In the Zaporizhzhia region, an indictment was sent to court against a 51-year-old man on charges of years of sexual violence against his stepdaughter, which, according to the investigation, lasted more than 4 years and began when she was 10 years old,…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (434+ words) Sexual violence perpetuated against the boy child is not rare in South Africa, and like young girls, their needs must be prioritised equally. "What's important to know is that this research does not isolate the individual child." "What's important to…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (230+ words) A man living in a halfway house after previously serving federal prison time for producing child pornography has admitted once again to possessing child sexual abuse material. Joseph Trahan, 62, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. According…...