AUSTRALIA
Gulf News
February 8, 2018
In many parts of the world, institutional child abuse cases are an endemic problem
January 24, 2018
Dr Lawrence G. Nassar, former doctor for American gymnastics team, sentenced to 40 to 175 years for multiple sex crimes. Nassar accused of molesting girls for years under the guise of giving them examinations or medical treatment. Some were as young as 6. Many of them were Olympic gymnasts.
January 2017
Ireland’s Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA) studies allegations of child abuse in 22 homes and residential institutions between 1922 to 1995.
November 23, 2017
Chinese police investigate claims of sexual molestation and needle marks on children at a Beijing kindergarten, a booming childcare industry.
September 21, 2017
Pope Francis promised to respond with the “firmest measures possible” against priests who rape and molest children, and said bishops and religious superiors who cover up for them will be held accountable.
February 27, 2017
Britain’s inquiry into historical child sex abuse finally begin holding first public hearings.
February 16, 2017
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