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Child Abuse

All time
resistant to change
Abuse survivor Marie Collins resigns from Vatican commission
1 Mar 2017
13.0k
40
duty of care
Grace case: 47 children went through foster home where there were abuse concerns
28 Feb 2017
18.4k
31
Catholic Church
Archbishop Martin says Connell 'was the one who finally began to realise the extent of the abuse'
24 Feb 2017
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48
Obscene
Man charged with possession of first book to be banned in Ireland in nearly two decades
22 Feb 2017
55.8k
Controversy
Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at centre of storm over 'child abuse' comments
20 Feb 2017
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130
historic cases
'Shocking and indefensible': 1 in 14 priests in Australia accused of child abuse
6 Feb 2017
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163
child abuse images
One of the UK's most-wanted suspected paedophiles has been arrested after a car crash in France
12 Jan 2017
23.1k
Domestic Abuse
'Daddy bit Mummy's face - I was scared': Report gives voice to kids in abusive homes
5 Dec 2016
22.5k
30
Artificial Intelligence
Researchers in Cork develop technology that will identify child sexual abuse images online
2 Dec 2016
7.5k
7
Funding demand
Child therapy provider says pressure on funding is 'intense' and becoming 'unbearable'
29 Nov 2016
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2
Child Abuse
'When I heard he was dead, I felt that I could finally breathe': Victim of serial paedophile speaks out on abuse
28 Nov 2016
15.7k
17
Crewe Alexandra
FA to investigate child sex abuse allegations
27 Nov 2016
11.2k
8
child rapist
Management at St Patrick's Cathedral apologise to victims of child rapist Patrick O'Brien
18 Nov 2016
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12
Consensual
Romeo and Juliet laws could be introduced in Ireland
3 Oct 2016
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25
High Court
"Disturbing evidence" of alleged sexual abuse of children is heard behind closed doors
8 Sep 2016
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difficult past
The Artane Band says it won't be changing its name despite industrial school history
6 Sep 2016
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39
Child Abuse
Man who met victim (13) on dating app jailed for child sex offences in London
11 Aug 2016
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27
Waterford
Boy at centre of sexual abuse case believes his mother didn't do anything wrong
26 Jul 2016
33.9k
Courts
'Singing priest' will get maximum sentence of two years for raping a boy with a crucifix
4 Jul 2016
39.1k
lostprophets
Police face misconduct action over handling of Ian Watkins child abuse case
1 Jul 2016
18.6k
9
Courts
"I had looked on him as part of my family" - Man convicted for sexually abusing two young boys
23 Jun 2016
13.8k
Public Inquiry
Australian army recruits 'forced to rape each other'
22 Jun 2016
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61
Tony Walsh
'Singing priest' convicted of sexually abusing a boy after claiming he didn't know him
14 Jun 2016
42.1k
3
private school
UK priest accused of sex abuse arrested in Kosovo after five-year search
15 May 2016
16.4k
child abuse images
Man who raped his disabled son to produce child pornography jailed for 20 years
9 May 2016
38.3k
tusla
Child agency admits it's "aware" of case of alleged sexual abuse at foster home in southwest
9 May 2016
9.4k
Southwest
Teenager with intellectual disabilities left in foster home despite allegations of sexual abuse
8 May 2016
11.1k
abuse allegations
Children's Referendum opponents say their "worst fears" have been realised
29 Apr 2016
22.0k
responding to abuse
A social worker's perspective: We need to rethink the way we help vulnerable children
Dónal O'Malley
15 Apr 2016
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26
ayeeshia jane smith
Mother sentenced to 24 years in jail for stamping daughter to death
11 Apr 2016
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74
Child Abuse
Kazakhstan to chemically castrate paedophiles
19 Mar 2016
29.2k
50
Courts
Montessori teacher jailed for taking pornographic pictures of a 4-year-old in his care
3 Mar 2016
26.3k
53
Manchester
Police hunt for man who fled court just before being found guilty of child rape
3 Mar 2016
13.5k
50
Clerical Abuse
Cardinal says it was 'disastrous coincidence' five paedophile priests preyed on children
3 Mar 2016
17.8k
163
no more silence
Church 'mucked up' and dismissed paedophilia allegations, cardinal admits
29 Feb 2016
11.1k
124
Courts
Tears in court as mother is found guilty of starving and abusing her children for five years
22 Jan 2016
37.7k
28
Arizona
Abused girl (3) found taped up in wardrobe and offered for sex
20 Jan 2016
48.6k
5
florence mae collins
English man jailed for life for "barbaric" murder of his two-week old daughter
14 Jan 2016
43.1k
54
Child Abuse
Spotlight movie shines light on Catholic Church abuses that are all too familiar
10 Jan 2016
31.5k
132
regensburger domspatzen
At least 231 children abused at Catholic boys' choir run by Pope Benedict's brother
8 Jan 2016
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