Category: sexual abuse

NSW MP Gareth Ward Charged Over Rape, Sexual Assault Claim

New South Wales (NSW) Liberal MP Gareth Ward has been charged by police with the alleged historic sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy. Ward, the sitting member for Kiama, is alleged to have committed three charges of assault with acts of indecency and one account each of alleged sexual intercourse without consent…


University of California Agrees to Pay $243 Million to Settle Doctor Sex Abuse Claims

LOS ANGELES—University of California officials have agreed to pay $243 million to settle the legal claims of about 200 women who have accused a former UCLA gynecologist of sexual abuse. The settlement by the University of California regents, the system’s governing board, marks the second in lawsuits stemming from the accusations against Dr. James Heaps,…


South Australian MP Calls for Greater Online Protection for Women

Federal Member for Boothby, South Australia, Nicolle Flint, is urging the Australian Government to extend proposed legislation which will unmask online trolls and abusers to include additional protections for women. In a 60-page submission to the Select Committee on Social Media and Online Safety, Flint presented evidence of social media and online abuse of women…


University of Michigan Reaches Half-Billion Dollar Settlement Over Sport Doctor’s 4 Decades of Sexual Abuse

The University of Michigan has reached a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 former students who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor, the college’s Board of Regents announced on Wednesday. “Our most solemn responsibility to our university and community members is to support healing and restoration of trust in an environment…


University of Michigan Reaches Half-Billion-Dollar Settlement Over Sports Doctor’s 4 Decades of Sexual Abuse

The University of Michigan has reached a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 former students who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sports doctor, the college’s Board of Regents announced on Jan. 19. “Our most solemn responsibility to our university and community members is to support healing and restoration of trust in an…


Over 1,400 Aussie Kids Abused While in Care: Report

Up to 1,442 children were the subject of a substantiation of abuse in care in 2020-21, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released on Friday. The report, called Safety of children in care 2020-21, revealed a harrowing snapshot of child abuse in Australia’s out-of-home care system for the first…


America’s Failure to Fight Child Sex Trafficking

Commentary On Nov. 29, the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell began. The British socialite and close companion of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is facing six charges related to her involvement in the grooming, sexual abuse, and sex trafficking of young girls. According to the New York Times, Maxwell is charged with one count of enticement…


‘Anecdotal Evidence’ of Sexual Abuse of Tibetan Nuns While in Chinese Police Custody

The Chinese regime’s sexual abuse of Uyghurs has been widely reported in recent years as more victims of this Muslim minority have stepped forward to expose the ongoing persecution in the Xinjiang region. The mass rape and torture of female Falun Gong practitioners have been extensively reported by Minghui.org in the last two decades. Tibetan nuns also…


Second Woman Accuses Leon Black of Rape; Black’s Rep Calls Claim ‘Complete Fiction’

NEW YORK—A second woman has accused former Apollo Global Management Inc Chief Executive Leon Black of rape, saying he attacked her in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan in 2002. The claim, by a woman identified as “Jane Doe,” was included in a proposed amended civil lawsuit filed on Monday night by Guzel…


Pennsylvania Lawsuit Puts Schools’ Responses to Sexual Abuse Reports Under Crosshairs

A Pennsylvania lawsuit has lawmakers looking closer at how schools should respond to reports of sexual abuse. A former North Penn School District student is suing a suburban Philadelphia school for failing to protect her from a male classmate who she says sexually assaulted her over 20 times between elementary school and high school during…