Claims of sex abuse by women grow

"A huge rise in the number of children calling to report sexual abuse by women has been revealed by ChildLine. Over the past five years, the charity says the number of such calls has risen five times faster than youngsters reporting abuse by a man. Of 16,094 children who...

Theoren Fleury: A Victim of Sexual Abuse As a Teen

In Playing With Fire, former NHL player Theoren Fleury reveals a painful secret about his past that he has kept for over 20 years.  As a teenager, Fleury was sexually abused by his WHL coach Graham James....

Was Oprah unfair to Mackenzie Phillips?

Media journalist Trish Kinney  -  herself a childhood incest survivor  -  makes the case that Phillips was not ready to make such a disclosure,  and that Oprah treated her less than...

Chynna and Mackenzie Phillips Spill More About Incest on Oprah

Earlier this week on Oprah, Mackenzie Phillips made the shocking revelation that she had consensual sex with her father John Phillips.  While her step-mother Michelle Phillips is skeptical, Mackenzie's...

Teen girls abused by boyfriends warns NSPCC

"A survey carried out by the NSPCC and the University of Bristol has discovered some worrying facts about teen relationships. The survey found that nearly nine out of ten 13-17 year old girls had been in an...

Ireland braces itself for another report on clerical child abuse

"A report into clerical child abuse in Dublin released later today will "shock and horrify" the whole of Ireland, a leading figure in the Catholic church has admitted."I confess that I didn't know that we were expecting another report. And this one, it's predicted, will cause...

Manohara Odelia Pinot: Tortured by Malaysian Prince Husband

A medical examination today confirmed that 17-year-old Manohara Odelia Pinot had been raped, tortured, and in other ways physically abused by her husband, 31-year-old Malaysian prince Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry. "'The medical examination has been completed and the...

Sexual abuse and Kidnappings in camps of Sri Lanka - Sky News

Sky news exposes the human rights violations going on in the army controlled IDP camps in Sri Lanka. Though Rajapakshe declared the war is over still the independent medias and aid agencies are banned from the...

Shocking Reality of Sri Lanka: Sexual abuse, Death and Starvation

In this video, Channel 4 reports the reality of the interim concentration camps ran by the Sri Lankan government for fleeing Tamils civilians. Sexual abuse, death and starvation are reality to these fled civilians...

Sri Lanka - Atleast four deaths reported in barbed-wire camp

Tamils kept inside the barbed-wire detention camps face humanatarian issues.  The first reported deaths inside the camp was atleast four. There are many such unreported crimes which doesn't get attention....

Grim scenes at Sri Lankan camps - Channel 4 report from Vavuniya

Channel 4 exposes the real situation of concentration camp at Vavuniya.  Sri Lanka government usually arrange guided visit to a specific detention camp. This time Channel 4 visited a different camp with...

Charges Stand Against Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper

"A Utah judge has turned down a motion by the defense to dismiss kidnapping and sexual abuse charges against the man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart. Judge Judith Atherton declined to dismiss charges against...

Dentist Claims Breast Groping Was Part of TMD Treatment

A dentist in Woodland, California is claiming that he massaged women's chests as part of a treatment for temporomandibular joint disorder (also known as TMD or TMJ), a jury heard today.  The case against...

New anti-trafficking law reducing paedophile sentences

" Last year’s law reclassifying sexual crimes has ushered in climate of leniency, say rights groups THE lengths of prison sentences given to convicted paedophiles have fallen since the passage of the Kingdom's...

Fort Lauderdale man pleads guilty to sexually abusing teen

" Bobby Minnis, 45, of Fort Lauderdale pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck at the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida. According to information presented at the plea hearing, Minnis flew from Fort Lauderdale , Fla. , in 2005 to Texas...

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