As the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse held a hearing in Queensland this week, another scandalous story of cruelty, cover-up and neglect.

A father-of-two living in NZ has been jailed in Croatia after he was caught using a camera hidden inside a fake car key to film naked children at the beach.

A man who fractured the skull of a 10-month-old boy in his care and broke several of the child's bones has been jailed for three years.

What if some unfit, unthinking parent considers this advice credible? What local authority would want to be associated with that potential parenting disaster?

The head of an Australian royal commission into child sexual abuse says he has uncovered enough material to justify public hearings on more than 1000 institutions where child sexual abuse has been alleged.

Auckland Council will not be removing a controversial book from its libraries, despite a growing petition claiming it "advocates child abuse".

Abused children need help to sleep normally again if we are to break the abuse cycle, a child expert says.

Enoch Powell, the late Conservative anti-immigrant firebrand, is being investigated as a member of an alleged Westminster paedophile network.

A mum has launched a campaign to ban from public libraries a book that instructs parents to withhold food and whip their children with tree branches and belts.

A High Court child-abuse trial was aborted when it was revealed Child, Youth and Family had failed to hand over 300 pages of documents to the police investigation.

A New Zealander who advises Pope Francis on combating sexual abuse has criticised the pontiff's support of smacking children.

She still thinks of them every day. Katharine Webb has penned a touching memoriam for her two children, killed at the hands of their father.

The majority of children admitted to the Starship hospital as the result of suspected abuse or neglect are under 1 year old.

British police are investigating claims that up to five paedophile rings operated at the heart of Westminster with the involvement of "highly influential" politicians.

Scotland Yard is investigating claims that a Tory MP throttled a young boy to death during a depraved sex party in the 1970s and that two other boys were killed by a VIP paedophile ring.

Scotland Yard investigates the murder of three young boys by a VIP paedophile ring, after a credible witness says a Tory MP killed a boy during a sex attack.

The death of a 7-month-old Hamilton girl is no longer being treated as suspicious, police say.

A baby girl who suffered critical and unexplained injuries has died in Waikato Hospital. Enquiries continue at an address in Hamilton East.

Today is Child Matters advocacy organisation's fourth annual child abuse prevention "Buddy Day".

A childcare worker who sent graphic nude photos of her daughter to her lover has walked free from a Brisbane court.

With every blow, you're losing contact. Remember that the next time you raise your hand.

The recent outpouring of anger towards the NFL over its response to incidents of domestic violence involving players has been an exception rather than the norm in professional sport.

A near-dead comatose Cromwell girl found in the street was nearly mistaken for a pile of rubbish.

A Te Kuiti man caught with pictures of children being sexually abused has been sentenced to 10 months’ imprisonment.

Police say several people have "provided information" after the Berkshire apartment of singer Sir Cliff Richard was searched in connection with an alleged historical sex offence.

An Auckland man has appeared in the Manukau District Court this morning charged with the murder of a baby girl.

Police are following the money trail left by paedophiles in paying for material and are using the information to shut down rings that include dozens of people across continents.

New Zealand's first sex offender register has been signed off by Cabinet, but will only be available to agencies and not the general public.

Convicted sex offender Alan Rubick was highly manipulative and skilled at identifying young vulnerable boys, the High Court at Wanganui was told.