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Violent sex offender on the run again
Maka Renata, a sex offender who was coached to stalk and rape by his uncle is on the run after breaching his parole conditions a second time.
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Sex attack probe continues
Police investigating the brutal sexual assault of a woman by four men in Tokoroa last weekend have not yet made any arrests.
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Pope admits: Church is to blame for abuse cases
Pope Benedict XVI has admitted that the Catholic Church itself should bear the brunt of the blame for paedophile priests.
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Clint Rickards, lawyer, heads back to court
Controversial former cop Clint Rickards is working at the same courthouse where the woman who accused him of rape assists crime victims.
![Teen sex assault victim left in paddock](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Teen sex assault victim left in paddock
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men in Dannevirke last night, then left in a paddock.
![Woman admits making up rape claim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Woman admits making up rape claim
A Christchurch teenager made a false rape complaint because she liked the attention, a court has heard.
![Woman drugged kidnapper to flee, court told](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Woman drugged kidnapper to flee, court told
A gang member is accused of kidnapping and raping a woman who says she was able to escape after drugging his coffee with codeine.
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Polanski breaks silence over US extradition case
The filmmaker said yesterday that the US is demanding his extradition from Switzerland on a 33-year-old sex case largely to serve him "on a platter to the media".
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Sexual abuse survivors to challenge ACC changes
Sexual abuse survivors plan a protest over changes to subsidised counselling - which they say are putting lives at risk.
![Salvation Army called to apologise for historic abuse cases](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Salvation Army called to apologise for historic abuse cases
People who were abused in Salvation Army homes as long as 70 years ago say they're still waiting for a public apology.
![Girl sexually assaulted by late night intruder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Girl sexually assaulted by late night intruder
Police are hunting a man who they say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old Napier girl as she slept in her bed late last night.
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Gang member beat and raped partner, court told
The partner of a gang member accused of beating her was declared a hostile witness after refusing to repeat her complaint in court.
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Denied help for sexual abuse, dead days later
A mother died four days after her claim for ACC-funded counselling for sex abuse was rejected.
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Pope poised to make historic apology
Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors, Vatican sources say.
![Serial sex attacker jailed indefinitely](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Serial sex attacker jailed indefinitely
'You pose a risk to women in almost any situation where they are alone,' a judge told a repeat sex attacker.
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$19,000 penalty for sex-pest baker with floury hands
A baker who sexually harassed his female assistant must pay her $19,000.