The target had no idea what was about to burst in on him. He was on his computer, which held thousands of child sex files.

People who were abused in Salvation Army homes as long as 70 years ago say they're still waiting for a public apology.

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.

The partner of a gang member accused of beating her was declared a hostile witness after refusing to repeat her complaint in court.

A mother died four days after her claim for ACC-funded counselling for sex abuse was rejected.

Pope Benedict XVI is planning to make the first general apology for the abuse of children and minors, Vatican sources say.

'You pose a risk to women in almost any situation where they are alone,' a judge told a repeat sex attacker.

A baker who sexually harassed his female assistant must pay her $19,000.

A baker was fined after it was found he had left flour-smudged handprints on his female assistant's clothes.

A teacher has been cleared of sex charges against a teenage girl in one of his classes eight years ago.

Seven years passed before police could match a DNA sample to Joseph Reekers.

A woman raped by a man previously accused of underage sex and killing a baby speaks of her relief at the verdict.

Britain's most senior police officers slam the social-networking giant for refusing to adopt a "panic button".

A man has admitted having a sexual relationship with an underage girl who died two days after he ended the relationship.

A 23-year-old woman has admitted in court she had a crush on her former teacher, who allegedly indecently assaulted her.

A man haunted by childhood memories of sexual abuse at a Catholic orphanage just wants someone to acknowledge there was wrongdoing.