Peter Lyons, a teacher at St Peter's College, writes that abuse scandals are a legacy of centuries of intolerance of critical self-analysis.

Abuse support groups say the investigations into the Catholic clergy abuse allegations are in the best interests of the church, not the victims.

Two monks jailed in NZ's most notorious Catholic sexual abuse scandal have been released on parole after serving less than half their sentences.

An war of words between the Catholic and Protestant churches culminated yesterday in an apology from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

A doctor has been struck off for having a sexual relationship with a woman who was his patient. She was also his receptionist - and his stepdaughter.

People who travel overseas to have sex with children will face a "strike" towards life imprisonment under new proposals that widen the net of the three strikes bill.

A nurse abducted at knifepoint and sexually assaulted by a paroled prisoner says she feels betrayed by the Corrections Department because it did not tell her he was a sex offender.

Two years after escaping her underground prison, she lives in a brightly painted house in a tiny hamlet referred to as "Village X".

One of NZ's most dangerous sex criminals attacked two women while on parole and under Corrections Department supervision.