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.

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

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

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.

An embattled Pope Benedict XVI is coming under mounting pressure to deal with the worsening child abuse scandal.

Author and columnist Nicky Pellegrino has gone public on how she was raped at knifepoint as a young woman - and her attacker was never found.

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.