World leaders commit to continue UN fight against sexual exploitation and abuse
New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): World leaders joined with United Nations entities on Thursday to reaffirm their continued personal commitment to support efforts to combat sexual exploitation and abuse across the Organization.
Australia's Catholic Church rejects recommendation to report sexual abuse
Canberra, Aug 31 (IBNS): Australia's Catholic Church has rejected a recommendation that priests should report confessed sexual abuse.
Pope Francis chides US priests named in child sex abuse investigations
Vatican City, Aug 17 (IBNS): The supreme leader of the Catholic faith, Pope Francis has slammed the disgraced priests named in the child sex abuse investigations carried out in the United States of America by a grand jury.
Pope Francis chides US priests named in child sex abuse investigations
Vatican City, Aug 17 (IBNS): The supreme leader of the Catholic faith, Pope Francis has slammed the disgraced priests named in the child sex abuse investigations carried out in the United States of America by a grand jury.
Former Adelaide Archbishop accused of sexual harassment cover-up faces house arrest
Canberra, Aug 14 (IBNS): Philip Wilson, the former Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia, has been ordered a 12-month house arrest, after a national court found him guilty of concealing child sex abuse.
UN receives 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in three months
New York, July 31 (IBNS): The United Nations received 70 new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across all its entities and implementing partners, between the beginning of April to the end of June this year, UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, announced on Monday, with 18 cases involving peacekeeping operations, and 25 from “agencies, funds and programmes.”
US catholic Cardinal McCarrick resigns over accusation of sexual abuse
New York, July 28 (IBNS): Prominent US catholic, Cardinal Theordore McCarrick has resigned over the accusation of sexually assaulting a teenager five decades ago, media reports said.
Over 1,200 Canadian children abused by school staff in 20 years: Study
Toronto, June 15 (IBNS): The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (Canadian Centre) has released the most comprehensive study of child sexual abuse by school personnel ever done in Canada.
New York, May 2 (IBNS): More than 50 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse involving personnel serving with the United Nations and its partners in the field were received in the first three months of this year, the global organization said on Tuesday.
Report highlights UN progress in fight to stamp out sexual exploitation and abuse
New York, Mar 14 (JEN): The number of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by personnel serving with the United Nations dropped from 165 in 2016 to 138 last year, according to the latest report by the UN Secretary-General on implementing a zero-tolerance policy for these crimes.