Child Sexual Abuse

Christopher Saunders' tenure as Broome's bishop began to unravel in 2018 when allegations against him were made public.

Stewart Iain Berry was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy and producing child exploitation material.

Photographs a North Queensland principal took of unknowing students showed "clear sexual intent", a court has heard.

A former primary school student is suing the Toowoomba Catholic Diocese for $1.7 million in damages for alleged abuse dating back to the late 2000s.

A judge said Troy Robert Cridland "knowingly and egregiously abused" the trust in him as a police officer when he knowingly had sex with a girl under 16.

A staff member from a primary school in Adelaide is arrested and charged with "two counts of aggravated indecent assault involving a child", education authorities have said.

Child safety experts are warning parents against using social media to seek out emergency child care for their children. This is why it is dangerous.

Katalin Novak, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, resigns after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home.

A court hears Damien Woods, 49, was a trusted member of staff at Ballarat High School and became a confidante of the victim-survivor, with whom he exchanged more than 110,000 messages, beginning when the girl was 13 years old.

The ACT Bar Association says it is inappropriate to create a special category of people who aren't allowed to use character references as a defence in court, "even if the nature of the offending is heinous — as in relation to child sex offending".

A man found guilty of encouraging girls as young as seven to engage in sexual behaviour at a Broome McDonald's is granted bail so a psychological assessment can take place before his sentencing.

Nicholas Visser first contacted the girl on the social media app Snapchat, then told an internal school investigation the friend request was a mistake he made after a night of drinking.

The fight for sexual assault survivors to identify themselves publicly is an ongoing battle in the NT and Tasmania. One survivor is telling her story to try and change stigma and give victims control over their lives.

Child sexual abuse survivor Laura Rowe speaks out following the conviction of her brother. She says the justice system needs to be overhauled to make it easier for others to navigate.

A basic internet search that would have revealed the criminal convictions of paedophile Dean Carelse was never done when he was screened for a job as a children's lifeguard at a UK family fun park, the ABC has confirmed.

An ABC investigation tracks former Sunshine Coast teacher and coach Dean Carelse to a family holiday park in south-west England. 

South Australian seafood company heir Marcus Cappo has been confronted by three moving victim impact statements, after he pleaded guilty to a slew of child exploitation offences.

After the child abuse royal commission, the church committed to mandatory reporting of alleged sex abuse to police.

Queensland police have charged a 63-year-old man with more than 100 child sex offences. (Supplied: QPS)

Christopher Martin Bulbrook, 63, faced Brisbane's Magistrate Court on Friday.

Ray Yeeda appeared before the WA District Court after he was found guilty of rape at trial.

A former WA Department of Child Protection (DCP) district director is jailed for sexually abusing two children over a period of eight years. WARNING: The following story contains details that may distress some readers.

The measures are part of a commitment made by Labor at the 2022 election, but lawyers says the changes raise a number of legal questions.

A Tasmanian police officer who died by suicide while under investigation is described as a "charismatic" groomer in a review that details three decades of offending.

Dylan Lloyd, 21, who is accused of sexually assaulting a child on a train in Adelaide's south, is denied home detention bail for the protection of the alleged victim, a court hears.