sexual abuse

South Korea investigates Telegram over alleged sexual deepfakes

1:21pm September 06, 2024

South Korea is investigating sexually abusive deepfakes allegedly shared on the messaging platform Telegram. Officials say the company is complying and has removed some content.

UNCSA commits to environment of 'safety and trust' after multimillion-dollar sexual assault lawsuit settlement

4:10pm May 20, 2024

by David Ford

UNC School of the Arts teacher Evan Richey and Chancellor Brian Cole reflect on the school's recent $12.5 million lawsuit settlement with alumni victims of sexual assault.

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$12.5M settlement reached in UNCSA sexual assault lawsuit

5:40pm May 17, 2024

by FOX8 WGHP, WFDD STAFF

A 2021 lawsuit filed against the University of North Carolina School of the Arts alleging years-long sexual misconduct has been settled for $12.5 million.

Jeffery Christian, right, speaks at a press conference in Chicago, on May 7. Christian and dozens of others claim they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers, as part of a lawsuit recounting decades of allegations of systemic child abuse.

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Youth detention facilities face increased scrutiny amid a wave of abuse lawsuits

5:05pm May 17, 2024

by Meg Anderson

A new lawsuit alleges widespread sexual abuse of juveniles took place over decades at Illinois youth detention facilities. Similar lawsuits have been filed this year in other states.

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The PRRI poll found that the vast majority of those who are unaffiliated are content to stay that way. Just 9% of respondents say they're looking for a religion that would be right for them.

People say they're leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse

5:10am March 27, 2024

by Jason DeRose

People in the U.S. are switching religions and leaving religion altogether in large numbers. A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute shows a high level of "religious churning."

Aimee Chavira, shown weeks after she was released from the Federal Correctional Institution Dublin, which is near Oakland, Calif.

Politics & Government

Prison sexual assault victims can now petition for compassionate release

5:00am June 07, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release.

UCLA gynecologist James Heaps appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2019.

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Court finds former UCLA gynecologist guilty of sexually abusing patients

12:56pm October 21, 2022

by Emily Olson

A jury was hung on nine additional felony counts against James Heaps. The doctor is facing thousands of accusations of abuse and has cost UCLA $700 million in lawsuits.

Politics & Government

Senators demand answers from Dept. of Defense after reports of JROTC instructor abuse

5:39pm September 21, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand are questioning the Departments of Education and Defense after a New York Times investigation showed reports of sexual misconduct among JROTC instructors.

Director Miwa Nishikawa poses for portraits for the film "Nagai Iiwake" (Long excuses) at the 11th edition of the Rome Film Festival in Rome on Oct. 18, 2016.

A #MeToo crisis is raging in the Japanese film industry

5:55am April 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

A #MeToo moment may be growing in a country where top movie directors have signed a petition expressing outrage over allegations of sexual violence in the film industry.

Flags mark the spot where the remains of over 750 children were buried on the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Cowessess first Nation, Saskatchewan, June 25, 2021. More than 750 unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholi

Canadian Indigenous leaders meet with the pope in hopes of apology

8:23am March 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

Indigenous leaders are speaking with Pope Francis about abuses committed against them by Catholic priests and school workers.