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Australia's Catholic Church has paid A$276 million ($213 million) in compensation to thousands of child abuse victims since 1980, a government inquiry heard on Thursday -- the first time the total compensation paid by the church's schools, orphanages and residences has been revealed.
Seven per cent of priests in Australia’s Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said on Monday as officials investigating institutional abuse across Australia revealed for the first time the extent of the crisis.
After years of investigations and hearings, the sheer scale of child sexual abuse within the Australian Catholic Church has been revealed.
In the shadows of Kuala Lumpur’s gleaming high-rises, a non-governmental organisation has started holding workshops on sexual abuse for children of a poor Indian community, once a haunt of convicted British paedophile Richard Huckle.
Hokkaido police believe psychological abuse may have been involved in the case of a missing boy found after six days in the mountains by himself, sources said June 5.
Most children remember their school days fondly, but for students of a school in Youxian County in central China's Hunan Province, it is a time they would prefer to forget.
Sun Xuemei had no time to celebrate Women's Day on Tuesday as she spent it fielding interviews about a campaign to protect a particularly vulnerable group of women.
Australian victims of child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church returned home on Sunday (March 7) disappointed they did not meet Pope Francis and angry with the evidence a senior Vatican official gave to an inquiry investigating the abuse.
Australia's Defence Department could be forced to hand over millions of dollars in payouts to current and former employees, after local media uncovered more than 300 compensation claims for abuse, damages, personal injury and a "defective administration".
Chinese top legislature on Sunday adopted the country's first bill against domestic violence in a landmark move to bring traditionally silent abuse victims under legal protection.
Three New Zealand men have been arrested and convicted after an investigation into child abuse material on the Internet across at least 10 countries, the New Zealand Police said Tuesday.
China's first domestic violence law may include emotional or psychological abuse and cover cohabitation in order to protect traditionally silent abuse victims, a new draft reads.
Australia's immigration minister has said he is happy to consider downgrading the high level of security at the Australian-run Nauru immigration detention center following a highly critical report into alleged abuse at the camp.
Australia's highest ranking member of the Catholic Church has been accused at a royal commission hearing of knowing about child sexual abuse claims against a Victorian priest from more than 30 years ago.
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