In an essential breakthrough, the law expands the definition of “abuse” under Massachusetts law to include “coercive control.

A former organ teacher and choirmaster at a Surrey church has been jailed for three years for historic sexual abuse of a ...

The bill would have changed the statute of limitations to give people sexually abused in juvenile facilities more time to sue ...

Jenna Hoffman, 21, allegedly made the videos at the request of a stranger on social media who was willing to pay for them, ...

A lawsuit alleges that a girl who lived with her family at the religious organization’s center in Missouri endured years of ...

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office arrested a man for child abuse after he reportedly grabbed a child by the throat.

Mitchel Crow, 32, was a civilian living at the U.S. Army post of Fort Carson near Colorado Springs between May and December ...

Charles Scott Bell was married to Jennifer Hall, a respiratory therapist for decades suspected in the deaths of as many as ...

A man was awarded $33 million by a jury in San Bernardino County for failure to report neglect of a child by several deputy ...

Pope Francis also doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and praised Catholic abuse victims for their conduct.

A Durham man has been convicted of multiple counts of sexual abuse against his daughter, spanning over two decades. A Durham ...

After decades of sexual abuse cases and dozens of settlements, the Catholic Diocese fears it won't be able to compensate all the survivors, according to court paperwork.