Teacher jailed for sexual abuse of student sees case overturned
The supreme court has set aside the conviction of a teacher in connection with sexual abuse of a minor finding that the judge trying the...
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Man jailed for seven years for sexual abuse of daughter
A 40-year-old man was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison after being found guilty of the sexual abuse of his 13-year-old daughter. The...
Minister orders probe into baby ‘sexual abuse’ case
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has ordered an investigation into the case of a five-month-old baby girl whom doctors said had been raped — leading to...
Five-month-old baby molested, father arrested (updated)
Nicosia police on Wednesday arrested the father of a five-month-old baby girl after exams showed possible sexual abuse. The man was brought before a court...
Help at hand for abused Filipino workers
A GROUP of women from the Philippines living in Cyprus has offered to translate Owaat’s self-help website on filing for emergency civil protections into Filipino...
Pope urges predator priests to turn themselves in
Pope Francis on Friday urged predator priests who have sexually abused minors to turn themselves in, in one of his strongest comments ever on the crisis...
Trump: It is a ‘scary time’ for young men
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that allegations of sexual misconduct against his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, showed that “it’s a very scary...
Public can weigh in on harsher penalties for crimes involving violence against women
By Evie Andreou The public has until the end of the month an opportunity to express their opinion on a bill aiming at updating the...
Pope vows no more sexual abuse cover ups
Pope Francis, facing simultaneous clergy sexual abuse crises in several countries, on Monday wrote an unprecedented letter to all the world’s Catholics asking each of them...
Australia to offer apology for institutional child sex abuse
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday he will deliver a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse and their families on...
Holy Synod set to defrock priest who harassed foster child
The priest who sexually harassed Elena Frantzi when she was his foster daughter is expected to be defrocked in two weeks by the Holy...
Seven years for man who sexually abused stepdaughter
A 36-year-old man was jailed for seven years on Wednesday for sexually abusing his stepdaughter. Nicosia criminal court found him guilty on a total...
Suspected abuser referred for trial
A 56-year-old man suspected of sexually abusing two eight-year-old boys was on Friday referred for trial to the Paphos Criminal court. The suspect is to...
Man found guilty of repeatedly abusing partner’s daughter
The Nicosia Criminal Court on Friday found a 35-year-old man guilty of the repeated sexual abuse, for around a year-and-a-half, of the now 11-year-old daughter...
Ministry warning after institute teacher’s second arrest for sexual abuse
The education ministry warned it will be relentless concerning cases of child sexual abuse after a 63-year-old teacher was arrested for alleged indecent behaviour against...
Underage sexual abuse reports on the rise
Police last year received 139 complaints relating to sexual crimes against minors and more are expected this year, according to the head of the force’s...
Cardinal Bernard Law, symbol of Church’s sexual abuse crisis, dies
Cardinal Bernard Law, the former archbishop of Boston who became a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide sexual abuse scandals, died on Wednesday, the Vatican said....
Macron unveils plan to curb violence against women
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday unveiled measures aimed at educating the public and schoolchildren about sexism and violence against women and improving police support for victims....
Labour activist says she was raped, advised not to report it
An activist in Britain‘s opposition Labour Party has said she was raped at a party event when she was 19, and that a party official discouraged...
MPs condemn face-to-face identification of abuse suspects
An underage victim of sexual abuse was made to physically go through a police line-up of suspects and point out the perpetrator without any measures...
