#sexual abuse

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Thursday said the government was fully committed to eradicate sexual abuse of children, as well as child pornography in Cyprus. Prodromou made a speech on ...

A 31-year-old man who was found guilty of sexually abusing two of the three underage daughters of his partner received a five-year jail sentence on Monday. Nicosia criminal court sentenced ...

The institutional framework for handling of sexual offences withing schools is being examined, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromos said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, the minister said the ...

The council of ministers has approved a three-year plan to tackle and prevent child sexual abuse and harassment as parents called for measures following complaints against teachers that emerged earlier ...

Police on Thursday confirmed they are investigating a mother and her partner accused of sexually abusing and exploiting three of her daughters, but said it is too early to confirm ...

A mother and her partner have been accused of sexually abusing and exploiting three of her daughters and are facing 17 charges, local media reported on Wednesday. Among the charges, the ...

Police on Wednesday said there was a year-on-year increase of sexual harassment and abuse complaints, as they confirmed they were investigating a second complaint of sexual abuse in schools by ...

A secondary school teacher was remanded in custody for eight days by Larnaca district court on Monday as police investigate a complaint he sexually abused an underage female pupil. The ...

More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization (WHO) were involved in sexual abuse and exploitation during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

The parliamentary committee on standards unanimously agreed on Tuesday that far-right Elam MP Andreas Themistokleous had a case to answer after he was accused of verbally abusing a Green party ...

Police said Friday they were investigating five sexual abuse cases against a 50-year-old man, four concerning minors. The man is already in custody in connection with three of the cases. “...

A Green party parliamentary assistant said on Wednesday said she was verbally abused by far-right Elam MP Andreas Themistokleous, who moved towards her while shouting at her to get out ...

The state has appealed as insufficient a seven-year prison sentence for a 73-year-old man who had been convicted of sexually abusing his underage grandchildren, the Legal Service said on Friday. ...

A 39-year-old man who arrived in the country early on Wednesday was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an underage girl 15 years ago. The man was arrested upon his arrival ...

A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of sexually abusing a schoolgirl between June 2019 and January 2020. The Paphos criminal court found the ...

Paphos criminal court on Friday found a 76-year-old man guilty of sexually abusing an underage girl, a relative of his. The suspect was found guilty of a total of 39 sexually ...

The supreme court on Monday overturned a decision early in June to release a man suspected of molesting two underage boys and an adult male pending his trial. The man ...

Paphos criminal court on Tuesday ruled a 25-year-old man guilty on 18 counts of sexual abuse of a minor on different charges, and set July 7 as the date for sentencing. The ...

A 50-year-old Paphos man denied charges relating to abuse of a minor on Monday, the offences allegedly committed between 2018 and 2019. The court adjourned for November 10. The man was released on ...

Sex education is the best protection against sexual abuse, Anastasia Papadopoulou, head of ‘Foni’ the group responsible for the implementation of the national strategy against sexual crimes against children has ...

One of Roman Catholicism’s most influential liberal figures, Germany’s Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has offered to resign as archbishop of Munich, saying he had to share responsibility for the “...

Pope Francis has ordered a residence for altar boys who serve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to move out of the Vatican, after the home became the subject of ...

A 27-year-old man who was found guilty of sexually abusing minors was sentenced to four years in jail on Thursday. Larnaca district court found the man guilty of the sexual ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis on Monday said the police complaint filed by member of Cyprus’ women’s national shooting team Andri Eleftheriou, who said she was sexually abused twice by ...