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Childcare sexual abuse is mostly committed by men. Failing to recognise that puts children at risk

Australians are reeling from the news that Victorian childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown has been charged with more than 70 offences against children, including rape.

The Conversation

French PM François Bayrou failed to act on abuse at Catholic boarding school, report says

Damning report by MPs comes after inquiry into allegations of decades of physical abuse, rape and sexual assault at Notre-Dame de Bétharram school

The Guardian - UK

Abuse ignored at French Catholic school while Bayrou was minister, inquiry finds

A French parliamentary inquiry has found that physical and sexual abuse went unchecked for years at a Catholic boarding school while Prime Minister François Bayrou was education minister in the 1990s.

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Afternoon Update: urgent review of Victoria’s childcare; ‘second surge’ of weather to hit south-east; and a sleepover in a museum

Announcement comes as second Victorian man charged with child sexual abuse crimes

The Guardian - AU

Second Man Charged In Relation To Melbourne Childcare Sexual Abuse Allegations

Two Melbourne men, including a childcare worker facing 70+ charges, have been arrested in a widening child abuse investigation.

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Parents are feeling anxious about men in childcare centres. Stronger rules would make everyone feel safer

Horrific allegations of child sexual abuse in childcare centres across Melbourne have put the role of men in early childhood education back in the spotlight.

The Conversation

Second Melbourne man charged with child sexual abuse crimes as urgent childcare review announced

It is understood Michael Simon Wilson’s alleged offending not connected to childcare facilities or against same alleged victims as Joshua Dale Brown, who was charged with more than 70 offences

The Guardian - AU

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Parents of kids in daycare are terrified following Melbourne abuse allegations. What can they do?

Parents have been left reeling by news a male Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with 70 counts related to the alleged sexual abuse of young children in his care.

The Conversation

Childhood centres wary of raising sex abuse concerns

A review of system responses to child sexual abuse is underway in Queensland following the jailing of one of Australia's worst pedophiles.

AAP

Calls grow for national childcare inquiry after Melbourne worker charged with sexual abuse offences

National children’s commissioner Anne Hollonds says ‘child safety and wellbeing is not a priority in this country’

The Guardian - AU

The Melbourne childcare sexual abuse charges: what we know so far and what affected families should do

Joshua Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 offences with police also investigating allegations of offending at a second Melbourne daycare centre

The Guardian - AU

‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France

Legal complaints filed by former pupils accuse priests and staff of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004

The Guardian - UK

Review that led me to resign as archbishop was partly ‘wrong’, says Welby

Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury last year in the wake of a review of sexual abuse committed by a Christian camp leader.

Evening Standard

Justin Welby says review that led to resignation as archbishop was partly wrong

Welby denied having learned the full extent of Smyth’s abuse until 2017

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Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence

Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop, has been found guilty of sexual abuse charges

Sports Illustrated

Rays SS Wander Franco Found Guilty for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Dominican Republic

His two-year prison sentence is suspended.

The Independent UK

Federal lawsuit adds to allegations of child sexual abuse in Maryland youth detention centers

A federal lawsuit could open a new chapter in an escalating legal battle over child sexual abuse in Maryland

Sports Illustrated

Prosecutors Want Five-Year Prison Sentence for Rays' Wander Franco

The Tampa Bay shortstop faces allegations of sexual abuse.

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Pope commits to weeding out church sexual abuse, praises role of press in democracy

In first public comments on topic, Leo XIV has now signaled zero tolerance for sexual abuser priests

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What the new grooming gangs inquiry must do to put victims before politics

The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse was the largest inquiry in UK history, running from 2015 to 2022 and investigating institutional failures in preventing child sexual abuse. The inquiry’s final report included 20 recommendations for change. So far, zero have been fully implemented.

The Independent UK

Police arrest man accused of pressuring US teen to kill himself online

The man is suspected of committing 120 crimes against eight victims, ages 11 to 15

Euronews

Police in England and Wales to collect ethnicity data in child sexual abuse cases

The announcement follows a series of recommendations by Baroness Casey made in her audit on 'grooming gangs', which found that Asian men were overrepresented in three local areas – but more data was needed to gain a national picture.

Euronews

EU Parliament to criminalise AI-generated child abuse material

EU lawmakers from left to right voted by landslide to criminalise AI-generated child abuse images. The sweeping law also tackles grooming, livestreaming, sextortion and age of consent, aiming to close loopholes and protect children across the EU.

Evening Standard

Child sexual abuse victim criticises ‘smug’ Badenoch over grooming inquiry

Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde told the Commons he was ‘disgusted’ by the Conservative leader’s ‘party political assault’.

The Guardian - UK

Police to collect ethnicity data for all cases of child sexual abuse

Requirement made as review finds ‘over-representation’ of Asian men among grooming gang suspects

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