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'Victory for children': Philippines set to raise age of consent

Allison Jackson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 06:13 PM

Campaigners say the legislation would help protect youngsters in a nation that has become a global hotspot for online child sex abuse and where more than 500 teenagers get pregnant and give birth every day.   Read more »

House OKs on final reading bill amending PH rape law, raising age of statutory rape to 16

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 07:29 PM

Voting 207-3, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on final reading House Bill 7836 which raises the age for determining statutory rape to 16 years old, strengthening laws against rape and sexual abuse. Read more »

Almost 90,000 sexual abuse claims expected against US Boy Scouts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 11:55 AM

Almost 90,000 victims of sexual abuse that took place in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) had come forward by Monday evening, the deadline to receive compensation from the organization, a lawyer for the victims told AFP. Read more »

Sex abuse claims against Boy Scouts now surpass 81,000

Mike Baker, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 16 10:48 AM

More than 81,000 people have come forward with sex-abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America, describing a decadeslong accumulation of assaults at the hands of Scout leaders across the nation who had been trusted as role models. Read more »

TagSci tutugunan ang reklamong sexual harassment sa paaralan

Arra Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 08:09 PM

Sa pahayag, sinabi ng TagSci na nakipagpulong na ang pamunuan sa parent-teacher association, student government, at advisers ukol sa isyu.  Read more »

Women are posting their black and white selfies again, and here’s why

ANCX Staff
Posted at Oct 26 02:44 PM

From Charo Santos to Ces Drilon to Angel Locsin and many more, women are calling for a stop to gender-based violence. Read more »

Kevin Spacey accused of sex offenses against teenagers in new lawsuit

Julia Jacobs, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 10 10:54 AM

Kevin Spacey was sued Wednesday by actor Anthony Rapp and an anonymous man, both of whom accuse Spacey of sexual offenses against them in the 1980s when they were about 14 years old. Read more »

Gucci heir alleges child sexual abuse

Vanessa Friedman, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 10 07:53 AM

For the past 5 years, the name Gucci has been synonymous with success, with a fashion reinvention that has helped redirect the luxury industry toward inclusivity, emotion and the importance of creativity. The family that created the brand has a more complicated, darker past, one involving tax evasion, generational feuds and murder. This week, another charge will be added to that list.   Read more »

Vacationing Israeli teen says she was gang-raped, shocking the nation

David M. Halbfinger, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 21 10:06 AM

JERUSALEM — An Israeli teenager has said that she was gang-raped during a visit to the resort city of Eilat, and one of the accused has said that as many as 30 men joined in the attack, shocking the nation as police officers began rounding up suspects. Read more »

R. Kelly’s associates charged with threatening his accusers

Nicole Hong, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 13 03:07 AM

For more than a year, singer R. Kelly has been awaiting trial on federal sexual abuse charges, facing the prospect of watching his accusers and former sexual partners testify against him. Read more »

This chilling Netflix docu reveals the shocking history of sexual abuse in US gymnastics

ANCX
Updated as of Jul 11 05:35 AM

Athlete A is the story of Maggie Nichols who reported her sexual abuse to USA Gymnastics officials in 2015. She was left off the Olympic delegation to Rio de Janeiro. By ANDREW PAREDES Read more »

Jeffrey Epstein friend Ghislaine Maxwell arrested on sex abuse charges

Karen Freifeld, Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Jul 03 06:54 AM

Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them. Read more »

American music teacher pleads guilty in PH child porn case

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 02:19 AM

An American music teacher accused of giving semen-tainted flutes to elementary school students has agreed to plead guilty to US state and federal charges involving various sex crimes against children, authorities said Wednesday.   Read more »

De Lima seeks probe on 'sex-for-pass' scheme

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 11:12 AM

Detained Sen. Leila de Lima has filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate allegations that several policemen handed out quarantine passes in exchange for sex.   Read more »

Singer R. Kelly's New York sexual abuse trial postponed to September

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Apr 17 06:45 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer R. Kelly’s sexual abuse trial in New York has been postponed to Sept. 27 as a judge ruled on Thursday that the previously scheduled July 7 date was not realistic in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Boy Scouts of America files bankruptcy in wake of abuse lawsuits

Tom Hals, Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 03:52 PM

WILMINGTON, Delaware - The Boy Scouts of America said on Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid a flood of lawsuits over allegations of child sexual abuse stretching back decades. Read more »

R. Kelly accused of sex with teen girl in 1990s as indicment is updated

Dan Whitcomb, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 11:14 AM

Singer R. Kelly, already facing trial in three states on sexual abuse, child pornography, kidnapping and obstruction of justice charges, has been hit with an updated indictment in Chicago stemming from a newly-identified victim, court documents showed on Friday. Read more »

Priests accused of sex abuse in religious order shut by Vatican

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 30 06:13 AM

ITALY - Nine members of a religious order that was abruptly shuttered by the Vatican are under investigation for sex assault, the diocese confirmed Wednesday, after allegations emerged linking the group to the abuse of two young brothers. Read more »

Bill Cosby asks Pennsylvania top court to hear appeal on sex crime conviction

Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 06:55 AM

Reuters - Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction, a month after a lower court rejected their argument that the disgraced comedian did not get a fair trial.  Read more »

Harvey Weinstein charged with sexually assaulting 2 women in LA

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 03:44 AM

Harvey Weinstein was charged on Monday in Los Angeles with rape and sexual assault in relation to 2 separate incidents over a 2-day period in 2013. Read more »