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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Archdiocese of New York filed a lawsuit against its insurance provider for allegedly refusing to pay out victims of ...

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