The child abuse scandal that has engulfed the Vatican has intensified after two more bishops offered to resign and the leaders of 5m Catholics in England and Wales issued public apologies

The next time you call a plumber or electrician, beware. He/she may in fact be a spy, paid for by Nanny to inform Nanny about suspected child abuse. I kid you not! Plumbers and electricians in Lincoln could soon be asked to spot signs of child abuse while at work. All 800 Lincoln City Council employees are to receive training to help them detect signs of abuse. Staff who spot signs of abuse while ...

You'd think that after the revelations globally about child abuse within the Catholic Church that you've heard everything. Not so, new allegations are surfacing in Germany regarding their 'boys only boarding schools'. The first accusers came forward a month ago in Berlin. Since then, the list of schools and victims who say they were scarred and haunted by alleged abuses has gro...

It is reported that hundreds of Roman Catholic priests are expected to be implicated in alleged child abuse in Ireland in a major report released today. The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has spent nine years looking into allegations from thousands of former pupils of state schools and orphanages, some which date back more than 60 years. It is due on Wednesday while a second report looking...

A letter in today's Telegraph: Sir - We seem to want to take comfort in the belief that child abuse was just as common in the past. Child abuse to the death is many times more common where the mother was not married to the father and the present boyfriend is not the child's father. Those household arrangements are many times more common than in the past. We need not depend on theory. The...

Patrick Vessey over at the LPUK blog discusses a letter in today's Telegraph: Sir - We seem to want to take comfort in the belief that child abuse was just as common in the past. Child abuse to the death is many times more common where the mother was not married to the father and the present boyfriend is not the child's father. Those household arrangements are many times more common than in the pa...

NEW research has called for child abuse victims to be interviewed more than once to allow more memories to surface. Psychologists said memory does not work like a video record

George Galloway says he was abused as a child, as he lends support to a new vetting system for people who work with children.

Thousands of children supposedly educated at home by their parents are at risk of abuse, neglect, forced marriage, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude, the Government said yesterday. Tsk, tsk. Don’t be so mealy mouthed. That these children are not given up to hte tender mercies of the State is itself child abuse. Of course it is. Being taught

The number of child sex abuse websites in Europe has soared and the violence shown has become more extreme, the European commission and Europol, the European police agency, warned yesterday. Jacques Barrot, EU commissioner for freedom, justice and security said Europe was facing "an extremely dramatic situation" after the number of child abuse websites increased fourfold between 2004 and 2007. At ...