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First a #StripSearch goes too far, then a boy is isolated in a cell … the former detainees who tell all-too-similar stories

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Australia
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First a strip-search goes too far, then a boy is isolated in a cell … the former detainees who tell all-too-similar stories
Exclusive: Guardian Australia has spent five months talking to men and women who are speaking out at last, alleging systemic assaults in custody across the country
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October 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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As former child detainees alleging sexual abuse in WA state custody seek redress, one lawyer condemns a shocking term used to describe compensation payouts

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Rangeview
Western Australia
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The guard promised to protect Aaron. Instead, he allegedly raped the frightened 12-year-old
Exclusive: As former child detainees alleging sexual abuse in WA state custody seek redress, one lawyer condemns a shocking term used to describe compensation payouts
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October 19, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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Eurobodalla Shire Council sued over alleged historical daycare child abuse

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NSW
Australia
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Council ignored warnings amid alleged 1990s daycare abuse, lawsuit claims
Seven people are suing a NSW council that they say failed to protect them from sexual abuse they suffered as children in the 1990s.
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October 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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Fifteen child harm reports were made about an Australian church school. Authorities never visited

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Redeemer Baptist School in Parramatta
NSW
Australia
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Fifteen child harm reports were made about an Australian church school. Authorities never visited
A parliamentary inquiry has exposed repeated child protection notifications involving Redeemer Baptist School and gaps in the official response.
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October 9, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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A new survey is inviting survivors of sexual abuse in Irish schools between 1927 and 2013 to come forward and offer their input to an ongoing investigation.

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Ireland
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Survey launches as part of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools - News - Waterford News & Star
The commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse is ongoing
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October 6, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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'Evil' Catholic priest who sexually abused girls in #FosterCare jailed

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Western Australia
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'Evil' Catholic priest who sexually abused girls in foster care jailed
Robert Hickman, now aged 81, had already served time in New South Wales for similar offences, with the court hearing that he first started abusing children in the late 1970s.
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September 25, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Victims of sexual abuse at St. Aloysius orphanage file lawsuits against Catholic Church in R.I.

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RI
USA
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Victims of sexual abuse at St. Aloysius orphanage file lawsuits against Catholic Church in R.I. - The Boston Globe
A new state law created a two-year window for victims to bring previously expired claims against institutions that allowed sexual abuse of children. Dozens of lawsuits have poured in so far.
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July 29, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Abuse survivors have won their latest fight against the Christian Brothers. But why did it take so much pain and suffering to get here?

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Catholic
Australia
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Abuse survivors have won their latest fight against the Christian Brothers. But why did it take so much pain and suffering to get here? | Christopher Knaus
Last month’s announcement that the Catholic order was about to go broke wreaked carnage everywhere I looked. Lives have been thrown into turmoil
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July 24, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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UK abuse scandal ‘ignored because victims were working-class boys from north’, minister says

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Jake Richards announces measures to prevent abuse like that at Medomsley detention centre in County Durham
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UK abuse scandal ‘ignored because victims were working-class boys from north’, minister says
Jake Richards announces measures to prevent abuse like that at Medomsley detention centre in County Durham
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July 8, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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Former Utrecht prison guard gets 3 years for raping female inmate in her cell

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The judges also emphasized that the defendant abused his position as a prison employee.

Netherlands
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Former Utrecht prison guard gets 3 years for raping female inmate in her cell
A 51-year-old man from Apeldoorn was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison by the District Court of Midden-Nederland for raping a woman in 2010 while he was working as a prison guard at the Ni...
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July 1, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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Australia
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Like being ‘stabbed in the back’: abuse survivors left without trials after Christian Brothers’ unprecedented legal tactic

Order wants to set up its own scheme outside of court to pay survivors, who have been told they will not get what they are owed in full
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Like being ‘stabbed in the back’: abuse survivors left without trials after Christian Brothers’ unprecedented legal tactic
Order wants to set up its own scheme outside of court to pay survivors, who have been told they will not get what they are owed in full
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June 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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Queensland minister Tim Nicholls 'acknowledges trauma' of Wolston Park survivors but does not apologise

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Qld
Australia
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Survivors disappointed after no apology offered over mental hospital abuse
Victims of alleged abuse at a Queensland mental health facility have been left disappointed after the state's health minister did not offer a public apology.
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June 4, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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Deadly Child-Abuse “ #Torture” Exposes NY’s Willful Blindness

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"Of all the foster homes in New York, why did #ChildWelfare officials and family court judges think Kelly’s was appropriate?"

USA
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May 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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France ponders failure to protect children as school abuse scandal rocks Paris

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France ponders failure to protect children as school abuse scandal rocks Paris
Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has acknowledged “systemic” failings as investigators probe allegations of child abuse by non-teaching staff at more than 100 nurseries and primary schools in the French…
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May 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Tasmanian Anglican Church to consider 'far-reaching' options to fund increasing #Redress obligations, now estimated to be more than double the church's $36 million estimate from 2023.

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Tas
Australia
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Church warns 'everything's on the table' as redress bill continues to climb
Tasmania's Anglican Church says what it expects to pay in compensation to victim-survivors of child sexual abuse has more than doubled in the past three years.
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May 18, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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‘A red target on their backs.’ Records show a pattern of sexual abuse of children at Mass. group homes.

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MA
USA
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‘A red target on their backs.’ Records show a pattern of sexual abuse of children at Mass. group homes. - The Boston Globe
A Globe review found 20 sexual assaults of children over three years.
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April 27, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Queensland's Labor Party will introduce a private member's bill aiming to close a "loophole" preventing some victims of #InstitutionalAbuse from seeking justice.

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Qld
Australia
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Survivors of institutional abuse in Queensland want this loophole closed
Survivors of institutional abuse are calling on the state to follow other states in closing a legal loophole stopping victims from seeking justice.
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April 19, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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The sexual and physical abuse of foster children at the De Glind youth village in Gelderland was able to continue for years due to a closed culture and a lack of external supervision

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Netherlands
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Youth care org. still refuses to be open about years of foster child abuse: researchers
The sexual and physical abuse of foster children at the De Glind youth village in Gelderland was able to continue for years due to a closed culture and a lack of external supervision, researchers at E...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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The New Taipei City Education Department to probe preschool operator over alleged child abuse cases

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"Yu-Chuan" group
China
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New Taipei to probe preschool operator over alleged child abuse cases - Focus Taiwan
The New Taipei City Education Department said Thursday it will conduct an inspection of a major preschool operator following recent reports of alleged child abuse, warning that violations could result...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Two former nuns and a retired support workers have been sentenced for abusing vulnerable children, with one jailed for 15 months.

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Sisters of Nazareth
Catholic
Scotland
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Three sentenced for abuse of vulnerable children in Ayrshire and Midlothian
Two former nuns and a retired support workers have been sentenced for abusing vulnerable children, with one jailed for 15 months
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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A fourth person has been arrested as part of an investigation into reports of Child Sexual Abuse at children's care homes in Bradford.

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England
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Fourth arrest in Bradford children's home abuse investigation - BBC News
The alleged offences are said to have taken place in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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NHS Dumfries and Galloway health board has issued a “full and unreserved apology” to victims of historical child abuse at Ladyfield, a former children's residential psychiatric unit in Dumfries.

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Scotland
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January 7, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Teenage girl sexually assaulted and pregnant while in state care

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Vic
Australia
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Teenage girl sexually assaulted and pregnant while in state care
Child safety experts say the case of a 13-year-old girl who became pregnant while in state care highlights the dangers of the residential system.
www.abc.net.au
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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The police urgently removed 5 children from a family home in Zuid-Holland last month after a report of possible abuse, the Volkskrant reported, based on an anonymous tip that was confirmed by the agencies involved.

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Netherlands
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Another report of foster system abuse: Five kids removed from Zuid-Holland family home
The police urgently removed five children from a family home in Zuid-Holland last month after a report of possible abuse, the Volkskrant reported, based on an anonymous tip that was confirmed by the
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December 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Former patients 'left waiting for justice' after damning report into Brisbane's #WolstonPark Mental Hospital

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Qld
Australia
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Former patients and families 'waiting for justice' after report into mental hospital
Brisbane's Wolston Park Mental Hospital closed in 2001, but a 12-month review has shed light on its history of sexual abuse and patient mistreatment.
www.abc.net.au
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM