Violence Against Children

Young Catholic Man Saves Kids in French Park Attack
 by The Tablet

British child among injured in 'savage' French playground knife attack
 by Andy Gregory,,Maryam Zakir-Hussain, Eleanor Noycem and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar The Independent

Singapore police arrest 23 in child abuse crackdown
 by UCA News

Des Plaines elementary teacher charged with striking children, pulling their ears
 by: Marisa Rodriguez and Dana Rebik WGN News

U.S. couple charged in Uganda with torturing 10-year-old boy
 by Reuters

Native Americans recall torture, hatred at boarding schools
 by Matthew Brown The Associated Press

Young boys locked in dark closet, hit with ‘teacher’s stick’ at Methuen daycare, lawsuit alleges
 by WFXT-TV, Fox-25

Mandatory Reporting Was Supposed to Stop Severe Child Abuse. It Punishes Poor Families Instead.
 by Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News and Agnel Philip ProPublica

Mother accused of abusing 6-month-old infant during inbound flight to Las Vegas
 by Julia Romero 8 News Now

Couple arrested after children make outcry of abuse
 by Erica Miller by YourBasin

Child abuse spreads like the coronavirus
 by Fr. Shay Cullen Manila Times

Hundreds of children died in Native American boarding schools, report finds
 by Shawna Che Axios

Man charged with attempting to light one-year-old on fire
 by Gino Spocchia Independent

Rowan Co. couple arrested after man abuses, tortures girlfriend’s children
 by WBTV

System failure: How federal laws shield sexual predators like Dr. Larry Nassar. One of the most egregious barriers to justice for child sex abuse victims is short statutes of limitations
 by Marci Hamilton USA Today

First Nations-run school authority faces multimillion-dollar lawsuit over alleged sexual abuse
 by Willow Fiddler The Globe and Mail

Former ministry leader at NC university sexually abused student for years, lawsuit says
 by Joe Marusek Charlotte Observer

Colorado law allows sex abuse victims to collect restitution in civil court from public, private institutions
 by Autumn Jones Catholic News Agency

Teachers 'struggle to deal with classroom sexual abuse'
 by Hayley Hassall & Jim Booth BBC News

‘I was beaten severely all over my body with a strap… The only reason he quit was that he was too exhausted to continue’
 by B Karyn Pugliese aka Pabàmàdi Canada's National Observer

Mila affair: Eleven sentenced over online abuse
 by BBC News

New law forces priests to report child abuse
 by CathNews

Boy Scouts of America reach $850 million deal with sex abuse accusers
 by Stephen Rex Brown New York Daily News

B.C. man sues Vancouver archdiocese over abuse claimed at Catholic summer camp
 by Jason Proctor CBC

Advance compensation payments to be made available to some child sexual abuse survivors following national redress scheme review
 by Matthew Doran Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Famous Pakistani religious cleric arrested over sexual assault of a studen
 by Khaama Press

Hawke’s Bay’s grim reality: Oranga Tamariki gets thousands of reports of child abuse
 by CathNews New Zealand

Former Catholic school teacher downstate pleads guilty; 4th conviction in AG’s Clergy Abuse investigation
 by WLUC - NBC 6

Imran Ahmad Khan: Wakefield MP charged with sex assault on boy
 by BBC News

Federal government faces lawsuit over sexual abuse of children on Canadian military bases
 by David Pugliese Ottawa Citizen

Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman
 by BBC News

Survivor shares stories from church-run residential ‘school’ St. Eugene’s in B.C.
 by Athena Bonneau Toronto Star

Sexual abuse claims at Bronx Catholic school spanning 3 decades come to life
 by News 12 New Jersey

'Sadistic' abuser Abdul Elahi targeted 2,000 victims online
 by Abdul Elahi BBC

Sex slavery shackles impoverished Philippine children
 by Joseph Peter Calleja UCA News

Joliet Diocese teacher fired after he is charged with ‘inappropriate communication with a minor’
 by David Struett and Emmanuel Camarillo Chicago Sun-Times

Hundreds claim decades of abuse by 150 youth center staffers
 by Holly Ramer The Associated Press

Number of people suing Children’s Village for alleged sex assault doubles to 22
 by News 12

Indonesia records sharp rise in child abuse cases/.Children's protection agency attributes the increase to lax laws, Covid-19 lockdowns
 by Konradus Epa UCA News

State agency bungles ballot referendum for child sex victims
 by Mark Scolforo and Marc Levy The Associated Press

Stop blaming children for the behaviour of sexual predators
 by Josanne CassarMalta Today

Mastercard investigates Pornhub for allegations of child abuse
 by Jazmin Goodwin CNN

The Keepers
 Reviewed by Arifa Noor DAWN Newspaper