Child Sexual Abuse

A former Tasmanian cop repeatedly groomed boys over his decades-long career. A report into Paul Reynolds has outlined how he used his standing in the community to do it.

A senior Tasmanian police officer who was under investigation for child sexual abuse offences when he died by suicide was still sending explicit messages to teens in the days leading up to his death, a report finds.

The 45-year-old stepfather also abused the victim's young sisters. He will be sentenced in WA later this year, but the case has raised disturbing questions about children's safety.

Keith Eshman, who played one game for the Wests Tigers, has been cleared of four child sexual abuse charges. The jury was unable to reach a majority verdict on one count of sexually touching a girl under the age of ten.

The privacy of Australian children is being violated on a large scale, with their personal images — and sometimes their names and locations — being used to train the AI powering most of the world's image-generators.

An Adelaide HIV-positive paedophile who committed some of "the worst and most degrading offending" seen by investigating police has had an application for an indefinite detention order declined. Warning: This story contains distressing details.

Detectives say there may be more alleged victims, and are urging people with information to come forward, after more than a year of investigating the alleged historic crimes. 

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has called for greater oversight of youth care programs while sharing her experiences with a US House of Representatives committee hearing on strengthening child welfare.

A former nurse at the Launceston General Hospital who was also a children's camp leader is facing two counts of indecent assault against children in the 1980s.

A paedophile water polo coach convicted of grooming a child for sex in Australia has been deported from the UK after the ABC found him working as a children's lifeguard at a family water park.

Victims of alleged abuse at the hands of serial paedophile and WA cricket identity Roy Wenlock are attempting to sue the Anglican Church, alleging it failed to protect them by disclosing what they knew about his behaviour.

A former husband and wife who ran a regional South Australian bakery and preyed upon underage staff have been jailed for their "vile crimes" and the "irreparable" long-term trauma inflicted on the victims.

Glen Fearnett and Rick Turner, who were abused at Beaumaris Primary School in Victoria, encourage survivors to share their stories as part of the state’s truth-telling process.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announces the government's response to the report from the board of inquiry into historical child sexual abuse at Beaumaris Primary School and certain other government schools, which reported its findings in March after six months of hearings.

The 74-year-old is now facing 28 charges in total, including historical sexual offences and firearm offences.

Experts say sexual abuse using deepfake porn is likely to get worse, and it's not just AI sophistication that's enabling the behaviour. Exposure to misogynistic messages and degrading content online is "crushing" the empathy of young people.

The case against 22-year-old Dylan Lloyd, who sexually assaulted a girl on a train in Adelaide's south, will be escalated to the state's highest court.

The civil case heard the victim suffered serious psychiatric injuries at the hands of John William Alcorn.

A former prominent Canberra basketball coach and player, Jesamine Wheeler, fronts the ACT Magistrates Court on four charges of child sex abuse against a 15-year-old girl in 2009.

The Victorian Department of Education faces several lawsuits from survivors who were sexually abused by a teacher the department knowingly moved to other schools after fielding complaints of abuse.

A former South Australian cricket and football umpire has been jailed for sending Uber Eats and make-up to overseas girls in exchange for sexual photos – with his youngest victim being 11-years-old.

The lawyer of a woman found guilty of historic child sex abuse in regional South Australia alongside her ex-husband has asked for a lenient sentence for his client, claiming she was also a victim of her then-husband.

Former star footballer Barry Cable is pleading not guilty to allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl decades ago.

The retired South Australian police officer is sentenced to up to two decades in prison for offending against the two girls throughout their primary school years.

Almost half of the public servants identified in Tasmania's child sexual abuse commission of inquiry are still employed and under internal investigation, six months after the release of the inquiry's report.