childhood sexual abuse

The historical institutional child sexual abuse of Gerald Ridsdale. Nazareth House, Diocese of Ballarat in the state of Victoria. A call for witnesses.

Koffels Solicitors and Barristers are looking to speak to anyone with information about abuses by Father Patrick Casey and Brother Dominic aka Darcy O’Sullivan.

According to a 2021 poll, two out of three people in Australia reported experiencing sexual harm online before they turned 18, higher than in most other parts of the world.

Accusations against Pell date back to the 1970s and 1980s when he served as a priest in Ballarat, where the Royal Commission heard he was amongst as many as 14 priests who had abused children.

New allegations have been brought forward regarding physical and sexual abuse of underage pupils across Ireland, specifically at Blackrock College, Dublin.

The basis for changing the legal approach to confessional secrecy is the conclusion that religions mask and thus protect perpetrators of child sexual abuse

The importance of DNA evidence in crime investigation in general and historical child sexual abuse specifically, cannot be overstated.

Woman wins right to appeal to the high court decision to throw her case out on the grounds the now-dead priest was unable to defend himself.

Some victims’ remains are in a brutal state that makes it challenging to conduct post-mortem examinations, and sex crimes endured by the victims are often not determined or reported.