Sexual Abuse

The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is appealing a landmark ruling that found it liable for the 1969 sexual abuse of a student by Father Ron Pickin.

Wesley Dalmar, formerly a home for neglected children, has faced allegations of abuse. Learn about its history and survivor accounts.

To anyone who attended the Christian Brothers College, Kalgoorlie, in the mid to late 1970s, we are seeking information about Brother O’Loughlin.

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA KIEFEL CJ, GAGELER, STEWARD, GLEESON AND JAGOT JJ GLJ APPELLANT AND THE TRUSTEES OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE DIOCESE…

Koffels Solicitors & Barristers are seeking witnesses who could provide any information on John Beckett and his involvement in Scouts NSW pertaining to child sexual abuse.

In the coming months, victims & survivors who settled historical abuse claims in NSW pre-2016 will be able to have their agreements reviewed by Courts to assess whether they were unfairly small.

Barry Cable is one of Australian Football’s leading ‘hall-of-famers’. However, current court proceedings mean he is facing allegations of three counts of sexual abuse during his playing and coaching career. 

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.

As a matter of public policy to curb the fast spread of COVID-19, countries have quickly closed their borders. These travel restriction mandates mean that child sex tourism has been halted or, at the very least, minimized. However, as a direct response to the pandemic, online sexual exploitation of children has dramatically surged.