In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in history. A record 312,030 reports of confirmed child pornography were investigated last year ...

Tennis players last year received abuse so threatening that 15 cases were escalated to law enforcement agencies, according to a joint report released Tuesday by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ...

When you hear the word "abuse," some form of physical abuse, verbal abuse or sexual abuse may come to mind. But people may not think about emotional abuse. This kind of abuse can be more subtle to ...

An epidemic of sexual abuse involving evangelical church leaders is hurting victims across the country. Even worse, churches far too often have covered up the abuse. While the evangelical church is ...

Although he was a pontiff well-attuned to the concerns of ordinary Catholics, Pope Francis had a surprising blind spot when it came to the abuse crisis. He did not talk very much about the issue in ...

Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a “bad parent problem,” but the ad suggests “the root causes may be different than you think.” This message ...

Elder abuse continues to be a problem across the U.S. and a new report from RP Legal Group has ranked states for the number of reported incidents, based on data from the National Adult Maltreatment ...

Boise, Idaho — Nearly every detail about the religious group Lisa Webb's family belonged to was hidden from the outside world. Its followers met in homes rather than churches. Its leadership structure ...

Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of abuse. A Christian organization long plagued by allegations of child sex abuse is now facing a lawsuit that accuses the group of failing to protect ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Clarita Vargas was 8 when she was forced to live at St. Mary’s Mission ...

Dr. Glatter is Editor at Large for Medscape Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Papadakos is the Professor of ...

A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the mishandling by the Catholic Church’s leaders of sexual abuse allegations involving clergy is causing “ongoing harm” to victims, in a ...