Sexual Abuse

Vicky Foxcroft has spoken up for the first time about being sexually abused as a child at the hands of her mother's abusive ex-partner.
After decades of accusations, the R&B singer is facing his second trial related to his alleged sexual abuse crimes against minors.
More than 9,000 reports have been posted on the Everyone’s Invited website where survivors can anonymously share their experiences.
What is happening around you in the present day calls upon echoes of previous trauma.
"I have to take responsibility for the fact that I worked with them both. I can’t turn back the clock," the actor said.
The British socialite has been accused of not just enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls but also of committing similar crimes herself.
Racism and cultural misunderstandings can lead institutions to fail in their response to child sexual abuse and prevents victims from voicing it, research reveals.
Testimony of vulnerable victims has too often been given less weight than the rebuttals of powerful abusers, HuffPost UK news editor Ramzy Alwakeel writes.
Weinstein’s lawyer will likely try to use these messages to discredit the accusers. But contacting an abuser is common survivor behaviour.
Prosecution is the last refuge of those determined to make sure sexual assault goes unexamined, journalist Lucia Osborne-Crowley writes.