As a result of the Penn State scandal, lawmakers in many states are proposing rules that specify who would be required to report cases of child abuse or neglect.

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New Scrutiny on Coaches in Reporting Sexual Abuse

Victims of child abuse at Jersey care homes, such as Haut de la Garenne, can claim compensation from the States.

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Abuse victims offered up to £60k

Arrests in the case of Sahar Gul, a teenager confined by her husband’s family, may be a sign that Afghanistan is beginning to take women’s rights seriously.

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At War Blog: In One Girl’s Story, a Test of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

A scathing report exposes Pembrokeshire council’s failings over child abuse allegations as a helpline is set up for concerned parents.

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Inquiry scathing at abuse failure

A row flares over an advert by an animal rights group which claims that giving children meat is “child abuse”.

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VIDEO: ‘Meat eating child abuse’ poster row

The world’s largest online child abuse ring, with up to 70,000 followers, has been smashed, police say.

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Massive paedophile ring uncovered

A 19-year-old man is charged with sexual offences by police investigating allegations of child abuse in Torbay in Devon.

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Man, 19, charged in abuse inquiry

A Vatican department told Ireland’s Catholic bishops in 1997 not to report priests suspected of child abuse to the police, a newly revealed letter shows.

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Vatican ‘rejected abuse reports’

Communities Minister Fergus Ewing tells MSPs laws covering compensation for institutional child abuse are “inflexible”.

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Minister says abuse law is ‘inflexible’

The Northern Ireland Executive agrees to hold an inquiry into historic and institutional child abuse in Northern Ireland.

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Stormont to hold NI abuse inquiry

Victims of child abuse by Catholic priests in Italy have met for the first time, and called for such abuse to be made a crime against humanity.

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Italian priest abuse victims meet

Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his “deep sorrow” for the “unspeakable crimes” of child abuse within the Catholic Church.

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Pope’s ‘sorrow’ for child abuse crimes