A town's domestic abuse referrals have decreased in the last year but are still too high at more than 1,900, a charity has said. Gateshead Council annual data showed a drop in referrals made by its ...

Fifty years ago today, President Richard Nixon signed the bipartisan Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). Designed to address rising concerns over children being hurt in their homes, ...

Advocates for zero tolerence of clergy sexual abuse including Tim Law, left, Denise Buchanan and Peter Isely attend a march with survivors of clergy sexual abuse and activists near the Vatican in Rome ...

The report is intended to assess efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to safeguard minors and others. Advocates for survivors called it an exercise in obfuscation. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...