A federal lawsuit says a student with physical and mental disabilities was sexually assaulted by two boys over the span of 17 days on a school bus in Georgia.

Former University of Michigan wrestler Tad DeLuca has identified himself as the whistleblower whose 2018 complaint accusing the late Dr. Robert E

Documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press show University of Michigan officials were warned more than four decades ago that one of its doctors was fondling patients during medical exams. But the records show Dr. Robert E

An Olympic wrestler is accusing a University of Michigan doctor of touching him inappropriately during medical exams at the school

The New Orleans Saints maintain their PR work on the area’s Roman Catholic sexual abuse crisis was “minimal

The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area’s Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a burgeoning sexual abuse crisis

Few documentary TV series can argue to having a more powerful real world impact than “Surviving R. Kelly.” Although allegations of sexual abuse against minors followed Kelly for years, it was a six-part series aired by Lifetime featuring testimonials by alleged abuse survivors that sparked new attention from authorities. A year later, Lifetime is readying the follow-up series “Surviving R....

At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of the great symbols of the church, St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island has released a list of clergy, religious order priests and deacons who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. The list of roughly 50 names posted on the diocese website Monday includes 17 men who are still alive, although all have been removed from ministry.

The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago. Victorian state County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd revoked Cardinal George Pell’s bail at the end of a sentencing hearing in a packed,...

A defrocked Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an altar boy in Massachusetts was convicted Thursday of abusing another boy in Maine in the 1980s. Ronald Paquin, 76, was convicted of 11 of 24 counts against him following a three-day trial in Superior Court in Maine. He was originally charged with 31 counts, but seven were dropped on Wednesday.

The Diocese of Bridgeport is taking steps to deal with the fall-out from allegations of the sexual abuse of minors and it has launched a website to share what the diocese is doing to protect minors and information learned from an investigation.

She’s been an Olympic gold medalist, a source of support for her fellow gymnasts and an outspoken voice following the conviction of a former USA Gymnastics doctor. Aly Raisman spoke with the “Today” Show on Tuesday to call for transparency from USAG after a recent string of scandals.

Chicago Public Schools correspondence provided to The Associated Press shows that the nation’s third largest school district gave a former Roman Catholic priest access to its schools for months despite knowing he was forced to leave the priesthood for sexually abusing a boy of 6 when he was around 15.

William Strampel, former dean of Michigan State’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, is the first person charged in the broad investigation into how the university handled complaints against longtime sports doctor Larry Nassar.

Survivors of sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual abuse are expected to take part in a #MeToo march and rally Sunday in Hollywood, organizers said.

In response to the recent sexual assault allegations against major Hollywood figures, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has launched a special task force who will evaluate the complaints, she announced Thursday.

Channing Tatum is no longer developing a film with The Weinstein Co. that dealt with a boy dealing with the aftermath of sexual abuse. Tatum writes on Instagram Wednesday that he will not be developing anything with Harvey Weinstein’s former company, which has been embroiled in sexual harassment scandals over the past two weeks. The film was to be based...

Reports of sexual assaults increased at two of the three military academies last year and an anonymous survey suggests sexual misconduct rose across the board at the schools, The Associated Press has learned. The new data underscore the challenge in stemming bad behavior by young people at the military college campuses, despite a slew of programs designed to prevent assaults,...

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will plead guilty to resolve charges that he lied to the FBI about financial crimes, associated with an alleged hush money scandal stemming from “improprieties” committed decades ago.