A Tennessee man who has allegedly lived illegally in the United States for two decades was charged with drugging and raping various boys after restaurant workers discovered a phone he left behind contained hundreds of photos and videos of his crimes, according to the Franklin Police Department. The man, identified as Camilo Hurtado Campos, 63,…

Child sexual assault numbers are increasing dramatically in China, according to recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) statistics and data from Girls Protection Fund, a Chinese non-profit. There are some obvious factors for the rising numbers, including China’s one-child policy and the country’s registration system, which forces many rural parents to leave their families to work…

PHILADELPHIA—A Pennsylvania grand jury investigating child sexual abuse in the Jehovah’s Witnesses community has charged five more people with raping or molesting children as young as 4, the latest developments in an ongoing probe that has identified 14 suspects. Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry, at a Friday news conference, said that while the misconduct dates…

Commentary Kids love social media—and frighteningly, so do sexual predators. One in nine young people have been approached online by one of these 500,000 dangerous criminals who are on these platforms daily. Digital social platforms enable the two to interact, while the child often believes they’re connecting with a peer, resulting in devastating consequences for…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 40-year-old music and dance instructor pleaded guilty June 15 and was immediately sentenced to nine years behind bars for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Orange. Sonny Angel Cabugao Boloico of Aliso Viejo pleaded guilty to a count of sexual penetration of a child over 14 years old by foreign object and…

The hopes of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse in England and Wales have been “dashed” by the government’s “weak” response to the recommendations made following a major inquiry into child sex abuse, according to the inquiry’s chairwoman. Professor Alexis Jay, who chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), said ministers had failed…

The government has announced plans to set up a redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said on Monday that the government will consult victims and survivors and draw on lessons from other jurisdictions to “deliver justice and an appropriate form of redress.” Speaking to MPs in response to the Independent…

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to introduce a bill aimed at cracking down on child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online and holding Big Tech firms accountable. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) joined forces on May 11 to advance the legislation, which aims to combat the proliferation of CSAM online…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 51-year-old man was convicted April 19 of sexual assaults on a girl he was related to from when she was 5 to 17 years old in Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Lake Elsinore. Pablo Amaya Posada was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child with a foreign object, two…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has backed legislation that would allow capital punishment for pedophiles convicted of sexual battery against a child under the age of 12—a law that would directly challenge the Supreme Court’s landmark Kennedy v. Louisiana ruling. “We are authorizing the death penalty for child rapists, which is cutting against recent Supreme Court…