Child abuse
‘He saved himself’: Firefighter rescues man held captive for decades until he set his room on fire
In the ambulance, an emergency worker commented on the overpowering smell. The patient said it had been more than a year since he had been permitted to shower.
- Sarah Maslin Nir
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- Health
Aged 15, Jenny was charged with being ‘uncontrollable’. Now she’s on a mission for justice
The NSW government is facing potential legal action over invasive medical examinations performed on teenagers at a girls’ shelter in Glebe.
- Angus Thomson
- Opinion
- Opinion
I grieve for the childhood my abuser took from me
If one child was spared as a result of my legal nightmare, it was worth it.
- Harriet Snaith
Senior NSW media adviser charged over child abuse material
Matthew John Bachl, 38, has been suspended without pay from his role with NSW Corrective Services.
- Kate Aubusson
- Exclusive
- Private schools
Private school hires security guards to protect sleeping students
Security guards and cameras have been brought into Ballarat Grammar, a prestigious school that is facing claims of a “strapping” culture.
- Noel Towell
- Opinion
- Courts
For three years, I tried to navigate a system where sex crimes have been effectively decriminalised
A new report found “the justice system is failing to meet the twin goals of access to justice and accountability”. So where are the groundbreaking reforms?
- Sonia Orchard
- Opinion
- Five Minutes with Fitz
Louise Milligan on the monster priest no one will grieve
Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable, Louise Milligan tells Fitz.
- Peter FitzSimons
- Opinion
- Private schools
40 years ago, I was abused at Ballarat Grammar. I know first-hand that change is possible
My school reunion took me back to my worst experiences at my alma mater. These new allegations of student-on-student abuse are shocking, but eerily familiar to those who experienced similar “rituals”.
- Michael Short
Former French surgeon on trial for raping or abusing 299 children
France is set to hold its largest-ever child sex abuse trial of a former surgeon who kept diaries to document decades of sexual violence against children.
North Shore Rapist charged after allegedly assaulting girl in Sydney’s CBD
Notorious rapist Graham James Kay allegedly sexually touched a teenage girl in Sydney’s CBD on Friday, just months after a court was warned he would never be rehabilitated.
- Perry Duffin and Angus Thomson
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