sexual abuse
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In the hours and days after the late farmworkers rights leader César Chávez was accused of sexual abuse, his name and image were stripped from schools, streets and murals.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Baroness Anne Longfield, a former children's commissioner, will chair the inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs, which Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has promised will be a "moment of reckoning".
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
All seven board members joined as co-sponsors of the Tuesday resolution, which calls for added support for victims of sexual abuse.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
TikTok said child sexual abuse material is categorically prohibited on its platform and that the company has robust systems in place to thwart attempts to exploit or harm young people.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
It didn't appear that emotional trauma or abuse was bedizened as sexual abuse in a display to get others to empathize with her tattered past.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
