Child sexual abuse

State appeals 17-year sentence for man who posed as woman to direct child sex crimes

Alfi was convicted under 11 counts containing numerous offenses, including causing and attempting to cause rape and indecent acts against minors within their families.

Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.
Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded on Peretz Street in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022.

Modi’in Illit man indicted over alleged sexual offense against 12-year-old girl

Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group "Unchained at Last" put on wedding gowns, veils, chains and tape over their mouths as they gather on Boston Common before marching to the State House to call for an end to child marriages in Boston, Massachusetts on September 22, 2021.

California legislature votes to ban child marriage and empower forced marriage victims

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded on Peretz Street in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022.

Mother, partner indicted over alleged sexual abuse of four children


ISIS women using 13-year-old boys as sex slaves to breed new fighters - opinion

Some refuse to accept Caliphate's territorial defeat and seek to bear it more children – using pubescent boys within the camps as sexual partners.

A view of areas where ISIS is still active, from the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline on Mount Qarachogh.

Pedophile was ignored in Israel, then arrested in the US

In 2022, he confessed to the crimes he committed six years earlier in Israel and was sentenced last week.

Police

R. Kelly's controversial new album 'I Admit It' released as bootleg

The R&B singer and record producer is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for sexual abuse charges against him.

R. Kelly performs in the "Mr. Show Biz Presents: The Light it Up Tour" of 2006

Letters from the Editor November 28, 2022: Reporting sexual abuse

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Some Russian commanders knew of sexual violence or encouraged it - report

The previously unreported findings by investigators about the alleged role of commanders and the systematic nature of attacks in some locations are part of patterns of alleged sexual violence.

Russian soldiers

Israeli father convicted of sexually abusing his daughter - report

Yosef Ra'anan, 74, was sentenced to six years in prison and NIS 100,000 in damages after he confessed to committing sex crimes against his daughter.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

It is time for all sectors in Israel to combat sexual abuse - editorial

Living in a religious community does not afford one or one’s children protection from predators. All sectors of Israeli society need to address and combat sexual abuse.

 Israeli kids wearing school bags.

Rate of sexual abuse of kids is highest among religious Zionist sector

A new study by the Ne'emanei Torah Va'avodah movement reveals dramatic data on sexual abuse victims from the religious Zionist (Tzioni Dati) sector.

 Israeli kids wearing school bags.

Portugal launches inquiries into alleged Catholic Church sexual abuse

A commission investigating child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the Iberian nation has collected around 350 testimonies since it started its work in January.

 People carry the statue of Our Lady of Fatima (the Virgin Mary) during an event marking the 105th anniversary of the reported appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children, at the Catholic shrine of Fatima, Portugal, May 12, 2022.

American Orthodox rabbis urge Shaked to deny citizenship to sex offender

 Mug shot of Baruch Lanner.