Britain is struggling to end its dependence on the traumatizing seizure of data from victims’ phones. Pervasive rape culture is making it difficult.
Tag: Sex Crimes
London Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Murdering Sarah Everard
Wayne Couzens had already admitted to kidnapping and raping the 33-year-old Ms. Everard, whose killing in March set off an outcry against gender violence in Britain.
Catholic Church in Poland Reveals More Abuse Accusations
Church authorities said they had received 368 reports of the sexual abuse, and almost half involved children under 15.
Frenchwoman Who Killed Her Abusive Husband Won’t Serve More Jail Time
Valérie Bacot said her stepfather turned husband raped her as a child and had abused her for years. A court decided on a sentence that left her on parole but free from imprisonment.
Rape Inquiry Against Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, French TV News Anchor, Is Dropped
Several women had accused Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, a household name in France, of rape, sexual assault and harassment. But prosecutors cited a lack of evidence and an expired statute of limitations.
U.K. Justice System Has Failed Rape Victims, Government Says
Ministers apologized for “systemic failings” after a report confirmed that, even as sexual assaults have risen in England and Wales in recent years, prosecutions have declined.
Hungary Adopts Child Sex Abuse Law That Also Targets L.G.B.T. Community
Legislation increasing sentences for pedophiles was changed to include restrictions on portrayals of homosexuality and transgender people that young people might see.
Hungary Adopts Child Sex Abuse Law That Also Targets LGBT Community
Legislation increasing sentences for pedophiles was changed to include restrictions on portrayals of homosexuality and transgender people that young people might see.
France Drops Rape Investigation of Prominent Intellectual
Olivier Duhamel was accused of sexually abusing his teenage stepson. Prosecutors said they had closed the case because the statute of limitations had expired.
Pope Francis Rejects German Cardinal’s Offer to Resign
Cardinal Reinhard Marx had sought to quit as a way to take responsibility for the church’s earlier failures to address sexual abuse by priests.