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Renny Martyn revealed in archdiocese bankruptcy proceedings that priest abused her at school when she was six years oldA woman who Big Brother fans might recognize as a contestant on an earlier season of the unscripted television competition has spoken…
Exclusive: New laws will also curb questioning and aim to stop complainants being discredited over previous reportsRape victims will no longer be depicted as serial liars in courtrooms in England and Wales as part of the biggest shake-up “in a generati…
Official report says forces in England and Wales yet to implement recommendations for investigationsA quarter of police forces in England and Wales are yet to implement “basic policies for investigating sexual offences”, an official report has found, w…
Parliament delays debate over law defining sex without consent as rape, after comments by far-right deputy PMItaly’s parliament has delayed a debate over a landmark law that would define sex without consent as rape amid a rift within the ruling coaliti…
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out hereWhen Sylvie Delezenne, a marketing expert from Lille, was job-hunting in 2015, she was deligh…
Five-year strategy aims to improve casework after analysis finds domestic abuse in more than third of rape casesThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will train its staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women, after…
Readers share the impact of Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation Broken trust, which underlined the ‘shocking realities of domestic violence-related deaths’Guardian Australia’s Broken trust series has uncovered allegations of policing failures b…
Classification plan will create basis for ‘significantly stricter’ prosecutions, says interior ministerGermany plans to treat the use of date rape drugs like the use of weapons in prosecutions as part of measures to ensure justice for survivors of dome…
In today’s newsletter: Despite the risks, many young people now see choking during intimacy as acceptable or even expected, which experts put down to the proliferation of increasingly violent online pornography Good morning. Yesterday, I was shocked to…
Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex‘I think it’s natural’: why has sexual choking become so prevalent among young people?More than two in five sexually active under-18s in the UK have e…