Sexual Assault

The first Muslim member of the Connecticut state house of representatives, Maryam Khan, was the victim of an unsettling attack that 30-year-old Andrey Desmond admitted conducting. The attack, which occurred outside a prayer service in…

A man who previously claimed to have been sexually assaulted by a well-known Republican operative in Washington, DC, has since recanted his claims and expressed contrition. A campaign staffer for then-Senate candidate Herschel Walker…

Pope Francis has approved the laicization of Neil Pfeifer, a priest in North Dakota who entered a guilty plea to sexually abusing a woman in the state, in a major step toward addressing accusations of sexual misconduct among clergy. The…

Cliff Mitchell, a 24-year-old recruited by the Metropolitan Police, has been convicted of 13 counts of rape, including rape of a child, and one count of kidnap. The harrowing ordeal came to light when a courageous victim managed to escape,…

Jermaine Jackson, the older brother of the late Michael Jackson, is facing serious allegations of sexual assault and conspiracy to cover up the incident.  The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses Jermaine…

Maryland, authorities have added more charges against a man accused of sexually assaulting children at an unlicensed daycare facility.  The accused, 57-year-old Roberto Medina, now faces a litany of serious sex crimes, including…

A state grand jury recently indicted 91-year-old clergyman Lawrence Hecker with sexually assaulting a teenager in 1975 in Louisiana.  It sheds light on what church leaders may have known and the extent to which they went to safeguard…

A recent Pentagon study has prompted urgent calls for changes within the three prominent US military academies, signaling the need to counteract the disturbing rise in reported sexual assaults and to rectify the pervasive toxic culture…