Sexual Violence Against Minors

Sri Murugha Mutt pontiff sent to 14-day custody in sexual assault case

The FIR has been filed against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru of Murugha Mutt in Chitradurga. According to the FIR, the girls were abused for over two years

Pope releases Vatican reform, gives weight to fighting clerical abuse

The 54-page text, titled Praedicate Evanglium or Proclaiming the Gospel, replaces the founding constitution Pastor Bonus that was penned by St. John Paul II in 1988

RS panel calls for breaking encryption to track distribution of child porn

The ad hoc committee has called for broadening of POSCO Act and mandatory policing on apps to regulate access to child pornography

Gurgaon registered highest number of rape, murder cases in past 5 years

For the same period, Faridabad saw 543 rape and 337 murder cases being registered, while these figures for Sonipat were 229 and 448, respectively

Every 15 minutes, a child is subjected to sexual offence in India: CRY

The analysis comes at a time when there is outrage in the country over recent rape cases involving minors in Kathua and Unnao