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Mallorca Judge and prosecutor get jail time

Sex assault victim tricked out of €10,000 compensation by attacker declaring bankruptcy in Spain’s Valencia

A former Valencia area councillor has declared himself bankrupt to avoid paying €10,000 in compensation to a female employee he sexually abused. The woman’s solicitor, Maria Jose Jordan, described the move as

22 Nov, 2022 @ 15:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man climbs wall and enters apartment via balcony before sexually attacking woman in Spain's Valencia

Father jailed for alleged Costa Blanca bar terrace sex assault in Spain on son, aged 9

AN Algerian man has been jailed in Alicante after being accused of sexually abusing his son, 9, on a bar terrace. The 50-year-old denies the charge saying he only hugged the boy

2 Sep, 2022 @ 12:23

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Independent report declares child sexual abuse a 'serious problem' within Spain's Catholic church after calculating at least 2,056 victims

Dozens of Jesuit priests accused of child sex abuse in Spain over many decades

AT least 130 Jesuit priests have been accused of committing sexual abuse against children between 1927 and 2012 in Spain. The El Pais newspaper, as part of its ongoing probe into paedophilia

30 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Catholic Church in Spain to pay reparations to sex abuse victims without needing a court ruling

Hundreds of previously unreported Catholic Church sex abuse cases uncovered in Spain

A solicitor running an internal Catholic Church probe into sex abuse says he’s received news about hundreds of previously unreported cases since starting his inquiry in February. Javier Cremades and his law

28 Jul, 2022 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Seven-year stretch for Catholic priest for grooming and sexually abusing boy in Spain’s Murcia area

A Catholic priest who sexually abused a boy has been sentenced to 7 years and 9 months in prison by the Murcia Provincial Court. Antonio LZ met the youngster in San Pedro

11 May, 2022 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Woman survives being pushed off third floor balcony by ex-boyfriend in Spain's Valencia

Landlord tries to poison female tenant after she reported him for systematic sexual abuse in Spain’s Valencia area

POLICE broke into a Sueca home to rescue a semi-conscious woman who filed a sex assault claim against her landlord, who then tried to kill her for revenge. She was locked in

29 Apr, 2022 @ 12:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Cult Group Members Arrested For Sexually Abusing Children And Adults In Spain's Castellon Area

Destructive sect accused of sexually abusing children and adults on farm estate in Spain’s Castellon area

NINE members of a cult group that sexually abused children and adults have been arrested in the Valencian Community. The Policia Nacional detained four men and five women, including their spiritual leader,

17 Mar, 2022 @ 17:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Historic vote in Spain’s parliament approves investigation of sex abuses committed by Roman Catholic church

SPAIN’S first commission to investigate sex abuses committed by members of the Roman Catholic church was overwhelmingly backed by Congress on Thursday. The motion to form the commission was passed by an

10 Mar, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

United Nations slams child custody order to allegedly abusive father in Madrid area of Spain

A United Nations Human Rights panel has slammed a Madrid appeals court for granting an allegedly abusive father full custody of his seven-year-old daughter. The UN experts described the ruling as going

28 Feb, 2022 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Sexual Predator Who Owned Exclusive Mallorca School In Spain Gets Eight Years In Scottish Prison

Sex fiend owner of exclusive Mallorca school in Spain gets eight years in Scottish prison

THE former owner and headteacher of Mallorca’s King Richard III College in Portals Nous has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after sexually abusing two women. James Berry, 77, who ran the select

28 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Spain set to probe church sex abuse with independent commission

SPAIN’S prime minister wants to launch the first nationwide official investigation into the full extent of sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic clergy. Pedro Sanchez wants Spain’s ombudsman to oversee the investigation

7 Feb, 2022 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

IFather got daughter,14, pregnant after years of abuse in Alicante area of Spain

Father got daughter,14, pregnant after years of sexual abuse in Alicante area of Spain

A father has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of systematically sexually abusing his daughter for over a decade. The 53-year-old man from Monovar got his daughter pregnant in a

2 Feb, 2022 @ 11:58

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Child sex abuse probe launched in Catholic Church in Spain after Pope Francis gets newspaper dossier

NEW revelations of child sex abuse cases involving Spain’s Catholic Church will be investigated after a newspaper dossier was handed over to Pope Francis. The El Pais newspaper says the Spanish bishops

20 Dec, 2021 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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ANALYSIS: Spain’s clergy downplays its legacy of sexual abuse

While the Catholic Church in France and Portugal seek to investigate wrongdoings, Spain’s clergy hides and wriggles over child sex abuse claims, writes Heather Galloway

26 Nov, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Must Read·National News

Details of Spain’s new ‘Rhodes Law’ revealed ahead of final vote in major victory for sex abuse victims

THE implementation of the revolutionary ‘Rhodes Law’ in Spain has reached another milestone as the draft report of the bill has been approved by Congress. The Rhodes Law was named after British

8 Apr, 2021 @ 19:15

Lead·National News

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Seasonal strawberry pickers in Spain at risk of sex abuse and work exploitaion by gangmasters

A PLEA has gone out to the United Nations to investigate human rights violations against migrant women workers toiling in the strawberry fields of Andalucia. International pressure group Women’s Link Worldwide has

3 Jun, 2020 @ 18:53

Lead

Australian police help Spain’s authorities track down alleged child sex abuser who operated on dark web

AUSTRALIAN police have helped law enforcement authorities trace a child sex abuse video discovered by Belgian and French investigators to a Spanish man. The suspect allegedly produced explicit videos of a young

22 Apr, 2020 @ 16:42

Lead·National News

63 YEARS: Paedophile in pope’s inner circle who lived in Spain protected by ‘mafia’ Vatican for seven decades

SINCE 1943 the Vatican hid documents on the paedophilia of a top Catholic priest, it has been revealed. Marcial Maciel, who founded the Legionaries of Christ, was investigated for the sexual abuse

3 Jan, 2019 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

OUTRAGE as uncle and nephew cleared of rape after drugging woman in back alley sex attack in Spain

An uncle and nephew were only cleared of the more serious offence of sexual assault - Spain's equivalent to rape

23 Nov, 2018 @ 16:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Prominent Sevilla psychiatrist accused of sex abuse

Investigation is launched following allegations by six former patients

14 Jul, 2015 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Featured·Other News·Sevilla

Judge in Granada charges ten priests with child abuse

The accused have been charged with abusing four teenage boys between 2004 and 2007

28 Jan, 2015 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Is Spain’s Catholic church on its knees?

The Spanish church is in freefall after a scandal exposed a sinister paedophile sect, praying on youngsters. Are its days of influence numbered, asks Jacqueline Fanchini and Tom Powell

13 Dec, 2014 @ 11:00

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