Child abuse
Six West Bank caregivers, kindergarten director arrested for suspected abuse
The suspects, residents of Beit Aryeh-Ofarim in the northern West Bank, in their 20s and 40s, have been brought in and are being investigated, according to police.
More than half of online abuse reports now come from child victims themselves, Israel finds
'Ritual sexual abuse' of minors: Senior religious Zionist rabbi warns of ‘social narcissism’
Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case
Man allegedly spreads poison around daycare run by ex-wife
The daycare owner was sent a video of her ex-husband spreading a liquid around the garden of her daycare. The plants he had poured it on later died.
Another daycare teacher arrested on suspicion of abusing toddlers
Staff members from over 20 daycares have been arrested since the beginning of the year.
High Court rules against autopsy of allegedly strangled child amid protests
Ultra-Orthodox communities around the country protested on Sunday night and Monday after the court announced that there would be an autopsy.
Israeli days-old baby abandoned in cardboard box, found alive
Police officers found the infant with the umbilical cord still attached to his stomach.
Pope travels to Canada on 'pilgrimage of penance' for indigenous abuse
In Canada, between 1881 and 1996, more than 150,000 indigenous children were separated from their families and brought to residential schools.
Israel needs to stop being a haven for sex criminals - editorial
What happened with Leifer needs to be a lesson for the Israeli government that sex offenders are not wanted in the country.
Israel extends statute of limitations for sexual abuse of minors
Statute of limitations for sexual abuse of minors extended to age 35 • Will apply to family, institutions that knew of abuse
Lawsuit alleges mishandling of sex assault allegation at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires
The lawsuit’s allegations come amid a nationwide reckoning about the handling of sexual assault allegations within Jewish institutions.
Pope mandates annual audit on protection of children from abuse
"Sexual abuse in the Church has been going on for far too long."
Israel's daycare nightmare: How abuse in ganim is being fought
Reports over the past couple years of children abused in daycares were once seen as uncommon, but it has become evident that they are part of a frightening phenomenon.
