#child-sexual-abuse

#child-sexual-abuse

Prosecutor Julie Whitby stated that Maurice Bowers began abusing the first victim when she was four years old, later also abusing a second victim at age 11.

In the first six months of 2025, the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation verified 1,286 AI-made videos with child sexual abuse material (CSAM), a dramatic increase from two the previous year.

George Gibney has been arrested in the US and faces extradition to Ireland due to fresh allegations of child sexual abuse spanning over forty years.

Ministers' decision to investigate child sexual abuse was motivated by both political pressure and a commissioned report, reflecting the difficulty of navigating public sentiment.

"A moment of calm. Of reflection. A time to put the victims back where they always should have been. Front and centre."

Richard Burrows, a convicted paedophile, evaded justice for nearly three decades after abusing boys while working as a housemaster and scout master.