All stories below were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists. Thousands of legal cases reach U.S. courts every year. From accusations of mistreatment in prisons to fraud to sexual ...

I’m a mother of three and criminalized survivor of domestic violence. We must do more to protect vulnerable women, not punish ...

As the opening of Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial approaches, prosecutors have seemingly lost a victim-witness. The ...

A federal grand jury has indicted two church leaders from Orange, New Jersey, on charges of sex trafficking, forced labor, ...

Damon K. Perry, 52, of Youngstown, a former Mahoning County Sheriff’s deputy, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland to two counts of sexual abuse of a federal detainee and two ...

The bill would bar those under 18 from checking out books with sexually explicit material without parental permission.

While Chicago is celebrating the election of a new pope from the South Side, not everyone's cheering. Some are hoping this ...

Former megachurch pastor Robert Morris stands before an Osage County judge, facing allegations of child sexual abuse stemming from the 1980s.

Tonight -- as the world celebrates a new pope leaders of the Catholic Church in Washington State are waging a fight against a new law that requires clergy to report sexual abuse they learn about ...

The papacy of Pope Leo XIV is just starting but some Catholics expect him to take on an issue that has plagued the Catholic Church for decades.

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Oklahoma's new law categorizes school resource officers and security guards as school employees for sexual misconduct cases.