Child sexual abuse

Former Bnei Brak principal wanted in Israel for sex crimes against children arrested by ICE

Farkas appeared before the Clarkson S. Fisher US Federal Courthouse in Trenton on April 21, where it was ruled that he would remain in federal custody.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents and US Marshals arrest Yechiel Yehoshua Farkas, former Bnei Brak principal, in Lakewood, New Jersey, April 30, 2026.
(Illustrative) An empty classroom at a school in Safed, northern Israel, August 31, 2025

Israeli former teacher sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for indecent acts against eight pupils

US First Lady Melania Trump delivers remarks regarding the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, from the White House, April 9, 2026.

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A protest group called "Hot Mess" hold up signs of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the federal courthouse on July 8, 2019 in New York City.

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Man in his 30s catfishes hundreds of teens, procures pornographic content

Man charged with indecent acts towards minors, sexual harassment, sodomy, fraudulence, and providing false information, after catfishing hundreds of teens on Instagram over several years.

The Instagram application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017.

US House ethics panel opens investigation of Republican Matt Gaetz

Earlier, Representative Adam Kinzinger became the first congressional Republican to call for Gaetz to resign.

US Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 26, 2021.

Police waits four days to arrest man suspected of raping 7-year-old

The rape complaint was filed on Saturday, March 27, but the 7-year-old girl was only called in to give a statement three days later, on Tuesday, March 30, according to the report.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Brooklyn Hasidic rabbi under investigation for promoting child marriage

While the US State Department has declared them a human rights violation, child marriages are currently still legal in at least 13 US states.

An illustration of a bride and groom during a Civil marriage outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 9, 2020.

Teacher who committed indecent acts receives stricter sentence

"The court today looked into the victim's eyes and corrected the invalid and difficult message that was conveyed to her."

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Man convicted of sexual assault of 4-year-old gets 3.5 year sentence

"She is four and a half years old," said the girl's father. "His punishment isn't even as long as her age."

Protesters hold signs opposing a "system of violence against women"

Rabbi who fled to Israel to escape sexual assault charges handed to US

Gershon Kranczer, 65, eluded authorities for years in Israel.

Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during enforcement of coronavirus emergency regulations, Jerusalem, January 26, 2021

Suspected pedophile: I tried to recreate Eilat gang rape with 13-year-old

According to the indictment, Sherf, 21, raped the girl on two different occasions, beat and strangled the girl, and offered drugs and alcohol to her.

The coronavirus hotel in Jaffa where the alleged rape took place.

Teenager indicted for raping 10-year-old girl during burglary

The indictment details that after breaking into the room where the girl and her younger siblings were sleeping, the young man laid next to her and began licking and biting her face.

Abuse of minors.

Young Pakistani activist fights forced child marriage

Hadiqa Bashir works in Swat Valley, until recently a Pakistani Taliban stronghold.

Hadiqa Bashir, 19, has been actively working against early and forced marriages for the last eight years in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, once a hotbed of the Pakistani Taliban.