Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said that 118 soldiers are being investigated for the alleged sexual abuse of indigenous children in the south of the country. Among those who are being…
Police have arrested 29 people for sexual violence against minors in May, according to a government statement released on Tuesday.
The Center for Research and Comprehensive Care for Victims of Sexual Abuse (CAIVAS) has revealed that there have been nearly 1,400 registered allegations of sexual abuse in Colombia since the beginning…
The United Nations (UN) released a scathing report Wednesday condemning what it painted as the Vatican’s deliberate efforts to protect perpetrators in the face of widespread child abuse and using…
According to the national coroner’s office, there were 4,118 reported cases of sexual abuse in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota in 2012, 3,357 of which were against girls or women.…
The Director of Colombia’s Family Welfare Unit on Tuesday said that a case will be brought against the father of a kidnapped and rescued baby if the mother indeed became…
Child abuse in Colombia has increased 40% over the past year, reported Radio Caracol on Tuesday. During an event for the World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse on…
A priest from the southwestern Colombian city of Cali is convicted for the 2009 sexual abuse of three children when they were 10, 11 and 12. According to Colombia’s Prosecutor…
New figures from the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) indicate a dramatic increase in child abuse since 2006. The number of complaints of mistreatment registered by the ICBF has risen…