Up to 440,000 victims of child abuse in Spanish church, Ombudsman reports
Over 200,000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission published...
Sexual Abuse
One of Spain’s ‘wolf pack’ rapists has sentence reduced due to legal loophole
Ángel Boza, one of the five men convicted in the landmark ‘Wolf Pack’ (La Manada) gang rape case in Spain, has had his sentence reduced by...
Former Barça player Dani Alves set to be indicted for alleged sexual assault
A Spanish judge has decided to indict former FC Barcelona footballer Dani Alves following an investigation into sexual assault accusations against, a court said on Monday....
Spain’s Catholic bishops find evidence of 728 sexual abusers within church since 1945
Spain’s Episcopal Conference, the Catholic bishops’ conference, has said that it has found evidence of 728 sexual abusers within the church since 1945, through the...
Spain’s Supreme Court upholds 135-year sentence of British paedophile
The Spanish Supreme Court has upheld the 135-year prison sentence of a British teacher and au pair who created and distributed pornography of children in...
Contestant on Spain’s ‘Big Brother’ jailed for sexual assault on camera
A contestant on ‘Gran Hermano’, Spain’s version of ‘Big Brother’, has been jailed for just over a year for sexually assaulting another contestant as the...
Pedro Sánchez apologises to victims over government’s rape law loophole
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez apologised on Sunday to victims for a loophole in a recent landmark law aimed at fighting sexual violence that has...
Spain’s ombudsman has heard testimonies from 445 victims of church sex abuse
Spain’s ombudsman (‘Defensor del Pueblo’ in Spanish) has said that an independent commission set up a year ago to investigate historic sex abuse by the...
Women’s Day rallies in Spain show disunity in feminist movement
Back in 2018, marches in Spain for International Women’s Day reached a peak as a global reference, when a successfully organised nationwide strike consolidated its...
Spain’s coalition parties at loggerheads over amending sexual consent law
The unity of Spain’s first-ever coalition government has faced its toughest test in three years of power this week, with the two ruling parties, the...
