Spanish government wants Catholic Church to compensate its victims of sex abuse
Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic...
Sexual Abuse
Spanish prosecutors seek 2.5 year sentence for Rubiales’ World Cup kiss and coercion
Spanish prosecutors are seeking a jail sentence of two-and-a-half years for the country’s disgraced ex-football chief Luis Rubiales, who is facing trial for kissing Spain...
Dani Alves released after paying €1m bail, awaiting appeal of rape conviction
The former Brazil international and Barça footballer Dani Alves was released from prison on Monday after paying €1 million in bail to be set free...
Dani Alves granted bail for €1m, following conviction of rape in Barcelona
The former Brazil international and Barça footballer Dani Alves is to be released from jail pending an appeal against his rape conviction in exchange for...
Spanish director Carlos Vermut accused of sexual violence by three more women
Spanish media reported on Tuesday that three more women have come forward to accuse Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence. This brings the...
Spanish film director denies accusations of sexual violence by three women
Three women have accused Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence in an investigation published in Spain’s leading daily newspaper El Pais. None of...
Spain’s bishops apologise again for sex abuses, yet dispute number of victims
Spain’s Catholic bishops have apologised again for sex abuses committed by church members following a recent report by Spain’s Ombudsman that accused the church of...
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...
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....
