News of abuse

Three Vélez footballers remanded in custody, one given bail

21-03-2024 16:21 Prosecutor wants to charge José Florentín, Braian Cufré with rape, Abiel Osorio with sexual abuse and Sebastián Sosa as a secondary participant as part of investigation into 24-year-old sports journalist’s rape accusation.

Four Vélez Sarsfield footballers detained in rape probe

19-03-2024 11:20 Sebastián Sosa, José Florentín, Braian Cufré and Abiel Osorio provisionally detained as part of investigation into 24-year-old sports journalist’s rape accusation.

Horror in Colonia Aurora: Man arrested for rape, murder of 10-year-old girl

17-01-2024 15:09 Youngster Milagros Prestes mysteriously disappeared on Thursday, January 12. Her body, which had been raped and strangled, was found the following day. A 62-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

by Leonardo Nieva

Teatro Colón fires musical director after child sex abuse allegations

12-01-2024 16:46 Jan Latham-Koenig, 70, arrested in London and appears in court; Renowned British conductor charged with child sex offences and sexual communications with a child.

More than 40% of victims of sexual violence in Argentina are children

24-05-2023 14:08 New report by UFEM unit reveals that 87% of adult victims of sexual violence are female and that 90% of those charged with such crimes are male.

Scandal at U20 World Cup: Iraq accused of ‘abuse and vandalism’

20-05-2023 09:29 Buenos Aires Province Security Ministry forced to investigate after reports of alleged sexual abuse, vandalism and inappropriate behaviour at hotel in La Plata where members of Iraq’s youth team are staying for the tournament.

Reform and social justice: 10 years of Pope Francis

12-03-2023 10:19 During his decade as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has reformed the government of the Vatican, worked for peace and reconciliation, and has taken action against clerical child abuse.

Pope Francis opens up on mortality, criticises 'gender ideology' in new interview

10-03-2023 14:19 Ten years into his papacy, Pope Francis grants exclusive interview to Perfil’s Jorge Fontevecchia; Conversation, which lasted almost three hours, will be published this weekend with an edited, feature-length translation in next week’s edition of the Buenos Aires Times.