Distributors who spread child porn may be impunable after the summer, the European Commission warns. To avoid this, EU countries must decide about extending a regulation that allows tech companies to detect and remove images of sexual abuse of children.

The gruesome murder of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin has gripped Italy for three weeks. She was killed by her ex-boyfriend, exemplifying the dozens of Italian women who fall victim to their aggressive partners every year.

The Evangelical umbrella organisation CNEF in France is taking the initiative to help Protestant churches deal with sexual abuse in their structures.

Annette Kurschus (60) resigned with immediate effect on Monday. The reason is an abuse scandal she should have acted against. The Protestant Church in Germany will need to find a new leader.

Hundreds of thousands of Spanish men and women have been abused as children, a new report claims. The Roman Catholic Church may fear for its existence, Jorge Ruiz Ortiz writes.

Pupils were beaten with a belt, at this Christian school. Not once or twice, but regularly, a Swiss documentary claims. "We knew that if you were quiet during the beating and didn't make a sound, it would be over after 3 or 4 hits. However, if you rebel, you will be beaten until you calmed down."

A Christian group in the Czech Republic has released a handbook nationwide on how to confront domestic violence in its churches.

An American security agent leaves his job for a new mission: rescuing children from a criminal network that sexually abuses children for profit. It is the plot of the much-discussed American movie Sound of Freedom. Now, it is also available in Europe.

A Swedish pastor is being accused of sending explicit sexual messages to children and trying to get a meeting with them for sexual purposes. The parish is devastated.

Several Catholic abuse victims presented Pope Francis with a letter to demand action against abuse within the Church. They went on a bike, travelling hundreds of kilometres across Europe.