PJ police chief describes “truly frightening” increase in child sex abuse complaints
Portugal’s deputy director of the PJ Judicial police, Carlos Farinha, has revealed that his service is faced with roughly 500 new cases of child sex abuse every three months –
PJ police investigate sex abuse claim at Aljezur school
PJ police (southern division) have opened an investigation into claims that a support teacher at Aljezur’s ‘Escola Básica’ has sexually abused a 10-year-old pupil. The claims have been formalised by
Dalai Lama accused of inaction over sex abuse in Algarve
Dalai Lama accused of failing to act after being alerted The controversy involving a viral video of the Dalai Lama asking a young boy to “suck my tongue” has been
Catholic sex abuse dossier: “a minimum of 4,815 victims”
Church keeps annex of abusers’ names secret The (almost) full horror of the report into sexual abuse within the Portuguese Catholic Church is being minutely described over national television today
Portugal’s bishops clear way for independent commission to investigate child sex abuse within Catholic Church
Portugal’s Catholic bishops have unanimously approved the creation of an independent commission to oversee investigations into child sex abuse committed by members of the Church. The commission will be made
Justice for young German woman kidnapped and abandoned in Gerês national park
A German electrician, aged 56, has been sentenced to jail for seven and a half years after being found guilty of attempted murder, kidnap and sexual abuse of a person
Man suspected of sexually abusing daughter for four years arrested in Portimão
A 53-year-old man suspected of sexually abusing his own daughter in their house in Mexilhoeira Grande (Portimão) has been arrested by PJ criminal police. The abuse reportedly started in 2014
Police arrest man, 67, suspected of sexually abusing eight-year-old
A 67-year-old man has been arrested in Portimão under “strong suspicions” of having sexually abused an eight-year-old girl. The crime is believed to have happened at the end of 2019
Missing Seixal 13-year-old spent three weeks with ‘sexual predator’
Thirteen-year-old runaway Filipa Lourenço – reunited this week with her parents – was persuaded to leave home by a sexual predator more than twice her age. The grim details of
Child sex-abuse cases in Portugal at 10-year high
As police in UK investigate no less than 1,400 potential child sex abusers – including many politicians and celebrities – Portugal woke up to reports today (May 21) that child