sex abuse
Man arrested on Madrid metro for 'upskirting' over 500 women
Spanish police said Wednesday they have arrested a man suspected of secretly recording videos of the underwear of over 500 women, some of them minors, on public transit and supermarkets.
Police investigate suicide of woman after 'revenge porn' sex tape
Police are probing the suicide of a 32-year-old mother of two in Spain after hundreds of colleagues saw an intimate video involving her.
Spain's Supreme Court confirms jail for pedophile priest
Spain's Supreme Court has confirmed a jail sentence of more than 17 years for a priest who sexually abused two boys, one of whose parents consented.
Catholic school sex abuse case goes to trial in Barcelona
A former gym teacher at a Catholic school accused of sexually assaulting students went on trial Monday in Barcelona, as a growing trickle of abuse allegations shakes the Church in Spain.
Spanish victims of Catholic priests speak out over sex abuse
A trickle of accusations of sexual abuse against priests in schools and seminaries is starting to erode the wall of silence in Catholic Spain, whose Church representatives are set to attend a major Vatican meeting on child protection.
Police break up international online child porn network
At least 38 suspects have been arrested in an international police operation against a major network that distributed child pornography material via WhatsApp.
Spanish police seek child victims of 'porn king' director
Police in Spain said Saturday they were trying to identify children who had been forced to appear in pornographic videos after they arrested the country's "king of porn".
Vatican closes probe into sex abuse at Spanish school run by Opus Dei
The Vatican has closed a probe into alleged sexual abuse of a boy at a school in northern Spain which had prompted intervention by Pope Francis, the school said on Monday.
Spanish court rules archdiocese is liable in altar boy sexual abuse case
A court has ruled that the archdiocese of Granada can be held civilly liable for the alleged sexual abuse of a teenage altar boy by several priests.
Priests defend secrecy in sex abuse confessions
Spain's bishops conference on Thursday defended the right of priests to maintain the secrecy of the confessional booth even in cases of serious crimes such as the sexual abuse of children.
Charges dropped against 11 in priest abuse case
A Spanish court has dropped charges against 11 out of 12 suspects in a clerical sex abuse scandal because the crimes fall within the statute of limitations, court papers showed on Monday.