'You pose a risk to women in almost any situation where they are alone,' a judge told a repeat sex attacker.

A baker who sexually harassed his female assistant must pay her $19,000.

A baker was fined after it was found he had left flour-smudged handprints on his female assistant's clothes.

A teacher has been cleared of sex charges against a teenage girl in one of his classes eight years ago.

A woman raped by a man previously accused of underage sex and killing a baby speaks of her relief at the verdict.

A 23-year-old woman has admitted in court she had a crush on her former teacher, who allegedly indecently assaulted her.

A man haunted by childhood memories of sexual abuse at a Catholic orphanage just wants someone to acknowledge there was wrongdoing.

Peter Lyons, a teacher at St Peter's College, writes that abuse scandals are a legacy of centuries of intolerance of critical self-analysis.

Abuse support groups say the investigations into the Catholic clergy abuse allegations are in the best interests of the church, not the victims.

Two monks jailed in NZ's most notorious Catholic sexual abuse scandal have been released on parole after serving less than half their sentences.

An war of words between the Catholic and Protestant churches culminated yesterday in an apology from the Archbishop of Canterbury.