The agency, which represents only male entertainers, last month admitted that Kitagawa, who died in 2019, had abused hundreds of boys and young men seeking stardom going back to at least the 1970s.

An estimated two million Filipino children have been victims of online sexual abuse and exploitation, reports say.

The charges against Daniel Langdon include 39 counts of sexual assault, 39 counts of sexual interference, as well as allegations of making and possessing child pornography, police say.

The Spanish Catholic Church said early in 2022 it was deeply saddened by the abuses and would work with the authorities and bring transparency, help and reparations to victims.

Many are able to keep their activities under wraps for a long time.

A majority of lawmakers backed the bill at the plenary session in parliament, overcoming opposition from some conservative groups after six years of deliberation.

At least 15 women have accused Richard Daschbach of sexually abusing them when they were children at his shelter in the enclave of Oecusse, with fears that there may be many more victims.

The landmark report, released Tuesday after two and a half years of investigations, follows widespread outrage over a string of sex abuse claims and prosecutions against Church officials worldwide.

Dozens of women told investigators they were offered work in exchange for sex, or were victims of rape.

Apple's iPhone messaging app will also use machine learning to recognise and warn children and their parents when receiving or sending sexually explicit photos.

Physical abuse tops the list with 85 cases.

The daughter never told anyone what was happening to her as she did not want her parents to divorce over the matter.