The Local Switzerland

New group campaigns to end Catholic church child abuse

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:09:11 +0200

Child abuse victims and human rights activists from 15 countries, including Switzerland, have launched a new pressure group to campaign against abuse by Catholic clerics.

Catholic church in Valais rocked by new sex abuse claims

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:02:26 +0100

Accusations of historic sexual abuse have been made against around ten Catholic priests in the bishopric of Sion in the canton of Valais.

Thurgau’s rescued horses sold at auction

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:29:01 +0200

A public sale of 93 mistreated horses from a farm in Thurgau resulted in most of the animals being sold amid high public interest.

Swiss police arrest 42 following US child pornography investigation

Tue, 09 May 2017 11:00:12 +0200

Swiss police have arrested 42 people as a result of an FBI investigation into a child pornography website, news agencies have reported.

Swiss man accused of abusing more than 80 boys in Thailand

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 19:02:01 +0100

A Swiss man will go on trial this month on allegations he sexually abused more than 80 boys -- some as young as nine -- in Thailand, Swiss authorities said on Friday.

Swiss ‘slave children’ to finally get compensation

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:56:38 +0200

Victims of a former Swiss government policy that forced children into abusive work placements have hailed a “historic” decision in parliament after the upper house voted on Thursday to finally award them compensation for their suffering.

Cow dies after sexual abuse by tractor thief

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:27:53 +0100

Police in Fribourg have released details about a 19-year-old man who sexually abused two cows, before leaving the barn in a stolen tractor.

Church 'sorry' for Swiss child home torture

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:09:00 +0200

The Catholic diocese of Basel apologised on Wednesday after two studies showed how boys in its 15 reformatories in Canton Lucerne were systematically subjected to torture and sexual abuse over a forty year period.

Immigrant women 'need protection'

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:03:00 +0200

A new report says Switzerland is not doing enough to protect immigrant women from domestic violence.

Public to vote on paedophile ban

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:43:40 +0200

Swiss voters are set to decide in a referendum whether to ban convicted paedophiles from working with minors.

Switzerland reels after huge sex abuse scandal

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Care workers expressed shock and betrayal on Wednesday as Switzerland was left reeling by the country's biggest sex abuse scandal ever, involving abuse of at least 114 mainly handicapped youngsters.